Daily Search Forum Recap: September 8, 2021

The Arab Spring protests kicked off on December 17, 2010.  For two years, dictatorial governments across Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Yemen, Syria, and Bahrain were challenged by their long-oppressed people. This chain reaction also led to uprisings across Morocco, Iraq, Algeria, Lebanon, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, and Sudan.  Social media’s ability to both mobilize and catalyze individual experiences in real time played a central role in empowering the masses to fight for their perceived injustice. Then, on the other end of the spectrum, you have rampant disinformation.  Just […]

Instagram has updated its resource explaining how ranking works across each part of its app – Feed, Stories, Explore and Reels. Why we care. It’s critical to understand how Instagram ranking works if you want to maximize your visibility and engagement on this platform. What’s new. Instagram Ranking Explained is an update to a 2021 post – so most of the changes are fairly minimal. Of note, Instagram: Separated Feed and Stories into two separate sections. Put a heavier emphasis on following its Recommendation and Community […]

Ten days ago, we reported that the people also ask feature dropped down 30 percentage points in terms of how often the feature is shown in Google Search. Well, now it seems to be back in full force, according to RankRanger and Semrush.