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Month: August 2018

HipChat Maker Atlassian Calls It Quits, Sells to Rival Slack

The saying “If you can’t beat them, join them” certainly holds true for Atlassian and Slack. The former is selling its rights to HipChat and Stride to rival Slack and will even be making a small investment in the company. The surprising news was announced recently by Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield. Aside from tweeting his […]

Google Search Algorithm Update Starting On August 22

There is new chatter and signals that there may be a Google search algorithm update starting around Wednesday, August 22nd and continuing throughout today. The chatter is not as significant within the SEO community as with the Google Medic Update but many of the tools are showing signs of an Google update too. It is […]

Bing Webmaster Tools API Down For Over 5 Days

Mike Sullivan noticed that the Bing Webmaster API has been down for over five days now. I had him share a screen shot with me of it failing and he did so. In short, he was surprised to see no one complaining even after five days of it being offline. Mike said on Twitter “Bing […]

Stripe is Now Allowing Businesses to Issue Their Own Credit Cards

Stripe has just revealed that it will be offering businesses the capacity to make their own credit cards. The online payments company also announced that they will be using Mastercard and Visa as the operating networks for their new service, aptly called “Stripe Issuing.” The company explained that the service is “an API for creating […]

7 Local Marketing Tips to Help You Make More Sales

Most small businesses want to spread the word about their product or service to as many people as possible. But after covering the cost of inventory, employee wages, utilities, taxes, and a host of other expenses, many of these businesses simply don’t have enough money left over to launch widespread advertising campaigns. The good news […]

Is it important for SEO to rank first in 2018?

When starting with SEO one of the top goals for businesses is to rank first on the search results. It is the equivalent of success and lots of SEO professionals have been working hard to deliver a good ranking to their clients. As SEO is changing though, is it still relevant to aim for a […]

Bing Now Supports JSON-LD For Schema

Jon Henshaw posted on Twitter that Bing now supports JSON-LD for Schema markup and structured data support. Search Engine Land received confirmation that Bing now supports JSON-LD, which has become the preferred markup method for most developers these days. Bing previously only supported Microdata or RDFa format but not JSON-LD works. Here are the tweets […]

Snapchat and Amazon Could Be Teaming Up on a New Visual Search Tool

Snapchat is seeking to expand its horizons and utilize its camera to go beyond social media with a new visual search feature. This novel search capability and a team-up with Amazon could open a new revenue stream for the company. According to reports, a new Snapchat version for Android smartphones includes a secret code for […]

Stripe is Now Allowing Businesses to Issue Their Own Credit Cards

Stripe has just revealed that it will be offering businesses the capacity to make their own credit cards. The online payments company also announced that they will be using Mastercard and Visa as the operating networks for their new service, aptly called “Stripe Issuing.” The company explained that the service is “an API for creating […]