Archive of April, 2024

April, 30 2024

OpenAI To Show Content & Links In Response To Queries via @sejournal, @martinibuster OpenAI deal puts ChatGPT on path of showing content and links in response to queries, which may be [...] - Search Engine Journal
The future of SEO in an AI-powered world As generative AI grows, how will users' search behaviors change and what does it mean for [...] - Search Engine Land
Reminder: New Google Search reputation abuse policy starts soon Google's new Search spam policy related to reputation abuse (or parasite SEO) will take effect in [...] - Search Engine Land
How to transform your Google Ads headlines with anti-audiences Get more qualified leads from your Google Ads. Use anti-audience targeting to laser-focus your [...] - Search Engine Land
Optimizing for INP, the new Core Web Vitals metric Here’s what you need to know about Google’s new Core Web Vitals metric and how to [...] - Search Engine Land
The Same Person With Multiple Entities In Google Search Last week, Shameem Adhikarath shared an example of an individual that shows up twice as two [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Copilot Now In Microsoft Advertising Platform Microsoft announced the general availability of Copilot in the Microsoft Advertising Platform. This [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Tuta Complains To EU Regulators Over Google March 2024 Core Update Ranking Drop Tuta Mail, a popular encrypted email service, complained to European Union tech regulators that [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 29 2024

Google News Deletes Manual Submission Option via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google removes the manual submission option for Google News from the Publishers Center - Search Engine Journal
5 Things To Consider Before A Site Migration via @sejournal, @martinibuster Experts share five valuable tips for ensuring a successful site migration - Search Engine Journal
Google’s John Mueller On Website Recovery After Core Updates via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's Mueller shares insights on regaining visibility after algorithm updates, though recovery [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Spam Reporting Tool To Gain Site Reputation Abuse Danny Sullivan, Google's Search Liaison, said that the search company will add the upcoming site [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google adds 6 new AI features for Performance Max New PMax features include Customer Value mode, customer retention goal, detailed demographics, [...] - Search Engine Land
Apple Business Connect Actions: Add Links To Apple Maps Local Listing Apple Business Connect now lets you add links to your local listings that show up in Apple Maps. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Top 5 paid search B2B lead gen strategies for 2024 Generate more B2B leads from your PPC campaigns by leveraging hyper-personalization, ABM, video and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google’s Gary Illyes On AI, Site Migrations, & “SEO Is Dead” Claims via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google Search Analyst Gary Illyes addresses AI, site migrations, and "SEO is dead" [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google AI Writing Some Search Knowledge Panels Google has for a long time used AI to write some knowledge panels. But now Google is labeling some [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Number of concerns over Google Privacy Sandbox grow to 111 The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority's quarterly report comes after Google pushed its cookie [...] - Search Engine Land
Study: 56% of Google’s top three positions are held by ccTLDs An analysis of 1.7 million SERP positions and over 20,000 keywords across 15 markets uncovers [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 29, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 28 2024

Programming Note: Offline For Last Days Of Passover This is a programming note that I will be completely offline for the last days of the Passover [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 27 2024

Big Update To Google’s Ranking Drop Documentation via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google made a significant update to the documentation on how to diagnose the causes ranking drops - Search Engine Journal

April, 26 2024

Google March 2024 Core Update Finished April 19th (A Week Ago) The Google March 2024 core update finished a week ago and Google did not tell us until today. It [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google March 2024 Core Update Officially Completed A Week Ago via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google completed major March 2024 core update a week before announcing, keeping websites in the [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google March 2024 core update rollout is now complete The first core update of 2024 finished rolling out on April 19 - this was a pretty big one but it [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Tests Placing The Snippet Date Next To URL Google is testing placing the date in the snippet on the same line as the URL in the snippet. This [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google CEO says AI overviews are increasing Search usage Satisfaction with the AI overviews is increasing and Google will continue to evolve the experience [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search revenue increases 14% YoY to $46 billion Google Search (as well as YouTube) continues to be the biggest driver of Alphabet's increase in [...] - Search Engine Land
6 things you should do after a Google core update rollout completes A step-by-step guide on how to analyze and respond to Google's core algorithm updates, from [...] - Search Engine Land
How to launch a product-led SEO strategy Five practical tips for transitioning from a keyword-focused approach to a customer-centric and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ad Revenue Up 13% & Bing Ads Revenue Up 12% Google and Microsoft both reported very good earnings, driving both stock prices up after hours. I [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 26, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Diagnostic Tool Low Keyword Quality Warning Google Ads is showing yet another new and fun notice to some advertisers. This one shows an [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 25 2024

