Archive of September, 2024

September, 30 2024

Google’s UGC Push: Sullivan Explains The Shift In Search Results via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's Search Liaison discusses the rise of user-generated content in search results, citing [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google AIO Is Ranking More Niche Specific Sites via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's AI Overviews now prioritize niche expertise, with big brand generalist sites losing [...] - Search Engine Journal
Why Google Lighthouse Doesn’t Include INP, A Core Web Vital via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's Lighthouse tool omits the INP metric. A web performance developer advocate on the Google [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Updates Search Console With Sticky Filters via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google updates Search Console with sticky filters and improved navigation, responding to user [...] - Search Engine Journal
Another Interview With Google's Search Liaison: Big Brands, UGC Content, AI Overviews & Future Danny Sullivan, the Google Search Liaison, has been interviewed again - this time by Alyeda Solis. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Shopping Interface Updated With Expandable Refinements Earlier this month, we reported that Google was testing a new Google Shopping Search interface. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Console Recommendations Not Fully Rolled Out About 8 weeks ago, Google announced Google Search Console Recommendations and rolled it out to a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Ranking Volatility & Shuffles This Weekend Google will not, refused to, calm down, and the ranking volatility, the shuffling of the search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Will Google’s defense hold up against DOJ antitrust claims? Google's argument that its advertising practices benefit customers and are not anti-competitive [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Console Performance report filters now stick There is a "reset filters" option to remove the filters you previously set. - Search Engine Land
Google Local Service Ads TCPL (Target Cost Per Lead) Google seems to be rolling out a new bidding option for Local Service Ads named Target [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Why you should turn off optimized targeting in GDN today This Google feature sounds too good to be true, and it mostly is. Here are the pitfalls and how to [...] - Search Engine Land
Keyword research for SEO: The ultimate guide Keyword research should focus on revenue generation, not just traffic. Here’s how to turn [...] - Search Engine Land
Did Google Hit Forbes Advisor With A Search Penalty Over Site Reputation Abuse? Google may have hit Forbes Advisor with a manual action, downgrading its rankings over maybe the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
3 core flaws of SEO audits (and what to do instead) by Crowdo Automated SEO audits often lead to nowhere. Let a tailored SEO roadmap guide your business to [...] - Search Engine Land
Winning the 2024 holiday retail season: A macro approach Prepare for a strong holiday season with actionable tips based on insights from past ecommerce [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 30, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 29 2024

Google Clarifies Simultaneous Use of Canonical & Noindex via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller offers a more nuanced and definitive answer about using noindex and a [...] - Search Engine Journal

September, 27 2024

Spike In Removed Google Reviews On September 17th Google seemed to have removed/deleted a ton of reviews from Google Business Profiles within Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Today Is Google's 26th Birthday - Where Is The Doodle? Today is the day Google would be celebrating its birthday or anniversary - September 27th. As [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Report: Small Google Business Profile Updates May Trigger Re-Verification Krystal Taing, a Google local product expert in the Google Business Profiles forum and Vice [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
15 AI tools you should use for SEO Get more done in less time with these must-have AI tools to automate tasks, optimize content and [...] - Search Engine Land
How SEO can work with digital marketing teams SEOs can help boost digital marketing efforts through collaboration, all while championing the [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing Short Videos Now With Details Microsoft is testing adding more details to the short video carousel it shows in Bing Search. Now [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Local Panel Adds "About This Place" Section Google is testing adding a new section named "About this place" to the local panel in the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 27, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 26 2024

