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The latest jobs in search marketing

Land your next job in SEO or PPC. These brands and agencies are hiring to fill open search marketing positions right now. Search Engine Land

NEW Google To Retire Sitelinks Search Box In November via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Google will remove the sitelinks search box in November due to declining usage. Search rankings are unaffected. Search Engine Journal

NEW Farewell, Sitelinks Search Box

It's been over ten years since we initially announced the sitelinks search box in Google Search, and over time, we've noticed that usage has dropped. To help simplify the search results, [...] Google Webmaster Central

NEW Google To Pause Ads Related To Elections After Polls Close On Nov. 5

Google will temporarily pause ads related to the US elections after the polls close on November 5th. Google said this "is a temporary measure, and we will notify advertisers when this policy is [...] Search Engine Roundtable

NEW Google Local Service Ads At It Again With Request Competitive Quotes

Google is at it again, double dipping on Local Service Ads clicks, by adding a "Request competitive quotes" button after you have already selected the business you want a quote from. Google [...] Search Engine Roundtable

NEW Find voting information on Google Search and Maps

Google Search and Maps are providing information to voters in the United States around Election Day. Inside Search

NEW Google Ads unveils Page-specific Assets for Performance Max

Google Ads update lets you generate tailored creative content aligned with specific webpages, enhancing ad relevance and performance. Search Engine Land

Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Shopping Goes AI, Bing Webmaster Tools Updates & Semrush Acquires SMX & Search Engine Land

For the original iTunes version, click here. Yep, another week, more Google search ranking volatility to report on... Search Engine Roundtable

NEW Google Search to drop Sitelinks Search Box

This does not impact sitelinks but will impact the search box sitelinks feature. Search Engine Land

NEW Search Engine Land Awards 2024: And the winners areā€¦

Here are all the individuals, agencies and in-house teams who have earned Search Engine Land awards for excellence in SEO in PPC in 2024. Search Engine Land

NEW Nick Fox New Lead Of Google Search; Replaced Prabhakar Raghavan

Nick Fox is now the new head of Google Search, replacing Prabhakar Raghavan who is moving into Chief Technologist role at Google. Nick Fox has been with Google since July 2003 and is someone we have [...] Search Engine Roundtable

Google to pause US election ads after polls close on November 5th

Google's temporary post-election ad restrictions could significantly affect political campaigns' ability to share election-related messaging. Search Engine Land

Google Search Tests Article List View Instead Of Carousel

Google Search is testing replacing the article carousel format with a list view format of sort. This shows the articles in two columns with a show more button, instead of a carousel of article cards [...] Search Engine Roundtable

NEW Google Generative AI Snippets Throughout Search Results

Google has been doing a lot with generative AI and I know some of you have seen featured snippets, some knowledge panels, local listings and other forms of generative AI in the search results. Here [...] Search Engine Roundtable

NEW Google Search Ranking Volatility Continues October 19th & 20th

Nope, Google won't let up with its Google Search ranking volatility. We are seeing sites that are showing better rankings one day, only to see those rankings jump back up the next day and continue to [...] Search Engine Roundtable