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President Trump, Here’s Why Fox News Doesn’t Rank on Google
Earlier this week, President Trump accused Google of intentionally suppressing conservative news outlets and hiding news that casts the administration in a favorable light. In his series of Tweets, Trump specifically called out “Fake CNN” as being prominent on Google. Well, Mr. President, when it comes to ranking in Google search results, there are rules…
Beyond the Marketing Minute: Google Tag Manager
What is Google Tag Manager? Google Tag Manager is a free Google tool that allows you to drop code (or tags) on your website through a container snippet. Therefore, you don’t have to hardcode anything. You can just load tags and triggers to your Google Tag Manager container. If the explanation above made you more…
How to Track Link Clicks on AMP Sites with Google Tag Manager
As if Google Tag Manager wasn’t already difficult enough for us non-developers to grasp, Google decided to change the trigger variables for AMP websites. With huge help from my developer friend and colleague, we found a solution that allows us to quickly implement basic event tracking on new AMP websites that we have recently designed,…
Google Search Console: Beyond The Marketing Minute
Five Reasons To Use Google Search Console Google search console (GSC), formally known as Google Webmaster Tools, is a platform that provides website analytics, tools and data about traffic and search engine rankings. It also helps website owners monitor and maintain their website, search rank and more. If you’re not using it, you’re missing out…
Mobile-First Indexing: Beyond the Marketing Minute
When you ask yourself “Should I optimize for mobile first or desktop first?” the answer should always be mobile, whether you’re making speed, UX, or accessibility optimizations. The mobile experience is more error-prone because (1) the screen has less room and (2) mobile users are typically very impatient and ready to bounce. Optimizing for mobile…
Monday Marketing Minute: Google My Business Reviews
Every Monday, marketing experts from Oneupweb take a minute to give you industry tips and tricks, the newest noteworthy trends, and more. This week, Ashley Mugnolo and Gillian Cobb talk about Google My Business reviews. We’ll cover why reviews on your Google My Business account are important and how to get your customers to leave one for…
Monday Marketing Minute: Google My Business Verify, Update and Tag
Every Monday, marketing experts from Oneupweb take a minute to talk about industry tips and tricks, new and noteworthy trends, and more. This week we sit down with Freddy Hunt and Gillian Cobb to talk about how to get the most out of Google My Business for your company. Check out the full transcript with the video below and…
Hiding Your Address on Google Business Profile? You Should Reconsider
In working with about a dozen large home services franchise brands, the choice to hide or list your business address in Google Business Profile has been hotly contested. Home-based businesses have a legitimate reason for hiding their address – they don’t want customers showing up at their house! And some brick-and-mortar businesses opt for showing…
Monday Marketing Minute: Getting an SSL Certificate
Every Monday, marketing experts from Oneupweb take a minute to talk about industry tips and tricks, new and noteworthy trends, and more. This week we sit down with Ashley Mugnolo and Gillian Cobb to discuss why you need to buy an SSL Certificate for your site before July 2018, the penalties for not having one, and more! Check out the…
Is Google Dumping Your Analytics Data for GDPR?
Many marketing managers learned about GDPR about a month ago, when Google Analytics sent out a message notifying account holders that they can and should update their data retention settings. Some account holders reacted with panic, fearing their historic analytics data will be lost forever once the new GDPR regulations take effect on May 25….
Updating Your Site to SSL
On February 8, 2018, Google released a statement that its Chrome 68 update – to be released in July 2018 – will increase web security by clearly marking all HTTP (non-HTTPS) sites as not secure in Google Chrome. If your website is currently HTTP (not secure), it’s recommended switching to HTTPS as soon as possible by getting an SSL certificate through a certification authority….
Net Neutrality Repeal: What Does it Mean for Marketing?
After the Net Neutrality repeal on December 14, Internet marketers and the companies they work with are asking a lot of questions. What is Net Neutrality? Wikipedia defines Net Neutrality as “the principle that Internet service providers must treat all data on the Internet the same, and not discriminate or charge differently by user, content, website, platform, application, type…
