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15 WordPress Developers to Follow in 2021
There are near-infinite resources for learning about WordPress development, from YouTube channels to blogs such as this one. While in-depth articles and courses have plenty of value, following...
Ransomware Attacks Viewed as The Top Cybersecurity Threat in 2021 by Many Experts
According to a survey by Proofpoint, ransomware attacks are now viewed as the top cybersecurity threat by nearly half, 46 percent, of Chief Information Security...
Ask the Bartender: How To Bulk Convert Classic WordPress Posts To Blocks?
I was wondering if you could help me. I want to convert all of my old posts (about 600) to Gutenberg blocks. Do you know an easy way to do that?Philip I often get these short questions via private...
TasteWP Spins Up Free WordPress Testing Sites in Seconds
TasteWP is a newcomer among online WordPress sandboxing solutions. The site allows users to spin up a new WordPress instance in a matter of seconds. Web-based sandboxes like these have been popular...
Getting Started with Divi: Theme Options – General Tab
Divi has a lot of settings throughout its many screens. One of the most common areas for settings is the Divi Theme Options. In this article, we’ll look at the General tab of the Divi Theme Options...
Contextual links in featured snippets may present new opportunities and risks
In November, contextual links began appearing in Google’s featured snippets. Although it’s still in the testing phase, the potential for more links to appear in this high-visibility search result...
Download a FREE Header and Footer for Divi’s Family Doctor Layout Pack
Hey Divi Nation! Thanks for joining us for the next installment of our weekly Divi Design Initiative where each week, we give away brand new freebies. Recently, we shared a brand new Family Doctor...
Basic CSS That Every WordPress User Needs to Know
Anyone with a WordPress site will, at some point, run into a situation where they need to alter some of the code. That isn’t to say that you are expected to be a web developer, writing out...
Google Search launches updated mobile design and interface
Google is rolling out a new design for its mobile search results. The updated interface aims to make the search interface easier to read for searchers while providing a cleaner and more modern...
Chrome 88 Adds to Core Web Vitals DevTools
Newly released Chrome 88 adds features for developers looking forward towards the upcoming Page Experience update, which adds the relatively new Web Vitals metrics to any pre-existing user...
Four marketing strategies to increase app store downloads and engagement
Making your app stand out is daunting but not impossible. Crack app store algorithms, stand out, and boost downloads with these marketing strategies.
The post Four marketing strategies to increase app store downloads and engagement appeared first on Search Engine Watch.
B2B lead generation using Instagram Stories: Six tips with examples
Instagram Stories can be a great platform to generate more B2B leads. Read on to learn how you can use it to grow your business. Examples from Salesforce, Oracle, Slack, and more included.
The post B2B lead generation using Instagram Stories: Six tips with examples appeared first on Search Engine Watch.
Google My Business updates flag review feature
Local SEO, Joy Hawkins, posted that Google has updated the form businesses use to “flag a review” within Google My Business as being inappropriate. The new form seems to offer additional options and...
Google might remove search in Australia if forced to pay to link to sites
Google has threatened to leave Australia and remove Google Search for Australian searchers if the Australian government forces the search company to pay to link to websites it lists in its search...
Password Policy Manager 2.3.4: improved plugin interoperability & bug fixes
Today we are in the third week of 2021, and we are happy to announce the third plugin update of the year: Password Policy Manager 2.3.4. This update features better interoperability with third party...
Gutenberg 9.8 Brings Rounded Borders To the Group Block and Moves the Site Editor Canvas Into an Inline Frame
Gutenberg 9.8 launched yesterday with a few minor UI improvements. The development team added an initial implementation for border-radius support for the Group block that theme authors can opt into....
SEO strategies from the Search Engine Land SEO initiative award winners
[embedded content] In an interview with the Best SEO Initiative Award winners, Search Engine Land Editor George Nguyen deep-dives into the best SEO strategies and tactics for your campaigns. Here...
Content consolidation among winning SEO strategies, award winners say
[embedded content] In an interview with the Best SEO Initiative Award winners, Search Engine Land Editor George Nguyen deep-dives into the best SEO strategies and tactics for your campaigns. Here...
Exploring How to Create and Animate CSS Shapes in Divi
Creating shapes using CSS in web design is not a new concept by any means. In fact, the classic method of creating CSS shapes has been largely overshadowed by other HTML graphic solutions like...
Gutenberg Contributors Consider Implementing a Bot to Close Stale Issues
Gutenberg project contributors are considering implementing a stale bot to tame the repository’s overgrown issues queue, which currently has 2,733 open issues. Stale bots are usually employed to...
15 WordPress Developers to Follow in 2021
There are near-infinite resources for learning about WordPress development, from YouTube channels to blogs such as this one. While in-depth articles and courses have plenty of value, following...
Ransomware Attacks Viewed as The Top Cybersecurity Threat in 2021 by Many Experts
According to a survey by Proofpoint, ransomware attacks are now viewed as the top cybersecurity threat by nearly half, 46 percent, of Chief Information Security...
