Archive of January, 2024

January, 31 2024

5 ways to use Circle to Search Circle to Search is now available on select premium Android smartphones — here are some [...] - Inside Search
Google Local Service Ads "Highly Rated" Label Google is testing showing a "highly rated" label on the Google Local Services Ads (LSAs) [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Answers Question About Signals And Syndicated Content via @sejournal, @martinibuster John Mueller answers question about when Google chooses to rank the syndication partner as the [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google’s ‘Circle To Search’ Now Rolling Out To Select Android Phones via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google launches gesture-based search feature Circle to Search on Pixel and Galaxy phones today. - Search Engine Journal
Google boss addresses concerns of AI replacing advertising staff post layoffs Philipp Schindler, Google's senior vice president, explains AI is being utilized to deliver ROI at [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Updates Core Web Vitals With Interaction To Next Paint (INP) via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google to replace First Input Delay with new Interaction to Next Paint metric as a Core Web Vital [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google’s Q4 Earnings Reveal AI’s Growing Role In Search via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Alphabet's Q4 earnings show steady growth driven by AI integration across Search, YouTube, Cloud; [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google CEO talks future of SGE, Gemini, Ads and AI Search Where is Google Search headed in 2024 and beyond? The latest Alphabet earnings call provide some [...] - Search Engine Land
Humans prefer AI-generated copy, survey finds The survey of 700 U.S. consumers found that AI-generated content was preferred by humans more than [...] - Search Engine Land
How to measure organic traffic in GA4 Monitor and improve your organic traffic with Google Analytics 4. Learn key dimensions and metrics [...] - Search Engine Land
7 signs links aren’t dead: Why to plan for them in 2024 Which side of the backlink debate are you on? Consider these seven reasons to keep charging forward [...] - Search Engine Land
Google investigating widespread issue impacting Ad Manager Google expects to resolve the issue for all users in the near future but has not provided a [...] - Search Engine Land
Google showing TikTok videos in featured snippets, SGE TikTok's value in Search continues to rise, with TikTok videos now showing in Search Generative [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Core Web Vitals to add Interaction to Next Paint on March 12 We now know the specific date as to when Google will replace FID with INP as a Core Web Vitals [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 31, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
7 paid media reporting tips when tracking is messy Learn effective paid media reporting strategies in a post-cookie world, from showing longer-term [...] - Search Engine Land
Google May Consolidate Ranking Signals To Canonical Partner URL Even If It's Not The Source Lily Ray asked Google's John Mueller what does Google do with all the ranking signals from the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Changing URLs On Larger Sites Takes Time To Process via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller shares insight about the time it takes to process changes to a larger site - Search Engine Journal
Google Ad Revenue Up 11% & Bing Ads Revenue Up 8% Both Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising revenue were up this past quarter, year over year. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 30 2024

The fallacy of CTR as a KPI: Redefining PPC ad success Click-through rate is no longer the measurement of ad relevance and quality it once was. Here's [...] - Search Engine Land
Sentence-Level Semantic Internal Links For SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster An internal linking strategy for SEO that matches Google's semantic understanding of content - Search Engine Journal
Google search revenue rises to $48 billion, total ad revenue up 11% Alphabet Inc., Google’s parent company, is back in double-digit growth after a shaky start to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Analytics 4 launches additional instant support options and new video tutorials You can now find extra guides that show you how to use GA4 features, and have the choice to report [...] - Search Engine Land
Yelp rolls out live support consultations for advertisers Advertisers no longer have to wait on hold for a support representative to become available, as [...] - Search Engine Land
Google launching Technical ad delivery support on AdMob inventory Google AdMob is launching a solution to help publishers ensure their ads follow regulations in the [...] - Search Engine Land
9 things to do when SEO is great but sales and leads are terrible Learn effective methods for turning SEO traffic into conversions, including UX enhancements, A/B [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Offers Specific Feedback On Why An Article Might Not Be Helpful Danny Sullivan, the Google Search Liaison, replied to with very specific feedback on a specific [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Clippable Coupons Live (Again?) - Discount Rich Results Google may have officially rolled out and launched the clippable feature for product snippets. We [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 30, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Tests New Card Shaded Format Google Ads may be testing a new ad format that look more like those perspectives, where the ads are [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search (More) Results From The Web Google is testing showing a section in its search results titled "Results from the web" [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 29 2024

