Archive of June, 2024

June, 30 2024

Google Search Ranking Volatility Over June 28th & 29th Weekend On the heels of the completion of the June 2024 spam update this Thursday, June 27th, I am now [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 28 2024

Google’s E-E-A-T & The Myth Of The Perfect Ranking Signal via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google clarifies E-E-A-T's role in search rankings, emphasizing quality content over chasing [...] - Search Engine Journal
Report: Menu items, busier businesses may be Google local ranking signals Google has not specifically confirmed this but a new local SEO report says these may be newly [...] - Search Engine Land
Microsoft AI CEO: Web content is ‘freeware’ Mustafa Suleyman believes almost all web content can be used for AI training unless explicitly [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Warns Of Soft 404 Errors And Their Impact On SEO via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's Gary Illyes warns of soft 404 errors' impact on web crawling and recommends proper error [...] - Search Engine Journal
8 SEO concepts explained in business terms Bridge the gap between SEO and business goals. Explain concepts like page speed and link building [...] - Search Engine Land
Google June 2024 Spam Update Finished Rolling Out Google has completed the rollout of the June 2024 spam update after a seven-day and one-hour [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google’s Search Dilemma: The Battle With ‘Not’ & Prepositions via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google still struggles with complex search queries, particularly those using "not" and [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Colab for SEO: How to get started Learn the benefits of Google Colab for SEOs, from fast setup to AI integration, and how to use it [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing People Also Ask Now May Include AI Generated Content Microsoft may now include AI generated content within the Bing Search people also ask sections. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google expands Product Studio to new markets, adds features Google expands its AI-powered Product Studio to the UK, India, and Japan. New features include [...] - Search Engine Land

June, 27 2024

Google Completes June 2024 Spam Update Rollout via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google completed the June 2024 spam update, targeting policy-violating websites. As search quality [...] - Search Engine Journal
Multinational SEO vs. multilingual SEO: What’s the difference? Dive into the distinct nuances between multinational and multilingual SEO, plus strategies to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google June 2024 spam update done rolling out This spam update took 7 days to fully roll out and is now complete. - Search Engine Land
Google Reveals Its Methods For Measuring Search Quality via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google measures search results using surveys, experts, and user behavior. Improving quality leads [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads Changes Query Matching & Brand Controls - Advertisers Happy Google Ads announced updates to its Search ads query matching and brand controls that made [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Our Search Rankings Can Improve At Scale & System Level Danny Sullivan, the Google Search Liaison, said it again, that "there's clearly more we should [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Reimagining search in the AI era: Insights from ex-Bing Search director Nobody notices when search engines work perfectly. but they notice when they don't – and more [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Chrome For Mobile Adds Local Chrome Actions, Search Shortcuts & Trends Google has announced a number of new search-related features to its mobile version of the Chrome [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 26 2024

Google Drops Continuous Scroll On Desktop With Mobile To Come Google Search is rolling back its continuous scroll user interface and bringing back the legacy [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Don't Avoid Mentioning Brand Names In Your Review Content Danny Sullivan, Google's Search Liaison, responded to some new SEO advice floating around the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: “Our Ranking Systems Aren’t Perfect” via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's SearchLiaison acknowledged flaws in current search ranking systems and explained steps [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Announces New GA4 Features As Universal Analytics Sunset Nears via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google enhances Analytics 4 with AI insights, cross-channel reporting, and budgeting tools as [...] - Search Engine Journal
5 new features coming to Google Analytics 4 GA4 updates include cross-channel reporting and budgeting, a dedicated AI engine and support for [...] - Search Engine Land
SEO implementation: A comprehensive guide Here's a detailed framework for ensuring your SEO recommendations are adopted, even without CMS [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Verification Status Tool Gains New Options Google has added new fields and options to the Google Business Profiles verification status tool. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Four ways Google Analytics delivers actionable insights for your business New features in Google Analytics allow you to make better business decisions despite a continuously [...] - Inside Adwords
Maisie from Washington, D.C. is our 2024 Doodle for Google winner Today we’re announcing the 2024 Doodle for Google national winner. - Inside Search
Google News Sources & Google Publisher Center Bug Fixed We knew Google would stop accepting publications into Google News Publisher Center, but Google also [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google tightens AdSense consent rules for Swiss users Advertisers must implement stricter consent management practices or risk losing ad visibility, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Tests tROAS Insight Box for PMAX & Standard Shopping Google is testing a new ads insights box and report that shows target ROAS insights for Performance [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Repurposing content: How to extend the life of your content assets Transform your content strategy with effective repurposing. Learn how to breathe new life into [...] - Search Engine Land