Google Updates Their Spam Policy Documentation via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google refreshed their spam policy documentation to tighten the focus, add new details, and make it [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Updates Web Search Spam Policies Google has refreshed and updated its web search policies documentation. The big change is Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
5 ways to scale global search management Here’s how consistent reporting, centralized SEO development and shared templates reduce [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Ranking Movement Heated, Volatility Continues 9/25 Google Search still has not calmed its ranking shifts, volatility and movement. The search results [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Backstory Top Stories Section Google Search has this news or top stories section titled "Backstory." It comes up from [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Recently Viewed Movies Activity Card Google now can show movies you recently viewed as an "activity card." I am not sure if [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google’s Ads Data Hub: What you need to know Explore Ads Data Hub – Google's tool for privacy-centric advertising insights, data [...] - Search Engine Land
Key Google Search Console metrics to monitor every month Refine your analysis techniques by learning how to effectively track technical SEO metrics in [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search: States In The News Google Search has this newish news or top stories carousel format that Google titled "States [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 26, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 25 2024

Google updates its spam policies document Google added more details on site reputation abuse, while updated and clarifying other sections of [...] - Search Engine Land
Google recognizes content creators: A breakthrough for E-E-A-T and SEO Google now highlights content creators as trusted sources in search results. Here’s why this [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Tests For You Label This morning we covered these unusual "preferred source" labels in the search results. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Tests Preferred Source Label? Google may be testing a new search label named "preferred source" on the search results [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Product Detail Grid With Most Popular & Best Price Labels Google is now testing adding labels to the product detail side panel when you click on a product in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Maps Fake Review Notice On Business Profile Google now places a notice or warning on some Google Business Profile listings within Google Maps [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 25, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Report: Google Fixing Noindex Bug With Some JavaScript Pages Google is reportedly working on fixing a bug with not being able to properly respond to a noindex [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to maximize PPC and SEO data with co-optimization audits Break down the silos between paid and organic search. Discover how co-optimization audits help you [...] - Search Engine Land
Drive ecommerce growth with proven personalization strategies by Edna Chavira Learn how personalization can boost average order value, click-through rates, and customer [...] - Search Engine Land

September, 24 2024

Google Removes Cache: Search Operator Documentation via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google finally removed the documentation for the cache: search operator, a small reminder that [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Cache Is Fully Dead Google has now totally disabled the Google Cache from completely working. Earlier this year, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search completely kills the cache feature 9 months after Google dropped the cache link and 2 weeks after Google added the Wayback Machine [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Fixed Google Search Console Product Snippets Report A couple of weeks ago, we reported a bug with the Google Search Console search performance report [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
TikTok Search Ads Campaign launch in U.S. Tiktok's keyword-based search ad solution allows brands to target users directly in search results, [...] - Search Engine Land
There is no ‘best’ Google Ads bidding strategy, study finds New data shows that Google Ads bidding strategies success relies on thoughtful execution, accurate [...] - Search Engine Land
Google adds support for sale pricing and priceType property Google said this makes it easier for merchants to specify sale pricing through structured data and [...] - Search Engine Land
Optimizing Largest Contentful Paint: 5 tips for a faster website by DebugBear Learn new techniques to speed up your website and pass Google’s Core Web Vitals assessment. - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 24, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The truth behind AI checkers: A cautionary tale Is your human-written content being flagged as AI-generated? Learn the limitations of AI checkers [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Merchant Listings Adds priceType Property & Sale Pricing Examples Google has updated its Google Merchant Listings help documentation to add priceType property and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search From Small Businesses Carousel Here is another Google Search treatment where Google is trying to promote small businesses. Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 23 2024

