Archive of September, 2023

September, 30 2023

Google Search, Chrome & Ad Execs Plotted To Increase Ad Revenues via @sejournal, @martinibuster Emails between Ads, Chrome and Search executives uncovers scheme to increase ad revenues - Search Engine Journal

September, 29 2023

Microsoft blames Google for Apple rejecting offer to buy Bing Microsoft boss Mikhail Parakhin claims that despite offering more money than Google, the company [...] - Search Engine Land
5 useful GA4 dashboards for local SEO Wondering where to go in GA4 to gather local SEO insights? These dashboards are key to developing [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Launches “SEO Made Easy” YouTube Series via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google launches "SEO Made Easy" YouTube series, providing practical tips to optimize [...] - Search Engine Journal
YouTube rolls out video view campaigns globally VVCs help advertisers achieve 40% more views on average than in-stream skippable CPV campaigns, [...] - Search Engine Land
How to recover from the Google rich results shake-up Learn the far-reaching consequences of Google's changes to HowTo and FAQ rich results and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google-Extended Is The New Google Crawler To Block Bard Or Google AI Google has announced a new Googlebot, a new Google crawler, named Google-Extended that you can use [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
3 tips for boosting sales with paid search promos and discounts Learn three ways to use promotions and discounts in paid search to help you boost sales and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Rolls Out Updates To The Search Generative Experience Including Algorithm Improvements Google has rolled out some updates to the Search Generative Experience (SGE) the company announced [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 28 2023

Google September 2023 helpful content is now done rolling out This update kicked off on September 14 and took 14 days to roll out. - Search Engine Land
Understanding explicit vs. implicit searches: The key to dominating local SEO Here's how understanding the nuances between these search types can elevate your local search [...] - Search Engine Land
Google introduces Google-Extended to let you block Bard, Vertex AI via robots.txt You can now prevent Bard and VertexAI from from accessing your website, or parts of it, by blocking [...] - Search Engine Land
What to do when performance tanks in PPC Is your PPC performing poorly? Learn how to troubleshoot and turn things around with practical [...] - Search Engine Land
How to communicate Google core updates to executives Take control of the conversation and drive your SEO strategy forward with proactive communication [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Concludes Rollout Of September 2023 Helpful Content Update via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern ‌Google concludes its September 2023 Helpful Content Update, altering AI and third-party [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Search Generative Experience adds About this result feature Google will soon add the About this result feature for individual links that are included in SGE [...] - Search Engine Land
Google September 2023 Helpful Content Completed Rolling Out - Targeting SEO-First Content Google, at around 3 am ET this morning, announced that the September 2023 Google helpful content [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Prescription Drug Services Medicines Policy Updated Google will update the Google Ads Healthcare and Medicines policy from Prescription drug sale [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 27 2023

26% of the top 100 websites are now blocking GPTBot The number of popular websites blocking ChatGPT has increased 250% in the past month. Pinterest, [...] - Search Engine Land
Thank you for 25 years of curiosity For Google’s 25th birthday, we’re celebrating alongside our users with a special Doodle [...] - Inside Search
5 SEO content strategy considerations for 2024 and beyond Excel in the evolving search landscape and boost your brand's visibility on diverse platforms by [...] - Search Engine Land
Meta AI assistant uses Microsoft Bing Search results Whenever a request requires fresh information, Meta's conversational assistant will ask Microsoft [...] - Search Engine Land
Reminder – Google Optimize sunsets this weekend Marketers will need to conduct A/B testing in Google Analytics 4 moving forward. - Search Engine Land
Google Search’s evolution in Asia Pacific As we celebrate Google's 25th birthday this week, here’s a quick look back at moments along [...] - Inside Search
ChatGPT Browse with Bing returns after being disabled 3 months ago This was disabled related to ChatGPT using content from content behind a paywall. - Search Engine Land
How to create a perfect location page for SEO and visitors Ensure your business can be found both online and offline by implementing the key elements of [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search at 25: SEO experts share memorable moments Celebrate Google's 25th birthday with SEO stories from industry veterans, exploring challenges, [...] - Search Engine Land
YouTube relaxes controversial topic guidelines to boost ad revenue opportunities Content that references controversial topics but does not go into graphic detail will now be [...] - Search Engine Land
Gracias por 25 años de curiosidad Por el cumpleaños 25 de Google, estamos celebrando junto a nuestros usuarios con un Doodle [...] - Inside Search
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 27, 2023 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google 25th Birthday Cappuccino - 25 - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Updates Charts & Content On Analyzing Organic Search Traffic Drops A few years ago, Google's Daniel Waisberg wrote two blog posts, one on analyzing Google Search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google To Block Bard Shared Conversations From Google Search Google launched shared conversations in Google Bard about a week ago and forgot to ensure search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
5 essential Google Shopping optimizations Google won’t tell you by ShoppingIQ The secrets of Google Shopping Ads that will save you thousands. - Search Engine Land