June, 25 2024

Google dropping continuous scroll in search results Continuous scroll launched in Google mobile search in October 2021 and on desktop in December 2022. - Search Engine Land
Google Ends Continuous Scroll SERPS: What It Really Means via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google ends continuous scrolling search results. Some are unhappy about the reason Google gave for [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Debunks SEO Myth: Branded Keywords Won’t Hurt Rankings via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google debunks SEO myth: Using branded keywords in content doesn't harm rankings. - Search Engine Journal
Google Updates Guidance On EEA Carousels Beta Structured Data via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google updated the structured data guidance for a new EEA-only Carousels (Beta) structured data - Search Engine Journal
Google Sitemaps Docs Updated: Lasmod Date Should Be Last Significant Update Google has made a small note to the sitemap documentation to add that the lastmod date specified in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Automated Local Services Ads Lead Credits Coming Google announced it is rolling out Automated Local Services Ads lead credits next month, which [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Overviews are an evolution, not a revolution Learn why AI Overviews are just another step in search evolution and get practical tips to keep [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads launches Cross-Media Reach Measurement for video campaigns This update will allow advertisers to optimize video campaigns by providing deduplicated reach and [...] - Search Engine Land
Yelp adds 8 searchable accessibility business attributes Businesses can add accessibility attributes including accessible parking near entrance, ASL [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Credit Card Search Widget Google Search now may show you a special search box for your searches related to finding a credit [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Mobile Search Tests More Sitelink Variations Google is testing a number of sitelink variations within its mobile search results interface. They [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Showing More Health Related AI Overviews Ever since the Ray Google AI Overviews update, Google scaled back showing AI Overviews in Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New tROAS Insight Box for shopping campaigns in Google Ads Advertisers now get enhanced visibility into ROAS performance, enabling more informed optimization [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 25, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 24 2024

OpenAI’s Rockset Acquisition And How It May Impact Digital Marketing via @sejournal, @martinibuster Why OpenAI's Rockset acquisition could be the beginning of a shift in digital marketing and [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Perspectives Can Show Instagram Posts Google is now showing Instagram posts within its Perspectives feature in the Google Search results. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Using AI Overviews On Business Profiles Local Listings Google is now using AI Overviews to write descriptions for the local panels shown in Google Search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google rolls out new shopping tools ahead of summer sales Google's tools streamline deal-hunting for consumers, intensifying competition among retailers and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google automates lead credits for Local Services Ads Google promises to streamline operations for advertisers, potentially increasing fairness and [...] - Search Engine Land
Can AI perform technical SEO analysis effectively? Learn how ChatGPT handles Screaming Frog crawl data and compare its insights to professional SEO [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: When You Should Fix Pages 404 Status Codes Google has always said that having pages that serve a 404 status code is normal; most sites have [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Reddit: Your new online reputation challenge After partnering with Google, Reddit has strengthened ties with OpenAI as well. What does this mean [...] - Search Engine Land
Google tightens EU consent rules for Customer Match ads The new requirements mandate explicit user consent signals for ad personalization in the European [...] - Search Engine Land
4 ways to find great prices on Google during summer sales Get ready to shop summer sales on Google with an updated deals destination, a new feature that [...] - Inside Search
Google Structured Data Carousel Guidance On How To Markup Multiple Items On Category Pages Google has added a new bullet point in the structured data carousels (beta) help documentation [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 21 2024

Google Spam Update Sparks Relentless Discontent via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's Spam Update derided by site owners, saying Google defines SPAM as Small Publishers Are [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google turns off Universal Analytics July 1: What you need to know Universal Analytics shuts down on July 1, 2024, forcing a swift transition to Google Analytics 4 to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Clarifies Organization Merchant Returns Structured Data via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google adds clarification to the merchant returns section of the organization structured data [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google ties in Local Services Ads advertisers to Maps app Google is launching Local Services Ads on the iOS version of Google Maps, with no option of running [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 21, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search bug with indexing over the past several hours Google seems to not be indexing most of the new content published across both large and small [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Images Go Missing? Might Be A Quality Issue. For the past several months, generally around the helpful content update in September and the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google June 2024 Spam Update Takes Target Google has released a new algorithm update the search company is naming the Google June 2024 Spam [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to create shareable, link-worthy content in the AI era Tips for earning high-quality backlinks by creating valuable content that attracts natural links [...] - Search Engine Land
Local Service Ads Coming To Google Maps On iOS Google is notifying some advertisers that use Google's Local Service Ads program that soon their [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Spam Update, Volatility & Indexing Bug, AI Overviews Tracking & FAQs, Google Maps Exploit, Google Ads, AppleBot & More We had a new Google spam update, the June 2024 spam update and what would be an SEO video recap [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 20 2024

