Archive of October, 2024

October, 17 2024

Your exclusive look at the SMX Next agenda is here This is your final chance in 2024 to unlock the world-class SMX experience and everything that [...] - Search Engine Land
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 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
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 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
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
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

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

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
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