September, 26 2023

Google to block Bard’s shared chats from showing in Google Search After Google released shared conversations in Bard, Google Search began crawling and indexing those [...] - Search Engine Land
Apple has no plans to make a Google rival "Apple Search" is not in the works as the company believes its deal with Google works [...] - Search Engine Land
How to create an SEO roadmap Learn why an SEO roadmap is essential for your strategy, how to create one, and tips for [...] - Search Engine Land
Microsoft Advertising Copilot To Create Ads and New Compare & Decide Bing Chat Ads At the Microsoft AI event last Thursday, Microsoft also announced new AI-based ad features in the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Fixing Delayed Search Console Indexing, Enhancements & Experience Reports Google has confirmed it is working on fixing the delayed Google Search Console reports. Many are [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Helpful Content Update's Last Surge Of Ranking Fluctuations? Over the past couple of days, I've seen more chatter of ranking movement for those SEOs initially [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
AI in SEO: How to navigate legal challenges and ensure compliance From legal compliance to ethical considerations, agencies must address the key challenges of AI [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing Offers Methods To Block Bing Chat From Using Your Content Bing decided not to wait for the alternative approach to a robots.txt method for blocking AI tools [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Does guest blogging still work for SEO? Pros, cons and best practices by Adsy There are too many thoughts about guest blogging. Should you still use it? If so, what is the right [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads May Suspend Advertisers Over Non-Fulfillment Issues Google Ads will update ads policies to suspend advertisers over non-fulfillment and non-delivery of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
What is generative AI and how does it work? Dive into how generative AI models work, what they can and can’t do, and the implications of [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 26, 2023 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 25 2023

Links are not a top 3 Google Search ranking factor, says Gary Illyes Google's Gary Illyes said people overestimate the importance of links, saying they haven't been a [...] - Search Engine Land
Former Googler: Google ‘using clicks in rankings’ Does this mean clicks are a direct ranking factor? No. In fact, BERT and MUM are making user data [...] - Search Engine Land
Mapping the customer journey for SEO and marketing success Here's why mapping the customer journey is vital for SEO success. Explore each step of the journey [...] - Search Engine Land
Measuring and optimizing for Google Core Web Vitals: A technical SEO guide Dive into the current set of Core Web Vitals, plus tips and tools to boost your web performance and [...] - Search Engine Land
Trends in paid search to watch in 2024 by Cynthia Ramsaran In this webinar, learn what trends in paid search advertising are expected to gain traction. - Search Engine Land

September, 24 2023

Google: Links No Longer A Top Three Ranking Signal Google has been downplaying the importance of links in its ranking algorithm for the past couple of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Not Rolling Back The Last Helpful Content Update Google's John Mueller said it is very unlikely that the search company will roll back the last [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Removing Content Doesn't Make The Other Content Rank Higher Google's John Mueller said on Twitter that removing content doesn't make the rest of your content [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Keep Important Content Out Of Before Or After CSS Pseudo-Elements Google posted on Twitter "we recommend not adding meaningful content or symbols using ::before [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Gary Illyes: Comments Sections On Websites Can Be Good Gary Illyes from the Google Search team said at PubCon that comments sections on websites can be a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 22 2023

