Archive of October, 2024

October, 31 2024

6 SEO Practices You Need To Stop Right Now via @sejournal, @martinibuster Outdated SEO tactics can backfire. Here are six practices to reconsider for better results. - Search Engine Journal
Google adds segmentation to Performance Max Asset Groups Google Ads now offers a "segment" option for Pmax Asset Group performance, enhancing [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Menu Highlights Search Carousel Google can show a restaurant's menu right at the top of the search results for a search on that [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Chrome DevTools Adds Advanced CLS Debugging Tool via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Chrome introduces new debugging tool in Canary build, helping developers identify and fix website [...] - Search Engine Journal
Redefining SEO: AI Overviews and the road ahead Stay ahead with key SEO insights and tactics to help you drive value and stay visible in an [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads AI Chat Bot Is At A Loss For Words Google Ads has been rolling out its conversational ad experience and more and more advertisers has [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profiles Learn Something Specific Question Box Google is testing replacing the question and answer box for Google Business Profile listings with a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Entity Trust Scores From APIVoid & ScamAdviser Google seems to be showing trust scores for some website entities in the knowledge panel box. It [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 30 2024

Google: Search Ranking Update Coming Soon But HCU Victims Should Move On Google held that Web Creator summit yesterday at the GooglePlex, where Google told victims of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Meta Takes Step To Replace Google Index In AI Search via @sejournal, @martinibuster Meta is working on a search index for its AI chatbot, reportedly in an effort to reduce dependence [...] - Search Engine Journal
Confirmed: Google Ad Rep Made Unauthorized Changes To Ad Account Ginny Marvin, the Google Ads Liaison, has confirmed that a Google ad representative, a Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google’s next update coming soon, but don’t expect to recover lost traffic Google held a web creator event at the GooglePlex yesterday where engineers and executives spoke [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ad Revenue Up 10% - With Biggest Ad Revenue Quarter Ever Google / Alphabet reported its Q3 2024 earnings last night, where its ad revenue hit $65.85 [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How content is critical to a winning ecommerce strategy by Edna Chavira Customers expect fast, tailored journeys. But meeting those expectations takes more than just great [...] - Search Engine Land
New Google Ads Business Links Asset Type Google Ads has a new asset type with enhancement features named business links. Google posted a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google rep’s unauthorized ad changes spark advertiser concerns Google's Ginny Marvin admits approval processes weren't followed, highlighting transparency [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing Tests Hiding Ads Labels After Domain You thought Google was sneaky with their ad or sponsored labels. Microsoft has a history of being [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 29 2024

Google Q3 Report: AI Drives Growth Across Search, Cloud, & YouTube via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google reports 15% revenue growth as AI features expand across search and cloud services, driving [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Loses €2.4B Battle Against Small Business Founders via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern British couple wins €2.4B case against Google over search manipulation that destroyed their [...] - Search Engine Journal
How to choose an SEO-friendly domain name Select a domain name that supports your business goals and brand identity without falling into [...] - Search Engine Land
Core Web Vitals Documentation Updated via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google Chrome's documentation for Core Web Vitals was updated with more information about [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google: Doubtful You'd See Big Ranking Drop Over Core Web Vitals Issues Google's John Mueller said it again, he said on LinkedIn, "We've been pretty clear that Core [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: October 29, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Recommends Against Batch Mode For IndexNow With the new Bing Webmaster Tools recommendations section, we are learning more about what Bing [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Frequently Saved Label On Search Result Snippets Google is now testing a "Frequently saved" label on the search results snippets. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Overviews Rolling Out To 100+ Countries & Billion+ Users Google announced it is rolling out AI Overviews in Google Search to over 100 more countries, making [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
18 creative ways to cut your cost-per-click by Digital Marketing Depot Reduce your cost-per-click by improving targeting, enhancing landing page performance and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Raise Your Budgets Recommendation Gains Information Google has updated the "Raise your budgets" recommendation within the Google Ads [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 28 2024

