Newsworthy? Some articles in September

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Some newsworthy items first week of September

Have you seen the news, FB in trouble again?

 

Facebook has quietly changed its ‘always free’ homepage slogan this month without explanation | Daily Mail Online

Facebook may be backing away from its longtime slogan that promised to keep the platform free.As noted by Business Insider, the social media giant recently changed its homepage slogan, which was forme…

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Google is also geting attention as well, this time from how its product reviews have been hijacked

 

Review fraud: Hijacked Amazon reviews a big problem says Consumer Reports – Search Engine Land

Amazon’s fake reviews problem is apparently getting worse. But most consumers are unaware of the problem, let alone its size and scope.Amazon, review graders battle over size of problem. FakeSpot and …

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Again Google is in the frame this time over local search

 

Top Ranking in Google Local Can Be Rented – Search Engine Journal

A post on Diggity Marketing’s blog describes a tactic that exploits lax ranking standards on Google Local searches. The tactic is to rank a website for local search terms then rent the domain name to …

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Newsworthy / Noteworthy

Something different here, WordPress is changing how from  version 5.3, it is blocking indexing of a page by the search engines..

 

WordPress 5.3 Will Change How it Blocks Indexing – Search Engine Journal

WordPress announced an important change to how it will block search engines from indexing websites. This change abandons the traditional Robots.txt solution in favor of the Robots Meta Tag approach. T…

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Google Adsense is introducing measures to try to cut out invalid clicks, read on

 

Google AdSense Announces Crackdown on Invalid Clicks – Search Engine Journal

Google AdSense announced they will stop showing ads before invalid clicks happen. Google says this change won’t affect most publishers. Penalized AdSense publishers will be notified and given the oppo…

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Promoting your business, wondering whether to use Facebook or LinkedIn? Check this out…

 

LinkedIn vs. Facebook: Which Is Best for Business?

The slew of social media channels available today can paralyze even the most savvy business owners. Where do you start? Which one is best? How do you avoid wasting time on channels that won’t bring …

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Until next time…

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