Archive of September, 2024

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 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 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 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 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
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
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

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 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
Google Ads Introduces Confidential Matching Google Ads announced what it calls "confidential matching." Confidential matching is a [...] - 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

The latest jobs in search marketing Land your next job in SEO or PPC. These brands and agencies are hiring to fill open search [...] - Search Engine Land
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