Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on
Marketing Land and other places across the web.
From Marketing Land:
Google “Pigeon” Local Search Algorithm Launches Last night, Google pushed out a major local search algorithm update. The update has been pushed out to U.S. English based search results and seems to have had enough of a significant update that many SEOs, webmasters and local business owners have taken noticed. The update impacts both the organic local listings within Google Map […]
Bank’s ‘Gaming Wall’ At Stadium Milks World Cup Afterglow The World Cup may be over but BBVA Compass bank, which has the naming rights to the Houston stadium that’s home to the MSL Houston Dynamo and the NWSL Houston Dash, is milking the sport’s increased popularity for all it’s worth, erecting an interactive game that lets players share their experiences via social media. Working […]
Big Gap Between Awareness And Usage Of Digital Wallets Within the past week Google, PayPal and Amazon have all made moves in the “mobile wallet” arena. Amazon launched an Android-based mobile wallet app, focused on loyalty and gift cards. PayPal updated its iOS app to enable the addition of loyalty cards. Google updated its Wallet app to include the ability to add gift cards or send and […]
To Successfully Measure B2B Content Marketing, Get In The Friend Zone Although it’s almost universally agreed upon that content marketing is necessary, no one can seem to agree on the right metrics to measure its success. The majority of marketers seem to fall into one of two equally flawed camps. The first is the “we’ve heard content marketing is good so we’ll do a lot and call […]
Recent Headlines From Search Engine Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Search News & Information:
SearchCap: Google Local Pigeon Update & AdWords Dynamic Sitelinks
Google’s Pigeon Update Solves Yelp Problem, Boosts Local Directories
Pigeon: Search Engine Land’s Name For The New Google Local Search Update
“Let Me Google That For You” Bill Aims To Replace Government Agency With Google Search
Search In Pics: Hillary Clinton At Google, Google’s Iron Chef & Alice Cooper Band At Google
Google: We’re Working On Multiple Language Translation Detection
Google “Pigeon” Updates Local Search Algorithm With Stronger Ties To Web Search Signal
Google AdWords Debuts Dynamic Sitelinks Globally: What You Need To Know
Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Affiliate Marketing
How to Boost Your Growth With Affiliate Marketing, blog.kissmetrics.com
Blogs & Blogging
How Often To Update Your Small Business Blog, www.nerdsdoitbetter.com
Why Your Blog Must Sell Sell Sell, pushingsocial.com
Business Issues
Google’s New Moonshot Project: the Human Body, Wall Street Journal
Steve Irvine Named Global Director of Facebook’s PMD Program, allfacebook.com
Content Marketing
43 Tips for Creating Viral Content Campaigns, www.jeffbullas.com
How to Make Content Creation a Benefit for Your Team, Not a Burden, contentmarketinginstitute.com
Why Visual Content Matters in the Social Age [INFOGRAPHIC], www.mediabistro.com
Conversion Optimization
2014 Conversion Report, www.formstack.com
Copywriting, Design & Usability
Four Data Visualization Tools Focused on Design, blog.visual.ly
Solutions For Responsive Images [Responsive Design], www.searchenginepeople.com
Domaining
Bitcoins.com domain auction cancelled after judge’s restraining order, arstechnica.com
Is The U.S. Lagging Behind China in Domain Savvy?, www.thedomains.com
Email Marketing
A Purchased List is a Dead List, blog.mailchimp.com
Five Ways To Transform Your Email Marketing, www.forbes.com
There’s a Reason They’re Called Email DEADlines… Don’t Let ‘Em Kill You!, blog.getresponse.com
General Internet Marketing
30 Tips for Great Digital Marketing, www.ducttapemarketing.com
Eight interesting digital marketing stats we saw this week, econsultancy.com
The Real Price of Digital Marketing, www.cardinalpath.com
Mobile/Local Marketing
5 Ways to Increase Redemptions of Mobile Coupons, streetfightmag.com
Mobile Ads Get Interactive to Engage Users, www.websitemagazine.com
Starbucks App Reaches 12 Million Active Users, www.adweek.com
The missing link in mobile marketing, www.internetretailer.com
Social Media
Diversity and Inclusion at Pinterest, engineering.pinterest.com
Facebook Organic Growth: How to Defy the Odds and Grow a Huge Facebook Community, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
Five Shocking Facts That Will Change Your Entire Approach to Social Media, blog.kissmetrics.com
How to Build a Relationship with a Fan or Follower that Goes Beyond Just Connecting, blogs.constantcontact.com
How to Respond to Every Social Media Inquiry in an Average of 19 Minutes, www.convinceandconvert.com
Measuring Twitter Brand Awareness: How to Define Your Golden Ratios, simplymeasured.com
Pinterest Partnering with Shopify, performinsider.com
Five Ways to Create Great Content for Facebook Pages, allfacebook.com
So You Think You’re a LinkedIn Profile Expert, blog.linkedin.com
Social Selling Today: Striking a Balance of Insights and Instincts, smallbiztrends.com
The 3 biggest social media marketing challenges, myemma.com
The ultimate guide to measuring earned media value on Facebook, www.insidefacebook.com
Twitter Tests Retweet Overhaul that Could Benefit Marketers, www.dexmedia.com
What Is Instagram Bolt?, allfacebook.com
When is the Best Time to Post on Twitter and Facebook? [INFOGRAPHIC], www.mediabistro.com
Why Your Social Media Posts Are More Popular Than You Think, blog.bufferapp.com
Video
Amazon Rolls Out A YouTube-Like “Video Shorts” Section On Instant Video, techcrunch.com
Evolve Media’s Evolution Into Video, www.adexchanger.com
Tubular Offers 5 Secrets for YouTube Marketing Success, www.onlinevideo.net
VidAngel to Clean-Up Streaming Movies and YouTube for Families, www.reelseo.com
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