TikTok testing displaying links to Google search results TikTok is showing links to conduct a search at Google Search. - Search Engine Land
Google denies manipulating ad auctions in resurfaced SMX Advanced clip Google's Jerry Dischler backtracked at the antitrust trial, claiming ad prices are quietly tweaked [...] - Search Engine Land
Google accused of downplaying ad price manipulation Some advertisers believe Google quietly inflates ad prices by 100% – a stark contrast to the [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing adds controls for webmasters to disallow their content in Bing Chat This utilizes NOCACHE and NOARCHIVE tag and more features may come in the future. - Search Engine Land
What is the best generative AI tool for writing PR content? We compared human-written content with AI-generated posts from ChatGPT, Bard, and Claude 2. Here's [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing Webmaster Tools To Remove Disavow Links Tool Fabrice Canel from Bing also announced that the disavow link tool will soon be removed from Bing [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to optimize your ecommerce ad spend and budget for the best ROI Ready to optimize your ecommerce ad spend? Learn tips for smarter budget allocation and creative [...] - Search Engine Land
Google's Helpful Content Update Doesn't Target Third-Party Hosted Content Yet When the September 2023 Google helpful content update came out, Google added new information to its [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
A new wave of innovation in Bing Chat and SwiftKey Yesterday, Microsoft held an event in New York where we announced a broad set of news from across [...] - Bing Search

September, 21 2023

AMA with Google’s Gary Illyes: 15 quick SEO takeaways Google's Gary Illyes on ranking signals, AI content, voice data in GSC, Core Web Vitals, the [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Expect more simplification of Search results The removal of SERP features like HowTo and FAQ rich results are a trend SEOs should watch, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google’s helpful content update did not yet target hosted third-party content Gary Illyes from Google said this was just a change made to the documentation and was not [...] - Search Engine Land
What your enterprise SEO audit may be missing Build a strong SEO foundation for your enterprise website. Learn how to bridge the gaps in your [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads for lead generation: A 6-step framework for success Learn how to optimize for high-quality leads in Google Ads and achieve sustainable growth in your [...] - Search Engine Land
Department of Justice removes key Google evidence from its website The federal antitrust trial is now going to be much harder for the public to follow. - Search Engine Land
Bing explains the new Sitemap Index Coverage report After quietly rolling out the new sitemap in Webmaster Tools, Bing explains how it works. - Search Engine Land
Bing Webmaster Tools performance report gains new data but you can’t filter by just Bing Chat data You can filter by web and chat combined, you can filter by news, images, videos and even knowledge [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing Webmaster Tools disavow link tool is going away After about a decade, Bing has decided to sunset the disavow link because it is no longer needed. - Search Engine Land

September, 20 2023

Google rolls out automatically created assets to all advertisers ACAs are also now available in seven new languages. - Search Engine Land
Google launches new report that flags checkout issues on e-commerce sites The Checkout Journey report helps brands resolve checkout issues promptly for an improved user [...] - Search Engine Land
Google September 2023 Helpful Content Update Current Impact & Volatility Google started to roll out the Google September 2023 Helpful Content Update last Thursday afternoon [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to create an SEO content plan with Google Sheets functions Prioritize content creation and updates with these simple, time-saving functions and formulas in [...] - Search Engine Land
YouTube’s crackdown on ad blockers intensifies The platform warns it will block video playback unless users allow ads or pay $13.99 a month for [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Compilation Of ChatGPT Output Is Not Unique Content Google's John Mueller said on X that a compilation of ChatGPT output does not make your content [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to follow Google Business Profile guidelines Here's why understanding Google's guidelines is vital for your Business Profile's success and how [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Bikes On Google Wall - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Quality Affects Everything In Googleâ��s Search Systems But What About Large Old Sites There is a fun new Google Search Off the Record podcast to listen to with John Mueller and Gary [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
White hat link building strategies that work in 2023 by Admix Global Discover how quality links can elevate a website's credibility and boost rankings with no shortcuts [...] - Search Engine Land

