Despite having announced plans for their new browser Edge, Microsoft is planning to crack down on ads that are misleading to users to make for a safer experience for their users. This change will come into effect on June 1, 2015 for Internet Explorer users. Their main targets seem to be ads that trick the […]
Archives for May 2015
Google’s Gary Illyes Confirms Mobile Friendly Algo Finished Rolling Out
Google’s Gary Illyes has confirmed that the Mobile Friendly Algo has finished rolling out to all users. Barry Schwartz asked Gary Illyes on the status of the algo. @rustybrick Also, there were a load of sites that became MF recently, so the actual number of sites affected decreased considerably — Gary Illyes (@methode) May 1, […]
Google Serving Optimized Versions of Webpages to Users with Slower Connections
Google is running a new test in Indonesia that will see users served a “lighter” version of your webpages when users are visiting your site from a slow mobile connection. The “field test” will start running in two weeks and will serve those visiting sites on a connection that is 2G or slower. This test […]
Keynote: Biasing Your Offer with Irrational Neuromarketing by Tim Ash at HeroConf
Monday at HeroConf held in Portland, Time Ash, CEO of SiteTuners was the afternoon keynote speakers on The Context and the Power of Framing: Biasing Your Offer with Irrational Neuromarketing. “Online marketers are focused on the technology and operational aspects of their daily activities. The goal of my keynote is to focus on emerging research […]
Google Running “Satisfied With These Results?” on Mobile Searches
Google is now running satisfaction surveys for searchers who are searching from a mobile device. Rand Fishkin from Moz spotted the survey in mobile results, remarking it is the first time he has seen it on mobile. It coincides pretty nicely with the Google mobile friendly algo, which should have finished rolling out by now. […]
Google+ Removes Hashtags from Posts
A minor change was made to Google+ with the removal of the hashtags that normally appeared on the top right hand corner of Google+ posts. Ana Hoffman was the first to spot the change. The hashtags were auto-generated by Google based on the content shared. They were never really promoted on Google+ and because they […]