AI Overviews in Search are coming to more places around the world AI Overviews in Search are expanding to 100+ countries and multiple languages, bringing monthly [...] - Inside Search
Google Search Downgrading Rankings Of Content Starkly Different From Main Content Google is now saying it has ranking systems that "aim to understand if a section of a site is [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Console Performance Report Showing Almost No Data Today Google Search Console's performance report seems to have a bug where it is showing almost zero data [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google’s SEO Tip for Fixing Canonical URLs via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller offers an SEO technique for making sure the right URL is ranked as the [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Proposes New Shipping Structured Data via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's proposal for a new shopping related structured data received a positive response and [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google upgrades Call Ads to Responsive Search Ads format You can now leverage enhanced ad flexibility and improved asset management with Google's new [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search demoting content that is starkly different from the main content of the site A Google spokesperson told Glenn Gabe, "Our systems aim to understand if a section of a site [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Console performance report bug causes panic Many of you woke up to seeing zero close to clicks and impressions this morning, this is an issue [...] - Search Engine Land
An in-depth guide to technical SEO optimization by Digital Marketing Depot If your technical SEO is poor, search engines will struggle to discover, crawl, and index your site [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Updates URL Structure, Favicon & Adds Google Trends Docs Google has added a new search document on Google Trends while also making some small updates to the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google To Sunset Call Ads; Migrating To Responsive Search Ads Google Ads will be sunsetting call ads sometime next year and will be migrating those to responsive [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Snippet With Mentioned Products Carousel Google is testing showing a carousel named mentioned products, that can be displayed under a search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profiles Testing Reviews Within Photo Carousels Google is now testing showing reviews within the photos carousel within a Google Business Profile [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Inbound or outbound? What 1,000 consumers reveal about search, social and AI Learn how consumer habits impact inbound vs. outbound marketing, plus the value of SEO, social [...] - Search Engine Land
Google tests new AI tool for large advertisers The Search Bidding Exploration tool could help advertisers using tROAS bidding and broad match [...] - Search Engine Land

October, 27 2024

Google Search Ranking Volatility Again On October 26th & 27th & 23rd & 24th While I was offline, it seems we had two bouts of Google Search ranking volatility, one starting [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How Compression Can Be Used To Detect Low Quality Pages via @sejournal, @martinibuster Compressibility is a way search engines can detect low-quality pages, and when combined with other [...] - Search Engine Journal

October, 25 2024

5 SEO trends for 2025 Stay ahead by preparing to navigate Google's antitrust challenges, AI’s prevalence, the value [...] - Search Engine Land
New Google Trends SEO Documentation via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google publishes new documentation for how to use Google Trends for search marketing - Search Engine Journal
Google Discover Design Update & New Icons Google Discover is rolling out some small design updates to its interfaces. It has these new [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Does Google Search Use ARIA? Likely Not. Google Search likely does not use ARIA Accessible Rich Internet Applications, for ranking or even [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Top Recipe Guides List Google is showing a section named "top recipe guides" that can be expanded or collapsed [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: October 25, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: AI Is Not Going Away, So Don't Be Left Behind Google's John Mueller posted his thoughts on AI, which were two fold. (1) AI is not going away, so [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Ranking Movement, Sitelinks Search Box Going Away, Gen-AI In Bing & Google, Ad News & More This week, we had more Google search ranking volatility to report on - surprise... - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 24 2024

Google Now Recommends Higher Resolution Favicons via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google is now recommending higher resolution favicons. Review these changes to keep your SEO up to [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Revises URL Parameter Best Practices via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google updates Search documentation with standardized URL parameter guidelines, recommending [...] - Search Engine Journal
How to set goals for your SEO team Set your SEO team up for success with clear, performance-oriented goals that align with business [...] - Search Engine Land
Fun: SEO The Board Game Gareth Hoyle posted about this new game he and his company, along with others have spent about a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google On Diagnosing Multi-Domain Crawling Issues via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google Search Advocate assists with diagnosing crawling issues, recommends checking shared [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Search Top Products From Customer Reviews Carousel Google has this carousel that can pull in top products based on customer reviews in the Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
YouTube adds channel-level ad category blocking controls Channel-level ad blocking controls gives creators greater control over the types of ads displayed [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Testing Revert In Place Of Search Instead For Google Search is testing replacing the spelling notification for "search instead for..." [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Snippet With Shop Nearby To Open Business Profile Google is testing adding a new rich result type to the search results snippet named "Shop [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 23 2024