September, 19 2023

Google AdSense adds new tools to make site verification faster and easier The platform now offers real-time verification and meta-tag verification in addition to its [...] - Search Engine Land
Are you being manipulated by Google Ads? Dive into the covert persuasion tactics Google Ads uses to ensure the house always wins and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Confirms: Quality Is Foremost Factor In Search Indexing via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Quality content is the top factor influencing Google's indexing and crawling decisions, per a [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Search can now validate responses from Bard Plus, Bard PaLM 2 model is better, expanded more features and new Bard extensions. - Search Engine Land
Google quietly increases ad prices to meet targets, claims exec The search engine reportedly raises prices by up to 10% without informing advertisers. - Search Engine Land
Trojan horse SEO: How to gain traction in new markets Learn the secrets of Trojan Horse SEO for category creation and how to disrupt markets, create [...] - Search Engine Land
“1989 (Taylor's Version)” vault titles come to Search Search for “Taylor Swift” in the Blank Space (ahem, a Search bar). - Inside Search
Google autocomplete: The silent threat to your online reputation Learn how negative autocomplete keywords about your brand can shape people's perceptions and [...] - Search Engine Land
How to grow and retain clients with AI-powered ‘Conversation Intelligence’ by CallRail Use CallRail’s AI-powered products to uncover actionable insights, fuel new marketing [...] - Search Engine Land
Some Local SEOs Reporting Google Business Profile Emails Not Being Received Some local SEOs are reporting that they are not receiving emails from Google Business Profiles. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Can Now Check Bard's Answers Google Bard now has deeper integration with Google Search, where you can use Google Search to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Generative Experience Tests New AI-Generative Snapshot Design Google is testing a new design and layout for the Google Search Generative Experience AI-generated [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 18 2023

Google Ads explains ‘limited by bid strategy’ status amid manual bidding concerns 'Looks like the manual bidding days are coming to an end.' - Search Engine Land
How to use Quora for SEO and research Learn how to think outside traditional search volumes and keyword metrics and explore unlimited [...] - Search Engine Land
Website redesign checklist: Retaining and improving SEO Redesigning a website often has a negative impact on SEO. Learn how to factor organic traffic into [...] - Search Engine Land
How to find ideal niche keywords Boost your SEO! Uncover how to find ideal niche keywords, decode search intent, and implement them [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads apologises after automatic data migration causes confusion The changes will impact anyone who did not manually opt out of automatically created GA4 properties. - Search Engine Land
Google Antitrust Trial Week 1: Feds Paint Picture Of Search Bully via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google confronted over search deals in first week of landmark antitrust trial. - Search Engine Journal
Google Search Tests European Union Energy Labels On Products Google is testing displaying the European Union energy labels or icons on some product search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Website redesign SEO checklist: Retaining and improving SEO Redesigning a website often has a negative impact on SEO. Learn how to factor organic traffic into [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Tests Blue Highlighting Text Within Search Result Snippets Google seems to be testing highlighting portions of text in the search result snippets. This seems [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Report: Google Search Things To Know Rarely Showing Now? It seems like the Google Search feature for "things to know" has significantly dropped [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 15 2023

What’s new with the Google helpful content update Now that Google has released the September 2023 helpful content update, let's dig in to see what is [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Completely Removes How-To Rich Results via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google is simplifying the SERPs by removing the How-To rich results from desktop and mobile search [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google launches new AI tool to improve YouTube ad optimization Creative Guidance leverages AI to suggest actionable steps for enhancing video ad performance. - Search Engine Land
A guide to multichannel marketing for one-person marketing teams Being a one-person marketing team can be an exciting, if stressful opportunity. Learn how to make [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing Preview Release Notes: Microsoft Launcher and Continue on Your Phone These Release Notes are designed to provide updates on new features that have fully shipped to all [...] - Bing Search
SEO, generative AI and LLMs: Managing client expectations Managing client expectations requires a calculated approach, especially when the ultimate goal is [...] - Search Engine Land
Microsoft calls deceased NBA player ‘useless’ in AI-written obituary The MSN article that was supposed to pay tribute to the late NBA star Brandon Hunter was offensive [...] - Search Engine Land
Google September 2023 Helpful Content Update Rolling Out With Improved Classifier Last night, Google began to roll out an update to the Helpful content system - the Google September [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 15, 2023 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 14 2023

