I’m checking in with an update from the Search Engine Land editors: They’re wrapping up the SMX® East agenda. It’s going to be bigger and better than ever — 70+ in-depth sessions on SEO, SEM, search for multi-location brands, agency operations, conversion optimization, paid social, content marketing, voice search, and so much more. I’ll be…
Google “how to make your PPC ads convert better” and your search results will be littered with blog posts like this: Don’t worry, they’ll tell you. It’s “quick and easy”. Use these “rapid growth hacks”. Here are some “tricks”. Here’s how to copy the best-converting PPC campaigns. And, honestly, I get it. I’m not criticizing…
Everything You Need To Know About CSS Margins Everything You Need To Know About CSS Margins Rachel Andrew 2019-07-15T12:30:59+02:00 2019-07-15T12:36:09+00:00 One of the first things most of us learned when we learned CSS, was details of the various parts of a box in CSS, described as The CSS Box Model. One of the elements in…
Since launching in 2015, Amazon’s Prime Day sale has claimed its place as an industry-wide shopping holiday, generating record-breaking revenues year-over-year, and eclipsing even Black Friday. This year, the 48-hour Prime Day mega-sale kicks off Monday, July 15 and is shaping up to be the biggest online shopping day to date. Amazon may have been…
Anticipated for months, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted today to fine Facebook a record $5 billion for apparent violations of a 2011 consent decree that required the company to better protect user privacy. This is according to reports in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and AP. The commission voted 3-2, reportedly with…
That Was SmashingConf Toronto 2019 That Was SmashingConf Toronto 2019 Rachel Andrew 2019-07-11T15:00:59+02:00 2019-07-12T12:35:19+00:00 We all enjoyed returning to Toronto for the second Smashing conference, and in this post, I am sharing some of the things that took place as well as the resources that were shared over the course of the two conference and…
Marketing research firm Nielsen has launched a service to provide podcasting networks with insights on their audiences such as genre preferences and purchasing habits. The data comes from Nielsen’s biannual podcast survey of 30,000 respondents. How it works. Networks can subscribe to the new Nielsen Podcast Listener Buying Power Service to have their podcasts included…
Location intelligence company NinthDecimal is rolling out what it calls “the industry’s first multi-touch attribution (MTA) solution for foot traffic measurement.” The approach takes a more holistic look at different consumer touchpoints and how they impact offline store visitation. NinthDecimal President David Staas says the company already has “200 customers running live with 500 different…
Improve Your JavaScript Knowledge By Reading Source Code Improve Your JavaScript Knowledge By Reading Source Code Carl Mungazi 2019-07-12T12:30:59+02:00 2019-07-12T12:35:19+00:00 Do you remember the first time you dug deep into the source code of a library or framework you use frequently? For me, that moment came during my first job as a frontend developer three…
UX Improvements For Keyboard Accessibility UX Improvements For Keyboard Accessibility Vitaly Friedman 2019-07-10T16:00:59+02:00 2019-07-11T12:35:18+00:00 How can we provide an accessible user experience for keyboard-only and assistive technology users without affecting the experience for any other users? We’ve kindly asked Aaron Pearlman, Principal UX Designer at Deque Systems, to share some practical tools and techniques to…