Google’s Mueller Dismisses Core Web Vitals Impact On Rankings via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google clarifies Core Web Vitals' role: while a ranking factor, it doesn't significantly impact [...] - Search Engine Journal
Did Google Hit Fortune Recommends With A Search Penalty Over Site Reputation Abuse? Google may have hit Fortune Recommends with a search penalty, downgrading its Google search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google’s Mueller On How To Handle Legacy AMP Subdomains via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's John Mueller advises site owners on managing outdated AMP subdomains, suggesting redirects [...] - Search Engine Journal
How to deal with SEO emergencies From rankings drops to site issues, learn which SEO problems require urgent action and how to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: It's Tempting To Optimize For Tool Metrics; There's No SEO Shortcuts Google's John Mueller said he understands why some in our industry look to optimize for metrics [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search People's Insights For Unprofessional Medical Advice One of the complains with Google Search showing Reddit or other online forums all the time is that [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: October 23, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Expandable Google Knowledge Panels On Desktop Search Google now has the ability to expand sections of knowledge panels on the desktop search interface. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Performance Max gets new AI-powered video creation, asset testing Google is integrating its advanced Imagen 3 AI model for creative optimization, along with testing [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Merchant Center Audience Insights Beta Google is testing new Audience Insights or audience analytics within the Google Merchant Center [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Programming Note: Offline For Simchat Torah On Thursday & Friday This is a programming note that Thursday and Friday are Simchat Torah and I will be offline the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 22 2024

Google Sitelinks Search Box Going Away Next Month Google is deprecating the ten-year-old Sitelinks Search Box. It is going to start to disappear from [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Search Adding Al-Enhanced Summary Microsoft is adding new AI features to Bing Search named AI-enhanced summaries. These can show up [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google tests video-enabled shopping ads in search results Letting users watch product videos within Google's search results could increase ad engagement but [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Performance Max Won't Take Priority Over Standard Shopping In Same Account Google Ads has changed how Performance Max and regular Shopping campaigns work within the same [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Ads Travel Feeds To See Prices, Images & More Rich Results Google announced that it is adding new features for travel search ads through integration with [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Watch Video Search Ads Google seems to be testing showing search ads that you can click to watch a video. We saw something [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: October 22, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Several Bugs Within Bing Webmaster Tools API & Documentation There are reportedly at least five bugs within the Bing Webmaster Tools API and the corresponding [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Why SEOs are killing digital PR Focusing on cost-per-link in digital PR is stifling creativity and effectiveness. Here's how to use [...] - Search Engine Land

October, 21 2024

Find voting information on Google Search and Maps Google Search and Maps are providing information to voters in the United States around Election Day. - Inside Search
Farewell, Sitelinks Search Box It's been over ten years since we initially announced the sitelinks search box in Google [...] - Google Webmaster Central
Google To Retire Sitelinks Search Box In November via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google will remove the sitelinks search box in November due to declining usage. Search rankings are [...] - Search Engine Journal
Improve ad performance with Travel Feeds in Search Ads With Travel Feeds in Search Ads, advertisers can easily use the rich data in travel feeds — [...] - Inside Adwords
How to design landing pages that boost SEO and maximize conversions Create landing pages that rank higher, attract clicks and convert visitors into customers by [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads unveils Page-specific Assets for Performance Max Google Ads update lets you generate tailored creative content aligned with specific webpages, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Local Service Ads At It Again With Request Competitive Quotes Google is at it again, double dipping on Local Service Ads clicks, by adding a "Request [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
What is off-page optimization? Off-page SEO has evolved beyond link building. Learn modern strategies for building authority, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google To Pause Ads Related To Elections After Polls Close On Nov. 5 Google will temporarily pause ads related to the US elections after the polls close on November [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Generative AI Snippets Throughout Search Results Google has been doing a lot with generative AI and I know some of you have seen featured snippets, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Nick Fox New Lead Of Google Search; Replaced Prabhakar Raghavan Nick Fox is now the new head of Google Search, replacing Prabhakar Raghavan who is moving into [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: October 21, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Search Engine Land Awards 2024: And the winners are… Here are all the individuals, agencies and in-house teams who have earned Search Engine Land awards [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Ranking Volatility Continues October 19th & 20th Nope, Google won't let up with its Google Search ranking volatility. We are seeing sites that are [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search to drop Sitelinks Search Box This does not impact sitelinks but will impact the search box sitelinks feature. - Search Engine Land
Google expands Travel Feeds in Search Ads Google's expansion of Travel Feeds in Search Ads lets you display dynamic, real-time data such as [...] - Search Engine Land

