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Google Documents Leaked & SEOs Are Making Some Wild Assumptions

SEOs shouldn't assume these are ranking factors or that they're even used in rankings.Read more ›

Digital Marketing

30 May 2024

What Are Social Media KPIs? 25 Examples + How to Track Them

Setting smart social media KPIs will help your team focus on the metrics that really matter and track performance over time.
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Digital Marketing

30 May 2024

Do Higher Content Scores Mean Higher Google Rankings? Our Data Says It’s Unlikely.

This suggests (correlation does not necessarily imply causation!) that obsessing over your content score is unlikely to lead to significantly higher Google rankings. Does that mean content optimization scores are pointless? No. You just need to know ho...

Digital Marketing

30 May 2024

Experiment: How Many Instagram Stories Should You Post?

Which earns more reach: a single Instagram Story per day or many Stories per day? Is there even a "right" number of daily Stories to post?
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Digital Marketing

30 May 2024

15 Unique Ways to Check Competitor Website Traffic

Before we dive in, let’s set the right expectations: no tool will give you your competitor’s exact traffic data. However, it’s still well enough to see what works for them, copy their best ideas, or set realistic benchmarks. We’ll cover:…Read mor...

Digital Marketing

29 May 2024

A modern Extension Manager has arrived with Visual Studio 17.10

We’re bringing our updated Extension Manager to all users! Over the last year, we’ve made our updated Extension Manager available as an optional preview feature and have been asking you to let us know what you think. Based on your incredible feedback,
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29 May 2024

8 Ahrefs API Use Cases For Agencies and Enterprises

They can also improve operational efficiency and provide insights for executives to make better decisions, faster. Here are the top 8 use cases of our API and how you can leverage actionable SEO and website data in a jiffy. Reporting…Read more &#...

Digital Marketing

29 May 2024

SEO Agency Software (My Tried and Tested Tools)

In this article, I’ll use my 10 years of SEO agency experience to give you the inside scoop on the most trusted tools SEO agencies use to provide their clients with the best SEO insights. For SEO agencies, finding the…Read more ›

Digital Marketing

29 May 2024

Franchise SEO: Local and National Growth Strategies for Franchises

With more locations come greater challenges requiring a more nuanced approach than a typical local SEO campaign. In this guide, I share successful strategies I’ve used to scale SEO for local and national franchises. It’s split up into three key…R...

Digital Marketing

29 May 2024

A Beginner’s Guide to A/B Testing Landing Pages

Want to revamp your landing pages? Discover how A/B testing allows you to check the performance of any changes with minimal investment or risks to your website

Digital Marketing

29 May 2024

AI Content Optimization: The Complete Guide

AI can streamline content optimization. Learn how to use AI to optimize your content for search engines.

Digital Marketing

29 May 2024

Internet Marketing: What It Is, Types, and How to Start

Learn which internet marketing channels are best to spread messages about a brand, product, or service.

Digital Marketing

29 May 2024

14 LinkedIn Banner Examples to Inspire Your Own

Recently, I came across the LinkedIn page of an unfamiliar brand. And as usual, my eyes went straight to the banner section first. After all, a picture is worth a thousand words.

Digital Marketing

29 May 2024

20 Best Social Media Marketing Courses to Take Online [Free & Paid]

Taking a social media marketing course will help you level-up your existing skills or jumpstart a career in marketing management. And this is a good time: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a 10% rate of job growth is expected for social media marketing managers from 2020 to 2030.

Digital Marketing

29 May 2024

What is a Media Kit — and How to Make One That Wows [+Examples]

A well-known adage says there’s no such thing as bad press — but let’s be real: that’s a big ol’ lie.

Digital Marketing

29 May 2024

14 Best Corporate Social Responsibility Examples in 2024 [+Trends]

I ran a survey in early May 2024 where I asked consumers if they thought brands should practice social responsibility — 90% said yes.

Digital Marketing

29 May 2024

I Tested 6 AI Tools for Graphic Design, Here Are My Favorites

Graphic design has come a long way since I started in the arts nearly a decade and a half ago. Improvements in tools like Photoshop or my personal favorite, Procreate, from then to now have helped remove creative roadblocks and speed up the design process. Then, user-friendly design tools like Canva have made design more accessible to non-specialists.

Digital Marketing

29 May 2024

7 Google Alternatives for Search

For decades, search engine optimization (SEO) has been a critical component of any modern marketing strategy. But SEO doesn’t just mean Google: To the contrary, there are a number of alternative search engines worth exploring.

Digital Marketing

29 May 2024

How to Write a Budget Proposal (+ Free Template)

The first time I was assigned to write a budget proposal, I stared anxiously at a blank spreadsheet, wondering where to begin. What was a budget proposal supposed to include? Was there a specific structure to follow? How could I ensure it met all the necessary criteria?

