You may have noticed during your recent Googling that Google text ads are no longer displaying on the sidebar (also called “right rail”) on desktop computers. Google recently rolled out a significant Google Ads update with a few key features: No …
This Sentence Has Five Words
This short example from Gary Provost demonstrates what happens when a writer experiments with sentences of different lengths. It’s an exceptional one-minute writing lesson: This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. …
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Omni-Channel Marketing is a Trend You Can’t Ignore
What is omni-channel marketing? The term “omni-channel” is an increasingly popular marketing buzzword, but it refers to an important shift in marketing: marketers now need to provide a seamless experience across every customer touchpoint. At it’s core, omni-channel marketing is viewing the …
5 Awesome Websites for Free Stock Photos
5. Unsplash – https://unsplash.com Unsplash offers free (do whatever you want) high-resolution photos. They offer 10 new photos every 10 days and the ability to subscribe to have new pics automatically sent to your inbox. 4. Morguefile – http://www.morguefile.com/ This …
How to Create Brilliant Website Reporting With Little Effort
Google Analytics is a powerful platform to analyze your website’s traffic data, however creating custom dashboards to track key metrics requires a lot of know-how and time. However, there’s a way to track the important data for your site without being …
Why is SEO Important?
The question of why SEO is important for businesses gets asked a lot. You may have heard the term “SEO” from your colleagues and other business owners about why it is beneficial for websites, but probably don’t know exactly how …
Apple’s App Analytics Beta is Finally Live!
I launched my iPhone app DecideGuide Chicago a little over a year ago. Until now the metrics App Developers had access to regarding their app and its usage was extremely limited. You could access high-level data like # of Downloads …
Everything You Need to Know About Google’s ‘Mobilegeddon’ Update
Google has announced, “Starting April 21, we will be expanding our use of mobile-friendliness as a ranking signal. This change will affect mobile searches in all languages worldwide and will have a significant impact in our search results.” This is …