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Instagram Tests New Ads and Search Console Has Arrived

February 9, 2018 By John E Lincoln

This week: the new Google Search Console is here, Google partners with WordPress, and Instagram is testing multiple new features.

Here’s what happened this week in digital marketing.

Instagram tests new ads and search console has arrived

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Google Partners With WordPress to Improve User Experience

It’s no mystery that Google has partnered with developers, SEO professionals, and the open-source community as part of its mission “to contribute to the prevalence of a healthy, flourishing, and vibrant web.”

Now, the search giant is working with WordPress to improve website speed and mobile experience.

It’s a welcome development. WordPress webmasters who’ve run their sites through PageSpeed Insights have frequently groaned at their yellow or red scores.

That’s because WordPress is a “heavy” technology. On average, it requires more round trips to the server than non-WordPress sites.

Google also wants to expand the capabilities of the WordPress AMP plugin.

Instagram Tests a “Share” Feature With Stories

Soon, you might be able to share Instagram public posts to your own Stories.

Instagram is working with a test group that’s using the new feature.

According to reports, users can share a post to a Story by tapping on the Share button. As of now, that button is used to privately share posts via direct messaging.

People can tap on shared posts to see the original.

As is the case with other social media apps, Instagram will notify users when somebody shares one of their posts.

Instagram Tests a “Share” Feature With Stories

Instagram Also Tests Shoppable Collection Ads

Instagram is also testing its own version of Facebook’s shoppable Collection ads.

The feature enables marketers to highlight products from a digital catalog. Users will see products from the catalog in a carousel that appears below a video.

As of now, though, Instagram is testing the feature with selected advertisers only.

Instagram Also Tests Shoppable Collection AdsInstagram Will Include Carousel Ads in Stories

Soon, you’ll be able to include three pieces of media in every Stories ad.

The new ad unit will appear in a carousel format. Users will be able to swipe left and right on the carousel. They can also tap through on the ads.

In the past, Instagram Stories ads were limited to only single photo or video.

The ads are available to only a limited number of advertisers at this time.

Instagram Will Include Carousel Ads in Stories

Quora Adds More Targeting Options

Quora is adding more contextual and behavioral targeting options to its ad platform.

Here’s a list of the new targeting features:

  • Interest targeting – reach people who’ve shown an interest in specific topics
  • Lookalike targeting – reach people who “look like” an existing audience
  • Question targeting – show a specific question that’s really an ad
  • Multiple topic targeting – use Google keywords to find matching Quora topics

You can also target people by location and device.

Quora Adds More Targeting Options

AdWords Express Now Has Push Notifications for Missed Calls

A new feature in Google AdWords Express will send you a push notification in the event that you miss a call from a potential customer.

You’ll see the notification as a popup on your mobile device.

AdWords Express added another new feature as well. After a call, the app will ask for feedback about its relevance.

Google Increases Image Size Requirements for AMPs

If you’re a fan of AMP, be advised that the Google image size requirement has increased. Significantly.

In the past, the minimum image width was 696 pixels. Now, it’s 1,200 pixels.

Also, the image should contain a minimum of 800,000 total pixels.

Finally, AMP images must be presented in aspect ratios of 1:1, 16:9, or 4:3.

Coming This Summer: Your Non-HTTPS Site Will Be Marked ‘Not Secure’ In Chrome

Starting in July, Google Chrome will mark all non-HTTPS sites as “not secure.”

So if you haven’t yet migrated your website to the more secure protocol, you might want to get on that. Quickly.

Coming This Summer: Your Non-HTTPS Site Will Be Marked ‘Not Secure’ In Chrome

The new feature will appear in Chrome 68.

For a while now, Google has been telling webmasters to use the secure HTTP protocol. This upcoming change is just another way of making the point.

The New Google Search Console Is Here

This past week, Google announced that the new version of Google Search Console is available to everybody.

You can still use the old interface, if that’s how you roll. You can also flip back and forth between the two versions.

Google said that there’s more coming in the new version. The company is also soliciting feedback from users.

The New Google Search Console Is Here

Report: Facebook Is Testing a “Downvote” Option in Comments

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You might soon be able to express your disapproval of a Facebook comment.

According to some reports, the social media giant is testing a downvote option on comments.

There aren’t any more details at this time. If the reports are true, though, the new feature would fly in the face of Facebook’s policy of not including a “Dislike” button.

Other conversation platforms, like Disqus, use downvoting. So maybe Facebook is responding to market demand.

About John E Lincoln

John Lincoln (MBA) is CEO of Ignite Visibility (a 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 Inc. 5000 company) a highly sought-after digital marketing strategist, industry speaker and author of two books, "The Forecaster Method" and "Digital Influencer." Over the course of his career, Lincoln has worked with over 1,000 online businesses ranging from small startups to amazing clients such as Office Depot, Tony Robbins, Morgan Stanley, Fox, USA Today, COX and The Knot World Wide. John Lincoln is the editor of the Ignite Visibility blog. While he is a contributor, he does not write all of the articles and in many cases he is supported to ensure timely content.

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