August 2019 SEO Winners and Losers: Facebook ascends, Netflix softens, YouTube dominates while Twitter slides

Episode Overview

August saw Facebook rebound, Twitter slide and Netsuite soften while YouTube continues to dominate SEO visibility. Will Twitter correct their slide? Does Sling have a chance? And, how much the long tails of the Game of Thrones benefit HBO as the summer comes to an end?

Travel

There’s good news for Travelocity who made up lost ground after the horror show of late 2018. Booking.com stabilized after a rough spring while Expedia and Kayak lost ground after 24-month highs.

Streaming Services

Though not roughly tossed into the loser category, Netsuite visibility softened over the summer with the collection of HBO properties benefiting and also rans like sling continue to shrink; was HBO’s gain a Game of Thrones bump or just Raider Nation lining up to see Chucky at training camp? And of course, YouTube is the big winner here with yet another set of week-over-week gains.

Social

Facebook is creeping back into the winner’s column as they eclipse the sixteen million SEO visibility mark. Twitter continues to experience trouble, dropping from SEO visibility of eight million to six million

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