What Is SEO – Search Engine Optimization? SEO stands for “search engine optimization.” It is the process of improving your [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Ranking Increases During Core Update Wiped Out Post Update It's like Google cannot make up its mind - with all the volatility we reported post Google August [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Shows How To Use Alt Text For SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller shows how to use alt text for SEO and why you shouldn't rely on AI to do it - Search Engine Journal
6 advanced (yet missing) Meta Ads KPIs to track success Tracking only basic KPIs for Meta Ads? Uncover six advanced metrics to help you optimize audience [...] - Search Engine Land
55% Are Using Traditional Search Like Google Less Since Gen AI Products The Information posted survey results of its 1,088 subscribers they surveyed and said that 77% said [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads With Ten Sitelinks - A Bug Google Ads can show a nice number of sitelinks under the ad, as sitelink extensions. But I've never [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Describes Importance Of Page Image Is Embedded On For SEO Google's John Mueller responded to questions around image SEO, specifically explaining that while [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 23, 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 plan a website to maximize SEO success Most new websites make SEO mistakes. This guide and template will show you how to retain and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Ads 360 (SA360) starter guide Learn about SA360, how it differs from Google Ads and the features and benefits that make it a [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Tests Shopping / E-Commerce Card Google is testing using its top card format for shopping and e-commerce related queries and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
SEO For Paws Free Live Stream Conference To Support Pet Shelters via @sejournal, @theshelleywalsh Tune into the SEO for Paws live stream conference. Engage with industry experts and support a [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads adds Video Enhancement for Performance Max Google's Video Enhancement feature sparked concerns among advertisers about automated adjustments [...] - Search Engine Land

September, 20 2024

Google adtech antitrust trial: Everything you need to know The antitrust trial over allegedly monopolistic practices in the $200 billion digital advertising [...] - Search Engine Land
Fueling better marketing plans with Shell by Uptempo Discover how Shell streamlined marketing plans for 30+ markets and cut down manual work with [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Gains New Options On Enhanced Conversion Coverage Data Page Google has added a set of new filters and a website only report in the Enhanced Conversion Coverage [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Top 7 Google Ads and SEO synergies you should act upon Enhance your search marketing ROI by aligning PPC and SEO. Learn practical tips for collaboration [...] - Search Engine Land
Mastering Performance Max using scripts Learn to negate poor performers, track disapproved products and exclude spammy placements with [...] - Search Engine Land
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Ranking Volatility Spikes, Search Console Bug, Search App Stalled, Google Ads News & Business Profile Suspensions Another week and more Google Search ranking volatility, in fact, it has not calmed but we saw even [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Blue Map Pin & City Name On Search Results Snippets Google is now showing a blue map pin with a city name under some of the search result snippets. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New Bing Places Support Contact Form Microsoft may have updated its Bing Places support contact us page. The new page requires you to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Reviews & Menu Descriptions Under Local Photos Google is now showing reviews and menu descriptions when browsing photos on a Google Maps, Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 20, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Searches You Might Like Box Microsoft is testing new sections in the Bing Search results named searches you might like. This [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 19 2024

Google: Core Web Vitals Aren't As Important As Some People Might Think Google again has downplayed the importance of Core Web Vitals as a Google Search ranking signal. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Suspending Many Google Business Profiles I am seeing a flood of complaints in the Google Business Profiles forums where businesses are [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to implement generative engine optimization (GEO) strategies Discover actionable tips for aligning your content with AI algorithms and boosting your [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Ranking Volatility Continue With Big Movement Again 9/18 To be honest, the Google Search ranking volatility has not cooled at all since the pre-launch of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Product Results Top Insights With YouTube Videos Google is now showing videos, I guess from YouTube but I suspect it can support other video sites, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Study: 96% Of Google AI Overviews Links Go To Informational Intent Pages Did you know that 96% of the links Google displays and shows in the AI Overviews link to content [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to develop a paid search strategy A comprehensive guide to developing a paid search strategy that drives results at every stage of [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 19, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New data: Google AI Overviews show more often to signed-in users Meanwhile, many large brands are already getting more referral traffic from SearchGPT than [...] - Search Engine Land
The ultimate guide to HTTP status codes for SEO Learn important HTTP status codes for SEO, how they affect website performance and the tools you [...] - Search Engine Land