Google’s New Infini-Attention And SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's Infini-attention is a plug and play technology that can be added to existing models, [...] - Search Engine Journal
DeepL Write: New AI Editor Improves Content Quality via @sejournal, @martinibuster New AI creative assistant doesn't generate content. It democratizes high quality writing. Comes in [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Crawler Documentation Has A New IP List via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google updated their Googlebot and Crawler documentation to add a second list of IP addresses - Search Engine Journal
Google Stresses The Need To Fact Check AI-Generated Content via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern A Google podcast highlights the potential for factual errors in AI-generated content, stressing [...] - Search Engine Journal
What should the title tag length be in 2024? Optimizing title tags is vital for boosting your visibility in Google's SERPs. But you don't have [...] - Search Engine Land
Google March Core Update Stilling Rolling Out & Heated SEO Chatter Continue Over the past few days, while I was offline, the SEO chatter around the Google search ranking [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Declares It The “Gemini Era” As Revenue Grows 15% via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Alphabet's Q1 revenue up 15%, driven by Search and YouTube shine. Google reshuffles AI teams for [...] - Search Engine Journal
Report: How Prabhakar Raghavan Killed Google Search Ed Zitron wrote a piece named The Man Who Killed Google Search. It goes through in detail how [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Is optimizing for one specific keyword an outdated SEO practice? Explore when a narrow keyword focus works vs. a broader topic/intent-based SEO strategy to reach [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads API Version 16.1 Now Available Google released version 16.1 of the Google Ads API yesterday. The update includes query assets for [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 24 2024

Google Warns Of “New Reality” As Search Engine Stumbles via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google warns of "new reality" amid search struggles, accelerates timelines, while critics [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google delays third-party cookie phase-out to 2025 (maybe) For the third time, Google has postponed the anticipated deprecation of third-party cookies in its [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Revised The Favicon Documentation via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google revised their favicon documentation with new wording that makes it easier to understand - Search Engine Journal
Google Further Postpones Third-Party Cookie Deprecation In Chrome via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google postpones Chrome's third-party cookie deprecation to 2025 amid challenges, giving websites [...] - Search Engine Journal
TikTok sell or ban bill becomes law TikTok says the law is unconstitutional and plans to challenge it in court. - Search Engine Land
Bing Tests Lock Icon In New Search Snippet Location Microsoft is testing moving the lock icon in the Bing Search results snippets from the left of the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Established In Extensions Google is testing placing the year the company was established on Google Ads. The ads have [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Head of Google Search demands urgency as growth slows Google Senior VP Prabhakar Raghavan blames increasing competition, costs and regulation for a 'new [...] - Search Engine Land

April, 23 2024

Google: We Have Taken Action On Some Parasite SEO In Recent Update Gary Illyes from Google said on stage at the SERP conference last week that Google has taken steps [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
6 vital lenses for effective keyword research Don't fall into the trap of haphazard keyword research. Here’s how to go beyond basic metrics [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Explains A Weird Domain Migration Outcome via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller offered his insight into the extraordinary outcome of why three similar [...] - Search Engine Journal
TikTok SEO: The ultimate guide Optimize for TikTok, the fastest-growing social search platform dominating Gen Z. Gain an edge with [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Ignore Link Spam Especially To 404 Pages I am not sure how many times Google has said that you do not need to disavow spammy links, that you [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Best of SearchBot: Create a recovery strategy for a site hit by a Google core update We asked Search Engine Land's SearchBot to create a recovery plan for a website that lost its [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Crawl Budget Goes Across All Googlebot Crawling, Not Just Web Search When it comes to crawl budget and Google not crawling your site too much or too little, Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 23, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profiles Gains Select Preferred Menu Source Google Business Profiles now lets you select your preferred menu source. You have three options for [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 22 2024