Google Launches June 2024 Spam Update via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google begins rolling out the June 2024 spam update, which should take a week to complete. - Search Engine Journal
Most Google People Also Ask Responses Are Wikipedia Surprise, surpise... Wikipedia is the number one source of information that comes up when you click [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google unleashes June 2024 spam update This update will take about a week to roll out. - Search Engine Land
Study: Google Favors Ecommerce Sites & User-Generated Content via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Study reveals Google search shifts: ecommerce and user-generated content rise, while product review [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Dials Back AI Overviews In Search Results, Study Finds via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern A new study finds Google is reducing the frequency of, but lengthening, AI overviews in search [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Search Tests Top-Quality Store and Shop Rating Labels Together Google is testing placing both the "Top-quality store" and "shop rating" labels [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Map Pin Exploit Leads To Local Rankings Drop & Possible Suspension A few months ago I posted about a possible bug with Google Maps where map pins were being moved [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Bug: Not Indexing or Serving New Content? Google Search may be having a new indexing or serving (or both) bug where it is now showing new [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Warns On Using JavaScript For Structured Data In the Google Merchant Center structured data documentation, it says that you should add structured [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Search Central Live Bangkok 2024 We're coming back to Thailand with Search Central Live! As mentioned in our blog post about our [...] - Google Webmaster Central
Analyses: Google AI Overviews showing less often, with less Reddit Google's AI Overviews appear for 7-9% of queries, on average. And Reddit is no longer one of the [...] - Search Engine Land
4 pillars of an effective enterprise AI strategy Learn how to build a strong AI roadmap by assessing your organization's AI readiness and focusing [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Tests Latest Deals With Deals In Past 24 Hours Google is testing showing a "latest deals" section in the search results that says [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 19 2024

Reddit Traffic Up 39%: Is Google Prioritizing Opinions Over Expertise? via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern As Reddit ranks higher in Google searches, its traffic has reportedly grown 39% year-over-year. - Search Engine Journal
Is Google Crawling Your Site A Lot? That Could Be A Bad Sign via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's Gary Illyes says sudden crawling spikes may signal hacked sites or other issues. - Search Engine Journal
How white label link building services work in 2024 by Admix Global Wondering how white-label link building can boost your SEO? Discover its benefits and learn how to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Two Common Reasons When A Spike In Crawling Is Bad Google's Gary Illyes posted on LinkedIn with two common examples of when a spike in Googlebot [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Report On If Google Showing Fewer Reddit Links In Search? Some in the SEO industry have been asking if Google has been showing fewer links in its search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Two More People Also Ask Results (6 PPA) Google is testing showing two more people also ask results, by default, which is a total of six [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The AI Era: Expanding marketing and creative potential How generative AI will enhance creativity and performance for marketers to unlock an infinite [...] - Inside Adwords
Google Local Panels Gains Menu Button Google seems to be adding a "menu" button to the Google Business Profiles, the local [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Overviews FAQs Including Why You Can't Disable AI Overviews Google has posted a new document in its forums named frequently asked questions about AI Overviews. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 19, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 18 2024