October, 18 2024

How to optimize PPC customer acquisition cost for B2B Improve your B2B PPC campaigns by understanding CAC, using offline conversion imports and improving [...] - Search Engine Land
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Shopping Goes AI, Bing Webmaster Tools Updates & Semrush Acquires SMX & Search Engine Land For the original iTunes version, click here. Yep, another week, more Google search ranking [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Search traffic benchmarks report for 2024 by Digital Marketing Depot An in-depth look at organic search traffic trends and SERP insights across seven industries. - Search Engine Land
Google Tests People Also Ask More Results Centered Button Google is testing a more results button with a bit more design, the button expands or refines your [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Translate Feature Can Show Images Google Search's translate feature may sometimes show images that match the word or words, depending [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google to pause US election ads after polls close on November 5th Google's temporary post-election ad restrictions could significantly affect political campaigns' [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Tests Article List View Instead Of Carousel Google Search is testing replacing the article carousel format with a list view format of sort. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: October 18, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 17 2024

Google Search Has A New Boss: Prabhakar Raghavan Steps Down via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google replaces Search chief Raghavan with Nick Fox amid restructuring. Move follows criticism of [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Warns Against Over-Reliance On SEO Tool Metrics via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's John Mueller says don't obsess over SEO tool numbers. Instead, make great content people [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Merchant Center Lets You Name Your Shipping Policy Google Merchant Center now lets you name your various shipping policies. This is a welcomed change [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
7 reasons you can’t rely on third-party cookies Cookie-reliant measurement is falling short. It's time to diversify your marketing strategy for [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads API Version 18 Now Available Google Ads has released an update it the Google Ads API, version 18. Version 18 includes updates [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Snippet Product Carousels For Amazon Google is testing a product carousel within the search results snippets that contain product [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: October 17, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Webmaster Tools Gets 16 Months Of Data, Recommendations & Copilot Tools To Come Microsoft has provided some new updates to Bing Webmaster Tools, including 10 months more of data [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google’s Local Services Ads feature raises cost concerns The "Request Competitive Quotes" button in Google Local Services Ads is cause for concern [...] - Search Engine Land
Semrush Acquired Search Engine Land, SMX & Third Door Media (Industry Reaction) Semrush, the well-known and popular SaaS search marketing platform, has acquired Third Door Media [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The ultimate guide to HTTP headers for SEO Learn what HTTP headers are, how they influence website performance and security and best practices [...] - Search Engine Land
SearchGPT gives brands 4x more referrals vs. Perplexity, Claude SearchGPT is still in limited beta, but it's starting to send more referral traffic to brands than [...] - Search Engine Land

October, 16 2024

Semrush acquires Search Engine Land Leading SaaS platform Semrush acquired Search Engine Land, SMX and all of our sibling publications. - Search Engine Land
Find cheaper airfare with this new Google Flights feature We’re adding a new “Cheapest” tab on Google Flights that shows more options with [...] - Inside Search
New Google Shopping Researched With AI & More Shopping Features Google announced a number of new Google Shopping features including the new home page, the new [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Programming Note: Offline For Sukkot On Thursday & Friday This is a programming note that Thursday and Friday are Sukkot and I will be offline the next two [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: October 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 Search Ranking Volatility Again Heats Up (October 15th) It's been a handful of days since we reported on any Google Search ranking volatility and although [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Merchant Center Adds New Verification Methods Google has added two new verification methods for merchants/retailers within Google Merchant Center [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profiles Removes Health Insurance Accepted Google may have removed or be removing the health insurance fields from Google Business Profiles. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads API v18 launches with new features for developers Google Ads API v18 introduces enhanced tools and features that give advertisers more control over [...] - Search Engine Land

