Weekly Marketing Skinny • June 28, 2014

Posted on the 28 June 2014 by Ana Hoffman @AnaTrafficCafe

Don’t have the time to read all the marketing news, blog posts, announcements, and other content related to SEO/social media/online marketing published each week?

I’ve got you covered.

I sift through trillions (well, hundreds) of online publications to stay on top of marketing news that might affect your online business.

In the marketing spotlight this week:

♨  Search Engine Traffic Declines Across the Board;
♨ Google Authorship Photos No Longer in Search;
♨ Worried about negative SEO?
♨ More Tweets in Bing search results;
♨ Happy Birthday, Google+!
♨ Larry Page on What’s going on with Google Plus?
♨ Big Updates Coming to YouTube This Year;
♨ New Multi-Product Ads Arrive On Facebook;
♨ Buffer Launches Content Discovery & Sharing App For iOS;
♨ What Google Announced at I/O 2014;
♨ Google Drive Just Announced Big Updates;
♨ Amazon is giving 30 Android apps away for free;
♨ Google is now in the domain registrar business;
♨ Working from home: expectations vs reality…
♨ …and much, MUCH more.

Let’s start with the news from Traffic Generation Café.

At TrafficGenerationCafe.com

How To (and Why) Purge Your Outdated Content [CHECKLIST]

Updating an older, but relevant and valuable post could bring you more blog traffic, establish more credibility, and build more loyal readership faster than writing a new one – at a fraction of time and resources.

That’s why, when you are short on time, consider updating a post from your archives instead of spending hours writing a new one.

Plus, here’s what Google says about updating your site:

Source: Google Webmaster Guidelines – Optimize Your Website [PDF]

To make your (and mine) life easier, I came up with a handy checklist on what you need to do to update your content efficiently and maximize web traffic potential:

How To (and Why) Purge Your Outdated Content [CHECKLIST]

SEO

Search Engine Traffic Declines Across the Board

Google Authorship Photos No Longer in Search

Google Drops Search Queries From Google My Business

Google’s Knowledge Graph Is Showing Step By Step Instructions

Google’s Panda Forces PR Newswire To Remove Press Release Spam

Worried about negative SEO?

How Does Bing Choose The Title For Web Page?

More Tweets in Bing search results

Show me you found this post valuable with your tweets, likes, and +1′s – THANK YOU!

Social Media

Happy Birthday, Google+!

Larry Page on What’s going on with Google Plus?

Google+ At 3 Years Old: A Social Referral Graveyard?

Big Updates Coming to YouTube This Year

YouTube Rolls Out A Bigger Video Player

YouTube Update: The Inbox is out

New Multi-Product Ads Arrive On Facebook

Facebook News Feed FYI: Showing Better Videos

Facebook now offers 70 gender options to the U.K.

Buffer Launches Content Discovery & Sharing App For iOS

Pinterest lovers will love this new add-on for Android devices

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Make Money

How to Sell Digital Products Online with Google Drive and PayPal

Marketing This & That

What Google Announced at I/O 2014

The ‘OK Google’ voice command from any screen

Google Drive Just Announced Big Updates

Google starts ‘forgetting’ search results in Europe

Amazon is giving 30 Android apps away for free

Android Wear Smartwatches Compared

Domains

Google is now in the domain registrar business

Marketing Tools of Note

In-Page Analytics Chrome Extension (by Google)

Working from Home Fun

Working from home: expectations vs reality…

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