September, 18 2024

New features and controls for your AI-powered campaigns Google Ads announces new features, including more generative AI tools, more insights and more [...] - Inside Adwords
Google Search To Label Images As AI Generated, Edited Or Taken With Camera Google Search will soon label images as AI-generated, edited with photo editing software or if it [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google LSAs Changes In Validation Logic For Bid Modifications Some advertisers received an email from Google this week with the subject line, "Changes in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Revamps Entire Crawler Documentation via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's updated the crawler documentation adds three new pages to tighten up topical coverage and [...] - Search Engine Journal
New guide: Improve your Google Ads performance by Digital Marketing Depot Get practical strategies to reduce your cost-per-click by improving targeting, enhancing landing [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Gains Negative Keywords, Insights, Reporting To PMax & Much More Google Ads announced a number of new features and updates to the ad platform this morning at DMEXCO [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Search Result Snippets That Are Scrollable Bing now lets you scroll within a specific search result snippet. So if you are looking at a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 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 Search Console Product Snippets Report Surge Again, Likely A Bug It looks like we are seeing another surge in the Google Search Console Search Performance report [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 17 2024

Google Tests Sticky Headers For Ads & Results Google is testing that new large ad and organic label headers design but this time having the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The Google Indexing API Not Working For Some Or Indexing Issues... There are complaints in the Black Hat SEO World forums that the Google Indexing API is not working. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 17, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Tests Swipeable Dots For Carousels Google is testing a new interface in the search results to help searchers know they can swipe over [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Local Service Ads Shows You Viewed X Minutes/Hours Ago Google is testing showing the last time you viewed an ad, a Google Local Service Ad, by adding a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Expanded & More Discussions and Forums Results If you didn't have enough Reddit and forum results in your Google Search results page, well, now [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 16 2024

Google On Why Simple Factors Aren’t Ranking Signals via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller explains the reason why characteristics like valid HTML and typos aren't [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Updates Google Crawlers & Fetchers Docs With Affects & Snippets Google has completely reorganized its crawlers and user-triggered fetchers documentation. It used [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Reviews Restrictions For Business Profile Policy Violations Google has posted a new document about the way Google may apply restrictions to your Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Tests Recent Posts Carousel Google Search is testing a new recent posts carousel in the desktop and mobile search results. This [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Asks On Social If You Will Use Gemini AI For SEO In one of the more disassociated social posts Google has made in a while, Google's Small Business [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google US DOJ Trial Exhibit Files, Documents & Responses As many of you know, Google is now in court over its monopoly ruling by the Department of Justice [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New Search experiences in South Africa: Badges and refinement chips We're sharing more information about our new search experiences in South Africa, and how South [...] - Google Webmaster Central
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 16, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 15 2024

Google Search App Stopped Working Last Night The Google Search App stopped working last night for a few hours. Google was quick to fix it in the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 13 2024

Complaints On Google Ads Search Partners Network Fraud I am seeing a spike in complaints from the PPC community around there being an increase in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Introduces Confidential Matching Google Ads announced what it calls "confidential matching." Confidential matching is a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Testing For Reference Search Box Google is testing a new search box named "for reference" which is placed under a set of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Search Result Snippets Without Breadcrumbs Google is testing showing search results snippets without the breadcrumbs in the URL section of the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Ranking Volatility, Apple Intelligence, Navboost, Ads, Bing & Local For the original iTunes version, click here. Well over a week after the Google August 2024 core [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests AI Overview With Small "More" Link Google is testing removing the large "show more" button and replacing it with a small [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 13, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 12 2024

Google's Martin Splitt: We Do Not Use Exif Data For Ranking Over the years Google has been wishy-washy on if they use or do not use Exif (Exchangeable image [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Indexing API: Submissions Go Undergo Rigorous Spam Detection Google has updated its Indexing API documentation to add a few things but the largest update talks [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Ex-Googler Forum Statements On Google Navboost In my interview with Danny Sullivan, the Google Search Liaison, I tried to get more details on [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Replaced Cache Link With Internet Archive's Wayback Machine After Google has angered tons of SEOs and searchers over removing the cache link from the search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 12, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Simpler data privacy for advertisers with confidential matching Confidential matching is a new way to securely connect your first-party data for our measurement [...] - Inside Adwords
Learn all about Google Trends with our new YouTube tutorials This post is about the new Google Trends Tutorials YouTube series. In these videos you'll learn how [...] - Google Webmaster Central
Google: Get Definitions & Translations As You Search Google is now notifying some searchers of a translation feature within the search results. It says, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 11 2024