Google search CPCs up 19%, pushing ad spend up 17% As more advertisers boost their ad spend on Google Search ads, competition is growing, causing the [...] - Search Engine Land
Why Google SGE Is Stuck In Google Labs And What’s Next via @sejournal, @martinibuster The surprising reality about what's going on with Google SGE, why it's still in Google Labs and [...] - Search Engine Journal
No, Google has NOT announced SGE isn’t going to happen Speculation about the future of SGE seems to be spreading, all based on interpretations of two [...] - Search Engine Land
Google SearchLiason: 4 Reasons Why A Webpage Couldn’t Rank via @sejournal, @martinibuster Takeaways from SearchLiaison's informal audit that explained why a webpage wasn't ranking in the [...] - Search Engine Journal
Search universe analysis: A deep dive Look into Google, YouTube, TikTok, Reddit, and more to uncover growth opportunities and develop an [...] - Search Engine Land
Report: Custom Google Business Profile Services Impact Rankings Too A new report says that custom Google Business Profile services also impact rankings, maybe to a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Puts "Add Note" In URL Bar & SGE While Browsing Google has added the "add note" search labs notes feature to the URL bar and in SGE while [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Storm Coming: Next Confirmed Google Search Ranking Algorithm Coming Soon? It has been almost 12 weeks since the last confirmed Google search ranking algorithm was released. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
What is on-page optimization? Learn the essentials of on-page optimization to strengthen your website's SEO foundation and boost [...] - Search Engine Land
Microsoft Copilot App Gains Support For Copilot Pro A couple of weeks ago, Microsoft introduced Copilot Pro, the paid premium version of Copilot, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profile Restaurants Menu Highlights - Make Corrections Google seems to have launched a new feature for some restaurants to make corrections and updates to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 26 2024

ChatGPT vs. Google Bard vs. Bing Chat vs. Claude: Which generative AI solution is best? Here's a comparison of genAI tools ChatGPT, Bard, Bing Chat Balanced, Bing Chat Creative, and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: HTML Structure Doesn't Matter Much For Ranking Gary Illyes from Google said that the HTML structure for your web pages does not matter much for [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google’s SEO Starter Guide Updates: Branding In, Keywords Out via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's Search Relations team plans to update their SEO Starter Guide, focusing on debunking myths [...] - Search Engine Journal
About Those Google AI Search Quality Raters via @sejournal, @martinibuster The termination of the Appen search quality raters ignited speculation about AI versions to replace [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google SEO Starter Guide To Be Cut In Half Google is in the process of reworking its popular SEO starter guide, which it initially released in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Home Page Swapping Out Bing Logo With Copilot Logo Just like Microsoft has been testing swapping out the Bing Chat link with the Copilot link within [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Some advertisers are unable to access Google Ads Google has confirmed it is investigating reports of these issues and is working on a fix. - Search Engine Land
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Confirmed Ranking Bug, Ranking Volatility, Quality Raters Cut & Google Ads AI Goes Live Google has confirmed that issue where sites would rank during the week and then not rank on the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 25 2024

Why You Should Consider Semantic HTML For SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster Semantic HTML can be useful for telling search engines where your content is and also where it's not - Search Engine Journal
Google's John Mueller: No One Can Guarantee Traffic Google's John Mueller had a nice one-liner again on X; he said, "Nobody can guarantee you [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Avoiding cookie-cutter SEO: 8 red flags to watch out for Not all SEO providers are created equal. Learn how to avoid cookie-cutter approaches and find the [...] - Search Engine Land
Google’s SEO Starter Guide Set For A Major Update via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google is revamping its official SEO Starter Guide, streamlining advice for modern website owners, [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads moves reports to new location in latest UI update The platform updated its user interface for a small number of accounts to improve navigation and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Drops Cache Link From Search Results (How To See The Cache) After a couple of months of testing, it seems Google has now removed the cache link from the search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google May Penalize Recipe Collection Pages Using Recipe Structured Data Danny Sullivan, Google's Search Liaison, said that Google may soon target or penalize recipe [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
YouTube advertising: The ultimate guide This step-by-step guide covers creating effective YouTube video ads, choosing formats, targeting [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Does Not Understand Content Within HTML Comments Google does not read or use the content within your HTML comments for Google Search or ranking [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 25, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google tests ‘highly rated’ call out for Local Services ads Google confirmed to Search Engine Land that the new feature may appear in various LSA verticals for [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Testing New Local Business Profile Designs With Icons It looks like Google is testing an update to the Google Business Profile design where Google shows [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 24 2024

