Archive of November, 2024

November, 29 2024

Your guide to sitemaps: best practices for crawling and indexing your site by Semrush Sitemaps make it easier for search engines to discover and index your pages. Here's all you need to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Removes Sitelinks Search Box Documentation via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google removes sitelinks search box documentation, marking full deprecation of the legacy search [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Maps Adds Report Business Conduct To Report Review Manipulation Google has launched a new report form in Google Maps to "report business conduct." [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Black Friday Google Core Update, Personalized Google, Google Ads, Google Local & Bing Webmaster Tools With Yahoo Search Happy Thanksgiving and Black Friday! The Google November 2024 core update is not done rolling out [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads More Sponsored Results Button In Search Google is testing displaying a button in Google Search to load more ads. The button reads, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google On Giving Prior Notice To Search Penalties Google's John Mueller said he was generally in favor to the idea of giving prior notice to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Webmaster Tools Shows Data For Bing & Yahoo; Not ChatGPT Bing Webmaster Tools shows search data for Bing Search and Yahoo Search but not OpenAI's ChatGPT [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Sitelinks Search Box Now Really Gone Google told us that the Sitelinks search box would stop working within Google Search on November [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profiles Guidelines Updated: Storefronts Required For Minimum Age Products Google has updated its Google Business Profiles guidelines to say that businesses associated with [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 29, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 28 2024

Thanksgiving & Google November 2024 Core Update Today is Thanksgiving in the United States, so I was planning on not posting anything - since most [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profile Update Targets Delivery Of Age-Restricted Products via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google requires businesses selling age-restricted products to have physical storefronts to maintain [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Search Sees UK Decline, Users Express Low Trust In AI via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern As UK search habits evolve, Google's reach softens slightly while concerns about AI-powered search [...] - Search Engine Journal

November, 27 2024

Decoding LLMs: How to be visible in generative AI search results Understand how AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity and more select their sources and ways to position [...] - Search Engine Land
ChatGPT search: Does it deserve the fanfare? Learn about the latest AI-powered platform challenging Google's search dominance with interactive, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Videos In Overlay May Reduce YouTube Engagement Two years ago, we saw Google playing videos, mostly YouTube videos, in an overlay that really gave [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Tests Large Thick Fonts A couple of weeks ago, we spotted Google testing large thin fonts for the search results. Now I am [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to monitor brand visibility across AI search channels Uncover the challenges of tracking brand performance in AI-powered search platforms, plus insights [...] - Search Engine Land
Are Google Search Results More Personalized? There is some speculation within the SEO and search community that Google's search results have [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 27, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Testing Gold Phone Call Buttons Google is testing swapping out the blue buttons within the local pack with gold buttons. In this [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 26 2024

Google Tests Bare-Bones Hotel Search In Three EU Countries via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google removes hotel maps and features in three European countries, testing simplified search [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Local Service Ads Within Local Pack Results Google is testing showing Local Service Ads directly in the Google local pack. They are labeled as [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to do an SEO projection Learn how to create SEO projections and explore two alternative methods for showcasing ROI without [...] - Search Engine Land
Google November 2024 Core Update Heats Up Again At Tail End The Google November 2024 Core Update launched two weeks and a day ago, and it should be confirmed [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Console recommendations now fully live Note, you still may not see it if Google does not have recommendations for you. - Search Engine Land
Google Rolls Out Search Console Recommendations In August, Google introduced Google Search Console recommendations but it slowly rolled it out to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Long-tail keywords: Target lower-competition phrases and attract qualified visitors by Angel Niñofranco Discover how long-tail keywords boost SEO by driving targeted traffic and conversions. Learn to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Console To Drop Shipping & Return Setting A few months ago, Google Search Console added the ability to control your Google Merchant Center [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Creative Studio to sunset in Q1 2025 Google urges advertisers to transition creative workflows to third-party partners or alternative [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 26, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google faces £7 Billion UK class action over search monopoly The class action lawsuit accused Google of abusing its search dominance to harm consumers and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Tests More DMA Changes In Europe Including Dropping Maps For Hotel Results Google announced it will be testing more changes for the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in Europe to try [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 25 2024

