Google Rates the Mobile Usability of the Web’s Most Visited Sites

Google launched the new resource Masterful Mobile Web which assesses the mobile experiences of most visited sites on the web. Over 1,000 of the most visited sites across retail, finance, and travel were assessed in more than 60 different usability areas. Google’s new Masterful Mobile Web resource shows how many sites in each category passed […]
Local-Services ads appearing in Google Home voice results

The company is not yet disclosing the fact that some of the results are ads. The question of how Google (and Amazon) will make ad revenue from its smart speaker and smart display devices has not really had an answer — perhaps until now. Reuters discovered that Google is presenting Local-Services ads in voice search […]
Study: Mobile app spending to double to $156B by 2023

Brief: Spending on mobile apps on Apple’s App Store and Google Play will rise 120% to $156 billion worldwide by 2023, per an estimate from app analytics firm Sensor Tower. The researcher predicts App Store spending will rise by about 16% a year to $96 billion in four years, while Google Play spending will increase […]
Vendasta’s European Invasion Kicks Off At LOCALCOMM 2019

Vendasta will be touring Europe in April and May to showcase their end-to-end sales and marketing platform that’s now fully optimized for the European market. They’ll be visiting London, Dublin, Iceland, Germany, Amsterdam and Rome, along with more venues to be announced. Their first tour date is April 10-12, at SIINDA’s, LOCALCOMM Conference in London, […]
Advising SMBOs: Google’s Push Toward Quality Content

It used to be easy to rank high on Google. Gone are the days of gaming the system, and for some digital marketers, this might be a bummer. In 2019, it’s going to take more thought and time to get to the top of SERPs, as Google is working to rank more content that is […]
Google Search Console adds new actions to sitemap report

Google has pushed an update within the new Google Search Console to the sitemap report to support new actions, the company announced on Twitter. Now you can open the contents of a sitemap in a new tab, delete a sitemap, review more detailed errors and more. Those actions include: Opening the sitemap content in a new tab […]
Yext Collaborates with Adobe to Drive Website Discovery

NEW YORK, March 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Yext, Inc. (NYSE: YEXT), the leader in Digital Knowledge Management (DKM), today announced a new collaboration with Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE). Yext has launched four integrations with the Adobe Experience Cloud to easily connect Yext knowledge to properties and assets created and managed with Adobe. These integrations will enable businesses […]
Gib Olander joins Vendasta as EVP of Product

Olander has more than two decades of experience in the local digital marketing ecosystem, specializing in SaaS and data solutions.
Yext, Inc. Integrates with Chinese Digital Services to Enhance Customer Experience

“The Chinese digital landscape is made up of an entirely different set of services from those in the West. When Chinese travelers who use services like Baidu and Fliggy at home travel overseas, they use these same services to find businesses in the cities they are visiting,” said Howard Lerman, Founder and CEO of Yext. […]
Google opens complaint form to crack down on fake info in Maps

Marissa Nordahl, a Google My Business Community Manager announced that Google launched a new form named the Business Redressal Complaint Form that will allow searchers and users to “report fraudulent activity relating to businesses Google Maps,” she said. The form is designed to help Google tackle some of the serious issues around bad and fraudulent information on […]