Google Confirms Links Are Not That Important via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's Gary Illyes said that Google needs very few links, confirming that we're closer to a [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google: We Need Very Few Links To Rank Pages; Links Are Less Important Gary Illyes from Google spoke at the SERP Conf on Friday and he said what he said numerous times [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Chrome IP masking could radically impact search advertising Google's plan for IP protection would give them a monopoly on location data and drive up costs for [...] - Search Engine Land
Forbes Blocks Its Coupon Directory Before Google Enforces The Site Reputation Abuse Policy Forbes has blocked its coupons section of its web site at forbes.com/coupons using an x-robots-tag: [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to fix a huge traffic drop after rebranding Bounce back from a post-rebrand slump and regain branded and non-branded traffic through technical [...] - Search Engine Land
Google DeepMind RecurrentGemma Beats Transformer Models via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google DeepMind researchers invent a high performance alternative to transformer models that uses [...] - Search Engine Journal
Meta AI adds Google Search results Meta AI will point users to web search results of Google or Microsoft Bing for queries that require [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Tests Discussion and Forums Questions With Answers Box Google is testing showing answers in the Discussions and Forums section within the search results. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search With 16 Shopping Ads It is good to have choices but too many choices might not be good, said some wise man. Well, here [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 22, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Posts Button In Local Listing Business Profile Google is testing showing a "Post" button in the carousel of buttons in the Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Structure, consume, learn and retire: Google’s pattern of learning Google's cyclical process of giving us capabilities only to later remove them, seems to be a core [...] - Search Engine Land

April, 21 2024

Google On 404 Errors And Ranking Drops via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's Gary Illyes responded to a question about 404 errors that coincided with a drop in search [...] - Search Engine Journal

April, 20 2024

Google On Diagnosing A Deindexed WordPress Site via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller on diagnosing why a WordPress site disappeared from the search index after [...] - Search Engine Journal

April, 19 2024

Google Answers Whether Having Two Sites Affects Rankings via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller offers his thoughts on whether publishing multiple sites can negatively [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Tests More Google Ad Card Formats Google is testing another ad format, another card like format, for its search ads. We previously [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Dominate search results with your SEO dream team by Edna Chavira Discover how a well-structured team can overcome and outperform unpredictable algorithm updates. - Search Engine Land
Google: Indexing API May Work For Unsupported Content But... Gary Illyes from Google said in the recent Google SEO office hours the Google Indexing API may work [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
7 ways to elevate your responsive search ads From maximizing ad space to utilizing features like ad pinning and ad experiments, learn how to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Answers If Changing Web Hosting Affects SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's Gary Illyes answers whether changing web hosting platforms can negatively impact SEO - Search Engine Journal
Google: It's Unlikely Your Rankings Dropped Because You Have Two Websites Google was asked if having two websites and Google finding out about them would cause the websites [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 19, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Core Update Flux, AdSense Ad Intent, California Link Tax & More The Google March 2024 core update is still rolling out, almost 6 weeks now, and we saw two shifts [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Are Hyphenated Domains Are Bad For Google Ranking? The topic of using hyphens in domain names is one of the oldest SEO topics we have in this space. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
5 alternatives to the missing Page Timings report in GA4 Google Analytics 4 doesn’t have a Page Timings report, so how can you monitor which pages are [...] - Search Engine Land

April, 18 2024

Google On The SEO Impact Of 503 Status Codes via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google says brief 503 downtimes are acceptable, but extended unavailability can impact crawling. - Search Engine Journal
2024 WordPress Vulnerability Report Shows Errors Sites Keep Making via @sejournal, @martinibuster 2024 WordPress vulnerability report shows top reasons why many WordPress sites were compromised [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Maps Releases New Directions, Travel & EV Features Google has announced a number of new travel features with Google Maps and Travel around driving [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Brave Search unveils AI answer engine Brave's new Answer with AI features uses large language models to generate answers to queries [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ends Video Carousel Structured Data Test via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google abruptly stops supporting the video carousel (limited access) rich results structured data [...] - Search Engine Journal
Mozilla Squeezes More Speed From Firefox Browser via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Mozilla boosts Firefox page load times by 10%, enhancing user experience for faster, smoother [...] - Search Engine Journal
How to survive the search results when you’re using AI tools for content Avoid the pitfalls and enjoy the benefits of AI content creation. Adopt a collaborative approach [...] - Search Engine Land