Google Answers How To Trigger A Complete Re-Indexing via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller answers a question about triggering a complete website re-index - Search Engine Journal
Generate image alt text at scale with AI: A 7-step guide for SEOs Use image-to-text and text-to-text AI to efficiently generate quality alt text at scale - Search Engine Land
Why Google May Rank AI-Generated Content Over Original News via @sejournal, @kristileilani While Google may not "boost" AI-generated content in search results, there are several [...] - Search Engine Journal
A Google Search Ranking Update Brewing Around January 23rd & 24th? I see signs of another unconfirmed Google Search ranking algorithm update. Right now, there is only [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads AI Conversational Experience Now Available To Globally In English Google has officially and fully launched the Google Ads AI conversational experience to all [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How product scoring can boost your Shopping campaigns Transform the way you prioritize and promote products. Learn how to implement product scoring [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 24, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Snippet "Chat With A Live Agent" Google is testing a "Chat with a live agent" button in the search result snippets. We [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profiles Performance Driving Directions Report To Show Less Data Google has posted a notice within the Google Business Profiles performance report that it will stop [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 23 2024

Google Product Search Results With "Viewed" Label Google is showing a "viewed" label on product results that you recently viewed or visited [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Put Google AI to work with Search ads The conversational experience in Google Ads is now powered by Gemini and beta access is rolling out [...] - Inside Adwords
Content not ranking? 5 questions to ask ASAP Use this five-step audit checklist to identify issues hurting your SEO performance and create a [...] - Search Engine Land
How to make PPC work for SMBs Learn PPC strategies to help SMBs compete with larger companies through smart targeting, bidding, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google advertisers are confused between support and sales – we asked for clarification Search Engine Land spoke with Google to understand the difference between the two services and what [...] - Search Engine Land
Google conversational experience rolls out to all UK and US advertisers The feature will soon be globally accessible to all advertisers but will initially only be [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads issuing suspension threats for non-compliant GDPR consent banners Google is setting deadlines by which advertisers must address any potential violations or else risk [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Performance Reports Changes Job Listing & Detail Pages Evaluation Google has updated its Search Console performance reports to change how it evaluates impressions [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google performance reports updates how it counts clicks and impressions for job listing and detail pages No changes were made to Google Search, this is just a reporting change. - Search Engine Land
Poll: 60% Of SEOs Are Worried About The Impact Of Google SGE 60% of SEOs are worried about the impact that the new Google Search Generative Experience will have [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Sends Suspension Email Threats For Non-Compliant GDPR Consent Banners Google is now sending emails to publishers, app owners and others if their sites and apps are not [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 23, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Will Google Improve The Google News Publisher Acceptance Process? Ever since December 2019 when Google removed the requirement for publishers to manually apply for [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 22 2024

Google Terminates Contract With Appen For Search Quality Raters via @sejournal, @kristileilani Google LLC has terminated its contract with Appen, a company that provides search engine [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google confirms a search ranking bug where sites disappear from search results over the weekend "We're aware of a very narrow issue that caused temporary fluctuations in search results for a [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ranking Teetering In & Out Over Weekends - Confirmed Bug Google Search seems to be ranking some websites just fine during the weekdays and then removing [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
A/B testing mistakes PPC marketers make and how to fix them Tired of PPC A/B tests that don't deliver? Discover the pitfalls causing tests to fail and how to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Drops Thousands Of Search Quality Raters In Latests Cuts The big news from the weekend is that Google has terminated its contract with Appen, one of the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google News Filter By Publisher Option Google News now lets you filter news by publisher for a specific news search query. I think it [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Our Paywalled & Subscription Structured Data Method Is Not Leaky Google's flexible sampling solution that replaced the first-click-free solution for gated, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google to cut thousands of search quality rater jobs after dropping contract with Appen Appen says the termination notice goes into affect on March 19, 2024. - Search Engine Land
Google tests new Nearby Events and Deals feature in SERPS for local businesses The newly introduced search box features four tiles showcasing promotions and events from nearby [...] - Search Engine Land
The great SEO heist: The untold story Beyond this viral SEO story lies difficult questions about information ownership in the age of AI. [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Local "Nearby Events And Deals" For the past few weeks Google has been testing out a new local search box titled "Nearby [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Showing New Phone Number Buttons For Some Search Results For years now, Google has shown phone numbers on some search result snippets when Google thinks you [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 22, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 21 2024