October, 15 2024

Google Shopping’s getting a big transformation Google Shopping uses AI to help you find more relevant products, discover personalized options and [...] - Inside Adwords
Bing Search Recipes Cheat Publishers? The other day I wrote about a Google test named Quick view for recipes that gave the searcher no [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: October 15, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Strategic content planning for SEO by Digital Marketing Depot Dive into audience research, keyword analysis, and the importance of aligning your content with [...] - Search Engine Land
Google’s Martin Splitt Shares 3 SEO Tips For Multilingual Sites via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's Martin Splitt shares SEO strategies for multilingual websites, focusing on structure, [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads To Remove Data Older Than 11 Years Ago Google will be updating its Google Ads data retention policy on November 13, 2024 to only store [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google testing expandable product ads carousal Google is testing expandable ads which could change how users interact with ads and impact [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Tests Expandable & Collapsible Carousel Ads & Refinements Google is testing a new search ad format that lets you expand and collapse the sponsored search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
What is edge SEO? Streamline SEO updates by implementing changes at the network's edge, improving website speed and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads To Release New Penalties For Agencies & Third Parties Google is updated its Google Ads third-party policy to add new penalties for third parties, such as [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Search Central Live Jakarta and Bangkok 2024: it's a wrap Our first two Search Central Live events in Asia this year have been wrapped up and we finished [...] - Google Webmaster Central
Google Search Tests Angled & Off-Centered Design Elements Google is testing angled or off-centered design elements within the search results. The search box [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Should your early-stage start-up invest in SEO? 4 questions to address Choosing between SEO andPPC? Assess your startup’s needs with these key questions and make [...] - Search Engine Land

October, 14 2024

Google Ads Adds Gross Profit Optimization Campaign Setting Google Ads is rolling out a new campaign setting named Gross profit optimization. The gross profit [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Why Google Search Is Broken Video Gets Millions Of Views Arun Maini, a famous YouTuber known for his Mrwhosetheboss channel, posted a scathing video named [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google cracks down on ad policy violators with harsh new penalties Upcoming third-party policy update enforces severe penalties for significant violations, including [...] - Search Engine Land
Microsoft Unshipped 27 Bing Features Did you know that Bing removed dozens of features? 27 Bing featured were "unshipped" [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Explains How Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) Is Measured via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google Web Performance Advocate clarifies Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) measurement, aiding web [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Search Tests Replacing Google Logo With Super G Logo Google is testing swapping out the normal spelled-out Google logo with the Super G (that is what [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
AI SEO: How to be visible in Google AI Overviews, chatbots, LLMs Optimize your content for Google AI Overviews and become a go-to source for chatbots and large [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Tests Top Links Title For Sitelinks? Google is testing showing the term "top links" or "top links from..." in its [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: October 14, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
5 things that led to an Google HCU recovery (and 3 that didn’t) Google's helpful content update has been challenging for many websites – but redefining it [...] - Search Engine Land

October, 11 2024

Google Shows 3 Ways To Boost Digital Marketing With Google Trends via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google shows how to use Google trends for competitor analysis, brand awareness tracking, and [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google AI Overviews Not Linking To Sites Hit By Helpful Content Update Google's AI Overviews seem to not show citations or link to sites that were hit by the helpful [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Ranking Volatility Rumbling Again October 10th Can you believe it, it has been over a week since I reported on any Google Search ranking algorithm [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Tests Best List Of Carousel Microsoft is testing a new Bing Search carousel titled "Best list of X." It can be the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Missing Video Tab For Some Users - Bug? Google Search seems to be missing the video tab under the search bar for some searchers. I suspect [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Search Engine Land Awards 2024: Complete finalists list We're excited to announce the nominations for this year's Search Engine Land Awards. Winners will [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Adds Edit & Delete Button Links To Your Reviews Google has added an edit and delete button link next to the reviews you added to a Google Business [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Search News Buzz Video Recap: DOJ May Breakup Google, Ranking Volatility, Quick View Theft, Google Web Creator Event, Google Ads & More Search News Google may be forced to breakup, the DOJ is leaning towards forcing that and more as a remedy to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How TikTok and YouTube’s ecommerce push redefines the search journey These social platforms disrupt traditional search with shoppable content and social commerce [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Robots.txt Is Unreachable, Other Pages Reachability Matter There is this interesting conversation on LinkedIn around a robots.txt serves a 503 for two months [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: October 11, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads announces 11-year data retention policy Google Ads is implementing a new data retention policy effective Nov. 13, which could impact [...] - Search Engine Land
How to find the ‘best’ Core Web Vitals opportunities Prioritize Core Web Vitals improvements by identifying URLs with the biggest lift potential to [...] - Search Engine Land

