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Five For Friday SEO, Google & Social Media News Oct 20, 2017

Here are your Five for Friday for this week:Earlier this year we shared an article explaining Google’s mobile first index, where they would crawl the web from a mobile perspective first.  Google has now started, on a limited basis, indexing some sites from a mobile first view – https://www.seroundtable.com/google-mobile-first-indexing-started-24637.htmlFacebook ad targeting is complex and can often be very confusing, especially when looking for tools to identify...

Five For Friday Google & Social Media Update 29th Sept 2017

Here is our Five For Friday for 29 September 2017:As of January 2018 Google chrome will block autoplay videos with sound.  Google claim this will help ‘clean up the web’ but others interpret it as a move to ‘further solidify Google’s monopoly’ on web advertising.  This move will adversely affect any of you that advertise with non-Google online platforms such as NZME – https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2017/09/chrome-will-soon-block-autoplay-videos-with-sou...

Five For Friday – Frances Valintine Special

This week the Online Advantage team had the pleasure of listening to a talk given by Frances Valintine, an Education Futurist & the founder of The Mind Lab by Unitec & Tech Futures Lab. Frances sits on the board of Callaghan Innovation, KEA, and Talentnomics (WashingtonDC). She was previously on the boards of Education New Zealand, NZTech & the New Zealand Game Developers Association, Santa Fe University of Art & Design, Auckland Screen & Digital Content & a member of the...

Google, SEO & Social Media Update – Five For Friday 18 Aug 2017

Mobile friendly websites are highlighted once again with Facebook’s latest algorithm update, organic search is still the main driver of website traffic & how you can leverage the seasons to for your business – read that and more Google & SEO news in Online Advantage’s latest Five for Friday for 18 August 2017:Facebook’s latest News Feed algorithm update, announced earlier this week, will reduce the reach of posts which link to websites that are not optimised for mobile viewing (n...