Another Relatively Calm Weekend For Google Search Ranking Volatility We have had intense Google search ranking volatility over the past few weeks over the weekends. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 19 2024

Google rolls out new Performance Max guide and updates several others Google has made significant updates to its PMax documentation to help advertisers create better [...] - Search Engine Land
404 pages: Best practices and examples from 50+ brands Check out real-world examples and FAQs to help you create useful 404 pages that align with UX best [...] - Search Engine Land
PPC outlook: How advertisers can stay ahead in 2024 Here are key changes to measurement, bidding, creative and more that PPC advertisers must make in [...] - Search Engine Land
15 SEO localization dos and don’ts: Navigating cultural sensitivity Avoid critical missteps and connect better with global audiences through culturally intelligent SEO [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Course Info Rich Results Now Available Globally? A couple of months ago, Google launched course info rich results in the Engish regions but now it [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Responds To Claims Of Google News Boosting Garbage AI Content Danny Sullivan, the Google Search Liaison, responded to the article from 404 Media titled Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Job Search Results Tests New Interface Google seems to be testing a new interface for the job search results. The old interface was more [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 18 2024

Google Circle To Search & Upgraded AI-Powered Multisearch Google announced two new search features, the first being circle to search and the second is [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How To Read Google Patents In 5 Easy Steps via @sejournal, @martinibuster Learn how to read and understand Google patents with these five easy to learn steps - Search Engine Journal
SEO predictions: 5 things we can expect to see in 2024 SEO in 2024 demands adaptability. Master technical SEO, use AI for content wisely, adapt to rising [...] - Search Engine Land
How will Google’s Search Generative Experience impact PPC marketing? From keyword research to ad copy creation to competitor research, here's how SGE could transform [...] - Search Engine Land
Ethical AI in SEO: Ensuring responsible implementation As AI disrupts SEO, ethical risks emerge. Learn best practices for transparent AI use and the human [...] - Search Engine Land
Report: Bing Gained Less Than 1% Market Share Since Adding Bing Chat It has been just about a year now since Microsoft launched Bing Chat (now known as Copilot) and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Paid media success in 2024: A handy checklist These items will help you refresh your PPC outlook, run valuable tests, examine ad settings, and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google issues urgent steps for advertisers running campaigns in the EU Prompt action is needed to preserve ads personalization and measurement within Google Ads, Google [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Tests Search Result Snippet Product Listings & Local Images We have seen Google show product images in snippets in many variations over the years. Now Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google SGE impact by industry and emerging features Analysis of one billion queries across nine industries reveals healthcare is most impacted by SGE [...] - Search Engine Land