Google adds WhatsApp ‘conversation started’ conversion action Google Ads' new 'conversation started' conversion action helps advertisers track WhatsApp [...] - Search Engine Land
5 GEO trends shaping the future of search What’s next for search? Dive into the five GEO trends shaping AI-driven search engines like [...] - Search Engine Land
3 ways to find the lowest price on holiday gifts Google Shopping has some helpful tips to share to help you maximize savings and minimize stress [...] - Inside Adwords
Google Explains Why Its Hiding Results Count In Search Danny Sullivan, Google's Search Liaison, has finally explained why it has made it harder to find [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Confirms Latency Issues With Google Ads Interface Google has confirmed there are latency and slowness issues with the Google Ads console. The issues [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Recommends You Spend More Because You Spend Under Common Budget Google is always looking for ways to get their advertisers to spend more. Well, now a new notice [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Everything you need to know about page experience in 2025 Dive into the history, metrics and best practices behind Google’s page experience update and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Updates Misleading Ad Design Policy For Deceptive Buttons In Ads Google is updating its Google Ads Misrepresentation - Misleading Ad Design policy to have stronger [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads outage disrupts campaigns Google Ads is experiencing technical issues, causing error messages, slow response times, and [...] - Search Engine Land
Merchant Center Recommendations Now In Google Analytics Google Analytics added Merchant Center recommendations directly to the recommendations section [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Everything you need to know about page experience in 2025 Dive into the history, metrics and best practices behind Google’s page experience update and [...] - Search Engine Land
Warning: Don't Move Content Hit By Google's Site Reputation Abuse Penalty There are a number of cases where sites hit by the expanded Google site reputation abuse policy, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 22 2024

Google Search CTR Data Reveals Shifting Industry Trends via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern New report on Google search data reveals shifts, with science sectors rising while commercial [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google On Too Many Network Requests & SEO Martin Splitt from Google replied to a question on LinkedIn about what we should be concerned about [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Console Indexing Reports Lagging By 7 Days Google Search Console's indexing reports, the page indexing, etc, are often not super up-to-date, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
11 essential SEO elements you should be tracking Stay on top of your SEO performance by tracking both technical and on-page changes, and using the [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Tests Arrow Buttons By Title Links & Sitelinks Google is testing arrow buttons icons at the end of the title link in the search result snippets. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Things To Know Tests Side By Side Results Google is testing a new format for the Things to know section where instead of showing the results [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google’s site reputation abuse policy is a band-aid for a bullet wound Dive into the challenges of parasite SEO and why Google’s algorithmic shortcomings make this [...] - Search Engine Land
Google’s AI Sales Assistant: What it means for SEO and how to prepare Prepare for the future of ecommerce search with insights on Google's AI Sales Assistant and tips [...] - Search Engine Land
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Core Update Heated, Site Reputation Abuse Expands, Site Wide Search Signals, DOJ On Chrome, AI Overview Ads & More It took some time, but Google's November 2024 core update started to really heat up over the last [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Tests Product Carousel Snippet Similar to the Amazon-style Google product search result carousel snippet, we are seeing other [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 22, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 21 2024