Google Integrates Internet Archive Links Into Search Results via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google integrates Internet Archive's Wayback Machine into search results, enabling easy access to [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Adds Spam Warning To Indexing API Documentation via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google tightens Indexing API rules, warning users of spam detection and possible loss of access [...] - Search Engine Journal
New WordPress Plugin Simplifies Achieving Success via @sejournal, @martinibuster Yoast co-founders release a free WordPress plugin that simplifies planning business tasks and [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Search Ranking Volatility Still Heated A Week After Core Update I sound like a broken record, but the Google Search ranking volatility is still incredibly heated [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google On When Not To Worry About Traffic Fluctuations via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's John Mueller offers guidance on interpreting website performance data. He cautions against [...] - Search Engine Journal
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 11, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests New Ad Label / Design That Makes Ads Stand Out Google is testing a new ad label and interface that really make the ads way more noticeable in the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Supports Ineligible Regions Property For Videos Google Search now supports specifying where (which regions) a video is not allowed to be viewed in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Local Pack Tests Review Source Icons Instead Of Review Stars Microsoft is testing adding the source of the reviews in the Bing Search local pack, instead of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Expands AdSense Auto Ads To French, Spanish, and Japanese Google is expanding AdSense's Auto ads to support French, Spanish, and Japanese languages. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 10 2024

Google Says Fixing Headings Won’t Change Rankings via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller says fixing hierarchical structure of headings won't change your rankings - Search Engine Journal
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 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 Chrome Drops Support For First Input Delay: What It Means via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Chrome ends support for First Input Delay metric, pushing developers to adopt holistic Interaction [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Expands Video Structured Data Options With New Property via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google adds 'ineligibleRegion' property to video structured data, allowing publishers to specify [...] - Search Engine Journal
How to do PPC competitor analysis Monitor your PPC competitors, analyze their ad strategies and leverage insights to optimize your [...] - Search Engine Land
Does generative AI save time, money and resources in SEO? Explore AI's impact on SEO efficiency, cost-saving and resource management through these real-world [...] - Search Engine Land
Google AI Overviews Show Shopping Results For Commercial Queries Again Google is bringing back shopping and product results in the AI Overviews for commercial queries. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google vs. DOJ: Why Google’s ‘hundreds of competitors’ claim doesn’t add up Google is defending its ad tech dominance, but are their claims of market competition, low fees and [...] - Search Engine Land
Apple Visual Intelligence – search using your iPhone camera Apple uses Google, OpenAI and other search providers for the search results. - Search Engine Land
Bing Search Footer Message To Encourage More Searches Microsoft is testing, showing a notice at the bottom of the Bing search results that says, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google is hiding search data from advertisers and profiting Here’s how it affects your ad campaigns and what you can do to optimize performance despite [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Maps Showing Business Photos On Review Sentiments Google is now showing business submitted photos from Google Business Profiles in the Google Local [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Apple Visual Intelligence - Local, Shopping & More Apple had its big event yesterday, and during the iPhone talk, they announced Apple Visual [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 9 2024

The DESCRIBE framework for effective YouTube descriptions Here's why brands must adapt to a multi-platform world and how to optimize your YouTube presence [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Business Profile Appointment Link Broken Notifications Google is emailing some businesses when it detects that their Google Business Profile appointment [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Future of AI in content marketing: Key trends and 7 predictions Stay ahead in content marketing by exploring AI trends and expert predictions that reveal how [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing Product Search Results With See Details Button Bing is testing a big blue "see details" button for some of the product listings in its [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to boost audience engagement: Top strategies and techniques Unlock audience engagement strategies, including personalized rewards, progress tracking, [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 9, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Saying Goodbye To Enhanced CPC In March 2025 Google Ads emailed advertisers using Enhanced cost-per-click (eCPC) to let them know that in March [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Treats 308 Redirects Same As 301 Redirects Fabrice Canel from Microsoft said that Bing Search treats 308 redirects the same as they treat 301 [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 7 2024