October, 10 2024

Google Tests Quick View Button For Recipes That Keep You On Google Google is testing placing a "quick view" button overlayed on the images on recipes within [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google is making a major change to Local Service Ads Businesses must have a matching Google Business Profile to run Local Service Ads with unverified or [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Store Ratings Now Available In India, Australia, Canada & UK Google is rolling out the Store ratings feature beyond US Search. It is rolling out to searchers in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Local Service Ads To Soon Require Google Business Profile Google will soon require businesses who want to advertise using Google Local Service Ads to also [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
9,000 Google Ads Campaigns Created Every Second??? Thomas Eccel posted a guess, trying to figure out how many Google Ads campaigns are created in a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Tests Verified Labels For Product Results Back in August we reported that Google was testing showing verified badges, verification labels, in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 9 2024

Google Expands Store Ratings In Search Results To New Markets via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google expands store ratings in search results to Australia, Canada, India, and UK. - Search Engine Journal
DOJ May Breakup Google As Remedy To Monopoly Ruling Late last night, the Department of Justice indicated that it was considering a possible breakup of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
OpenAI to integrate SearchGPT into ChatGPT before 2024 ends OpenAI's Varun Shetty also said publishers will be fairly compensated through 'significant [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Improved Console Sidebar Navigation Google has made a small but useful change to the Google Ads sidebar navigation. It made the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: October 9, 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 What People Are Saying Short Video Search Results Google had this feature titled "What people are saying" that led to forums, in a list and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bringing Store ratings on Search to more countries Google's Store Ratings have been helping US merchants highlight the high quality [...] - Google Webmaster Central
Google Faces Potential Breakup: How DOJ Ruling Could Reshape Search via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google faces potential breakup as DOJ ruling outlines remedies to curb search monopoly. Here's how [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Search Tests Most Mentioned Places Carousel Google is testing a new local search carousel named "Most Mentioned Places." It seems to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Drag & Drop Reorder Your Restaurant Menu Items Google Business Profiles now lets you quickly reorder your menu items on your restaurant's menu [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to evolve your organic approach for the rise of answer engines Advance your SEO strategy in a world where AI-powered answer engines are reshaping organic search [...] - Search Engine Land
What Google’s new Performance Max controls mean for advertisers New features like negative keywords and improved reports help refine campaigns, offering more [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: 5 Ways DOJ Proposals Harm Business and Consumers via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google responds to DOJ antitrust proposals, listing five ways they’re harmful to consumers [...] - Search Engine Journal

October, 8 2024

How to use Microsoft Clarity for deeper website analytics Maximize your digital marketing with Microsoft Clarity. Learn how to set up custom events and [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: October 8, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Clarified Support For Robots.txt Fields With Tiny Change Google added eight or so words between brackets to clarify that fields that aren't explicitly [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google To Host Creator Summit At GooglePlex Later This Month Google is reportedly going to be hosting an invite-only creator summit at the end of this month at [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Key PPC ad strategies for home services Optimize your PPC budget and get high-quality leads in this competitive niche using strategies [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Adds Negative Keyword Tab in Keyword Planner Google has added the negative keywords tab to the Google Ads Keyword Planner tool. This gives [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
MarketMuse Acquired By Siteimprove via @sejournal, @martinibuster MarketMuse agrees to be acquired by Siteimprove, offering clients tools for SEO, accessibility, and [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Product Studio launches AI-generated video creation tool This is now rolling out to US based merchants. - Search Engine Land
Google Search Showing Competitor Ads Above Local Reviews Google has done it again, it has shown ads from competitors directly above the reviews section of a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Merchant Center Adds Video Generation & Amazon MCF Integration Google announced two new features for Google Merchant Center (1) Video generation in Product Studio [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Tests List Articles Google Search is testing a new section in its search results for "List articles." Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 7 2024

