March 2022 / 398 posts found
YouTube Testing ‘Search Chips’ On Desktop via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
YouTube is testing a new way to search for videos on desktop with ‘Search Chips’ that allow users to refine results with suggested keywords. The post YouTube Testing ‘Search Chips’ On Desktop appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
N. Griffin: On Connecting Truth and Fiction
N. Griffin is the author of The Whole Stupid Way We Are, for which she was named one of Publishers Weekly’s Flying Start Authors of 2013, as well as Just Wreck It All, Smashie McPerter and The Mystery of Room 11, Smashie McPerter and the Mystery of the Missing Goop, and most recently, Trigger. She received her MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Find her on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. N. Griffin In this post, N. Griffin discusses merging her life experiences with fiction in her new young adult novel, Trigger, what surprised her most in the writing […]
Writing Engaging Character Introductions (From Script)
In this week’s round up brought to us by Script magazine, learn craft techniques on how to master writing character introductions, meet author and screenwriter Lexie Bean and an exclusive interview with horror-comedy Studio 666 screenwriters Jeff Buhler and Rebecca Hughes. Writing Engaging Character Introductions Photo by Michele K. Short, HBO Script contributor Kira-Anne Pelican, PhD provides actionable craft techniques on how to master character introductions with examples from memorable television shows and films. Click to continue. Trans/Non-Binary Survivor Lexie Bean Let’s Life Experience Serve as the Basis for their Book and Movie Projects Photo by Nancy Mercado Author and […]
What Is A Local Link & How To Find More Local Link Opportunities via @sejournal, @seocounseling
Struggling to find high-quality and relevant links for your local SEO? Use these tips to build links that can help improve your rankings. The post What Is A Local Link & How To Find More Local Link Opportunities appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Why Did Your Google Business Profile Get Suspended? via @sejournal, @sherrybonelli
If your Google Business Profile got suspended out of nowhere, here’s a list of reasons why (and how you can fix it). The post Why Did Your Google Business Profile Get Suspended? appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
45 Quotes That Celebrate Teamwork, Hard Work, and Collaboration
Henry Ford’s quote, “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself,” is one of my personal favorite quotes on teamwork. Because it’s true: Teamwork has the incredible power to increase productivity, job satisfaction, and even each person’s individual performance. To inspire your team to band together and celebrate collaboration, we’ve gathered some of our favorite quotes on the power of teamwork. Check out the full list of inspirational quotes below, including some remarks about hard work to keep your collaborative juices flowing. Quotes About Collaboration “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so […]
How To Mince Your Words With Mincemeat And Minced Meat
When you mince your words, you are not getting to the point, or you are speaking indirectly or vaguely. We use the expression in the negative form mostly. You might tell someone to stop mincing words and speak more clearly. But we generally associate the word mince with food when we grind, hash or chop into tiny pieces. It leads me to two of my favorite mince words and a little bit of grammar. Mince and minced as a mass noun and adjective Forgive me if I’m about to mince my words here. But I’ll try to get to the […]
Fast-Forward: 4 Business Problems Solved by B2B Content Marketing
For B2B business, the pandemic was a magnifying glass pointing out the cracks in systems. We discovered just how fast digital transformation can be when our livelihoods are on the line. We found that global supply chains aren’t as resilient as we thought. We found that remote work is far more viable an option than we’d been led to believe. None of these realizations were brand new — we were just able to see them clearly for the first time. The same is true of B2B buyer behavior. When we talk about how the pandemic changed B2B sales and marketing, […]
Title Tag Rewrites: 7 Months Later
Back in August, we analyzed 10,000 SERPs and found that Google was rewriting 58% of the title tags we were able to track. In September, after some serious objections from the SEO community, Google released the following statement: Based on your feedback, we made changes to our system which means that title elements are now used around 87% of the time, rather than around 80% before. This immediately raises two questions. First, has the situation improved? Second, why the huge mismatch between our numbers (and similar numbers by others in the community)? Rewrites by the numbers We collected new data […]
21 Web Directories You’ll Still Want To Use via @sejournal, @amelioratethis
Check out this list of web directories with real traffic that could translate into real business value for your website. The post 21 Web Directories You’ll Still Want To Use appeared first on Search Engine Journal.