Twitter is rolling out a feature similar to Instagram’s close friends that allows users to make select tweets visible to a small group of people. The post Twitter Circle Lets You Send Tweets To A Select Group appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

LinkedIn is expanding access to professional certifications through new partnerships with Meta, Oracle, and IBM. The post LinkedIn Offers Professional Certifications From Meta, Oracle, and IBM appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Twitter is working on new timeline options that will integrate Tweets and other media around specific events or themes. Initially announced on June 11, 2022 by the social media platform’s head of product development, Amir Shevat, it went live for the first time on August 24 with a timeline about ABC’s ”The Bachelorette.” This 10-week trial program will be available for a small group of users in the U.S. and Canada. Topic-Focused Timelines Will Allow Users to Follow Conversations Around Subjects Users will be able to follow custom timelines via an in-app prompt. Upon being clicked, users will be shown […]

Retail businesses can now add in-store products to their Google Business Profile listings. How it works. When customers search for a Business Profile they can find a products carousel (on the Maps mobile app), or a carousel and “Products” tab if they’re using Google Search. With the “Products” tab, customers can:  Click a featured product card to view the product details. Click a product category to view an overview. Click a product within a product category to view the product details. Chat or call you to find out more, or click on the button leading to your website to order online. Provide […]

In order to retain and grow existing customer relationships, leading organizations are betting on first-party data solutions that can drive impact for both acquisition and retention initiatives. Join ActionIQ and Hearst’s VP of acquisition and conversion as they discuss how Hearst is unlocking value by leveraging its first-party data to drive conversion across both subscriber and e-commerce products. Register today for “Harness Your First-Party Data For Customer Acquisition & Conversion,” presented by ActionIQ. The post Webinar: Harness first-party data for conversion appeared first on Search Engine Land.

YouTube is adding more metrics for creators in its main app, bringing it to parity with the YouTube Studio app. The post YouTube Adds Metrics To Main App, + New Way To Manage Livestreams appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Instagram announced two new features to help users control what they see in their feeds. Mark as Not Interested. The first feature is the ability to mark multiple posts in the Explore section as Not Interested. Those posts will be hidden and users won’t see similar posts in the future. Keywords, phrases, and emojis. The second new feature is the ability for users to tell Instagram you don’t want to see suggested posts with certain words, phrases, or emojis in the captions. See more of what you want. To see more posts you’re interested in, Instagram suggests some best practices. […]

Twitter has begun testing Tweet Tiles, a new display format for tweeted links. The tiles will have larger images and text and a visible CTA button. Today we’re beginning to test Tweet Tiles with @nytimes, @wsj and @guardian. Tweet Tiles will let developers extend the Tweet experience and will pave future innovation for our @TwitterDev developer community https://t.co/LDyExFq4b1 pic.twitter.com/mKeU87jNIv — Amir Shevat (@ashevat) August 25, 2022 What Twitter says. “Right now, people on iOS and web may see and interact with Tweet Tiles that include text, images, videos, or other elements like a button from people in the initial test […]

Chris Silver Smith noticed how Google has updated its Google Maps contributed content policy and removed a line that prohibited review-gating. The line that was removed was “don’t discourage or prohibit negative reviews or selectively solicit positive reviews from customers.”

Find high & low (or zero) click page clusters with this free Python script. The post Python Script: Automate Discovery Of Optimization Opportunities From GSC appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Ahead of the holiday season, Google just announced four new features for advertisers to implement in their ad campaigns and merchant feeds. Conversion value rules for store sales and store visits Product-specific insights Deals Content API Shipping & Returns Annotations Conversion value rules for store sales and store visits. Advertisers can now set store visits or sales default values at the campaign level. Google says searches for “store open” have grown by over 400% YoY, so advertisers should optimize their in-store shopping experiences as well as online. To make it easier for shoppers to find your store, Google suggests keeping […]

Use TikTok as a search engine for your brand to fuel collaborations and creative content. The post How To Use TikTok Search To Find Content, Community, And Creators appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Zeta Live is back on Thursday, September 29th, live streamed globally. Following a successful inaugural year, we’re going bigger and better. Join us as we explore how today’s creativity and micro-moments throughout the consumer journey are shaping disruptive macro movements across tomorrow’s digital economy and marketing ecosystem. This year’s discussions cover all of the buzziest topics, including: The next chapter in digital acceleration: Join senior executives from the largest marketing and advertising holding corporations to discuss the progress, challenges and vision for the future of marketing. Preparing for the democratization of data and identity: Consumers are gaining more control over […]

Google has clarified on its Local Business structured data help documentation that when you want to specify multiple types in Local Business structured data, specify them in an array and do not use additionalType, that isn’t supported.

Google is asking some Google Local Guides to leave sub-reviews about a single business listing. So Google might ask the local guide about the restrooms in the restaurant or the if the place is dog friendly.