Ask the Bartender: How To Bulk Convert Classic WordPress Posts To Blocks?
I was wondering if you could help me. I want to convert all of my old posts (about 600) to Gutenberg blocks. Do you know an easy way to do that?Philip I often get these short questions via private...
TasteWP Spins Up Free WordPress Testing Sites in Seconds
TasteWP is a newcomer among online WordPress sandboxing solutions. The site allows users to spin up a new WordPress instance in a matter of seconds. Web-based sandboxes like these have been popular...
Getting Started with Divi: Theme Options – General Tab
Divi has a lot of settings throughout its many screens. One of the most common areas for settings is the Divi Theme Options. In this article, we’ll look at the General tab of the Divi Theme Options...
Contextual links in featured snippets may present new opportunities and risks
In November, contextual links began appearing in Google’s featured snippets. Although it’s still in the testing phase, the potential for more links to appear in this high-visibility search result...
Download a FREE Header and Footer for Divi’s Family Doctor Layout Pack
Hey Divi Nation! Thanks for joining us for the next installment of our weekly Divi Design Initiative where each week, we give away brand new freebies. Recently, we shared a brand new Family Doctor...
Basic CSS That Every WordPress User Needs to Know
Anyone with a WordPress site will, at some point, run into a situation where they need to alter some of the code. That isn’t to say that you are expected to be a web developer, writing out...
Google Search launches updated mobile design and interface
Google is rolling out a new design for its mobile search results. The updated interface aims to make the search interface easier to read for searchers while providing a cleaner and more modern...
Chrome 88 Adds to Core Web Vitals DevTools
Newly released Chrome 88 adds features for developers looking forward towards the upcoming Page Experience update, which adds the relatively new Web Vitals metrics to any pre-existing user...
Four marketing strategies to increase app store downloads and engagement
Making your app stand out is daunting but not impossible. Crack app store algorithms, stand out, and boost downloads with these marketing strategies.
The post Four marketing strategies to increase app store downloads and engagement appeared first on Search Engine Watch.
B2B lead generation using Instagram Stories: Six tips with examples
Instagram Stories can be a great platform to generate more B2B leads. Read on to learn how you can use it to grow your business. Examples from Salesforce, Oracle, Slack, and more included.
The post B2B lead generation using Instagram Stories: Six tips with examples appeared first on Search Engine Watch.
Google My Business updates flag review feature
Local SEO, Joy Hawkins, posted that Google has updated the form businesses use to “flag a review” within Google My Business as being inappropriate. The new form seems to offer additional options and...
Google might remove search in Australia if forced to pay to link to sites
Google has threatened to leave Australia and remove Google Search for Australian searchers if the Australian government forces the search company to pay to link to websites it lists in its search...
Password Policy Manager 2.3.4: improved plugin interoperability & bug fixes
Today we are in the third week of 2021, and we are happy to announce the third plugin update of the year: Password Policy Manager 2.3.4. This update features better interoperability with third party...
Gutenberg 9.8 Brings Rounded Borders To the Group Block and Moves the Site Editor Canvas Into an Inline Frame
Gutenberg 9.8 launched yesterday with a few minor UI improvements. The development team added an initial implementation for border-radius support for the Group block that theme authors can opt into....
SEO strategies from the Search Engine Land SEO initiative award winners
[embedded content] In an interview with the Best SEO Initiative Award winners, Search Engine Land Editor George Nguyen deep-dives into the best SEO strategies and tactics for your campaigns. Here...
Content consolidation among winning SEO strategies, award winners say
[embedded content] In an interview with the Best SEO Initiative Award winners, Search Engine Land Editor George Nguyen deep-dives into the best SEO strategies and tactics for your campaigns. Here...
Exploring How to Create and Animate CSS Shapes in Divi
Creating shapes using CSS in web design is not a new concept by any means. In fact, the classic method of creating CSS shapes has been largely overshadowed by other HTML graphic solutions like...
Gutenberg Contributors Consider Implementing a Bot to Close Stale Issues
Gutenberg project contributors are considering implementing a stale bot to tame the repository’s overgrown issues queue, which currently has 2,733 open issues. Stale bots are usually employed to...
SEO News
Getting Started with Divi: Theme Options – General Tab
Divi has a lot of settings throughout its many screens. One of the most common areas for settings is the Divi Theme Options. In this article, we’ll look at the General tab of the Divi Theme Options to see what they can do and help you choose the best settings for your...
Contextual links in featured snippets may present new opportunities and risks
In November, contextual links began appearing in Google’s featured snippets. Although it’s still in the testing phase, the potential for more links to appear in this high-visibility search result feature has SEOs concerned about what that may mean for their...
Google Search launches updated mobile design and interface
Google is rolling out a new design for its mobile search results. The updated interface aims to make the search interface easier to read for searchers while providing a cleaner and more modern experience, the company said. The new look has begun rolling out and will...