Page Annotation In Google iOS App Browser Google launched a new feature in the Google App for iOS named Page Annotation. When you are [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
DOJ: Force Google To Sell Chrome, Restrict Android & Ban Default Deals The Department of Justice has asked the judge in the Google monopoly ruling case to force Google to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Sitelinks With Icons & Labels Google Search is testing showing icons and labels in the sitelinks within the search results [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google May Have to Sell Chrome Browser To Comply With DOJ Ruling via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern DOJ demands Google divest Chrome to break search monopoly; Google slams proposal as radical and [...] - Search Engine Journal
8 strategic steps for setting and overseeing your SEO budget Plan, allocate and adjust your SEO budget effectively with these tips for maximizing your [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing Search Tests Circle Shaped Favicons In Search Results Almost a year ago, we reported how Bing Search went from circle favicons in the search results to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to craft an international SEO approach that balances tech, translation and trust International SEO isn’t just about hreflang. Balance technical precision, localization and [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 21, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
DOJ’s push to sell Google Chrome sparks industry debate over web’s future Marketers and tech experts warn of unintended consequences while questioning Chrome's viability as [...] - Search Engine Land

November, 20 2024

How to leverage Google Analytics 4 and Google Ads for better audience targeting Connect your Google Analytics 4 to Google Ads accounts to create dynamic audiences, set conditions [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Site Reputation Abuse Policy Now Includes First Party Involvement Or Content Oversight Google has updated its site reputation abuse policy to expand what is included in abuse. It now [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google outlines 2025 ads API roadmap Google's 2025 Ads API roadmap outlines five planned updates, helping developers and advertisers [...] - Search Engine Land
ChatGPT's Search Marketing Share vs Google Is OpenAI, its ChatGPT service, taking market share from Google? Well, maybe. Rand Fishkin of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Overviews massively surge in travel queries This shift has happened around queries like seasonal travel, local events and neighborhood-specific [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Makes It Clear It Has Both Site Wide & Page Level Ranking Signals Google has updated its guide to Google Search ranking systems to mention at the top of the page [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
GraphRAG Update Improves AI Search Results via @sejournal, @martinibuster Updated version of GraphRAG generates responses that are more specific, comprehensive, and [...] - Search Engine Journal
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 20, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 19 2024

New ways to holiday shop with Google Lens, Maps and more Learn more about new Google Lens, Shopping and Pay updates, available for shoppers this holiday [...] - Inside Adwords
How to create article outlines with AI based on Google’s Top 10 Use this guide and script to automate SEO content research to generate article outlines using AI, [...] - Search Engine Land
SEO for page titles and meta descriptions: How to win more clicks Learn how the ATOM framework (analyze, theorize, optimize, and measure) can help improve your SEO [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Rolls Out AI-Powered In-Store Shopping Tools via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google announces AI-powered in-store shopping features and expanded payment options ahead of the [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google site reputation abuse policy now includes first-party involvement or oversight of content This policy is still enforced with manual actions but Google confirmed there are algorithms that [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Console Finally Drops The Page Experience Report Over a year and a half ago, Google told us they would be dropping the page experience report from [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Page-Level & Site-Wide Signals Both Matter For Rankings via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google updates search documentation to clarify how both page-level and site-wide signals influence [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Clarifies Site Reputation Abuse Policy via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google updates site reputation abuse policy, prohibiting third-party content from exploiting host [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads In Store & Online Tab & Near You Sponsored Ads Google Ads has this newish "in store" and "online" tab sponsored ads interface [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
DOJ plans to push for Chrome sale after Google antitrust victory The DOJ is preparing to force a sale of Google's Chrome, among other sweeping remedies, after [...] - Search Engine Land
Season’s greetings from Google Learn more about using Google products like Pixel, Gemini, Lens and more over the holidays. - Inside Adwords
YouTube Often Within Google Discover Feed & AI Overviews There are new reports that Google is showing more and more YouTube videos in Google Discover. There [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google People Also Ask Dropping More Results Button? Google may be testing removing the "more results" button from the people also ask results [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 18 2024

