Despite ‘significant slowdown’ in March, Google still managed to post 13% overall revenue growth. Google reported Q1 earnings this afternoon, beating analysts’ revenue expectations that were partly moderated by the COVID crisis. The company announced $41.16 billion in revenue compared with $40.3 billion expected. Significant slowdown in March. Alphabet CFO Ruth Porat said, “Performance was strong during the […]
Month: April 2020
Users now consult multiple sites and expect reviews to be relatively fresh. Users are increasingly relying on search and reviews when looking for local businesses, the latest BrightLocal consumer reviews survey finds. However, it also shows increasing skepticism of review authenticity and adaptive consumer behavior to combat review fraud. The survey polled just over 1,000 U.S. adults […]
The auction results are in: Bing will only appear in the UK, but DuckDuckGo and Info.com will be choices in all territories. Google has announced which search engines will appear on its default search provider screen for Android users in the EU. Bing will appear as an option in the United Kingdom only, while DuckDuckGo […]
Technical SEO Chris Long discusses the benefits of schema, MREIDs and markup for e-commerce category pages. SMX Overtime is part of our SMX speaker series from conference presenters who answer questions from attendees on a variety of topics. Q. Is it worth implementing schema if there are no visible changes to the search result on […]
Apple has said a recently discovered iOS Mail vulnerability poses no immediate threat and a fix is coming soon. As previously covered, security firm ZecOps discovered a flaw in iOS Mail, affecting both iPhones and iPads. The flaw involved a blank email being sent to a device, an email that would cause a crash and […]
Facebook is warning that its business is being “adversely affected” by the coronavirus pandemic that is sweeping the globe. In a blog post, Alex Schultz, VP of Analytics, and Jay Parikh, VP of Engineering, lay out the challenges the company is facing. With unprecedented numbers of people quarantined, sheltering in place or practicing social distancing […]
“A $250 payment per restaurant (from Grubhub) doesn’t sound like a lot but it’s going to be a huge difference,” says Grubhub CEO Matt Maloney. “We’re looking at it as a stimulus almost because the way we’re rolling it out is a consumer gets $10 if they spend $30. So our $30 million dollars is […]
Apple has released a new iPhone model, incorporating its newest, fastest chip. The new iPhone SE sports a 4.7-inch screen. Apple describes the SE as packing “our most powerful chip into our most popular size at our most affordable price. It’s just what you’ve been waiting for.” The chip in question, the A13 Bionic is […]
With the majority of us confined at home because of Coronavirus, the most popular mode of entertainment is the internet, which is also supporting a surge of telecommuters. Will mixing work and play be too much for our networks? Already last week there were outages across Europe and the U.S. due to the record-high internet traffic. Usage of […]
The new badge requirements will not go into effect until 2021 due to COVID-19 disruption. In February, Google announced sweeping changes to the requirements for agencies to qualify for the Google Partners badging and certification program. Those new requirements were set to take effect in June. Now, amid the upheaval caused by the coronavirus pandemic and shelter […]