Google September 2023 Helpful Content Update – Changes To The Algorithm via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's September 2023 Helpful Content Update contains two algorithm changes that affect how sites [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google September 2023 helpful content system update rolling out This update should take a couple weeks to roll out and is the first update of this kind since last [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search stops showing How-to rich results on desktop This change comes one month after Google announced HowTo would no longer appear on mobile devices [...] - Search Engine Land
How to use fan-driven marketing to foster brand love Why investing in brand love and emotional attachments may be the best marketing investments that [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Products Overlay With Zoomable Product Images Google Search now zooms in on product images when you are previewing a specific from on the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
A 6-minute process to diagnose E-E-A-T issues In a future filled with E-E-A-T and AI, SEO will be less about doing and (possibly) more about [...] - Search Engine Land
Amazon launches new search functions on mobile to rival Google The retail giant is rolling out new search and discovery tools, including multimodal search, [...] - Search Engine Land
Perfecting prompts for SEO content development Learn how to craft exceptional prompts that can lead to compelling and high-quality content that [...] - Search Engine Land
TikTok quietly adds Wikipedia snippets to its search results Google may now face serious competition in TikTok as the platform expands its SERPs with content [...] - Search Engine Land
Amazon sellers can now use AI to write product titles, descriptions and listing details The new technology aims to alleviate the workload of brands by streamlining the product listing [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Promoting Search Generative Experience In Traditional Search Results Google is now showing banners and overlays to promote its new Search Generative Experience directly [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Maps/Local Tests Third Party Reviews Again Google Maps and Google Local are testing showing third-party reviews for Google Business Profile [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
State Of SEO: Agency & In-House Pros Navigate Industry Disruptions via @sejournal, @sejournal Our State Of SEO survey is split into 2 separate reports to address distinct challenges and [...] - Search Engine Journal
SEO scalability: We have a problem Advances in generative AI technology have led many to declare it the future of SEO content. [...] - Search Engine Land

September, 13 2023

TW-BERT: End-to-end query term weighting and the future of Google Search Learn about Google's research into end-to-end query term weighting and how this model could [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Meta Description Length Does Not Matter For Ranking Algorithms Google's John Mueller said the length of your meta descriptions do not matter to the Google search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads enhanced conversions and first-party data Learn how to set up Enhanced Conversions, move to a smart bidding strategy and set targets ROAS and [...] - Search Engine Land
4 simple ways to put an end to unprotected paid search by Adthena The imperative of brand protection in search marketing. - Search Engine Land
Google Search Ranking Update Volatility Tremors Around September 12th I am seeing some early signs of maybe the first set of tremors post the Google August 2023 core [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Advertiser Lost Thousands Of Dollars Lost During Google Ads Experimental Test A respected advertiser in the PPC community said that a Google Ads experiment that the customer did [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Overcoming the Google SGE challenge: Assessment and recovery strategies by Cynthia Ramsaran Join this webinar to overcome the Google SGE challenge. - Search Engine Land
Google Ship Carrier - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 12 2023

How the August 2023 Google core update compared to March 2023 core updates We asked some of the Google tracking data providers for data on the latest Google algorithm update. - Search Engine Land
Google CEO on SGE and Search evolution: ‘We’ll get it right’ Sundar Pichai compares the shift to SGE to the shift from desktop to mobile – and believes it [...] - Search Engine Land
Suspended Google Ads advertisers may be required to pass advertiser verification This policy kicks in on October 10, 2023 and will impact some advertisers. - Search Engine Land
Google Performance Max: Everything you need to know Learn what sets Performance Max apart from other Google Ads campaigns, and how it can drive [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Updates Crawler Documentation To Fix A Typo via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google updated official crawler documentation to fix a typo in a user agent string that could cause [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google: There Is No Way To Prevent Search Traffic Loss From A Website Revamp Google's John Mueller was asked if there is a way to prevent search traffic loss while launching a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Ecommerce marketing next year: 5 ways to set up for success Failing to plan is planning to fail. Here are some ecommerce tips that can have an immediate [...] - Search Engine Land
Another Google Surfboard - Search Engine Roundtable
Google On Content On E-Commerce Category Page: Stay Away From Low-Quality Blurbs We covered the topic of SEO for e-commerce category pages a number of times here. But Gary Illyes [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Very Few Robots.txt Files Are Over 500KB Gary Illyes shared a nice little tidbit on LinkedIn about robots.txt files. He said that only a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Use Hreflang When Sitelinks Go To Wrong Country Version Google's John Mueller said if you see that your sitelinks in Google Search are going to the wrong [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google To Force Some Suspended Advertisers To Get Verification Before Lifting Suspension Google in October will start to require some advertisers who have their accounts suspended to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 11 2023

