Last week, Google announced a new big search ranking algorithm update, named the helpful content update - probably its biggest update in a decade. What We Know The helpful content update will target websites with a relatively high amount of unsatisfying or unhelpful content, where the content has been written explicitly for search engines to leverage rankings. Unlike many Google…
If your competitors' posts for the keywords you want to target are excellent, you'll need to improve your own. The skyscraper technique aims to help you create more extensive content than any other posts on specific subjects. Consider the following steps to use Skyscraper link building: Look for the most relevant content for specific keywords - Determine which pages have…
Having content tailored to one's native language, location, and preferences can help attract more appropriate traffic to a website. Therefore, localized content becomes essential for businesses promoting their products and services online. It enhances the marketing effort by making the customer understand the content more personally. Content localization specifically ensures the increase in leads and revenue for businesses opting for…
Bing’s PubHub: Expanding Content Reach for Verified Publishers In the ever-evolving world of digital content distribution, Bing has taken a significant step to help publishers broaden their audience reach. Introducing PubHub, a news portal designed for publishers to submit their content for distribution across Bing’s platform. This initiative promises to connect publishers—whether local, international, big, or small—with Bing’s extensive user…
Facebook's Updated Branded Content Policies: What Publishers Need to Know In an effort to enhance user experience and provide greater transparency, Facebook recently updated its branded content policies, offering both opportunities and challenges for publishers. These changes are designed to attract more users and encourage a higher standard of content, but there’s a key caveat: only verified pages are eligible…
In an effort to bring more interesting and engaging content into its ecosystem, Facebook recently updated its Branded Content Policies. Here, branded content can be defined as any post that includes text, image and video “which specifically includes or houses a third-party brand, product or a sponsor. With this recent update, Facebook has altered it's branded content policies to include…
We reported the matter in December, 2015 that Google fast-tracked its ambitious AMP project for an early launch this year. And according to AdAge reports, it seems like Google's AMP sponsored content will be a part of your mobile search results as early as February 24, 2016. So, now we have the official confirmation from Google that its AMP backed…
Popularly known for its premium business networking services, LinkedIn has decided to shut down its recently launched ad network program in order to focus more on expanding its Sponsored Content Business. Following the likes of Google, Facebook and Twitter, LinkedIn had launched its ad networking program last February to target users outside its own community, by using its own data.…
As we embark on a new Social Media Marketing journey in 2016, you would want to know who aced the publishers list on the number one ranked social networking site, i.e. Facebook in December, 2015. In comparison to previous year's results, the new report suggests that older sites with established credentials came out on top, purely on the basis of…
With virtually every business now going online, the concept of native advertising is catching up fast with a lot of next-gen marketers. It indeed does make sense, since it's fast, effective and gets the desired attention without disrupting the content experience of your target audience. And like everything else, pros are accompanied with a lot of cons. That's where the…