January, 17 2024

Circle (or highlight or scribble) to Search Circle to Search is a new way to search what’s on your screen without switching apps, [...] - Inside Search
New ways to search in 2024 We’re launching Circle to Search and an AI-powered multisearch experience to help you search [...] - Inside Search
The power of Google AI comes to the new Samsung Galaxy S24 series Check out the ways Google and Samsung are collaborating to bring the latest Google AI innovations [...] - Inside Search
Google Ranking Bug De-Ranks Sites On Weekends via @sejournal, @martinibuster Many reports about a Google Weekend Ranking Bug that wipes out rankings only on the weekends then [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads lays off hundreds of staff amid support crisis Despite complaints that support is at an all-time low, Google is planning to lay off 1,000 [...] - Search Engine Land
Google shows off Circle to Search and new AI-multisearch experience Google Search keeps getting more interactive with the user experience for searching. - Search Engine Land
The power of Google AI comes to the new Samsung Galaxy S24 series Check out the ways Google and Samsung are collaborating to bring the latest Google AI innovations [...] - Inside Search
Modern SEO: Packaging your brand and marketing for Google Shift from a siloed SEO plan to an integrated branding and content strategy that clearly [...] - Search Engine Land
Webinar: An SEO memorial service by Cynthia Ramsaran A fond farewell to things that don't matter anymore. - Search Engine Land
AI-enhanced YouTube marketing: Insights from 3 case studies These case studies demonstrate what AI can and can't do to make your YouTube video ad campaigns [...] - Search Engine Land
Advertisers & Agencies Frustrated With Lack Of Google Ads Support Advertisers and agencies seem beyond frustrated by the lack of support from the Google Ads support [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Is Google Search Is Getting Worse? German Study Published Says Kinda A study released by the Leipzig University, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and ScaDS.AI in Germany [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google updates data privacy policies for targeted ads in the EU Brands and advertisers will begin to notice these changes in the coming weeks as they are [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing Tests Shadow Effect On Mouse Over Search Result Snippets Microsoft is testing a new style for when someone hovers their mouse cursor over a search result [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New research study asks if Google Search is getting worse It seems more like a game of Whac-A-Mole, where the results get better, than worse, and then better [...] - Search Engine Land
Setting PPC goals: How to tailor KPIs and metrics for each funnel stage Struggling to show ROI for your PPC campaigns? Here's how to set KPIs and metrics tied to business [...] - Search Engine Land

January, 16 2024

Google’s Tips For Moving To A New Website Without SEO Issues via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's John Mueller advises on transitioning websites: Update, redirect, and monitor to maintain [...] - Search Engine Journal
Best of the SearchBot: Create a social post for a vehicle recovery company We ask Search Engine Land's ChatBot to create a Facebook post to drive conversions for a vehicle [...] - Search Engine Land
Search Bing & Google At Same Time With Microsoft Edge Did you know that you can search both Bing and Google (or other search engines) at the same time [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests 5 Product Results Instead Of 4 In Shopping Grid Google is testing showing one more product in the product grid layout. Google is testing showing [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Gains New Campaign Level Headlines & Descriptions Options Google Ads is either beta testing or slowly releasing a feature to let you add three campaign-level [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Growth marketing 2024 playbook: Focus on customer lifetime value Use this guide to set up growth marketing tests focused on acquisition, activation, retention, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Console 404 Error Report For /1000 URLs Spike I am seeing an unusual number of complaints around the reported 404 errors within Google Search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Want to set your 2024 SEO priorities? Run these GA4 reports Use these 3 key GA4 reports to align your 2024 SEO strategy with business goals and identify [...] - Search Engine Land
YouTube denies ad blocker crackdown is causing browser slowdowns for Premium users Users are reporting widespread issues across the platform, such as lagging, higher CPU usage, and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Knowledge Panel Timeline Interface Google has this timeline view for some knowledge panels in the mobile search interface. It seems [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Unchanged Despite Copilot Pro Paid Release Microsoft released Copilot Pro, a premium paid version of its Copilot service, formerly known as [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 16, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 15 2024

Microsoft launches Copilot Pro for $20 per month per user Copilot Pro gives you the latest features and best models that Microsoft AI has to offer. - Search Engine Land
SEO And The Taxonomy Of Topics via @sejournal, @martinibuster Creating content is easier and more precise when applying the concept of a taxonomy of topics to [...] - Search Engine Journal
Large SEO Reddit Community Taken Over By New Moderators A very large SEO Reddit community was taken over by new moderators over the past few days after the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google URL Inspection Tool Referring Page Returns Non-Linked URLs? A year ago I reported that the Google Search Console's URL inspection tool can show a nofollowed [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Changing WWW to Non-WWW Doesn't Change Much (For Ranking) Google's John Mueller said that changing from www to non-www for your domain shouldn't change much. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Chrome Following Feed Now Shows Content By Topic Google has updated its mobile Chrome following feed feature not just to show content from [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 12 2024