How Google and Meta could disrupt travel discovery with AI Here’s how AI from Google and Meta are influencing how consumers research and plan trips, [...] - Search Engine Land
SEO pros and cons of HubSpot vs. WordPress vs. Webflow Choosing a web platform? Insights on the flexibility, user-friendliness and security tradeoffs of [...] - Search Engine Land
14 proven strategies to enhance your website’s SEO by Digital Marketing Depot Maximize your website visibility and traffic and stay ahead of the competition with these [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing Webmaster Tools Clickthrough Rate Over 100% Did you ever sort the Bing Webmaster Tools clickthrough-rate column from highest to lowest and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 18, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Our Search Results Do Not Always Show Original Source Google's John Mueller said in the last SEO Google Office Hours video that Google's "search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: #s In Google Search Console Reports Are Unrelated To Canonicalization There is a lot of talk in the wider SEO community around pound signs, #, in the Google Search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Study: 82.5% of marketers to boost SEO budgets in 2024 by Ignite Visibility A new study surveyed 200+ marketing experts to gain insights into their marketing spend and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Tests Black Sitelinks Google is testing another variation of its sitelinks design, this one uses black font colors for [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
7 tips for conducting Google Ads audits Keep your Google Ads account in top shape by auditing key areas like conversion tracking, [...] - Search Engine Land

June, 17 2024

Google’s Unconventional Advice On Fixing Broken Backlinks via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's Gary Illyes made an unorthodox suggestion in answer to the question of whether site owners [...] - Search Engine Journal
The Maddening Adventure Of Tracking AI Overviews In Google Search Console Google launched AI overviews in the SERPs in the United States officially on May 14th at I/O. This [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Updates hreflang Documentation While I Was Offline Google has tweaked its hreflang search developer documentation to clarify that link tags for [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Maps Updates Fake Engagement Policy With More Detail Google has updated its Google Maps contributor fake engagement policy to flesh out in more detail [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Forcing Some Advertisers Off Credit Card Payments Google Ads is forcing many of its advertisers off the credit card option for paying for their ad [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Now Allow Some Opioid Painkillers Ads Google Ads will update its Healthcare and medicines policy this month to allow advertisers to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Apple Updates Applebot Docs With Applebot-Extended, Reverse DNS & More Apple has made some really big changes to the Applebot documentation after the Apple WWDC event, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google’s $2.3 million check secures bench trial in adtech antitrust case After sending a $2.3 million check to cover potential damages, Google has sidestepped a less [...] - Search Engine Land
Social search and the future of brand engagement See why Gen Z and millennials prefer social platforms for search and how to build stronger [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 17, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 16 2024

Google Father's Day Weekend Search Ranking Volatility Happy Father's Day - it looks like we are seeing some pretty significant ranking fluctuations and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 15 2024

Google Answers Question About Toxic Link Sabotage via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's Gary Illyes responded to a question about concerns over toxic link sabotage - Search Engine Journal

June, 14 2024

Google On Traffic Diversity As A Ranking Factor via @sejournal, @martinibuster Despite being clear in his original statement recommending diversifying traffic sources, someone [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google: Should H1 & Title Tags Match? via @sejournal, @martinibuster Should H1 and title tags match? This is what Google recommends - Search Engine Journal
Why video is key to building brand identity and engagement Learn the value of building your brand through video, with tips on content types, production [...] - Search Engine Land
I'm The Reason Googlers Don't Reply With Nuance Did you know that SEO bloggers, like myself, are the reason you see fewer and less nuanced [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads phasing out card payments Certain high-spending advertisers will need to transition from credit or debit card payments to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Business Profiles Websites No Longer Load - 404 Google Business Profiles websites, which stopped loading websites and began redirecting to the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google streamlines product listings via website crawl Google is making it easier for merchants to surface product listings across its surfaces through [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Tests Multiple Featured Snippets Under From Sources Across The Web Google is testing a new look for the "from sources across the web" search results [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Sometimes Search Experiments Conflict Causing Issues In the last Search Off The Record podcast, Gary Illyes from the Google Search team said that [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests New Call & Location Extension Ad Format Google may be testing a new call extension and location extension ad format. This format shows up [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 13 2024