April, 17 2024

Find more sustainable ways to get around, with new Maps and Search updates We’re introducing updates in Maps and Search that help people find information on [...] - Inside Search
Brave Announces AI Search Engine – Shares Insights For SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster Brave announced a new AI search engine and provides answers on what SEOs should know about how it [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Search & Maps Get Upgrades For Greener Travel via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google updates Search and Maps to show greener travel options and highlight emissions data. - Search Engine Journal
Why the shift from ‘conversions’ to ‘key events’ in GA4 is a game-changer Learn how this GA4 change lets you maximize marketing opportunities to measure and report on what [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Discover optimization: A complete guide Improve your visibility on this powerful recommendation platform through content quality, relevance [...] - Search Engine Land
U.S. search ad revenues hit record $88.8 billion in 2023 Search continues to account for the largest share of digital ad spending. Search revenue grew 5.2% [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 17, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Deepening Google Core Ranking Volatility Hits Yesterday & Today I know we just reported on more volatility this Monday, possibly related to the Google March 2024 [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How brands can get the most out of YouTube Shorts ads We are introducing more ways and creative guidance for brands to reach audiences on YouTube Shorts. - Inside Adwords
Google: Should We Explain The Crawl Stats Report in Search Console Martin Splitt from Google posted a one-line question asking, "Should we do something to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New Google Ads AI Generated Image Tool For Demand Gen Campaigns Google Ads announced that Demand Gen campaigns are getting generative AI tools to create image [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 16 2024

Google On Hyphens In Domain Names via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller offers practical advice for picking a domain name that is adaptable for [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Clarifies Vacation Rental Structured Data via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google quietly updated the Vacation Rental structured data recommendations to clarify what is [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Strengthens Search Console Security With Token Removal Tools via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google rolls out Search Console enhancements allowing owners to remove, verify unused ownership [...] - Search Engine Journal
Enhance visual storytelling in Demand Gen with generative AI New generative image tools are coming to Demand Gen to help you create a variety of high-quality, [...] - Inside Adwords
Google Search Console security update improves management of ownership tokens You can now more easily see and remove which have access to your Search Console profiles. - Search Engine Land
Google Will Fight Site Reputation Abuse Spam Both With Manual Actions & Algorithms Google's new spam algorithm update also introduced new spam policies including the upcoming site [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Oh, Brother: The Verge games Google again for ‘best printer 2024’ The tech rag used Google Gemini to produce the majority of a satirical product review, pointing out [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Ad Strength not used in Ad Rank Ads with poor Ad Strength could still perform well. But that doesn't mean Ad Strength is not [...] - Search Engine Land
Improving Search Console ownership token management This post discusses an update to Search Console's user and permissions to improve the [...] - Google Webmaster Central
Google AdSense New Ad Intents Formats - Links & Anchors In Content Google AdSense announced a new auto ads format named "Ad intents." Ad intents places [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
What to do when Google changes your GBP information Learn how to effectively manage and protect your Google Business Profile from unexpected updates by [...] - Search Engine Land
Clarification: Google Search Supports Images Referenced From src Attribute Google has clarified in its image search help documentation that images are only extracted from the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Tests Thumbs Up/Down Buttons In Product Grid Results Google launched the style recommendations with thumbs up and down buttons not long ago after [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Demand Gen advertisers get generative image tools Advertisers can generate original campaign assets in just a few clicks while maintaining full [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 16, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads "Similar Product" Carousel Google has a similar products section and carousel for Google Ads sponsored listings. We have seen [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
4 under-utilized SEO research approaches to tackle in 2024 Explore four essential SEO research initiatives to prioritize in 2024 for sustainable, data-driven [...] - Search Engine Land

