Month: September 2020

[Updated] Bing Ads Experiencing Nearly 2-Day Reporting Outage

Engineers say they are working on a fix and that historical data is not lost. Following is the most recent status update from Bing Ads:  6:00 AM 2/16:  As of 10:30 PM PST on 02/10/2016, Ad Campaign performance reporting (Impression, Clicks, Spend) is up to date and processing normally. As of 08:00 AM PST on […]

Microsoft Establishing First Data Center in New Zealand

Microsoft has announced it is establishing its first data center in New Zealand, as it works to expand its enterprise cloud services in the country. Microsoft has been working to grow its Azure cloud business and has been making significant headway against market leader AWS. One area where Microsoft is aggressively making headway is in […]

Google officially launches ‘licensable’ image label and filter in Image search

The badge is powered by structured data and part of an effort to help photographers get paid for their images. Google’s “licensable” badge in Image results is now out of beta. Google also changed the “Usage rights” search filter to let users search for images with creative common or other licenses to address concerns about […]

Truecaller Flaw Puts 150 Million Users at Risk

Zak Doffman at Forbes is reporting on a newly discovered vulnerability in the Truecaller app that puts 150 million iOS and Android users at risk. Truecaller is one of the premier caller ID apps, identifying unknown calls from mobile, landline and prepaid phones. It also provides the ability to block numbers and auto-block robocalls and […]

Intent-based keyword research: Let Google be your guide

Contributor Jacob Baadsgaard takes a look at why intent is an important part of keyword research and explains how to use Google to guide your SEM and SEO keyword strategies so you’re not losing time or money. Whether paid or organic, when it comes to search marketing, keywords are king. Good keyword research is at […]

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