ADVERTISEMENTFacebook dominated the year in terms of app downloads, with 4 out of 5 of the most downloaded apps belonging to the same company.App Annie’s year-end report shows that worldwide app downloads hit a record high of 120 billion across…
ADVERTISEMENTTwitter is rolling out a new feature to its iOS app, which lets users easily upload their live photos as GIFs.This feature is exclusive to iOS because live photos are an Apple innovation. A “live” photo captures 1.5 seconds before…
ADVERTISEMENTWordPress Gutenberg 7.1 has been updated with a large amount of improvements. While there is a small performance slowdown introduced in this version of Gutenberg, the scope of improvements may override those concerns.New Welcome User InterfaceAn improved feature is in…
Google is upgrading the new App + Web property in Google Analytics, which allows users to measure multiple websites and apps.App + Web properties were introduced this past July, and allow people to measure data across their app and website…
Google’s John Mueller was asked if a site was being penalized because of receiving thousands of adult links. John Mueller suggested the problem was not the links but the domain itself. John’s response surprised the publisher by pointing out a…
Google is working on integrating package tracking into search results, allowing users to get information without visiting the carrier’s site.People will be able to enter a tracking number into the Google search bar and find out the status of their…
Google is expanding the Google Ads optimization score to include display campaigns, which means it’s now available for search, sopping, and display.Optimization score ranges from 0% to 100%, with 100% meaning the campaign is following all of Google’s recommendations and…
ADVERTISEMENTGoogle has upgraded the built-in tool that shows up in search results for the query “mortgage calculator.”Now, the tool has many of the key features that were missing from the previous version of Google’s mortgage calculator.The upgraded mortgage calculator was…
A study of Google Analytics for local businesses finds that their websites attract an average of 414 monthly users, with 50% of traffic coming from organic search.BrightLocal analyzed Google Analytics data from over 11,000 websites to determine benchmarks for local…
An update to Google My Business will allow service-based businesses to specify the types of services they offer to customers.Google My Business will provide a selection of suggested types of services to choose from, for example, plumbers may see “Install…
Google’s John Mueller was asked about low quality links and the November 2019 update. During his answer, Mueller twice advised the publisher to not jump to conclusions about a connection between links and the November Update.A search marketer related to…
There are countless ways in which Google has made our lives easier, especially when it comes to research.Case in point: reverse image search.Upload a picture of pretty much anything and Google can tell you what it is, where it appears,…