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Negative SEO: Is Negative SEO (aka “Google Bowling”) Still Real in 2021?

seo.co

Negative SEO (aka “Google Bowling”) was once a huge threat to websites and webmasters. As Google has expanded into natural language processing, negative SEO is less of a threat than it once was. Google typically ignores irrelevant and low quality links. Link Exchanges. Non-relevant Links.

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How to Avoid the “Not Secure” Warning with Google Chrome Browser Changes

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

In late October, Google released version 62 of Chrome browser with two significant updates. First, Chrome began labeling all non-HTTPS pages in incognito mode as “not secure;” and, most importantly, Chrome also began adding the “not secure” warning in the address bar when visitors start typing any information on HTTP pages.

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Make It to the Inbox With Litmus Spam Testing

Litmus

Also called domain authentication or validation, email authentication helps prevent spoofing and phishing scams (like emails meant to look like they come from Amazon or your bank—but don’t). Shows that your email is associated with your domain. Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance (DMARC).

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Understanding the Basics of Bid Shading

QuanticMind

In the formative years of programmatic advertising , second-price auctions were the industry standard—a crucial component in helping build the online ad marketplace as we know it today. Much like eBay , ad exchanges saw second-price auctions as a better, more accurate valuation of publishers’ inventory.

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What is a Link Exchange? Are Link Exchanges Safe for SEO in 2021?

seo.co

The short answer to the question is: A link exchange is an agreement between two sites to share and exchange links with each other for mutual benefit. The Link Exchange in Practice. A link exchange is one way to acquire great links for link building. Avoiding a Bad Link Exchange.

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Is there any incentive to crack down on programmatic ad fraud?

Martech

For nine months last year Gannett, publisher of USA TODAY and other news outlets, ran billions of ads in places that weren’t what the buyers wanted. Earlier this week The Journal revealed that more than a dozen ad-tech companies failed to detect this, despite having all the information needed to do so. The second was intentional.

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Why we care about adtech: The complete guide

Martech

Advertising technology describes the software and the tools used by advertisers to deliver targeted digital ads to consumers. Successful campaigns use it to glean actionable data and send audiences the most relevant ads. Programmatic ad-buying. As users see more relevant ads, click-through rates improve, leading to a better ROI.