Google AI Overviews ads seen on mobile search Google AI Overviews ads officially launched last month in the U.S., but we've seen few examples of [...] - Search Engine Land
How AI agents are revolutionizing digital marketing Explore how AI agents autonomously solve problems, enhance personalization and enable next-gen [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Analytics May Be Missing Data From November 13th Google Analytics may not have fully brought in your analytics data for Wednesday, November 13th, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Console removing the Page Experience report Google said, "We decided to remove this page to reduce unnecessary clutter within Search [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Trending This Week Labels Google Search has been placing trending labels in the search results for a while now. But there is [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The future of SEO content is video – here’s why Publishing video content with search-optimized transcripts can lead to better conversions and [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 18, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Pop Up Ads For Google Ads Promotions (GBP) On Friday, Google began to show these massive pop up, overlay ads, on top of the Google Search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Analytics data delayed or missing for some The data issues with GA4 began around November 13, 2024. - Search Engine Land
Google Also Cautions On Using Google People Also Ask For Content Ideas Last week we covered how Google's John Mueller cautioned about using Google Trends for content [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Microsoft Mixing Ads & Organic Results In Bing Search Also Some are seeing Microsoft placing ads in the Bing Search results mixed in between the organic [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Ads In Google AI Overview In The Wild Google has been telling us for many months that they will be rolling out ads for AI Overviews. Last [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 17 2024

Google November 2024 Core Update Heats Up This Weekend The Google November 2024 core update started rolling out Monday, November 11, at 3:30 pm ET and we [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 16 2024

Google’s AI Search Experiment: “Learn About” via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google quietly introduced a new Google Labs AI search engine that completely reimagines AI Search - Search Engine Journal

November, 15 2024

6 Web Hosts Ranked By Core Web Vitals: One Outperforms All via @sejournal, @martinibuster HTTPArchive is now reporting real-world Core Web Vitals comparisons among web hosts. One host [...] - Search Engine Journal
How to combat rising CPCs and optimize your Google Ads ROI Using this simple cap strategy on Google Ads lets you cut waste, optimize spend and maximize return [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing Autosuggest Adds Rich Cards, Images & More Search Features Bing Search has updated its autosuggest (auto complete) search bar to include rich entity cards and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Maps Search For Products Nearby Carousel Google Maps will now show you if you can find products nearby, like you'd see in directly in Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Page speed optimization: Everything you need to know From enhancing Core Web Vitals to reducing load times, optimize your website for speed and [...] - Search Engine Land
The SEO career crisis is coming: Are you ready? Learn how to navigate the uncertain future of SEO, keep your career stable and prepare for the next [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 15, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 14 2024

Google November 2024 Core Update Movement - Slow But For Some Massive As you know, the Google November 2024 core update started rolling out Monday, November 11, at 3:30 [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Maps Launches Product Search: Steps For Retailers via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google Maps introduces product search with real-time inventory, helping shoppers find items in [...] - Search Engine Journal
SEO reality check: 13 hard-hitting truths you need to hear Insights into today’s SEO landscape, from the value of brand authority to the SERPs' [...] - Search Engine Land
How to do audience research for SEO This streamlined process lets you uncover search behavior, map audience intent and find SEO [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Gemini app now available for iPhone users Previously only available as a standalone app on Android, and available within the iOS Google app - [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 14, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New Google AdSense Collapsible Anchors Google has announced an expansion of anchor ads named collapsible anchors. Collapsible anchors [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Cautions About Using Google Trends For Content Ideas Google's John Mueller cautioned about relying on and overusing Google Trends for content ideas and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Search Content From Section Microsoft seems to be testing a new section in the Bing Search results titled "content [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 13 2024