Digital Marketing

29 May 2024

How to Promote Your Blog (There Are Only Three Ways)

No matter how many listicles you browse, every tactic you see falls into one of these three categories. Imagine being able to share your content with hundreds or thousands of people with one click. That’s the power of building an…Read more ›

Digital Marketing

29 May 2024

Instagram Automation: What You Should Automate + Tools [2024]

Learn about legitimate Instagram automation strategies and save time automating routine daily tasks, without resorting to fake engagement and bots.
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Digital Marketing

29 May 2024

May patches for Azure DevOps Server

This month, we are releasing fixes that impact our self-hosted product, Azure DevOps Server.

The following version of the product has been patched.

Azure DevOps Server 2019.1.2 Patch 9

If you have Azure DevOps Server 2019.1.2, you should install Azure DevOps Server 2019.1.2 Patch 9.
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29 May 2024

VisualStudio.Extensibility 17.10: Debug your extensions with the Diagnostics Explorer

Imagine creating extensions that run faster and smoother than ever before! If you haven’t been following along lately, we’ve been working on improving the VisualStudio.Extensibility SDK. VisualStudio.Extensibility helps you build extensions that run outside the main IDE process for improved performance and reliability.
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29 May 2024

Updates for Town Hall in Microsoft Teams and Teams Live Events

Our goal in Teams is to make hybrid work and communication easier and more inclusive than ever before. This pursuit is core to the effort we put into creating meaningful connections between people through our end-to-end events platforms, whether one-to...

28 May 2024

How to Level Up Your Marketing Career in the AI Era (The Right Way)

I can’t lie — I’ve been feeling a little AI-fatigued lately. But the reason everyone’s still talking about AI is because it’s not going away anytime soon.

Digital Marketing

28 May 2024

650+ Best Instagram Captions for 2024: Good, Cool, Funny & Cute

Like most millennials, I consider myself an Instagram native. I’ve used the platform for both my work and personal life for what feels like a lifetime, and in doing so, I’ve had to come up with thousands of Instagram post captions.

Digital Marketing

28 May 2024

The Science Behind Social Shopping: Why We Are Always ‘Clicking to Buy’, According to Psychologists

Amazon pillows.

Digital Marketing

28 May 2024

How Four Brands Won Gen Z Through Memes, Authenticity, and Community-Building

Building brand awareness isn't just about making noise today — it's about laying the groundwork for generating consistent demand tomorrow.

Digital Marketing

28 May 2024

How to Leave the Best Possible Negative Review for a Local Business

Consumer feedback is an essential gift to local businesses, helping them continuously improve customer satisfaction, but it can be both effectively given and gratefully received with a little extra care for civility on both sides.

Digital Marketing

28 May 2024

Canonical enables Ubuntu on Milk-V Mars, a credit-card-sized RISC-V SBC

May 28th, 2024 – Canonical announced that the optimised Ubuntu 24.04 image is available for Milk-V Mars, the first credit-card-sized high-performance RISC-V Single Board Computer (SBC) delivered by Shenzhen MilkV Technology Co., Ltd. RISC-V, a new paradigm in silicon development Open standards and collaboration are vital to hardware and software in industries, and have been […]

Desktop & Laptop

28 May 2024

71 Social Media Post Templates to Speed Up Your Process

The right social media post template can speed up content creation, saving time while ensuring posts are on-brand and effective.
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Digital Marketing

28 May 2024

AI Overview’s Dangerous Fails + a Life Lesson

AI Overviews is meant to quickly deliver information to searchers, but it is delivering misinformation that ranges from plain bizarre to perilous to public health. Miriam rounds up some of the oddest AI overviews that have been spotted, explains why we...

Digital Marketing

27 May 2024

The U.K. Holds Firm in the Fight for Fair Competition With the DMCC Act, But It’s Not Over Yet

For more than a year, the U.K. government has been working to redefine how the internet works in the U.K., giving consumers greater choice and control over their digital lives and empowering small businesses to have a fair shot at competing with online giants. Having been rightly prioritized as the most important bill to be... Read more »
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25 May 2024

The Top SERP Features in 2024 — Whiteboard Friday

In this Whiteboard Friday, Tom takes us through the top SERP features of 2024 by both presence and Share of Voice.

Digital Marketing

24 May 2024

The Hives Celebrate 50 Years of Sweden’s Global Music Success With Spotify Singles Cover

On April 6, 1974, the Swedish pop quartet ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest with “Waterloo,” a victory that would propel them to dazzling international fame. Meanwhile, across the Atlantic Ocean, Björn Skifs and Blue Swede’s “Hooked on a Feeling” had just become the first single by a Swedish artist to reach the top of... Read more »
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24 May 2024

Facebook Automation: What You Can Automate + Tools [2024]

Facebook automations handle the tedious maintenance of your brand’s Facebook page more efficiently, so you can focus on the big picture stuff.
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Digital Marketing

24 May 2024

The Unbiased Guide to Meta Blueprint Certification in 2024

Meta Blueprint (f.k.a. Facebook Blueprint) online courses help you quickly learn new skills, but it’s not your only marketing education option.
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Digital Marketing

24 May 2024