Google Makes Search Analytics Report Available to All Webmasters

Just a week ago I wrote on here about the new Search Analytics report that Google let me try out – showcasing an overview of website clicks, impressions, and position metrics. Well as of this morning you can try out the Search Analytics report yourself since Google officially rolled out that report to all webmasters. […]

Take Advantage Of These Resources from Google During Small Business Week

First off I have to apologize as this post is a couple days late. Small Business Week technically started on Monday, May 4th – which is also when the attached video was uploaded – however I got caught up with the small businesses I work with and didn’t get a chance to make this post. […]

First Look at Facebook’s 2015 Bluetooth Beacon

Those of you that follow on Facebook & Instagram may already know that a handful of businesses I work with have been selected to test out the Facebook Bluetooth Beacon – a new program designed to showcase relevant information and tips about the places you walk by everyday. I decided to put together a quick […]

Facebook Working On Letting Publishers Post Entire Articles

Facebook’s recent focus on balancing their newsfeed algorithm suddenly makes sense as the Wall Street Journal breaks the news regarding Instant Articles – making news publishers content available in its entirety right on Facebook. Instant Articles could potentially launch as early as this month, and according to the Wall Street Journal report, Facebook has offered […]

42% Off On Hosting From BlueHost

BlueHost has kicked off their May 2015 promotions with a 42% off sale running across their entire shared hosting product line. That brings the price of their starter $5.99/mo plan to just $3.49 for 100GB of disk space, no bandwidth limit, and 100 email accounts with 500mb of storage for each. Oh and did I […]

55% Off at Host Gator In Support of The Tour Du Rouge

The 2015 Tour Du Rouge will be the 7th year this 533-mile charity bicycle ride will be taking place – and the 6th year that Host Gator is actively sponsoring the event. The Tour Du Rouge starts off in Houston, Texas and goes through to New Orleans in benefit of the American Red Cross. In […]

Scored Poorly in Google’s Mobile Test? Should You Be Worried?

Google rolled out the newest search engine algorithm change this week and we’ve been bombarded with sky-is-falling cries that only mobile-targeted responsive sites will survive and the rest of the web will be lost to the tenth page of search results. Google reps even claimed that PPC advertising costs would rise for non mobile-friendly sites. Don’t worry, […]

PayPal Buyer Protection Will Cover Digital Goods Soon

PayPal made a huge announcement yesterday, without really letting many people know. As probably the leading place to make and accept payments online – operating in 203 markets and with 152 million active accounts (as of 2014 anyway) – PayPal holds a part in alot of transactions for tangible and intangible goods on the interwebs […]

Namecheap Coupon Codes for May 2015

May is finally here – so obviously here come all the new coupon codes for this month. Namecheap is kicking things off this time with 2 new Namecheap coupon codes. First off is their standard discount coupon code, [coupon code=”Namecheap REGXFERMAY” /]. This gives you the following discounts: .COM price drops to $9.66 from $10.69 .NET […]

Google Mobile Algorithm Now Fully Rolled Out

Google’s mobile friendly algorithm officially began it’s roll out on April 22nd, and according to Barry Schwartz (@rustybrick) that algorithm is now fully rolled out. @methode is the Google Mobile algorithm fully rolled out? Not everyone is seeing the impact yet… — Barry Schwartz (@rustybrick) May 1, 2015 However this doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll be […]

Mozilla Wants You To Go HTTPS Or Else

Google kicked off the migration away from HTTP to HTTPS for most webmasters; and Mozilla aims to put the finishing fork into HTTP by announcing a new program which will essentially force webmasters onto HTTPS or else risk loosing various browser features. Removing features from the non-secure web will likely cause some sites to break. So we […]

Facebook To Launch Live Chat Support for Small Business Advertisers

Looking to dive into the world of Facebook advertising for your own small business but have no clue where to start? In the past you were left contacting outside ad-specialists like myself, or reading through various blogs and help articles to get the answers you needed – however Facebook is determined to change that by […]

YouTube Now Has A Filter To Search For 360 Degree Videos

Late month YouTube announced the launch of 360-degree videos for Android & desktop users – however finding 360-degree videos to watch on Youtube isn’t the easiest of tasks. Until now. YouTube has added a new search filter intended to help users find 360-degree videos to watch.   The new filter works both for the Android […]

Adobe & Microsoft Team Up For An Integrated Marketing Solution

I feel like we’re talking about new partnerships here all day today. Google & Twitter, Google & Apple, and now Adobe & Microsoft who announced the integration of Adobe’s Marketing Cloud Solutions with Microsoft’s Dynamics CRM. The partnership will offer businesses an integrated CRM-marketing solution across a range of industry segments including financial services, travel and […]

Search Twitter Hashtags Using Apple Spotlight Search

Twitter is pretty focused on expanding their reach and bringing the power of real-time news to as broad of an audience as possible, as evident by their latest deal with Google to showcase real-time tweets in search results. During this weeks Twitter Q1 2015 earnings conference Twitter CEO Dick Costolo revealed news of yet another new […]

Google Will Start Showing Real Time Tweets In May

Way back in February we learned that Google & Twitter struck a deal to start showing tweets in real-time within Google search results – however we had no real idea as to when this would start rolling out. Well during the earnings conference call for Q1 2015 Twitter’s CEO Dick Costolo finally revealed a more concrete […]

Introducing Visual Studio Code – A Free, Cross-Platform Code Editor from Microsoft

Continuing right along with Microsoft announcements from the Build 2015 conference we bring to you Microsoft Visual Studio Code – a new, free, cross-platform code editor. That’s right, cross-platform. This baby works on not only Windows systems, but Linux and Apple’s Mac OS X platforms. Visual Studio Code’s big brother, Visual Studio, is still Windows […]

Microsoft Finally Gives Their New Browser An Official Name

Earlier on this month Microsoft rolled out their Windows 10 preview which included Project Spartan – Microsoft’s replacement for Internet Explorer in Windows 10. Project Spartan however was never intended to be the official name for the browser – and so today at the Build 2015 conference Microsoft announced the new, official, name for their […]

Facebook Announces Tour Dates for Boost Your Business 2015

Back in the summer of 2014 Facebook hosted 5 boot camp sessions for small business owners – and since then the count of Facebook small business pages is up to 40 million from last years 10 million. Facebook isn’t satisfied though so starting in June Facebook will kick-off another multi-city Boost Your Business tour. These […]

Let Google Recommend Related Posts For Your Readers

When it comes to showing related posts on your blog there are plenty of services out there that currently do the job – however Google thinks there’s room for one more. As such Google announced on their Inside Adsense blog Matched Content – Google’s own content recommendation tool developed specifically for Adsense publishers. Matched content generates […]