With much of the focus being on the new ad blocking capabilities in iOS 9, AdBlock Plus has upped their game by launching their own mobile browser to tackle the problem of online advertising on mobile devices. While Apple gears up for iOS 9 and media speculate on some apps in private beta, we’ve gone […]
Archives for September 8, 2015
Google Doodle for Canada’s First Day of School on Google.ca
Canada got its own Google Doodle today – featuring the new Google logo – celebrating the first day of school on Google.ca. While many schools in other parts of the world, including the US, have already gone back to school, the Tuesday after Labour Day in Canada is traditionally the first day back to school […]
Just Another Pothole in an SEO Client Relationship
As consultants, most of us have faced situations where a client decides to not follow our advice. It’s frustrating and disheartening and can often contribute to the deterioration of the relationship. If it does, guess what? It’s all on you! A consultant is just someone that offers advice. We’ve all received advice that we chose […]
Google Local Results Include Holiday Hours Alert
If you searched for a business on Labor Day, you may have noticed that Google has begun adding an alert to their local knowledge panel alerts under the “hours” listing for businesses. Google adds “Labour/Labor Day might affect these hours” to the local knowledge panel when people are searching for local businesses over a holiday […]
Using AdBlock With Chrome Results in Non-Skippable YouTube Ads
If you use Chrome and have noticed that all your YouTube video ads are suddenly non-skippable, you are not alone. Users with AdBlock enabled are suddenly discovering that YouTube is seemingly only serving non-skippable ads. The notion of non-skippable video ads isn’t new on YouTube, but it definitely isn’t the default method. Most videos come […]