Google’s Updated Machine Learning Courses Build SEO Understanding via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google updated its machine learning crash course. It now offers introductions to LLMs and AI, [...] - Search Engine Journal
HTTP Archive Report: 61% Of Cookies Enable Third-Party Tracking via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern HTTP Archive's latest Web Almanac reveals mobile-desktop performance gap and persistent tracking [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google AdSense First-Party Cookie Controls Are Changing Google will be changing how it handles the first-party cookie controls on AdSense sites. Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Increasing the power of engagement and creators on YouTube An overview of the new ways brands can stand out and make valuable connections on YouTube, [...] - Inside Adwords
Data: Q5 (Dec. 25- Jan. 1) ads can pay off big for brands Brands that maintain PPC ads during Q5 can capture valuable ad inventory at lower costs, as CPCs [...] - Search Engine Land
YouTube unveils new tools to help brands tap into creator content & Shorts ads YouTube is rolling out new tools to help brands better leverage creator content and its [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Some SEOs Over Focus On URL Structure Google's John Mueller said that some SEOs over focus on URL structure and that if your context from [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New: Google Search Supports C2PA Metadata For About This Image Feature A couple of months ago, we reported how Google Search will label if an image was AI-generated, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Merchant Center Adds Sale Events Promotion Type Google has added a new promotion type to Google Merchant Center named "Sale events." Sale [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
A guide to split testing in PPC Learn what split testing is and how to do it, along with the elements you can test and tips to [...] - Search Engine Land
Perplexity begins testing ads as sponsored follow-up questions U.S. users will start seeing sponsored questions this week. Answers to the questions will be [...] - Search Engine Land

November, 12 2024

Expert-led training, live Q&A – free online this week at SMX This is your final chance in 2024 to unlock the world-class SMX experience and everything that [...] - Search Engine Land
Holiday 100: This year’s trending gifts Browse 2024’s most popular gift ideas with Google Shopping’s Holiday 100. - Inside Adwords
Google November Core Update: 6 Insights From Millions of Queries via @sejournal, @martinibuster Real-time analysis of millions of Google search queries shows how the core algorithm update is [...] - Search Engine Journal
Digital Marketers See Schema Structured Data Shifting Beyond SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster An article about adapting Schema structured data for emerging AI tech points to new directions in [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google November 2024 Core Update Is Now Rolling Out - What We Know So Far Google has begun rolling out the third core update for the year, the November 2024 core update. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google SERPs Without Favicons Is A Glitch via @sejournal, @martinibuster A report suggested that Google was testing SERPs without favicons, but Google confirmed this was [...] - Search Engine Journal
Term Drift In SEO - Why It Matters The meanings of words and brands can change over time. The terms can drift to different meanings. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New Google Travel Ads Feed Format May Be Rolling Out A couple of weeks ago, Google announced the new features for travel search ads through integration [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Canonicalization and SEO: A guide for 2025 Learn how to manage duplicate content, streamline indexing, improve crawl efficiency and more with [...] - Search Engine Land
Google boosts curation capabilities for Ad Agencies Google's new curation tools help agencies streamline media buying and access premium inventory, [...] - Search Engine Land
SEO Advice On Version History Pages From Google Google's John Mueller posted some SEO advice on how to handle version history pages, for product [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google’s Martin Splitt: Duplicate Content Doesn’t Impact Site Quality via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google Search Advocate clarifies that duplicate content poses operational challenges but doesn't [...] - Search Engine Journal