Google Says Ignore Links Spammy From AI-Generated Blogs A site owner posted on Reddit his concerns after noticing "hundreds of thousands" of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Explains The Index, Follow Meta Tag via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller explains how Google treats a meta robots tag that contains the index, follow [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads support is at an ‘all-time low’ – we asked Google why We reached out to Google to address your concerns regarding Google reps — here's how they're [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Business Profile performance insights: What you need to know Learn how to access and understand your Google Business Profile's performance. See metrics for [...] - Search Engine Land
YouTube rolls out new Shorts editing tools The new editing feature is currently only available on iOS devices but is expected to be rolled out [...] - Search Engine Land
Did Search Win With The Google Assistant Feature Loss Google announced major changes to Google Assistant, removing close to 20 features and switching how [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Microsoft Advertising Dropping Hotel Center Accounts For Lodging Campaigns On Feb 6 Microsoft announced it is going to do away with Hotel Center subaccounts on February 6, 2024 and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
AMIE: A research AI system for diagnostic medical reasoning and conversations Posted by Alan Karthikesalingam and Vivek Natarajan, Research Leads, Google Research The [...] - Google Research
Google Updates Structured Data Examples To Use Hashtags For @id References Google has updated its structured data documentation to now use hashtags for @id references. If [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
What's Google Ads Sensitive Event Policy Google has posted a clarification of what it calls its sensitive event policy under the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
9 strategies for removing negative content from the web Here are ways to remove webpages and online posts harmful to your brand – from privacy claims [...] - Search Engine Land
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Web & Local Ranking Updates, Quality Changes Coming, FAQ/How-To Rich Results, Perfect SEO, Author Bylines & More We reported on three different Google algorithm updates this week, a bug one on January 9th and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 12, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
AMIE: A research AI system for diagnostic medical reasoning and conversations Posted by Alan Karthikesalingam and Vivek Natarajan, Research Leads, Google Research The [...] - Google Research

January, 11 2024

GPT-4 vs. Google Cloud: Performance comparison on 9 SEO tasks GPT-4 isn't the be-all for SEO automation. Compare its performance to Google Cloud's APIs for text [...] - Search Engine Land
How to leverage Google’s ‘About this result’ for SEO insights Uncover powerful SEO insights from what Google says about your site and competitors and use them to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google SGE Some Products To Consider Shopping Carousel Google SGE, the Search Generative Experience, seems to have rolled out a search carousel named [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The list of features being removed from Google Assistant Google said these changes are to "focus on quality and reliability" but Google has also [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Still Working On Site Name Issues Within Google Search Google has been battling with site name issues since it launched the site name feature in October [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads PMax Auction Insights Box Adds Competitive Data Google has updated the auction insights box within the Google Ads console for Performance Max [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Refine This Search Overlay Filter Now Live Google seems to have rolled out the refine this search filter button that overlays a number of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 10 2024

Google Alters Purpose Of SpecialAnnouncement Structured Data via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's revision of the SpecialAnnouncement structured data quietly changes what it was originally [...] - Search Engine Journal
Your SEO strategy checklist for 2024 Refine your SEO strategy for 2024 success. Review key areas to boost your online visibility, from [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 10, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads for lead gen: 9 tips to scale low-spending campaigns Looking to elevate your Google Ads lead gen efforts? Here are nine levers that can boost your PPC [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Highlights Climate-Friendly Train Alternatives Under Flight Results Google Search is now showing climate-friendly train alternatives under the flight search results [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Brave Launches Mistral-Powered CodeLLM In Search Results via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Brave Search launches CodeLLM, a programming assistant built on the Mistral AI model. - Search Engine Journal
Mid-Week Google Search Algorithm Ranking Volatility January 9th & 10th For the past several unconfirmed Google Search ranking algorithm updates that we covered, those [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: No Such Thing As Perfect Formula For Ranking Danny Sullivan, Google's Search Liaison, said that there is no such thing as a perfect formula for [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How is your career and role changing? Take our survey Please spare a few minutes to help us all understand what the past year meant for you and your [...] - Search Engine Land

