Interestingly, Google’s algorithms will also decide which photo is used, although exactly what algorithms are used as unknown at this time, but they do suggest using high quality images on your Google business listing.
Authors could get a rich snippet enhanced search result that would display their author profile photo, along with a link to their profile, number of Google+ circles they’re in, and a link to more of their related content.
To the best of my knowledge it doesn’t really make a difference whether it’s a stock photo versus an original photo," Cutts said in the video. A new Google Webmaster help video with Distinguished Engineer Matt Cutts brings up a topic that most...
He goes through some of the projects coming out of Microsoft Research, including Trajectory, which is a map integration that allows you to take a photo of the street you are on, and it then tags the locations of various businesses, such as...
I'd do the article/release/photo-op with them and label it "Mom Chefs Give Their Approval to New ABC Restaurant". Designed to appeal to the ego of an influencer, it's a concept that has some negative connotations, due to the whole "ego" bit.
Photo Card: A Tweet sized photo card. Currently they are collapsed, hidden behind links such as View Media or View Photo or View Summary,” predicts Jeff Cohen, MDG Advertising’s Director of Social Media.
Add a Great Photo. You can only add one photo on Yahoo Local unless you upgrade to the $9.95 per month enhanced listing (where you can add up to 10). In either case, know that your photo is important.
And since photo sharing is Facebook's forte, look for it to do similar. Since looking at Facebook's moves in local search last month, much more has come to light. In an effort to continue courting SMBs – the lifeblood of local search – Facebook has...
A casual conversation on my Facebook page about the new Google+ cover photo led to the following reactions: In all fairness, there are some compelling new photo features at Google+, like "auto enhance" and "auto awesome.
August 2012: Bing added Facebook Friend Tagging to search, Quora, and Facebook photo search Bing has again expanded features for its Social Sidebar. Bing announced the ability to comment on Facebook directly from the Bing Social Sidebar.
The team planned three video contests and 18 weekly photo contests over five months, with prizes worth more than $50,000. Can YouTube contests generate awareness? Can they engage consumers? And can they drive brand lift?
Original Photo Credit: Calsidyrose/Flickr We have seen: International brands who have had their site punished through the Google Panda and Penguin updates after entering into agreements with some of the largest and most renowned SEO companies in...
Photo courtesy of Bigstock Photo This is not really surprising, considering how the explosion of the internet and digital media has revolutionized the definition of journalism. No longer does being a journalist only mean attending at minimum a four...
AFC tends to have a higher velocity, even if the volume might be different (i.e.a niche topic article vs.a celebrity-driven photo), but there will (most times) be relative benchmarks of similar topics that serve as a measure of success.
Like, Check In, Call) right below the cover photo. Enhanced campaigns get Google+ annotations and an upgrade center. And it sure was hard not to see Eric Schmidt. Here's a quick recap of search and social marketing news and tips from the past week.
Facebook recently demonstrated how their new photo viewer works: Facebook Cover Photo It seems they're just following users' lead; last year the social network shared their own research, which showed that posts including a photo album, picture, or...
Photo Swipe image gallery for mobile and touch devices You don't turn off customers with a bad mobile site and lose them to a competitor. These tips, tools, and code tricks to enhance the mobile user experience and drive more conversions.
A single photo may get thousands of likes, shares, and comments and gives the photographers (both amateur and professional) a chance to showcase their work, and the fans to share their holiday pics. Most of us think about marketing our businesses...
Hit the Profile icon and update your About section, cover photo, company photos, videos, etc. If you're a small local business, having a Google+ Local profile is imperative to putting your brand – quite literally – on the map.
Depending on the celebrity you follow, you can sometimes find yourself shaking your head thinking, “What were they thinking with sharing a photo like that? From Sofia Vergara posting a wardrobe malfunction at the Emmys to Kim Kardashian posting...