Matt G. Southern, Senior News Writer, has been with Search Engine Journal since 2013. With a bachelor’s degree in communications, Matt specializes in gathering details, checking facts, and making complex subjects easy to understand. In addition to writing articles, Matt oversees strategy development for SEJ’s news department.
A new report from the 3rd Annual U.S. Mobile Path-to-Purchase Study was released by xAd and Telmetrics which shows today’s mobile shoppers are increasingly receptive...
Last week, information leaked that Instagram may be working on an app called Bolt that appeared to be a Snapchat competitor. Today, that information was...
David Felstead, Principal Development Lead at Bing, announced a new feature that Bing has been working on to ensure its users are well protected. For...
Google announced today via the Inside AdWords blog that they’re introducing product ratings on Product Listing Ads (PLAs). Product reviews provide critical information to shoppers...
Google is seeking community help to improve its Google Translate service in a new post published to the official Google Search blog. Google has recently...
Facebook just released their Second Quarter 2014 Financial Summary, included in the report are a lot of positive statistics for the social media giant. Most...
Google announced via the Inside AdWords blog that they will be introducing dynamic sitelinks. Sitelinks are used to connect people to the content they need...
A select number of Instagram users have received notifications prompting them to download a new ‘one tap photo messaging’ app called Bolt. According to user...
Yelp was founded in 2004, making it 10 years old this year. In the decade since being founded, Yelp users have contributed over 57 million...
Today, Foursquare unveiled a new look, new logo, and most importantly they announced a new feature that will be a core focus of their business...
Facebook announced an update to their ad targeting options that will let you reach people on specific mobile device models In order to get high...
VentureBeat reports that LinkedIn is experimenting with location-based features similar to those offered Foursquare. This information comes courtesy of LinkedIn designers Mauroof Ahmed and Moses...
Twitter announced on Friday that changes are coming to their direct messages are sent and stored across the network. Twitter’s support account made the announcement via...
Today, Facebook announced the addition of a new feature that will allow users to save items found while browsing Facebook for later viewing. Every day,...
Marketers and website owners rejoiced yesterday as an official Google Analytics app was finally released for the iPhone, two years after the app was released...
Today, Pinterest announced an update to its category pages. Each category page now has a whole new selection of related interests to browse through. You...
Today, Imgur began rolling out an update for its search tool that’s poised to take Imgur from being just a site to upload and share...
A robots.txt file is key component of your website’s SEO, but sometimes these files do more harm than good. For example, your robots.txt file may be...
Google admits that when they launched Google+ over three years ago there were a lot of restrictions on what name could be used on your...
Groupon recently published a study showing that 60% of what Google Analytics defines as “direct traffic” is actually organic traffic. The study was conducted by...
When a user lands on a site that requires technology that is not supported by their device, the results can be frustrating. That’s why, effective...
LinkedIn recently launched a new app for iOS called Connected, which is designed to encourage users to more frequently reach out to others within their...
Google is now soliciting feedback on their implementation of EU’s Right To Be Forgotten ruling through a new Advisory Council. In an effort to obtain...
Twitter recently released a report sharing some key insights into how millennials prefer to engage on Twitter. In addition, the report also provides data-backed tips...
WordPress recently announced that the first beta version of WordPress 4.0 is now available. WordPress prefaces its announcement with a word of caution that the...
Google made the decision late last month to remove authorship photos from search results. This led to speculation that the decision was made as a...
TechCrunch broke the news today that a Yelp internal document was recently leaked online claiming Google is promoting its own content at the expense of users....
The second annual US Search Awards is taking place at Treasure Island on Wednesday 8 October 2014 during Pubcon Las Vegas. The awards ceremony recognizes...
An announcement was made yesterday on Google+ that a new Google Maps update has been rolled out for desktop users that lets you click and...
PPC software company, WordStream, announced today that they have raised $12 million in led by Baird Capital of Chicago. “This is the biggest fundraising round...