Chrome 88 Adds to Core Web Vitals DevTools
Newly released Chrome 88 adds features for developers looking forward towards the upcoming Page Experience update, which adds the relatively new Web Vitals metrics to any pre-existing user experience ranking signals. Web Vitals measure several things which are then...
Four marketing strategies to increase app store downloads and engagement
Making your app stand out is daunting but not impossible. Crack app store algorithms, stand out, and boost downloads with these marketing strategies.
The post Four marketing strategies to increase app store downloads and engagement appeared first on Search Engine Watch.
SMM News
More Facebook Ads bugs unnerve advertisers ahead of Black Friday, Cyber Monday
Facebook Ads has earned a reputation for being particularly glitchy and unpredictable. Over the past 12 to 18 hours, many advertisers experienced issues with temporary ad disapprovals and accounts being disabled. I'm just sitting in front of the computer watching...
What marketers need to know about authenticity in influencer marketing
“A lot of our clients want to check the quality of their influencers to make sure they have the right target and understand the quality of the influencer’s audience,” said Alexander Frolov, CEO and co-founder of HypeAuditor, an AI-powered Instagram, TikTok and YouTube...
Social Shorts: TikTok teams with Shopify, Commerce ads dominate Facebook, LinkedIn users top 722 million
TikTok jumps into social commerce with Shopify TikTok’s advertising division TikTok for Business announced a global integration with Shopify Tuesday that makes it easy for Shopify merchants to promote their products on the short-form video social network. The two...
Agency commits to equality in influencer marketing
As influencer marketing plays an ever more vital role in engaging customers for brands, MSL, the public relations and influencer marketing agency within Publicis Groupe, has made four measurable commitments to address the inequalities within influencer marketing...
What will make your brand stand out on LinkedIn in 2020?
LinkedIn is the most trusted platform for Fortune 500 companies and can open several doors for your brand, provided you know how to make the most of it. These are some great strategies to stand out on LinkedIn as a brand and reach your potential customers.
The post What will make your brand stand out on LinkedIn in 2020? appeared first on Search Engine Watch.
WordPress News
15 WordPress Developers to Follow in 2021
There are near-infinite resources for learning about WordPress development, from YouTube channels to blogs such as this one. While in-depth articles and courses have plenty of value, following WordPress developers on Twitter can also be surprisingly informative. In...
Ask the Bartender: How To Bulk Convert Classic WordPress Posts To Blocks?
I was wondering if you could help me. I want to convert all of my old posts (about 600) to Gutenberg blocks. Do you know an easy way to do that?Philip I often get these short questions via private messages. I always try my best to help other WordPress users whenever I...
TasteWP Spins Up Free WordPress Testing Sites in Seconds
TasteWP is a newcomer among online WordPress sandboxing solutions. The site allows users to spin up a new WordPress instance in a matter of seconds. Web-based sandboxes like these have been popular for a long time, since they are convenient to fire up and destroy when...
Basic CSS That Every WordPress User Needs to Know
Anyone with a WordPress site will, at some point, run into a situation where they need to alter some of the code. That isn’t to say that you are expected to be a web developer, writing out JavaScript and PHP like a pro. More likely, you will need to tinker with HTML...
Gutenberg 9.8 Brings Rounded Borders To the Group Block and Moves the Site Editor Canvas Into an Inline Frame
Gutenberg 9.8 launched yesterday with a few minor UI improvements. The development team added an initial implementation for border-radius support for the Group block that theme authors can opt into. They also moved the site editor into an iframe element to remove CSS...
DIVI News
Divi Plugin Highlight: Toolset Divi Integration
Toolset is a WordPress plugin that adds custom post types, fields, taxonomies, and post relationships that can be used anywhere on your website. These elements are usually placed within your content with shortcodes or Gutenberg blocks, but Toolset is now integrated...
15 WordPress Developers to Follow in 2021
There are near-infinite resources for learning about WordPress development, from YouTube channels to blogs such as this one. While in-depth articles and courses have plenty of value, following WordPress developers on Twitter can also be surprisingly informative. In...
Getting Started with Divi: Theme Options – General Tab
Divi has a lot of settings throughout its many screens. One of the most common areas for settings is the Divi Theme Options. In this article, we’ll look at the General tab of the Divi Theme Options to see what they can do and help you choose the best settings for your...
Download a FREE Header and Footer for Divi’s Family Doctor Layout Pack
Hey Divi Nation! Thanks for joining us for the next installment of our weekly Divi Design Initiative where each week, we give away brand new freebies. Recently, we shared a brand new Family Doctor Layout Pack. To help you get your website up and running as soon as...
Basic CSS That Every WordPress User Needs to Know
Anyone with a WordPress site will, at some point, run into a situation where they need to alter some of the code. That isn’t to say that you are expected to be a web developer, writing out JavaScript and PHP like a pro. More likely, you will need to tinker with HTML...