January, 9 2024

Google is shutting down websites made with Business Profiles Businesses wanting to maintain their online presence will need to rebuild their sites using [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: No Perfect Formula For Search Rankings via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google debunks myths of ranking formulas, urging focus on user experience over SEO shortcuts. - Search Engine Journal
Google Search Console Crawl Rate Setting Is Officially Gone Google has finally done away with the crawl rate setting within the legacy Google Search Console. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Googlebot crawl rate tool is now gone You can no longer set your desired crawl rate within Google Search Console. - Search Engine Land
How to link GA4 with Google Search Console Combine the power of Google Analytics 4 and Google Search Console data for a deeper analysis of [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Clarifies Job Posting Structured Data Guidance via @sejournal, @martinibuster The JobPosting structured data guidance section on how to notify Google of changes to job webpages [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Shutting Down Google Business Profiles Websites - Redirects Only A Few Months Google announced it is shutting down Websites made with Google Business Profiles. They will stop [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google to update AdMob & AdSense Program Policies Google is implementing a new policy to enhance its capability to provide high-quality, relevant [...] - Search Engine Land
Supercharge your SEO tool stack for 2024 with AI Weave AI into your 2024 SEO strategy with this selection of tools for keyword research, competitor [...] - Search Engine Land
Google’s John Mueller Offers Help With Spammy Foreign Language Hack via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's John Mueller advises how to regain search rankings after the 'Japanese keyword hack [...] - Search Engine Journal
Last call for Google Ads API v13 Developers using v13 must migrate to a newer version to ensure their ad campaign functionality [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Author Bylines Don't Help You Rank Better; Google Doesn't Check Credentials Danny Sullivan, the Google Search Liaison, in response to another SEO hit piece by The Verge said [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Leverage AI-driven SEO to increase traffic by Cynthia Ramsaran In this webinar, learn how to build a stellar online reputation and presence while driving more [...] - Search Engine Land
Google On The Japanese Keyword Hack Google's John Mueller posted a comment on Reddit describing what is often referred to as the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search home page broken on Android devices using Firefox Google confirmed the issue some mobile users seeing a blank home page and is working on a fix. - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 9, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Product Structured Data Also Now Supports suggestedAge Property Google officially supports the suggestedAge property as an alternative to suggestedMaxAge and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Report: Google Perspectives Dominated By Twitter, YouTube & Reddit John Shehata posted some data he gathered through his NewzDash service regarding the Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 8 2024

Google Clarifies How Algorithm Chooses Search Snippets via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google clarified the search snippets guidance to show what the algorithm uses for the search results - Search Engine Journal
How AI will affect the future of search Explore the transformative role of AI in search engines and discover how it will affect the future [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Reiterates: We Have Changes Coming To Deal With Search Spam Danny Sullivan, Google's Search Liaison, posted this morning that the search company has changes [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Gives Cookie Reprieve To Select Sites Through New Trials via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern As Google starts restricting third-party cookies in Chrome, it's offering a limited deprecation [...] - Search Engine Journal
Advanced AI prompt engineering strategies for SEO Learn how to fine-tune prompts for precision and relevance, enhancing the efficiency of your [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Author Bylines Not A Ranking Factor via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google clarifies author bylines don't directly influence search rankings, despite claims. - Search Engine Journal
Google says search result snippets primarily come from page content, not other sources Google removed references to rich results the snippet control help document. - Search Engine Land
Google Says Search Result Snippets Generated Primarily From Page Content Google has made a number of updates to its how-to control your snippets in search results to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search FAQ Rich Results Drop Out Again It looks like Google has stopped showing FAQ-rich results again. Yes, again. Google told us that [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google is allowing select sites to delay phase out of third-party cookies Google is phasing out third-party cookies completely this fall, but some sites will be able to [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 8, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Algorithmic Volatility Friday On January 5th & Saturday 6th As I hinted in my last video recap, I was seeing some early signs of an update on Friday, January [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: We Don't Use Google Analytics Data For Ranking Even When In Search Console Danny Sullivan, Google's Search Liaison, said that Google Search does not use Google Analytics data [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Local Ranking Algorithm Update On January 4th (Unconfirmed) There may have been a local ranking algorithm update that Google quietly pushed out on Thursday, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 5 2024

94% of Google SGE links are different from organic search results, study finds SGE showed for 86.8% of the keywords in this analysis. Overall, SGE showed about 10 links per [...] - Search Engine Land
Copilot App To Get Plugin Support As you know, Microsoft released the Copilot App for iOS and Android but it does not support plugins [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
YouTube's Significant Drop In Google News Visibility It seems that YouTube is not showing up in Google News as often as it use to. Will Flannigan, the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
OpenAI GPT Store Launch Opens Next Week OpenAI is opening its GPT Store next week where you can publish apps and software that you built on [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google New Years Update, Search Console Feature Requests, Google Groups Spam, Decay Of Search & More Right before the New Year, the Google search results volatility spiked big time. I posted the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 5, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Site Specific Product Categories Google Search can show a browse by category for a specific site when you search for that brand. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
ChatGPT Browse With Bing Has A Different Implementation Of Bing Search Access As many of you know, OpenAI's ChatGPT service has a plugin for Browse With Bing, which basically [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 4 2024