April, 15 2024

Reddit Post Ranks On Google In 5 Minutes – What’s Going On? via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google ranked a Reddit post in the top ten within 5 minutes but denies it is showing a preference - Search Engine Journal
Google AdSense Publishers Reporting Huge RPM Earnings Drops Many Google AdSense publishers have been reporting massive declines in their earnings and RPMs [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Is Still Gen Z’s Top Search Engine, Study Shows via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google still dominates Gen Z search habits despite rising social media usage; study shows. - Search Engine Journal
Google Responds To The Verge Mocking Its Search Rankings For Best Printer Nilay Patel, editor-in-chief of the Verge posted a new article with the intent to both rank for [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Crawl Budget Is Allocated By Hostname Google gives every hostname its own allocated crawl budget. So that means each domain, subdomain, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to harness the power of brand mentions across the search universe Tips to strategically engage with and foster organic brand mentions across various channels to [...] - Search Engine Land
Writing people-first content: A process and template A guide to writing helpful, reliable, people-first content that helps promote your business while [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Threatens California: Tests Removing Links To Publishers & Pauses Investments On Friday, Google responded to a pending bill in the California state legislature, the California [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 14 2024

Weekend Google Core Ranking Volatility Taxing Site Owners As I mentioned briefly in my Friday video recap, I was starting to see renewed chatter on Friday [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 13 2024

Google Limits News Links In California Over Proposed ‘Link Tax’ Law via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google tests limiting California news links, warning proposed pay-for-link law could harm local [...] - Search Engine Journal

April, 12 2024

Query Deserves Ads Is Where Google Is Headed via @sejournal, @martinibuster Why Query Deserves Ads is where the search industry is headed - Search Engine Journal
How the Google-Reddit partnership impacts brand management Dive into the impact of the Google-Reddit content licensing deal on brand perception and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Structured Data Carousels Beta Docs Clarifies Feature Availability & Markup Location Google has made some changes to its new Structured data carousels (beta) documentation to list the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Indexing & Algorithm Updates Are Independent Google once again said that its indexing systems are completely independent of its ranking updates, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Ranking In Shopping, Images & Other Verticals Doesn't Hurt Your Web Rankings John Mueller from Google said that ranking well in the Google Shopping or Google Image vertical [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Maps Suggest An Edit Flow Updated Google has updated the Suggest an edit feature within Google Maps business listings. Google said [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Recap of Google's Search Central Live Romania 2024 Last week marked the first-ever official Google SEO-focused event in Romania '" Search Central [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 12, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 11 2024

WordPress Releases A Performance Plugin For “Near-Instant Load Times” via @sejournal, @martinibuster WordPress releases a new Speculative Loading plugin that can help boost webpage performance speeds - Search Engine Journal
Google’s CEO On What Search Will Be Like In 10 Years via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's CEO Sundar Pichai answers the question of what search will look like in ten years - Search Engine Journal
Google Updates Carousels (Beta) Structured Data Documentation via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google updated their Carousels (beta) structured data documentation to clarify the instructions and [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Explains Index Selection During A Core Update via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's Gary Illyes explains what happens with indexing and canonicalization during a core update - Search Engine Journal
Google Is Not Removing The Site Command Search Feature Danny Sullivan, Google's Search Liaison, confirmed that the search company is now closing the site [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google structured data carousels (beta) clarified for summary pages Google also added the feature availability for this carousel beta. - Search Engine Land
Google Responds To Claims Where Search Results Can Be Harmful & Dangerous Over the past few weeks, Google's Search Liaison, Danny Sullivan, has been replying to complaints [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google CEO on the evolution of Search and SGE Sundar Pichai believes Google can provide AI-generated answers while also helping users navigate to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google testing People Also Consider label on branded search ads Advertisers are concerned that Google is planning to force brands into entering competitor ad [...] - Search Engine Land
Are Websites Getting Faster? New Data Reveals Mixed Results via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern New study reveals wide website speed gaps - is your site falling behind competitors? - Search Engine Journal
The Performance Max playbook: Best practices and emerging tactics for 2024 Strategies for running Performance Max campaigns in 2024, covering campaign structure, creative, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Differences Between 410 and 404 Is Too Minimal The SEO topic of using a 404 versus a 410 error status code for pages not found is one of those [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 10 2024

