Barry Schwartz

Barry Schwartz a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry's personal blog is named Cartoon Barry and he can be followed on Twitter here.

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Marketing Management

Marketing Day: AdSense accounts, Amazon Echo & Snapchat traffic

Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web.

Barry Schwartz | Jul 5, 2016 at 4:00 pm ET

Performance Marketing

Google AdSense has closed many inactive accounts on July 4th

Google cancelled many AdSense accounts yesterday because they were inactive for a while. You must reapply if you want to continue to use AdSense, Google said.

Barry Schwartz | Jul 5, 2016 at 1:17 pm ET

Data

Google Analytics adds hacked spam webmaster notifications alerts

Now you can get some of your Google Search Console alerts directly in Google Analytics.

Barry Schwartz | Jun 21, 2016 at 4:04 pm ET

Customer & Digital Experience

Google has a new tool for small businesses to check how well their websites score

Google's new tool not only scores your page speed but also gives you a score for how mobile-friendly your website is.

Barry Schwartz | Jun 2, 2016 at 12:01 pm ET

Performance Marketing

Google releases the AMP features & enhancements roadmap

Google rarely talks about what is coming, but they've provided a features and enhancements roadmap or timeline so you can see exactly what Google has planned for accelerated mobile pages.

Barry Schwartz | Jun 1, 2016 at 8:50 am ET

Marketing Management

Marketing Day: Instagram’s new tools, Marketo goes private & more

Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web.

Barry Schwartz | May 31, 2016 at 4:00 pm ET

Data

Google Analytics replaces Search Engine Optimization report with Search Console report

Google Analytics is now more deeply integrated and tied to the Google Search Console data.

Barry Schwartz | May 12, 2016 at 12:22 pm ET

Marketing Management

Marketing Day: Digital video, Yahoo CEO & vertical ads

Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web.

Barry Schwartz | May 2, 2016 at 4:00 pm ET

Customer & Digital Experience

Google to boost the mobile-friendly ranking factor in May 2016

Google will be increasing the mobile friendly ranking factor in the upcoming months but stresses that high quality content can and will rank even when it is not mobile friendly.

Barry Schwartz | Mar 16, 2016 at 12:50 pm ET

Data

Google estimates 25% of sites now use secure connections

Google will work with some of the non-secure top 100 sites on the web to help them migrate to HTTPS.

Barry Schwartz | Mar 15, 2016 at 5:26 pm ET

Performance Marketing

Google Launches AMP Listings; Here’s How They Look

AMP is now out in the wild in the mobile Google news carousel. Try it yourself now.

Barry Schwartz | Feb 25, 2016 at 9:43 am ET

Performance Marketing

Ad Age: Google To Launch Accelerated Mobile Pages On February 24

Google is set to launch AMP in their mobile search results Wednesday, but you can demo it now at g.co/ampdemo on your mobile device.

Barry Schwartz | Feb 18, 2016 at 6:42 pm ET

Marketing Management

EU-US Privacy Shield Announced To Replace Safe Harbor Privacy Deal

After months of not knowing the future of transatlantic data flows privacy, the European Commission announced the replacement for the Safe Harbor.

Barry Schwartz | Feb 3, 2016 at 9:07 am ET

Customer & Digital Experience

Report: Apple Had 50% Of All Device Activations Over 2015 Holiday Season

Flurry reports that Apple had about half of all device activations over the holidays, also breaking down device types and app installs.

Barry Schwartz | Dec 29, 2015 at 8:51 am ET

Marketing Management

Marketing Day: Twitter Video Ads, Apple Drops Ad Blocks & Pew Study

Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the Web.

Barry Schwartz | Oct 9, 2015 at 4:03 pm ET

Marketing Management

Marketing Day: Pinterest Local Search, Facebook Emojis & Amazon vs Search

Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the Web.

Barry Schwartz | Oct 8, 2015 at 4:00 pm ET

Marketing Management

Marketing Day: Google Accelerated Mobile Pages Project, Facebook Lead Ads & LinkedIn Groups

Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the Web.

Barry Schwartz | Oct 7, 2015 at 4:12 pm ET

Marketing Management

Marketing Day: Google On Ad Blocking, Microsoft & Google Patents & Promoted Pins

Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web.

Barry Schwartz | Oct 1, 2015 at 4:00 pm ET

Marketing Management

Marketing Day: Facebook, Baidu & Yelp Earnings, Google Play Ads & Yahoo LiveText

Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web.

Barry Schwartz | Jul 29, 2015 at 5:00 pm ET

Marketing Management

Marketing Day: Google+ Changes, Instagram Ad Revenue & AdSense EU Cookies

Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web.

Barry Schwartz | Jul 28, 2015 at 5:00 pm ET