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HTML headings such as H2 and H3 are powerful ranking signals to search engines. Their importance is increasing because Google’s featured snippet algorithm looks for sections of a page to answer a query. Headings help Google better understand the content. Thus analyzing competitors’ HTML headings and optimizing your own can improve rankings. Here are three tools to help. Devaka Tools Devaka Tools SEO bookmarklet. Devaka Tools offers a quick (and free) way to identify and extract on-page headings via a bookmarklet, which the site explains: Bookmarklets are small JavaScript programs that can be stored as bookmarks in a web browser.…

Streaming By Emily Sullivan Aug 12 2024 In recent years, Connected TV (CTV) has revolutionized the way audiences consume television content. CTV has emerged as a powerful alternative to traditional linear TV offerings, giving viewers the flexibility to stream content through various internet-connected devices.  This shift has not only transformed consumer behavior but has also opened up new opportunities for advertisers to reach their target audiences in more personalized and engaging ways. In fact, U.S. brands are expected to spend over $28 billion on CTV in 2024.  In this post, we’ll dive into the diverse landscape of CTV platforms, including…

A survey from Databox reveals that nearly 40% of eCommerce stores consider search engine optimization (SEO) as the best investment in terms of results. To perform these optimizations, eCommerce businesses need to perform SEO audits. An SEO audit is a health checkup for your eCommerce store that reveals issues, misconfigurations, and areas of improvement that are affecting organic visibility. eCommerce teams can quickly spot technical problems, unoptimized pages, and missing data with SEO audits. This helps streamline the site maintenance process as webmasters won’t have to scratch their heads by much to discover opportunities for site enhancements. There are many…

Every week we publish a rundown of new products from companies offering services to ecommerce and omnichannel merchants. This installment includes updates on AI writing assistants, biometric payments, social commerce, fraud protection, and cross-border payments. Got an ecommerce product release? Email releases@practicalecommerce.com. New Tools for Merchants: August 12, 2024 Automattic rolls out AI-powered writing assistant for WordPress. Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com and its Jetpack AI performance and security application, has released Write Brief with AI, an AI-powered writing tool in JetPack. Write Brief with AI can measure readability, simplify lengthy sentences, write and suggest strong and clear prose, and…

While everybody has been patiently waiting for Sora, Runway, a renowned generative AI platform, introduced its latest innovation – the Gen-3 Alpha. This model leverages cutting-edge machine learning techniques to generate high-quality text, images, and videos, making it a powerful tool for creatives and professionals alike. And now the advanced AI model is accessible to all users! Gen-3 Alpha represents a major advancement in fidelity, consistency, and motion compared to its predecessor. Trained on an extensive dataset of videos and images, it offers unmatched capabilities in generating videos and images based on text prompts or other visual inputs. The model’s…

Dropshipping is the entry point for many new ecommerce retail ventures, but selling essentially the same product as hundreds of other online stores makes search engine optimization challenging. With a payment card, a logo, and a few clicks, entrepreneurs can quickly launch an online store by combining an ecommerce platform such as Shopify, BigCommerce, or WooCommerce with dropshipping apps such as Dsers, Spocket, or SaleHoo. Advertising The products for a dropshipping-enabled ecommerce shop could come from multiple sources, including AliExpress. These shops work on thin margins, effectively practicing retail arbitrage. The relatively small margins can complicate advertising since just about…

Researchers at Google DeepMind have developed an AI-powered robot capable of playing competitive table tennis at an amateur human level.  Registering the presence of a ping-pong ball, calculating its direction, and moving the paddle to hit it – all in a split second – is a mammoth task in robotics.  DeepMind’s robot is equipped with an IRB 1100 robotic arm mounted on two linear gantries, which allow it to move swiftly across and toward the table. It has an incredible range of motion, reaching most areas of the table to strike the ball with a paddle as a human does. …

Welcome to our roundup of this week’s spiciest AI news. This week, Elon Musk claimed Sam Altman tricked him. Google flopped at the Olympics. And Argentina’s president wants to use AI to predict crime. Let’s dig in. Back in court Earlier this year Elon Musk sued OpenAI and his fellow co-founders only to drop the lawsuit a few months later. This week Musk filed a new lawsuit against Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI with additional claims. The new allegations and charges offer fascinating insights into the early discussions before OpenAI became a reality. The lawsuit also shines a light…

The vastness of the universe has long captivated human imagination, prompting us to wonder: are we alone?  It’s a question that has fascinated humanity for millennia, and today, we have the technology – such as radio telescopes – to push the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) deeper into space.  We have yet to find anything. While no definitive evidence of extraterrestrial life has been publicly disclosed, the search continues, and the possibility remains open. That’s despite there being billions of potentially habitable worlds in the Milky Way alone, with some 1,780 confirmed exoplanets (planets beyond our solar system), around 16…

A federal judge ruled on August 5 that Google’s search business violates U.S. antitrust law. In U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., Judge Admit Mehta’s opinion states, “Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly.” Though Google has already stated that it will appeal the decision, the ruling will have lasting implications. Distribution Agreements According to Judge Mehta, in 2020 nearly 90% of search queries went through Google. The decision focuses on Google’s distribution deals to reach users. The company pays billions to third-party providers — web browser software, mobile device manufacturers, wireless carriers…