Google Improves INP For Sites Using Consent Management Platforms via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google improves website interactivity metric by collaborating with consent management platforms, [...] - Search Engine Journal
WordPress Discovers XSS Vulnerability – Recommends Updating To 6.5.2 via @sejournal, @martinibuster WordPress recommends updating to version 6.5.2 to patch an XSS vulnerability - Search Engine Journal
Google updates Merchant Center product data specifications The changes for 2024 have been designed to boost the quality of product information in both paid [...] - Search Engine Land
Google’s John Mueller Clarifies 404 & 410 Confusion For SEO via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's John Mueller advises website owners on penalties, proper content practices, and HTTP [...] - Search Engine Journal
How to maximize your local business’ Google Maps presence Practical tips for optimizing your Google Maps presence to boost local visibility and drive more [...] - Search Engine Land
Reminder: Google's Helpful Content Update Is No More - It's A Core Update As a reminder, with the release of the Google March 2024 core update, the old Google helpful [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: SEO Is Not About Magic Google's John Mueller had another one-liner, this one he said, "keep in mind that SEO is not [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New Google March 2024 Core Update Ranking Volatility As the Google March 2024 core update hits the 36th day of its rollout, we are seeing more ranking [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 10, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
2024 Google Merchant Center Product Data Specification Updates Google has published its yearly update for its Merchant Center product data specification. Some of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New Warning Google Ads For Location Not Matching Google Ads has a new warning notification within the Google Ads reports that reads, "The [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 9 2024

Google Explains How It Processes Queries & Ranks Content via @sejournal, @martinibuster Gary Illyes explains how Google ranks content that displays the highest quality, trustworthiness, [...] - Search Engine Journal
LinkedIn Shares 7 Insights For Powerful Online Engagement via @sejournal, @martinibuster Prashanthi Padmanabhan, Head of Engineering for LinkedIn Premium, shares her framework for creating [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google and world’s largest ad group announce landmark AI collaboration The groundbreaking partnership implies Google's robots could begin creating ads for world-leading [...] - Search Engine Land
How to implement a full-funnel PPC marketing strategy Master keyword research, ad creation and landing page optimization for your awareness, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Tests Short Videos In Search Menu Bar Google is testing adding a "short videos" option in the search menu bar, so you can [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
7 ways to use generative AI in PPC Practical tips for incorporating generative AI into PPC copywriting, keyword research, account [...] - Search Engine Land
4 YouTube Shopping updates, including Collections and Affiliate Hub The platform is introducing new features and capabilities to offer creators fresh ways to enhance [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Ad Strength Is Not Used In Ad Auction Ginny Marvin, Google's Ads Liaison, said again "Ad Strength is not used in the auction." [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google SGE Testing Tabs In AI Overviews Google is testing showing tabs within the AI overviews within Google SGE, the Search Generative [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Image Search Gains Pixel Level Object Segmentation Animation Google Image search now has pixel-level segmentation of objects in the foreground as you swipe from [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Larger Font In Search Box Again Google is once again testing a larger font size in the search box in the mobile search results. We [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 8 2024

Leaked: Google Gemini Availability In Android Search via @sejournal, @martinibuster Hidden functionality discovered in Android activates Gemini AI in Google Search app - Search Engine Journal
ROI-driven content marketing: Aligning strategies with revenue goals Maximize your content marketing ROI with proven strategies tailored to aligning your efforts with [...] - Search Engine Land
Google's Total Eclipse 2024 Doodle Today is the total solar eclipse and while we know about the neat Google Search solar eclipse [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google’s potential HubSpot deal likely to spark fresh antitrust scrutiny Both Google and HubSpot may find themselves defending the proposed deal against antitrust watchdogs [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing Tests Removing Cache Link From Search Results Bing is testing removing the cache link from its search results. This is something Google tested [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 8, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Ensuring quality in your SEO services: A checklist From ensuring top-notch deliverables to demonstrating empathy with clients, use this checklist to [...] - Search Engine Land
Best of SearchBot: Create a strategy to build high-quality backlinks We asked Search Engine Land's SearchBot to create a backlink strategy to boost SEO and brand [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Don't Disallow Internal Footer Links Google's John Mueller recommended that you do not disallow your internal footer links. A Reddit [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Sticky Sponsored Label As You Scroll Down Search Ads Google is testing a sticky sponsored label in the Google Search results as you scroll down the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Search Tests From Sources Across The Web Bing is testing showing what Google calls from sources across the web in its Bing Search results. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Shop All Deals Banner Shows On 40-50% Of Search Results Since before last year's holiday season, we have been seeing a "Shop All Deals" [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 5 2024

