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Google introduces new features to keep data private and secure To celebrate Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Google has recently released several new features to help keep your data secure. One of these features that is important to note for small businesses is the Chrome HTTPS-First Mode. HTTPS websites (compared to HTTP) are websites with added security
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Google Changes How it Generates Titles for Search Results Google has confirmed that it recently changed the way it creates titles for its search result listings. Before the change, search results snippets and titles were often generated based on the query that the searcher entered. With the change, Google will be using a new system
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Google Ads to block ad targeting based on age, gender, or interests of people under 18 With the influx of virtual schooling and online children’s entertainment and enrichment, Google is taking some necessary steps to ensure that children’s data remains protected and secure. From an advertiser’s perspective, Google is blocking ad targeting based on age,
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Google announces new reporting features for Google Analytics 4 New features have been added to Google Analytics 4 in a bid to increase usability and enable deep-diving into certain analytics that aims to fill the gaps of those who opt-out of being tracked. This includes new navigational panels to switch between reports, expanded conversion modeling,
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Instagram releases new analytics: Live Videos, Reels & Likes Instagram has announced that it is releasing new native data for its reel and live video features for digital marketers to assess their performance and make more informed decisions. Reels will now report on plays, accounts reached, likes, comments, saves, and shares. Additionally, metrics rolled out
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When it comes to digital marketing there’s one major problem that continues to plague small businesses: finding the right audience. No business wants to put in hours and hours of hard work, only to find out that the people they’re engaging with online are not exactly the people likely to buy their products or services.
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Having only recently celebrated its first birthday, Instagram Stories has dominated the realm of live 24 hour video content and become an increasingly powerful marketing platform. With more that 200 million active users either filming or viewing the live content each day (40 million more than Snapchat), it’s obvious as to why many businesses have
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This week, our guest writer is Renee Bradshaw. Renee is sixteen and will be giving us a youth perspective on marketing within social media. As marketers, we often target our ads to those in the under 18 bracket but give little thought about how these ads affect their experience. Renee weighs in….. Like any teenager, I’m
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Instagram introduced its new live feature in 2016 and opened a door to a whole new side of the image sharing app. Stretching their still pictures to motion video, Instagram has provided small businesses with the opportunity to showcase their goods and services on a new level. Not sure how? Luckily for you, we’ve listed
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  It can be difficult to keep up with all of the technological advances happening in our world – there’s always so much going on! As part of our weekly blog, SponsoredLinX take a look at some of the biggest social media news announcements to have caught our eye during August.  Facebook – New Desktop
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