Facebook launched Stories
Facebook added a new section of Stories in their applications for iOS and Android – an analogue of Instagram Stories. While it is only available in Ireland, but in the coming months will appear around the world.
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SEO Hero extension for Opera
Previously, I have created SEO Hero an extension for Google Chrome browser.
Google My business launches a new interface for managing photos
Google My business has started to launch a new interface for managing photos. Innovation noticed by SEO consultant from USA Mike Blumenthal.
Google can evaluate the quality of the site by AMP-pages
The employee of the Department of quality search Google John Mueller responded to two questions regarding the AMP.
Google: sanctions for interstitial ads are removed after re-indexing
This month Google began to lower the in mobile results sites with intrusive interstitial ads. Recently, one of the webmasters asked, how do these sanctions – in real time or after a certain period. According to the Google representative John Mueller, recovery page positions occurs after re-indexing. Of course, provided that all violations have been corrected.
To protect SEO Hero in social networks against cybersquatting
I try to register brand name SEO Hero in social networks to protect against cybersquatting. A lot of work. Not enough time to follow everything.
Google has disabled 1.7 billion ads in 2016
In 2016, Google has disabled 1.7 billion ads for the violation of the rules of advertising. This was reported in the annual report on Better Ads.
In VK appeared autorun for video
Team VK announced that from today, video ads into their news feeds will start to run automatically. Playback of video begins when more than half of the video is displayed on the screen. For advertisers, the system automatically predicting the quality of views and video analytics, including statistics of the views by quartile (25% share in video).
Google tests black labels for advertising
Google is testing a new color labels for AdWords ads. This time they were black. About change notice English-speaking users.
VK has hidden section with the saved pictures
Social network VK made the album with the stored user photos hidden by default. Before this was not possible even in your account settings.
The use of social networks in 2016 increased by 21%
Over the last 12 months the use of social networks worldwide has increased by 21%. This is evidenced by report data Hootsuite and We Are Social, devoted to current digital trends.
Oracle has submitted to the European Commission a complaint against Google
At the end of last year, Oracle filed a complaint against Google to the European Commission. About u reports The Wall Street Journal. It argues that the company's approach to data collection for targeting leads to infringement of competition on the advertising market.
Mark Zuckerberg does not intend to participate in elections for for President of the United States
The founder and head of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg has no plans to participate in elections for for President of the United States. This he said in an interview with Buzzfeed News.
Google appealed to the Supreme Court of Russia
Russia's Supreme court has registered cassation Google in the case of violation of the Antimonopoly legislation. As reports TASS, the complaint was filed to the arbitration court of the Moscow district, which reversed the transfer of the main Google dispute with the Federal Antimonopoly service of Russia (FAS) to the court for intellectual property rights (SIP).
The market for search advertising in the U.S. increased by 14% in the fourth quarter of 2016
The market for search advertising in the U.S. continues to increase. In the fourth quarter of 2016 it increased by 14% in annual comparison. About it reported in the report of the company Merkle.
Google may launches the update of search algorithm
Webmasters noticed signs of a possible update of the search algorithm of Google. This subject of Google update is actively discussed on the forum WebmasterWorld.
Instagram introduced a feature live broadcasts for russians
Instagram announced that the live streaming feature in Instagram Stories became available for Russian users.
Google is testing less eye-catching labels for AdWords ads
English-speaking users have noticed that Google is testing a new version of lablels for AdWords ads.
Google released books preview in mobile search engine results page
English-speaking users have noticed that Google has added to the search engine results page of mobile book previews of books.
Google testing the card user interface again
English-speaking users have noticed that Google is once again testing the card interface on desktop SERP. At this time the background of a search results page is white. In the previous test it was gray.