Quiz: Do you know solar eclipse Search Trends? Learn more about Google Search Trends related to the solar eclipse with our quiz. - Inside Search
10 non-marketing books every SEO should read Transform your SEO approach with diverse knowledge. Explore these non-marketing books that offer [...] - Search Engine Land
Solar Eclipse Google Search Easter Egg Google has a special easter egg in its search results for the upcoming solar eclipse. When you [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Related Searches Displaying Local Carousel Google is testing showing local carousels, local search results to Business Profile listings, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Testing Four Images (Up From 3) In Search Results Google is testing showing four images, instead of three images, in its search results. This is a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google explains why Ad Strength is ‘so important’ as it addresses industry concerns We reached out to Google to address your concerns regarding Ad Strength — here's the it [...] - Search Engine Land
6 reasons why SEO audits seem like a waste and how to fix them SEO audits are only a waste of time if you do them the wrong way. Get more SEO recommendations [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 5, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 4 2024

Google Explains How It Chooses Canonical Webpages via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's Gary Illyes explains how Google chooses canonicals webpages and shares why duplicate pages [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google’s Indexing Process: When Is “Quality” Determined? via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google shares more details about the impact of content quality on webpage indexing. - Search Engine Journal
Google ‘considering Hubspot acquisition’ The search engine is reportedly in discussions with Morgan Stanley regarding a potential offer, but [...] - Search Engine Land
New Study On Perplexity AI Offers Good News For SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster New research on the Perplexity AI search engine offers significant insights for ecommerce sites and [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google AI overviews launch in UK Google is also reportedly considering making some of its AI-powered search features only available [...] - Search Engine Land
How to build a future-ready SEO strategy Prepare your business for tomorrow's SEO challenges with insights on adapting to emerging trends, [...] - Search Engine Land
Flex your content management for scalability and hyper-personalization by Edna Chavira Learn how AI has changed content strategy and how you can integrate it with your CMS for maximum [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Tests Search Ads Carousel Slider Google is testing a new format for search ads, the ads go in a slider or carousel that let you [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

April, 3 2024

Google Publishes Tutorial On Identifying INP Issues via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's new tutorial can help you identify and resolve Interaction to Next Paint (INP) issues. - Search Engine Journal
29 Days In The Google March 2024 Core Update Is Still Rolling Out It is now four weeks and one day since the Google March 2024 core update started rolling out, 29 [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Max Conversion Value Available For Microsoft Advertising Search Campaigns Microsoft announced a number of new Microsoft Advertising features, including that maximize [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Are The r/SEO Reddit Moderators Biased Against Google? via @sejournal, @martinibuster Posts by Google's Danny Sullivan & John Mueller were removed by the r/SEO moderators for no [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads Extension With Call Us; Text Or Email To Call Google Ads has this feature for call us extensions to scan to call, where Google shows you a QR [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
7 steps to scale your content creation process in the world of AI Drive engagement and growth by crafting high-quality, AI-enhanced content that resonates with your [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Local Panel Results Tests Toggle To Next Result Google is testing an arrow to toggle to the next local pack listing in the search results. This [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Microsoft's Fabrice Canel: SEOs Don't Realize Bing Search Usage Fabrice Canel, the Principal Product Manager at Microsoft Bing, said, "Bing usage extends [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Manual link building is more important than ever in 2024 by Page One Power Google is coming for sites that engage in spammy practices. Learn how manual link building could be [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Responds To Criticism Over Forums At Top Of Search Results via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's forum carousel sparks debate, raising concerns about misinformation and prompting a [...] - Search Engine Journal
Reminder – Google is turning off all Universal Analytics services and APIs Google is urging those who have not yet fully migrated to Google Analytics 4 to do so as soon as [...] - Search Engine Land

