Is Google Search Traffic Even More Valuable in 2023?
As we come into the final quarter of 2023 many business and website owners are reporting a drop in overall Google Search traffic. We have hypothesized that many longer search phrases are now being put into AI chatbots such as ChatGPT. While overall Google Search traffic may be down, leads, new patients and/or customers remain […]
Does Every New Blog Post Show Up in Google Search?
There has been much confusion when it comes to blog posts versus pages on a WordPress website. In 2006 and 2007 many of the message boards and rumor mills hypothesized that Google ranked blog posts faster than pages. The reason this was often the case was WordPress built in pingomatic into the backend meaning that […]
Can a Business Rank in the Google Maps Without a Website?
There is sometimes a very rare occurrence in which a business will show up in the Google Maps listing within Google Search yet will not have a website. Note that this is extremely rare if a competitive keyword is searched. Almost every time this happens, it is the Google Algorithm trying to offer any Maps […]
Will Instagram Threads Create a Search or Explore Tab?
Instagram and TikTok grew tremendously because of the Explore tab and the For You Page (FYP), respectively. In the first version of Instagram Threads (July 2023), the only search option is to search other users. An Instagram Threads user cannot search for topics or hashtags. This is a little shocking as Meta knows the importance […]
Can You Delete a Threads Account Without Deleting an Instagram Account?
Instagram Threads is the talk of the social media world. In less than a full week over 100 million people have signed up for Meta’s “Twitter killer”. Everyone from CNBC pundits to influencers are raving about the fun of the app. “It’s like the old days of Twitter”. Whether it is Mark Zuckerberg trying to […]
Are Instagram Threads Likes Public [July 2023]
In the first version of Instagram Threads, likes are not public information. In fact, the following list is not public information. Whether or not this will continue to be the case with future updates of the app is uncertain. One of the biggest complaints about Twitter was the fact that users “likes” or “favorites” were […]