Google has started phasing out third-party cookies A new tool that defaults to restricting third-party cookies is now being rolled out to 1% of Chrome [...] - Search Engine Land
10 internal linking best practices for accessibility Learn how Internal linking, a powerful tool for SEO, is pivotal in creating a navigable, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Discover Adds Label For "In Case You Missed It" Google Discover seems to be adding a label that reads "in case you missed it" to some [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads updates gambling and games policy Google now accepts and runs sports betting ads in Delaware, but eligible advertisers must apply for [...] - Search Engine Land
10 ways to be more sustainable with Google in 2024 We want to help people find the information they need to make more sustainable choices every day. [...] - Inside Search
Google Search Units Available For Rent Section In Local Panel Google is now showing a new section in some local panels named "Units available to rent." [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Explore Stocks Carousel Google seems to have added a new financial feature titled "Explore stocks." This section [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Testing Blue Colored Header Again Google seems to be once again testing a blue-colored header on its mobile search results page [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Now With Square Favicons For Search Result Snippets Microsoft seems to have rolled out a new shape for the favicons in its Bing search results. Instead [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 4, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
GroupM teams up with YouTube, Disney and NBCU to transform streaming ads The GroupM Ad Innovation Accelerator program is planning to transform the conventional 30-second ad [...] - Search Engine Land

January, 3 2024

Google: It’s Easy To Mess Up A Site Revamp via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller answers question about SEO impact of UI & UX changes to a website - Search Engine Journal
How Google Blends Search, Social, Local, Shopping, AI, And Ads via @sejournal, @kristileilani Explore how Google Search and Discover integrate results with social features, news, forums, [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Groups To Fix Spam Issues By Removing Usenet Groups Remember when we reported that Google Groups seems to have seen a visibility boost in Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Big Google Search Console Feature Request List For 2024 I asked the search community to let me know what features they would like to see within Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Better PPC account health in 2024: How to avoid modern pitfalls and wasted spend Discover the costliest PPC campaign mistakes from industry veteran Melissa Mackey and learn how to [...] - Search Engine Land
January 2024 Google Webmaster Report It's time for the big Google Webmaster Report, the January 2024 edition. This month we saw the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to combine GA4 and Google Ads for powerful paid search results Tips and tricks for getting the most out of the new version of Google Analytics to maximize your [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search "Get Style Recommendations" Swipe Left Or Right Google added this "get style recommendations" feature to the search results months back [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 3, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google On Why Important Links Might Not That Be Important Or Helpful Google's John Mueller explained why some links that you think are important might not be that [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 2 2024

Are Homepages The Most Important To Google? via @sejournal, @martinibuster Do multiple statements by Googlers indicate that the homepage is the most important part of a [...] - Search Engine Journal
Bing Tests Copying Google's Knowledge Panel Design It looks like Bing may be testing a new design for its search knowledge / answer panels in the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Launches Graphical Weather Design On Mobile After a few years of testing, it seems Google has launched the new more graphical and animated [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The state of SEO in 2024: Are you AI-ready? by Cynthia Ramsaran In this webinar, learn what's ahead and how to stay ahead. - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 2, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Data Highlighter Tool Still Works But There Are Caveats Google launched its data highlighter tool in 2012, and it still works today despite not being [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Create Your Google Business Profile Listing In Your Language Or You May Have Issues Before creating your Google Business Profile listing, make sure you are using the right language. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Chat In Bing & Copilot Apps Are The Same Last week, Microsoft quietly released the Copilot App for Android and iOS. Don't tell anyone but [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Wharton Professor, Ethan Mollick, On The Decay Of Internet Search Ethan Mollick, an Associate Professor at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 1 2024

Google's John Mueller Providing SEO Support On New Years John Mueller, Senior Search Analyst, and Search Relations team lead at Google, was again out there [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Search Engine Roundtable Version 5: Redesign & Platform Today we have released version 5 of the Search Engine Roundtable. We have redesigned the site from [...] - Search Engine Roundtable