April, 2 2024

4 ways to use Search to check facts, images and sources online For International Fact-Checking Day, we’re sharing four Search features to help you evaluate [...] - Inside Search
Google’s Crawling Priorities: Insights From Analyst Gary Illyes via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's Gary Illyes aims to reduce web crawling without sacrificing quality, prioritizing URLs [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google: When To Fix Sites Hit By March 2024 Core Update via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller explained if it's okay to start fixing a website before the Core Algorithm [...] - Search Engine Journal
XSS Vulnerability Affects Beaver Builder WordPress Page Builder via @sejournal, @martinibuster Vulnerability discovered in the Beaver Builder WordPress page builder that can enable an attacker [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Discontinues Translate Community Contribution Feature via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google discontinues Translate's Contribute feature, citing improvements in translation quality [...] - Search Engine Journal
Reddit Moderators Keep Removing Google Search Liaison's Responses Reddit moderators in the SEO channel continue to remove the responses that Danny Sullivan, Google's [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
YouTube unveils 3 new updates, including live stream reaction analytics The platform hopes the changes will provide creators with deeper insights into their audience so [...] - Search Engine Land
How to use Google Gemini to improve SEO operational efficiency From creating SOPs to managing cross-functional teams, find out how Gemini can help drive [...] - Search Engine Land
Gary Illyes From Google Wants Googlebot To Crawl Less Gary Illyes from Google posted on LinkedIn that his mission this year is to "figure out how to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
April 2024 Google Webmaster Report After a relatively slow Google webmaster report last month, this month was the extreme opposite... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Cruises Results Pack Google seems to be testing showing a special cruise search results pack. The pack shows you a date [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Comments Button (In Place Of Notes Button?) Google seems to be testing a "comments" button in the Google Discover and Google Search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 2, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to improve your SaaS onboarding experience to retain more customers Tips to optimize user experience, increase trial-to-paid conversions and maximize customer lifetime [...] - Search Engine Land

April, 1 2024

Google: Overfocusing On Links Could Be A Waste Of Time via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's statement cautioning against "over-focusing" on links fits a six month pattern [...] - Search Engine Journal
OpenAI Announces Instant-Use ChatGPT—No Login Required via @sejournal, @martinibuster OpenAI announced a free version of ChatGPT that allows users to access Chat without logging in, as [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google: Over-Focusing On Links Is Likely A Waste Of Time Google's John Mueller told us again to stop focusing on links and focus more on other things you [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Advanced tactics to maximize the SEO value of user-generated content Learn how to authentically engage audiences, gather insights and repurpose UGC to boost visibility [...] - Search Engine Land
Bulk product optimization: Tips and tools for ecommerce SEO Optimize your ecommerce product pages' title tags, product copy and meta descriptions with the help [...] - Search Engine Land
Still No Google Helpful Content Update Recoveries But Yes Core Update Recoveries While we have still not seen any sites recover from the September 2023 helpful content update, we [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Tests New Diagnostics Insights View UI Causing Ad Strength Pinning Concerns Google is testing a new user interface treatment for the Google Ads diagnostic insights view. This [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
ChatGPT makes links more prominent But it remains to be seen whether people will actually click on those links. Links are only [...] - Search Engine Land
Google investigating Ad Manager Reach report error Although you may still have access to Google Ad Manager, you may find you can't access the most [...] - Search Engine Land
16 reasons why your page isn’t ranking on Google Struggling to rank on Google? Dive into 16 possible reasons why your page isn't making the cut and [...] - Search Engine Land
OpenAI: Links On ChatGPT Browses The Internet More Prominent OpenAI has added "more prominent" links to the ChatGPT browses the internet feature. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Fixing A Helpful Content Site Isn't About Where Measuring Against The Previous Version Of That Site I'll start by saying that was a hard title to write and I hope it makes sense. In short, Google's [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 1, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google expands Vehicle Listing Ads to new markets Vehicle Listing Ads can boost your chances of generating high-quality leads by targeting high-value [...] - Search Engine Land
New Google Business Profiles Image Uploader It looks like Google is rolling out a new Google Business Profiles image uploader as part of the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable