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It’s no secret that social media has become an important and necessary tactic within most digital marketing strategies. Social media helps build brand awareness, and also provides a space for brands to engage their audience outside of their company website or brick and mortar facilities.

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Google has revealed plans to release Google Assistant, the company’s AI-based voice assistant, to all smartphones running Android 6.0 and above. The post Google Assistant Coming to All Android Phones Running 6.0 and Above by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google’s John Mueller said that generally, web directories do not help with SEO or rankings. Google has said in the past that directories aren’t the right way to build links to your site and then early, Google warned not to use directories for link building purposes…

Posted by kerryjones Do your link building results look something like this? Start doing outreach Get links Stop doing outreach No more links Everyone talks about the long-term benefits of using content marketing as part of a link building strategy. But without the right type of content, your experience may be that you stop earning links as soon as you stop doing outreach