SEO content optimization: How to rank higher and convert better by SE Ranking Discover the complete process of SEO content optimization using both hands-on techniques and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Console rolling out new Merchant Center integrated reports These new reports will show you issues with products not showing on Search and changes in [...] - Search Engine Land
When your business doesn’t need SEO Discover five reasons why SEO might not be the best fit for your business, from budget limitations [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Updates Search Console Shopping Tab Listings Report via @sejournal, @kristileilani Explore the latest updates to Google Search Console's Shopping tab and how merchants can use them [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google search antitrust trial ready to begin: What’s at stake The case alleges Google used its dominant market share to illegally throttle competition in both [...] - Search Engine Land
Target ROAS in Google Ads: 5 key considerations Learn the key factors to consider when evaluating this Google Ads value-based bidding strategy for [...] - Search Engine Land
New: Google Search Console Shows Merchant Center Visibility Issues & Changes Google announced that Google Search Console will now show Google Merchant Center visibility issues [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How publishers can regain traffic and revenue with affiliate marketing Here's how better affiliate and content strategies can help media companies recover from lost [...] - Search Engine Land
Google May Allow Adult Themed Content On Google Maps For Adult Service Businesses Google has added a new line to its prohibited & restricted content Google Maps policies under [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New Google Business Profiles Reinstatement Process (US) In the coming weeks, Google will bring the EU version of the Google Business Profile reinstatement [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Associate Search Console to Merchant Center to discover growth opportunities Today Search Console is enhancing the Shopping section to help businesses with a Merchant Center [...] - Google Webmaster Central
"Google" Street Paint In Binary At Google Kirkland Office - Search Engine Roundtable
YouTube’s AI-powered solutions enhance ad creativity From embracing creative essentials to expanding reach and enabling new creative horizons, AI is [...] - Inside Adwords
Google: Fix Your INP Issues? Don't Expect Visibility Changes Search Rankings. Google's John Mueller reiterated what Google has been saying for some time around Core Web Vitals [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 8 2023

Google Completes Rollout Of August 2023 Core Update via @sejournal, @kristileilani Now that the August 2023 core update is complete, here's a quick recap of some of the biggest [...] - Search Engine Journal
The case against Moz’s Domain Authority Despite the metric's popularity, Domain Authority scores should never be a KPI in your SEO reports. [...] - Search Engine Land
12½ emotional ingredients for SEO success Explore essential emotional skills that can drive SEO success and build lasting trust with clients [...] - Search Engine Land
R.I.P. UA – Search Engine Land property has stopped processing data It's finally happened, 68 days later. Google Universal Analytics has stopped processing data for [...] - Search Engine Land
Google August 2023 Broad Core Update Finished Rolling Out The Google August 2023 Broad Core update finished rolling out yesterday afternoon at about 4:03 PM [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How Google Search handles multilingual searches In many countries and regions around the world, people commonly speak and search in more than [...] - Google Webmaster Central
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google August Core Update Done, Language Matching System Update, Canonical Bug, Google Ads AI Disclosure & More For the original iTunes version, click here. This week, I posted the big Google Webmaster Report - [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search updated its language matching systems This update was released a couple of weeks ago and helps Google match the searchers language to [...] - Search Engine Land