Visual content and SEO: How to use images and videos in 2025 Discover top trends, challenges and a step-by-step process to optimize and futureproof your images [...] - Search Engine Land
The art of AI-enhanced content: 8 ways to keep human creativity front and center Reimagine content creation by using AI without losing your creative flair, guiding it to inject [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Updates Robots.txt Policy: Unsupported Fields Are Ignored via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google limits robots.txt support to four fields, clarifying its stance on unsupported directives. - Search Engine Journal
Structured data and SEO: What you need to know in 2025 Here’s why structured data matters, key schema types to use and advanced techniques to boost [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Drops Support For Noarchive Meta Tag Directive With Google removing the cache operator from its search service, Google has stopped supporting the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Sponsored Ad Label Variations Google is testing multiple variations of the sponsored ad label in its search results. These are [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Merchant Listings Adds Certification Markup Support Google now supports Certification markup support for merchant listings in the product structured [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Product Detail Grid With Nearby Label Earlier we reported Google was testing "most popular" and "best price" labels [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Shopping "Researched with AI - Experimental" Answer Google Shopping is testing a new AI Overview answer titled "Researched with AI - [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 5 2024

Daily Search Forum Recap: October 4, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 4 2024

Google Tests Videos In Knowledge Panel Image Carousels Google seems to be testing showing videos, videos from YouTube, in the image carousels within the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The SEO impact of interstitials, before and after What type of impact do interstitials or pop-ups have on search? Dive into this case study to see [...] - Search Engine Land
SEO grew up, a lot of SEOs didn’t Navigate the industry's maturity crisis with the right mindset. Learn to create value, not just [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Send Message On WhatsApp Tests Google Ads is testing variations of its Click-To WhatsApp Messages feature. This feature is only [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Overview Ads, New Link Format, AI Organized Search Results & More Google announced a bunch of new AI Search features including search ads finally rolling out to AI [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Decoding Googlebot crawl stats data in Google Search Console Dive into the lesser-known Crawl Stats reports, plus how to monitor Googlebot activity and identify [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Tests Local Services Ads Without Attorney Photos Google is reportedly testing showing Local Service Ads (LSAs) without a photo of an attorney or [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Testing Bing Button Microsoft is testing placing a Bing button on the Bing Search home page. This is both under the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 3 2024

Ask questions in new ways with AI in Search Introducing new ways to ask questions on Google and Lens to help you find what you need more [...] - Inside Search
3 ways visual search helps you shop Check out Google Lens’ latest shopping edit which offers product details with one snap [...] - Inside Adwords
Google Rolls Out AI-Organized Search Results Pages via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google launches AI-organized search results in US, starting with recipes. New format combines [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Expands Structured Data Support For Product Certifications via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google expands product structured data, replacing 'EnergyConsumptionDetails' with 'Certification' [...] - Search Engine Journal
Change Who Pays: New Google Ads process for client account transfers You will no longer have to contact your Google Ads support team to transfer client accounts to [...] - Search Engine Land
Content length, depth and SEO: Everything you need to know in 2025 Here’s why you should focus on creating valuable, unique content that answers users' [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Expands Visual & Audio Search With New AI Tools via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google announces AI-driven updates to Search and Lens, expanding visual and audio capabilities [...] - Search Engine Journal
How to use social and forum data to inform next-level SEO strategies Enhance your SEO using nontraditional data sources like TikTok, Reddit and Pinterest for real-time [...] - Search Engine Land
Branded keywords: How Google Ads drives up CPCs Rising CPCs on branded keywords? Here's why Google’s push for PMax and AI-driven auctions are [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Discover disruption, not showing new content? There seems to be an issue with Google Discover where new content isn't showing. It's unclear how [...] - Search Engine Land
Google rolls out new AI-organized search results, AI Overview links Google's organized search results will let you see content and perspectives from all around the web [...] - Search Engine Land
New ways for marketers to reach customers with AI Overviews and Lens With ads in AI Overviews and Google Lens, you can connect with the customers at the perfect moment [...] - Inside Adwords
Google AI Overview ads launch on mobile in U.S. The sponsored AI Overview ads will appear below the organic AI-generated answer. Will this [...] - Search Engine Land
How to use Google Lens to ask questions out loud about what you see Voice input in Google Lens lets you make your voice heard as you search. Here’s how to use [...] - Inside Search
Google: SEOs Can Help Shape Client Policies & Decisions On AI Bots Google's John Mueller said that SEOs are in a great place because they understand how crawlers [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Lens to add Shopping Ads this year Shopping Ads will appear along with the Google Lens visual search results, which are also getting a [...] - Search Engine Land