November, 11 2024

Google November 2024 core update rolling out now Google has begun its next big search ranking update today. The update will take about two weeks to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Rolls Out November 2024 Core Algorithm Update via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google releases the November 2024 core update, which affects global search rankings. - Search Engine Journal
November 2024 Google Webmaster Report While Google has yet to confirm a Google search ranking update, we have seen tremendous volatility [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Server access logs and SEO: Everything you need to know in 2025 Here’s how analyzing server access logs can help you gain insights into bot activity, crawl [...] - Search Engine Land
New Internet Rules Will Block AI Training Bots via @sejournal, @martinibuster A new internet standard has been proposed to make it easier to block AI training bots from using [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google AI Overviews Testing Anchor Text Based Hyperlinks Google is testing showing real blue anchor text based hyperlinks in the AI Overviews, instead of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Dropping Site Name & Favicon From Search Results Google is testing removing the favicons and site name from the mobile search results. As you may [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
HARO / Connectively Platform Closing Down December 9 HARO, Help a Reporter Out, now known as the Connectively Platform is being discontinued, and shut [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Editor 2.8 launches with AI image generation Google Ads Editor 2.8 introduces AI-powered image generation, enhanced performance tools, and more [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Allows US Elections Ads Again Today Google has lifted its pause on US election and political ads today, Monday, November 11, 2024. The [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google integrates seller and product ratings in Shopping Ads Google is displaying seller and product ratings in Shopping ads, allowing brands to showcase both [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Editor Version 2.8 Is Now Out Google has released version 2.8 of the Google Ads Editor. This new update brings a number of new [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Knowledge graphs: An introduction Understand the building blocks of knowledge graphs – entities, relationships and attributes [...] - Search Engine Land
How to gain visibility in generative AI answers: GEO for Perplexity and ChatGPT Tips to boost your chances of being the top answer in AI-driven search, from applying SEO [...] - Search Engine Land
Google debuts Sale Event promotion type in Merchant Center Google’s new Sale Event promotion type lets you easily promote broader sales and discounts [...] - Search Engine Land
Data: PMax performance stable, but Search CPCs increasing Google Ads' PMax campaigns had stable YoY ROAS and conversion rates despite rising CPCs and CPAs, [...] - Search Engine Land

November, 9 2024

Latest Google AIO Updates May Impact SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster Volatility in Google AI Overviews for shopping queries has stabilized, and rankings increasingly [...] - Search Engine Journal

November, 8 2024

Google’s srsltid= parameter: What it means for SEO and attribution Is Google misattributing organic search traffic to Shopping? Learn why the new srsltid= parameter [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing AI-Powered Buying Guide Microsoft Bing has these AI-powered buying guide that can show up at the top right section for some [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google & Bing In Dublin For IETF Event To Improve Crawling & AI Controls Google's Gary Illyes and John Mueller, along with Bing's Fabrice Canel and probably other [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 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 shifts Demand Gen audience categorization to ‘signals’ Google redefined Demand Gen campaign audiences as signals instead of targeting parameters, reducing [...] - Search Engine Land
Google to unpause political election ads on November 11 This comes after Google had a temporary ban on US election based ads on November 5th. - Search Engine Land
Google Local Service Ads App To Stop Working In Two Months Google will stop supporting the Google Local Service Ads app starting on January 6, 2024. An email [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Continuous Conversational Search In Google App Google seems to be testing the ability to have a conversation with the Google Search app, where it [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google-Selected Canonical Showing Third-Party's Domain Name We have covered examples of Google selecting the wrong canonical URL from within your domain, but [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 7 2024

Google Ads Rolling Out Brand Guidelines For PMax Campaigns Google Ads is rolling out new brand guidelines for performance max campaigns, which was originally [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google On When To Split Load Across Subdomains Or Other Domains Google's John Mueller was asked about when it makes sense to host images or other content on [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Overview Displayed Within People Also Ask Google is testing showing AI Overviews and generative AI results directly in the people also ask [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to leverage cosine similarity for ecommerce SEO Understanding the concept can help you optimize ecommerce content for better alignment with [...] - Search Engine Land
Internal links and SEO: Best practices, examples and tips Improve user experience, optimize navigation and increase engagement with an SEO-friendly internal [...] - Search Engine Land
PPC keyword research: What you need to know Here's how to select the right keywords, use match types effectively and refine your strategy for [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 7, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Snippet With Reviewed By Author Name Google Search can show who wrote the review directly in the search results snippet. Google has this [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 6 2024

Want to improve rankings and traffic? Stop blindly following SEO tool recommendations Learn why SEO tools shouldn’t be blindly trusted and five best practices for smarter, [...] - Search Engine Land
Report: 22% Of Sites Hit By Google's Helpful Content Update Are Up 20%+ I've been wondering how the majority of sites hit by Google's September 2023 helpful content update [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Shopping Ads With Bag Icon In Search Google can show a bag icon on some of the sponsored search shopping ads. This can show next to the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google rolls out brand customization for Performance Max campaigns Google’s new brand guidelines settings for Performance Max campaigns allow advertisers to [...] - Search Engine Land
How a Google breakup could change the PPC industry With Google’s adtech antitrust trial, the future of paid search hangs in the balance. [...] - Search Engine Land