September, 7 2023

Google August 2023 Core Update rollout is now complete The update took 16 days to roll out - we hope you only saw increases in visibility. - Search Engine Land
Survey: 51% of Gen Z choose TikTok, not Google, for search New survey finds Gen Z prefers TikTok due to the video format of the results and more relatable and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Confirms Google Sites Are “Not Ideal For SEO Purposes” via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller offered advice about the use of Google site for SEO purposes. - Search Engine Journal
Google Chrome persists with targeted ads that use your browser history Google's Enhanced Ad Privacy tech lets websites serve ads based on your browser history – [...] - Search Engine Land
How to use Google Analytics 4: A complete guide Looking to learn Google Analytics 4 for SEO? Here's a comprehensive walk-through with step-by-step [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Site names now work for all languages So if your site is not in English, check how your Site name appears in Google Search. - Search Engine Land
YouTube is removing individual ad controls on new videos The platform will use automation to decide which ad types to serve on new videos. - Search Engine Land
Beyond Google Analytics: Solve the data problem with real-time strategies by Cynthia Ramsaran This webinar teaches you how to gain access to superior insights compared to traditional tools like [...] - Search Engine Land
Entities, topics, keywords: Clarifying core semantic SEO concepts Gain clarity on the most commonly misunderstood elements of entity and semantic search and how they [...] - Search Engine Land
YouTube pilots longer, less frequent ads on TV app The platform is also trialling a new ad countdown timer, which is set to replace the 'video will [...] - Search Engine Land
4 tips to prepare for Black Friday and Cyber Monday by Digital Drew SEM Ace your holiday promotions with this step-by-step guide. - Search Engine Land

September, 6 2023

25 biggest moments in Search, from helpful images to AI For our 25th birthday, we’re looking back at some of the milestones that made Google more [...] - Inside Search
Google Ads emails now include customer IDs Advertisers handling multiple clients will now be able to quickly identify which account a Google [...] - Search Engine Land
Google On Right Way To Do Paid Guest Posts via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller suggests a better approach to paid guest posts - Search Engine Journal
E-E-A-T: Making experience and expertise your content advantage E-E-A-T, YMYL, and other factors to consider when creating a content strategy to beat your SEO [...] - Search Engine Land
Then and now: 5 ways we’re continuing to improve Search A look at the deep, technical challenges we’ve solved to improve Google Search over the last [...] - Inside Search
SEO topic clusters: How to create, measure and analyze Learn how topic clusters can boost your site's authority and rankings, plus tips for creating [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Designated A “Gatekeeper” Under EU Rules: What It Means via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google is designated a "gatekeeper" under EU's new Digital Markets Act (DMA); here's what [...] - Search Engine Journal
Modern link building starter guide Link building means prioritizing quality and relationships. Learn how to avoid common mistakes and [...] - Search Engine Land
How to create a successful 2023 holiday season SEO strategy Explore the evolving 2023 holiday landscape and learn how to boost your Q4 SEO success with these [...] - Search Engine Land
This SEO strategy led to 497 page-one rankings in 7 weeks by Cynthia Ramsaran In this webinar, learn how to take the guesswork out of SEO and everything that goes into it. - Search Engine Land
Best of the Bot: Optimizing a Contact Us page for Google E-E-A-T A human asks Search Engine Land's ChatBot what points you need to follow to make an EEAT [...] - Search Engine Land
Google will allow NFT gaming ads under updated cryptocurrency ad policy These new rules will only affect games that meet specific criteria and are promoted by Google Ads [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Self-Assess Your Content & Remove Unhelpful Content Marie Haynes asked Danny Sullivan, the Google Search Liaison for more clarity on recovering from a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Search Console Insights Tip For Creating Modern Looking Content Is Not Official Did you know that the Google Search Console Insights analytics tool offers "tips." Did [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Poll: Most SEOs Won't Use AI To Translate Sites Into Multiple Languages A new SEO poll shows that over 60% of SEOs would not use AI, in its current state, to translate [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 5 2023