October, 2 2024

Google Rolls Out CrUX Vis Core Web Vitals Tool via @sejournal, @martinibuster Chrome released CrUX Vis, a new tool for debugging and improving Core Web Vitals - Search Engine Journal
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
Case study: August 2024 Google core update and a recovery plan Learn the SEO impact of Google's August 2024 core update, how to diagnose traffic drops and ways to [...] - Search Engine Land
19 keyword mining tools and strategies for PPC campaign growth Discover 19 innovative tools and strategies to find fresh search terms for your PPC campaigns and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Phases Out Support For Noarchive Meta Tag via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google phases out support for the noarchive meta tag following the end of its cached page feature. - Search Engine Journal
Bing Generative Search Experience Rolling Out Microsoft announced it is now rolling out the Bing generative search experience and to more sets of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Microsoft is about to change how Copilot ads appear and trigger Microsoft Advertising will also start piloting two new generative AI features – diagnostics [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Warning On JavaScript-Generated Product Markup Google has updated its developer documentation to warn about sites using JavaScript-generated [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
October 2024 Google Webmaster Report This month may have been one of the most volatile Google Search ranking months I reported about [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Programming Note: Rosh Hashanah 5785 - Happy & Healthy Jewish New Year This is a programming note that Thursday and Wednesday are Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year and I [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: October 2, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Location Carousel Moves Map On Scroll Google is testing a dynamic map feature in Google Search that will update the map as you scroll [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

October, 1 2024

Google’s Search Liaison Addresses Brand Bias Concerns via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google denies favoring big brands in search results while acknowledging challenges for smaller [...] - Search Engine Journal
Retailers: Google is becoming your new category page Google's ecommerce search results now resemble Amazon-style category pages. Retailers must adapt by [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing expands generative search experience and Deep Search Bing generative search experience now works for informational queries. - Search Engine Land
Google Adds Two New Best Practices For Product Markup via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google updates guidance on Product markup, advising ecommerce sites to prioritize HTML [...] - Search Engine Journal
Bing Expands Generative Search Capabilities For Complex Queries via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Bing launches expanded AI-powered search for complex queries. Beta feature available for US users [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google’s SEO Tip To Get New Site Picked Up Faster via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller offered advice about what to do, before anything else, to get a brand new [...] - Search Engine Journal
Bing Search Getting Dates/Times Wrong In Search Results Too? We've covered Google Search showing the wrong date and time on search result snippets countless [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Is Google using Chrome for mobile-first indexing and user signals? SEO expert Cindy Krum explains how she believes Google is using Chrome user data for rendering, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Outage This Morning Being Restored Google Ads had an outage that started at around 3am ET on Tuesday October 1st. The issue is now [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Don't Use Generic Server / CMS Holding Pages For New Sites John Mueller, a Google Search Advocate, said on Reddit, that he does not recommend you use generic [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Sticky Google Search Console Performance Report Filters Google has updated its performance reports in Google Search Console to have the filters you set, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to use Google Trends to analyze your competitors’ brand engagement Track brand search patterns and identify media placements that drive growth using Google Trends to [...] - Search Engine Land