Google’s Response to Affiliate Link Heavy Content via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller answers if having a lot of affiliate links on a web page can negatively [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google’s Stance On AI Translations & Content Drafting Tools via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern For SEO, Google's John Mueller says to evaluate AI-translation quality, get third-party feedback on [...] - Search Engine Journal
Is Google Broken Or Are Googlers Right That It’s Working Fine? via @sejournal, @martinibuster How to make sense of what Google is saying about updates, fixing an algorithm that's not [...] - Search Engine Journal
When Is Duplicate Content Acceptable For Local SEO? Google Explains via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's John Mueller clarified that localized duplicate content across regional websites is [...] - Search Engine Journal
YouTube embeds ads into videos to beat ad blockers Embedding YouTube ads directly into video streams makes them indistinguishable from content, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Analytics fixes paid search attribution An update to attribution models in Google Analytics 4 (GA4) will more accurately credit paid search [...] - Search Engine Land
AI analysis of 8,000 top YouTube Ads reveals key trends for brands These leading brands are winning by spotlighting underrepresented voices, celebrating [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing Tests Black Review Stars In Search Results Microsoft is testing using black-colored review stars in its Bing Search results. This is instead [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Larger Fonts For Main Snippet Title Link & Smaller Font For Sitelinks Google is testing a larger font size for the main search result title link, followed by smaller [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Disallow Crawling Of Action URLs (Buy Now, Sign Up, etc) Google posted a public service announcement saying you should disallow Googlebot from crawling your [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Local Pack Photos With Labels Google seems to be testing adding labels and descriptions on the photos within the local business [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 12 2024

Use these 5 AI-powered tools to plan your summer travel Use Google AI technology — like Immersive View, Google Lens and more — as you prep and [...] - Inside Search
Google Warns Of Quirk In Some Hreflang Implementations via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google identifies a quirk in some hreflang implementations and updates documentation to make it [...] - Search Engine Journal
Want More Clicks? Use Simple Headlines, Study Advises via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern New study shows simpler headlines with common words can increase reader clicks and engagement. - Search Engine Journal
Google’s auto-pause for idle keywords: overreach or overdue? Google's plan to automatically pause keywords in advertisers' accounts after 13 months of no [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Adding New Optional Verification This Month Google Ads announced it will add a new optional verification to verify the affiliation of the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Maps Tests QR Codes On Business Profiles Google is testing QR codes on the Google Business Profile listings within Google Maps. The QR code [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Beware of anti-SEO studies that misguide your marketing strategy Explore compelling counterarguments and data-driven insights on the role of search in an integrated [...] - Search Engine Land
How to use Performance Max for any type of business Learn to adapt Google's automated campaign type for retail and DTC ecommerce, lead generation with [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Quietly Ends Covid-Era Rich Results via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google discontinues support for rich results associated with Covid-era livestreamed events, classes [...] - Search Engine Journal

June, 11 2024

Something Weird Is Going On In Google’s SERPs via @sejournal, @martinibuster Why is Google ranking a hyphenated domain name site for "SEO" related keywords it's [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google’s Gary Illyes: Lastmod Signal Is Binary via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's Gary Illyes reveals lastmod signal treatment is binary - trusted completely or ignored. - Search Engine Journal
13 SEO takeaways from Google’s Elizabeth Tucker at SMX Advanced Why the March 2024 Core update rollout took 45 days, how Google defines low quality, why we see [...] - Search Engine Land
Google’s Structured Data Update May Boost Merchant Sales via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google revised their structured data guidelines to enhance brand panels in a way that may improve [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Reminds Websites To Use Robots.txt To Block Action URLs via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's Gary Illyes recommends using robots.txt to block crawlers from "add to cart" [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google: You Can Recover From Helpful Content Damage With Next Core Update Google once again said you can recover from the damage inflicted on your site by the September 2023 [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Knowledge base SEO: A comprehensive guide Make your knowledge base user- and SEO-friendly. Learn best practices for content strategy, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ranking Systems & Signals: How To Adapt Your SEO Strategy In 2024 & Beyond via @sejournal, @sejournal Confused by recent Google updates? Download our latest Google Ranking ebook and learn valuable [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Search now supports return policy markup at the organization-level A year ago, Google added support for return policy structured data support for merchant listing and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: We Either Trusts Or Doesn't Trust Your Sitemap's Lastmod Date Now that Google is encouraging publishers to use proper lastmod dates in their sitemap files, what [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ad Manager updates give publishers more creative controls Publishers will be able to disable ad badging disclosures or control where it appears. The Mute [...] - Search Engine Land
Programming Note: Offline For Shavuot On Wednesday & Thursday This is a programming note that I will be completely offline for the holiday of Shavout/Shavous, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
3 PPC KPIs to track and measure success Leverage valuable Google Ads metrics like conversion rate, impression share and lifetime value for [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Console Performance Report Gains Merchant Listing Data For Image Tab Google added deeper insights for those who use merchant listings to see how well their merchant [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Apple Siri Getting Useful With Apple Intelligence & ChatGPT Apple held its WWDC event yesterday and while I found Craig Federighi's helmet used for jumping out [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 10 2024