Google’s Guidance About The Recent Ranking Update via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's Danny Sullivan published a statement about the recent ranking update, stressing not to [...] - Search Engine Journal

September, 6 2024

My Interview Of Google's Search Liaison On The August 2024 Core Update This week I interviewed Danny Sullivan, Google's Search Liaison, with the goal of better [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Why Google Indexes Blocked Web Pages via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller explains why disallowed pages are sometimes indexed and why related Search [...] - Search Engine Journal
How to conduct audience research for paid search Enhance your audience research strategy with insights into pre-build, mid-flight and post-campaign [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Volatility Still Heated After August Core Update Rollout Completed It is like the Google August 2024 core update didn't finish rolling out, or maybe something else is [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Recovery uncertain: Google’s Danny Sullivan on algorithm impacts Google's Search Liaison discusses the impact of Google updates, noting that publishers may not get [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 6, 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 brand visibility in organic search Key tactics to increase your brand's presence in organic search results, drive higher engagement [...] - Search Engine Land
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google August Core Update Done, Google Interview, Google Ads & Merchant Center News & The YouTube Algorithm SEO This week, the Google August 2024 core update finished rolling out, a bit earlier than expected. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Try On Icon Google launched its try on feature a year or so ago and now Google may have just added a new icon [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Clarifies Indexing API Quota & Pricing Information Google has made several changes to its indexing API quota and pricing information document for [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads to deprecate enhanced CPC for Search and Display Ads Google Ads will begin phasing out enhanced CPC in October with the goal of transitioning all [...] - Search Engine Land
YouTube Studio adds new website visits goal for promotions YouTube Studio now has a website visits goal in promotions, allowing creators to drive traffic to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Audience Insights Missing For Some There is another Google Ads bug, this time with the Audience insights going missing for some [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 5 2024

Our 2024 travel trends — right in time for the holidays We’re sharing some of the latest travel trends and new insights on the best time to book your [...] - Inside Search
Google Confirms It’s Okay To Ignore Spam Scores via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller recommends ignoring spam scores, which he views as insignificant - Search Engine Journal
SearchGPT vs. Google: Early Analysis & User Feedback via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern OpenAI's SearchGPT prototype shows potential to challenge Google, but early analysis reveals [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google To Automatically Link Ads & Merchant Center Accounts Google will automatically link Google Ads and Google Merchant Center accounts by October 3, 2024. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Is it time to rethink your Google Ads strategy? Reimagine your Google Ads with a focus on audience targeting. Learn how a strategic overhaul can [...] - Search Engine Land
Virtually try on dresses with our AI shopping tool Google Shopping’s virtual try-on tool now lets you experiment with dresses for easier [...] - Inside Adwords
Was Google’s document ‘leak’ a strategic move? An SEO theory What if the Google document "leak" was intentional? Here’s why it might have been [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads tightens rules on Gambling Certification recertification Stricter recertification rules coming for Gambling and Games advertisers starting November 2024, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Tests Top Comments & Related Discussions For Forum Search Results Google confirmed with me that they are testing a new forum display for its search results that [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to save money on your next trip, with help from Google We’re sharing our favorite ways to save money with Google’s travel tools – [...] - Inside Search
Google Ads Requiring Gambling Advertisers With Games Certification To Recertify Google Ads said that by November 2024, advertisers with the gambling and games certification must [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Gains Merchant Products Tab For Images Google Ads seems to be rolling out a new tab in its image assets library named "Merchant [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 5, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
How SEO can collaborate with content teams Bring your SEO and content teams together to boost your site's performance. Define roles, [...] - Search Engine Land