November, 5 2024

How FTC’s new review policy could impact your local SEO Navigate the FTC's new review regulations confidently with tips for compliant review collection, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Snippets Show Contradictory Information, Study Finds via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's Featured Snippets show contradictory information from same sources based on search [...] - Search Engine Journal
Bing Rolls Out New Sponsored Label For Search Ads After a month or so of testing, it seems like the "sponsored" labels are rolling out [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google adds ad inventory curation, programmatic tools for agencies Google's curation tool and streamlined programmatic workflows, aim to simplify media buying by [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Testing Orange Links For Search Results Google Search is testing orange links, instead of blue links, in dark mode. This is more like a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Console Partial Data Reports With Dotted Lines Google may be pushing out a new Search Console feature where for the partial data, the most recent [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
ChatGPT Search makes Microsoft Bing an SEO priority Here’s why Microsoft Bing is about to become your new SEO sidekick in 2025 – and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads relaxes personalization rules for social casino game apps Google will allow personalization for social casino game app campaigns, excluding them from the [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Optimization Score With Competitive Pressure Data Google Ads has this optimization score card that shows you how well your Google Ads account is set [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Proposes New Shipping Data Schema Including Type ShippingService A couple of weeks ago, Google created a proposal on the schema Github proposing expanding and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 5, 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 Dropping Results Count After Moving It Under Search Tools In April, Google moved the search results estimated count (the about X results) section to only [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 4 2024

ChatGPT Search Indexing: Essential Steps For Websites via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Here's how to optimize your website for indexing in ChatGPT's real-time search feature. - Search Engine Journal
Google Wants You To Stop Hiring SEOs & Paying For SEO Audits? I Highly Doubt It. In Rutledge Daugette's write up from the Web Creator summit that got a lot of attention last week, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
OpenAI Reddit AMA And SEO For ChatGPT Search via @sejournal, @martinibuster Answers from OpenAI's CEO and executives on Reddit suggest insights into what SEO for ChatGPT [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google: Having Different Links On Mobile vs Desktop Pages Can Slow Crawl Google has made a small update to its crawl budget documentation page to add a best practice is to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Overviews Highlight Feature Expands AI Responses Google is testing a new feature in the AI Overviews within Google Search. There is this [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Adds Segmenting Option To PMax Asset Groups In Reports Google Ads has added a new segment option to the reporting for Performance Max assets groups. Some [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Optimization Score now reveals specific competitor impacts Opti Score now highlights competitive pressures affecting impression share which may encourage [...] - Search Engine Land
ChatGPT Search Is Powered By Bing's Index & More As many of you know, OpenAI launched Search within ChatGPT last week. And as many suspected, the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 4, 2024 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Top SEO tips for location-specific websites Learn how SEO differs for service area vs. brick-and-mortar businesses. Boost your presence with [...] - Search Engine Land

November, 1 2024

7 pieces of AI news we announced in October Here are 7 of Google’s latest AI updates from October. - Inside Adwords
Google Updates Crawl Budget Best Practices via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google has updated its crawl budget guidelines, stressing the need to maintain consistent link [...] - Search Engine Journal
Halloween 2024 Google Search Ranking Update 👻 I am seeing a significant spike in chatter from within the SEO community about a possible Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to pick the right Google Business Profile categories Choose effective primary and secondary GBP categories to improve your search rankings and connect [...] - Search Engine Land
OpenAI Releases ChatGPT Search: Citations, Robots.txt Controls & More After beta testing SearchGPT for a few months, OpenAI is now rolling out Search within ChatGPT for [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
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