Questions, shrugs and what comes next: A quarter century of change Since Google was founded, we’ve worked to answer hard questions, help people get answers to [...] - Inside Search
How Google SGE will impact your traffic – and 3 SGE recovery case studies Learn how Google Search Generative Experience could affect your website's organic traffic in this [...] - Search Engine Land
Is Google’s new AI chatbot the Bard of the digital age? by First Page Explore its functionalities, use cases and how it’s redefining the AI landscape in our guide. - Search Engine Land
Google adds URL Contains targeting functionality to Performance Max The feature has been rolled out to better support Dynamic Search ads use cases in PMax. - Search Engine Land
Google Search Central Creatively Clarifies Common Web Errors via @sejournal, @kristileilani Learn more about common website errors reported through Google Search Console that visitors [...] - Search Engine Journal
How SEOs can deal with unwanted adult-intent traffic Discover why unwanted adult-intent traffic is a concern for non-adult websites and ways to identify [...] - Search Engine Land
September 2023 Google Webmaster Report It is time for the big Google Webmaster Report, the September edition. This past month, we finally [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Local Negative Reviews Hack Leads To Harassment & Abuse Did you know that Google is totally fine with customers leaving negative reviews and then every few [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 5, 2023 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Fixed The Search Console Canonical URL Reporting Bug From the end of July through just a couple of days ago, Google has had this weird error for some [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google SGE Drops Local Results (5 Local Pack) When Google launched its Search Generative Experience, the AI-powered answer embedded local results [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Content Quality Is Not About Typos But Overall Quality Google's John Mueller said when it comes to rankings, Google doesn't really care too much about [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 4 2023

4 top affiliate search partners to consider: A breakdown Maximize brand exposure in the upcoming Q4 season. Learn about T+ partnerships and how they [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Labor Day Doodle (Logo) 2023 Today is Labor Day in the United States and Canada, and to celebrate the holiday, Google has a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bunch Of Google Search Interface Tests & Experiements There have been a number of Google Search user interface tests and experiments I haven't been able [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 4, 2023 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Vlog #239: Jordan Mazza and Jamie Reedy On Publishing & Content SEO In AI In part one, we learned about Jamie Reedy and Jordan Mazza from Amsive Digital and then spoke a bit [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: LSI Keywords Have No Effect Again & Again I am not sure what the obsession around LSI keywords is in the SEO space. It is one of those myths [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Search Tests Hiding URLs In Search Result Snippets Bing is testing not displaying, hiding, the site's URL in the search result snippets. Google has [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
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Bing Tests Related Search Interfaces Microsoft Bing has been testing some new interfaces for its related searches. Some of these [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Search Tests Explore Collections Overlay Microsoft Bing Search is testing a new overlay feature to help you explore products in search. This [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 1 2023

Increasing SERP visibility with structured data and schema testing Learn how different types of structured data play an important role when improving SERP visibility [...] - Search Engine Land
The trifecta of keyword research strategy: Volume, difficulty, intent Navigate through volume, difficulty, and intent to craft a winning keyword strategy that ensures [...] - Search Engine Land
How to avoid decision fatigue in SEO Decision fatigue lurks in the world of SEO. Learn how to preserve your cognitive energy and boost [...] - Search Engine Land
Universal Analytics still processing data two months after ‘sunset’ UA accounts that are still processing data could be retired at any time, so Google still strongly [...] - Search Engine Land
Does Google Use The Meta Keywords Tag For Rankings? No It has been a while since I covered the keyword meta tag and for some reason the topic has come up [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google August 2023 Core Update Volatility Continues Over Past Few Days On August 22nd, Google released the August 2023 core update. We did not feel much of any volatility [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Manual Actions & Penalties Are Not Just For English Sites Google's John Mueller confirmed something that many of you probably already know, Google can [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to structure people operations to scale SEO success Want quicker results from your SEO campaigns? Expedite SEO's business impact with these five steps [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 1, 2023 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google SGE Links & Expansion, August Core Update, Emailing Google Link Spam, Bing, Ads, SEO & More This week, we continue to track the Google August 2023 core update, where we saw volatility last [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profiles Now With Add Address Autocomplete Google added a new option to the Google Business Profile screen in web search for "add address [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The Google Ads Sandbox: New Limited Ad Serving Policy Google Ads has a new policy named limited ad serving where Google needs to "get to know [...] - Search Engine Roundtable