September, 4 2024

Google Docs: Do Not Specify A Fragment URL As Canonical Google has updated its search developer canonical documentation to specify that you should not set [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How New Chrome AI Feature Challenges SEO To Evolve via @sejournal, @martinibuster Chrome's new AI History feature shows that AI is diversifying traffic sources and SEO must evolve [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google August 2024 Core Update Finished Rolling Out The Google August 2024 core update finished rolling out yesterday at around 3 pm ET. It took over [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Microsoft Advertising Logos / Call To Actions & Other Search Ad Updates Microsoft published its updates for September 2024 yesterday and a lot is around Performance Max [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Image Search: From This Image Google is testing a new feature, or search refinement, within the image search results that shows [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Survey Shows Ecommerce Strategies For 2024 Holiday Season via @sejournal, @martinibuster WooCommerce survey shows the strategies you need to know to increase Black Friday/Cyber Monday [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Search testing new display for forum content This new user interface shows top comments and related discussions around that forum search result [...] - Search Engine Land
Will ChatGPT be the new Google? The future of search and information retrieval A deep dive into how AI is disrupting search engines and its impact on SEO, digital marketing and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Introduces New Masthead Format Requirements Page Google's new consolidated Masthead format requirements page centralizes guidelines for masthead ads [...] - Search Engine Land
Drive better performance by upgrading Video Action Campaigns to Demand Gen Learn more about the upcoming Video Action Campaign upgrades to Demand Gen and how you can drive [...] - Inside Adwords
Google Business Profiles Drops Q&A Feature In India (& Other Some Regions) Google Business Profiles seems to have dropped the Q&A feature from businesses in India and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 3 2024

ChatGPT for PPC: 17 strategic prompts you can use today Learn how to use ChatGPT to level up your paid search efforts without sacrificing strategy, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google’s August Core Update Rollout Completed via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google confirms the August core update has finished rolling out, taking 19 days to complete. - Search Engine Journal
Google August 2024 core update rollout is now complete The update took 19 days to rollout and was a pretty impactful update. - Search Engine Land
Google Quietly Cancels Google Trends Subscriptions via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google abruptly cancels their Google Trends subscription service - Search Engine Journal
Googler’s Tip About Favicons Can Make A Big Difference via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller offered a useful tip for optimizing favicons - Search Engine Journal
YouTube SEO Questions Answered A few months ago, we posted some answers about how YouTube ranking is affected by various variables [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Trends Email Subscriptions Going Away Next Month Google will discontinue the Google Trends email subscription service on October 29, 2024. Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Trends email subscriptions to stop working on October 29 This comes shortly after Google updated the user interface for the trending now results. - Search Engine Land
15 questions to ask your new SEO clients Boost client retention and get better SEO results while avoiding roadblocks and frustrations by [...] - Search Engine Land
September 2024 Google Webmaster Report It finally happened, we got a new core update, the Google August 2024 core update touched down on [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 3, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Knowledge Panel & Featured Answers Table Of Contents Animation Microsoft recently added an animation or highlight effect on its featured answers or knowledge [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests New Map Pin Shapes Google is testing a new shape and maybe colors for the map pins they use in Google Search and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 2 2024

Daily Search Forum Recap: September 2, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search You Visit Often Tests Accordion Design Google is testing a new design and user experience for the "you visit often" labels. This [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Finally Supports AVIF Images Google announced on Friday that they finally natively support AVIF image file types for Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New Google Ads Product Category-Level Insights Google Ads has improved its ads reporting specifically, with the product reports now showing [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New Google Analytics 4 Benchmarking Data Google Analytics, GA4, seems to be rolling out benchmarking data, similar to Universal Analytics [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests New Shopping Search Design Google is testing a new design for its mobile shopping search interface. The new design has a new [...] - Search Engine Roundtable