Google Responds: Is Desktop SEO Still Necessary? via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller answers question if it's now okay to stop optimizing for desktop version of [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Issues Statement About CTR And HCU via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's Search Liaison responds to the idea of CTR for ranking and to suggestions of connections [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Business Profiles Locksmiths Reinstatements Now Being Processed Google paused Google Business Profiles restatements for the locksmith industry but has now resumed [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Console Performance report adds merchant listings to images report Google now will show the merchant listing performance within the Google Search Image tab in Search [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Gives Merchants New Insights Into Shopping Search Performance via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's Search Console now provides ecommerce sites data on product listing performance across [...] - Search Engine Journal
5 reasons why your content isn’t working and how to create helpful content Google wants to rank Is your content failing to rank? Find out why and how to create engaging, helpful content that [...] - Search Engine Land
Check out this year’s 5 Doodle for Google finalists Today we’re announcing the 2024 Doodle for Google top five finalists. - Inside Search
Google Responds To Specific Search Leak, Navboost, Clicks & User Interactions The Google Search Liaison, Danny Sullivan, gave a more specific comment to specific signals and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads rolls out new design to all markets on Aug. 30 Google Ads is rolling out a new, more organized design to all markets on August 30, 2024, retiring [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: You Can't Completely Disregard What's Served On Desktop For SEO Last week we reported that Googlebot will pretty much halt crawling and indexing websites using its [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Driving traffic to gated content and paywalled sites: SEO tips + examples Explore SEO tactics to effectively market premium content and drive site traffic while preserving [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 10, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google to struggling sites: Focus on your audience, content quality Here are some key takeaways around SEO and how to create content and successful websites from [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Tests Local Five Pack (Up From 3 Pack) Google is once again testing showing five local results, a five-pack, instead of the typical 3 [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Fixing Product Variant Structured Data Star Rating Bug Google is currently working on fixing a bug that prevents the product variant structured data from [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 9 2024

Google: Can 10 Pages Impact Sitewide Rankings? via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller answers whether a May 2024 ranking drop was caused by ten problematic webpages - Search Engine Journal
Google Quietly Fixed Site Names In Search Results via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google fixed a longstanding issue with site names not showing correctly in the search results when [...] - Search Engine Journal
June 8th Weekend Google Search Ranking Algorithm Volatility Hope you are all having a nice relaxing weekend because it seems like the Google Search rankings [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 8 2024

Google On How It Manages Disclosure Of Search Incidents via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google reveals the internal decision-making process for public disclosing incidents that affect [...] - Search Engine Journal

June, 7 2024

Google Ads API v17 released with new features, changes Google Ads API v17 comes with new features and changes that impact resource usage policies, batch [...] - Search Engine Land
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Ranking Volatility, Coupon Sites Abuse, Mobile Indexing Change, AI Overviews Decline & Ad News Google had some more intense search ranking volatility this week, both on June 1st and also around [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 7, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Console Removes How-To Enhancement Report Google has removed the How-to enhancement report from Google Search Console. When Google stopped [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Rolling Out New Ads Design Starting On August 30 (Goodbye Old Design) In March 2023 Google began testing a new design for the Google Ads advertiser console. Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Console Removal Tool Drops Cache Updates Google has placed a notice at the top of the Google Search Console removal tool that says, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Image Search Tests Pinch To Zoom Google Image search is testing the ability to pinch to zoom, to expand the details on a specific [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Shopping Filter Top Bar In addition to the shop deals top bar we spotted earlier, now we are seeing reports of Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 6 2024

