Last month at Google I/O, Google announced plans to update how cookies are managed by its web browser, Chrome. The new policies and features are aimed at improving users’ online experiences by allowing for more transparency and control over how cookies are being used. This new approach to data security will take shape in the […]
To say that direct-to-consumer brands are the next big thing is, to some, like saying iPhones are the next big thing — the first (hypothetical, exaggerated, and made up for the purpose of this blog) response is: “Duh. I’ve been using my Quip toothbrush since 2014 and I took a Ritual vitamin this morning just […]
What does the future of SEO really look like? Is SEO going to die? Does SEO yield any valuable results? — You are probably reading this article because of one of these questions. It might feel like an uphill battle to consistently answer these questions especially when it involves discussing SEO with higher executives. Here’s […]
Remember that frustrating time when you had to perform multiple search queries before Google finally returned what you were looking for? Gone are those days – thanks to featured snippets! The Google search engine result page (SERP) has changed drastically over the years. Much of Google’s focus has been to provide results to user queries […]
Last year, Black Friday and Cyber Monday led to record-breaking consumer spending, and this year is predicted to be an even bigger event as e-commerce methods are expected to take home more of the pie than ever before. So much so that Deloitte’s holiday retail forecasts predict that “total retail sales will increase 5-5.6 percent, […]
In many ways, the back-to-school season finds me coming full-circle. Once again I’m faced with the nervousness, the excitement, the “back-to-school jitters.” I have superiors to impress, and associates to both co-operate and build relationships with. I am once again judged on my critical thinking, my typing, my spelling, my rhetoric, and – lord, help […]
To help ourselves, our clients, and the industry orient themselves in this new voice-powered ecosystem, we launched the PMG Voice Lab. The initiative is a long-term investment in research, analysis, and experimentation in the field of voice search and voice-enabled technologies and opportunities. In our first Voice Lab analysis, we put the top voice-enabled technologies […]
In the PMG Voice Lab’s first analysis, we put the top voice-enabled technologies to the test to see how their AI capabilities compare, and most importantly, identify what brands can do to optimize their content for voice search. Download your copy of PMG’s voice search white paper, Why Voice Matters: Identifying the Latest Opportunities in Voice […]
In this month’s piece on global market trends, we’ve set our sights on exploring the rich historic culture and progressive economic and consumer trends of the third largest economy in the world, Japan. With the country’s unique position as the only Asian nation of G7, Japan’s sophisticated global economic influence is backed by a strong […]
Google has done it again. In yet another attempt to keep people on their site, Google has made their featured snippets dynamic by incorporating search refinement modifiers. For right now, this may just be a test considering not everyone is seeing this new answer box feature. After testing a few different queries, this dynamic featured […]