Study: 96% of sites in Google’s top 10 positions have 1,000+ links from unique domains Only 0.3% of websites ranking in the top 10 had less than 100 backlinks and none had 50 links or [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Case Study Shows Importance Of Structured Data via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google published a case study showing how adding structured data and improving crawlability nearly [...] - Search Engine Journal
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 6, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
5 local SEO insights from Google’s API documentation leak Local search takeaways from leaked Google API docs, covering video content, click behavior, local [...] - Search Engine Land
How the Google leak confirms the significance of author and publisher entities in SEO This three-tiered approach helps you optimize author and publisher entities, crucial to building [...] - Search Engine Land
PSA: Google Will Still Index Sites That Are Not Mobile-Friendly There has been a tremendous amount of confusion around the news that Google will stop indexing [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Generative AI’s role in shaping the future of advertising Generative AI is set to revolutionize advertising and enhance the future of search. Here's what it [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads API Version 17 Now Available Google Ads has released a major version release for the Google Ads API, version 17. Version 17 [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads launches Brand Recommendations powered by AI Google's Brand Recommendations, new AI-powered customized suggestions to help advertisers optimize [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Merchant Center Tests New Analytics Google Merchant Center seems to be testing a whole slew of new analytics for the Merchant Center [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: White Label Coupon Sites Would Be Penalized By Site Reputation Abuse Google has updated its coupons FAQs in the original Google March core update blog post to clarify [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Microsoft Advertising To Import Google Ads Conversion Data Automatically Microsoft sent emails to some Microsoft Advertising advertisers to let them know that if they have [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profile Bug Causing Hidden Questions & Answers For the past few days there has been a number of complaints about not being able to see Questions [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 5 2024

SEO In Crisis? Moz Search Scientist Warns Of Challenges Ahead via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's AI disrupts organic SEO; search scientist suggests pivoting strategies to commercial [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Discussion Forum Structured Data Now Supports SocialMediaPosting Markup Google has updated its discussion forum structured data help documentation to clarify that [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Rand Fishkin At MozCon: Rethinking Strategies Amid Google API “Leak” via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern At MozCon, Rand Fishkin shared recommendations based on purported Google leaks, sparking skepticism [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Search Ranking Algorithm Volatility June 5th I am seeing signs of yet another intense Google search ranking update and intense ranking [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Fixed Issue With Site Names Not Appearing For Internal Pages Google has fixed an issue with site names not appearing for some internal pages, this has been an [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Microsoft Advertising To Move Smart Shopping Campaigns To Performance Max Microsoft, in its monthly update, announced that it will be moving (or "upgrading" as [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Overviews Shows For Only 15% Queries, Down From 84% New data from BrightEdge shows that Google is showing far fewer AI Overviews than it did when it [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 4 2024

Google Warns: Sites That Are Inaccessible On Mobile Will Not Be Indexed Google said it will not index sites that are not accessible on mobile devices after July 5, 2024. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Overviews: New Research Offers Insights via @sejournal, @martinibuster Research by BrightEdge offers new details of which verticals experience more Google AI Overviews in [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Business Profiles Tests Chat With SMS & WhatsApp Just last week we reported that chat is going away from Google Business Profiles. Well, Google may [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Notifies Advertisers & Analytics Users Over New US Privacy Laws Last week, Google emailed its Google Ads and Google Analytics users with a heads-up about new [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Fixed The Search Console Links Report The Google Search Console link report now seems to be fixed. As we reported last week, we saw a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
We're on LinkedIn (finally) The Google Search Central LinkedIn channel is (finally) here! - Google Webmaster Central
New Google Popular Products Search Refinements Google seems to be adding a people also ask like search refinement/expander for the popular [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 3 2024

Google won’t index sites that do not work on mobile devices after July 5th So now, the mobile-first indexing initiative is really done - 7.5 years later. - Search Engine Land
Mobile-indexing-vLast-final-final.doc The last step of our migration to a mobile-first index will soon be complete: the small set [...] - Google Webmaster Central
An SEO’s guide to redirects Here’s everything you need to know about redirects, when to use them, how to implement them [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: We're Not Upset With Those Who Share Constructive Feedback Of Our Search Results Danny Sullivan, Google's Search Liaison, said on X, "you or anyone who shares constructive [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
June 2024 Google Webmaster Report What an absolutely wild month in Google Land - between the Google Search API leak, the intense [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
SEOing Into Google's AI Overviews A bunch of SEOs are now experimenting with how they can show up in the Google AI Overviews, not [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to extract GBP review insights to boost local SEO visibility Gain a competitive edge by extracting actionable insights from your – and your competitors' [...] - Search Engine Land
PSA: Google Doesn't Take Direct Action Over Violations Submitted Via Spam Reports As a reminder, Google has reiterated that when Google receives a search spam report, it does not [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google App To Rename Discover To Home & Browse? Google seems to be testing renaming Google Discover to maybe Google Home or maybe Google Browse. I [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 3, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

June, 2 2024

June 1st Google Search Ranking Algorithm Volatility Google has been super volatile over the past several weeks and now I am seeing even more volatility [...] - Search Engine Roundtable