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Google Ads API Version 13.1 Now Available

Google has released Google Ads API version 13.1, and below is a list of what changed. The big changes include bid simulations retrievals, added several recommendation types related to Shopping…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: April 26, 2023

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web…

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Is Google Search Rewriting More Titles Again?

Some SEOs are seeing Google rewrite more of their titles to something shorter and maybe less descriptive than they would prefer to display in the Google search results.

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Google April 2023 Reviews Update Done Rolling Out

The Google April 2023 reviews update finished rolling out yesterday afternoon on April 25, 2023. It took 13 days and two hours to roll out this expanded reviews update, which…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: April 25, 2023

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google Ads had…

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Google Ads Tests Gold Verification Badge

Google Ads is also testing a gold verification badge or label in the search results. We saw a blue label and then a blue badge-style label and now we are…

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Google Ads Tests Show Similar Button

Google Ads seems to be testing a “show similar” button in the product carousel of sponsored listings. When you click on the “show similar” button, you are presented with a…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: April 24, 2023

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web…

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Google Documents Its Three Types Of Web Crawlers

Google has updated its Verifying Googlebot and other Google crawlers help document to add a new section describing the three categories or types of crawlers they have. They have their…

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Google Reviews Update Heats Up Again

Google’s April 2023 reviews update is now just almost two weeks since it started rolling out, and while the update seemed to have started slow, this past week, we’ve seen…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: April 21, 2023

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web…

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Bing Search Transparent Toggle For Some Images

Microsoft Bing Search sometimes will show a button to see what images look like with transparent backgrounds. It shows up for searches for some company logos, where it says “see…

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Google AdSense 0 Clicks Bug Lingers On For Several Weeks

For the past several weeks, publishers have been complaining about an issue with Google AdSense reporting that their Google AdSense ads have been getting zero clicks. This has become known…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: April 20, 2023

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google has said…

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Google Ads Looking To Surface More Search Term Data

Ginny Marvin, Google’s Ad Liaison, said on Twitter that there is “ongoing work to surface search term data in privacy-preserving ways.” This also includes bringing “more functionality to search terms…

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Google On A Site Dropping In Ranking For One Keyword

Gary Illyes from Google spoke about the topic of a website dropping in rankings for a single keyword or single keyword phrase while ranking fine for others. Can it happen?…

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Google FAQ Snippets Drop For Many Sites On April 5th

Google seems to be showing fewer FAQ snippets for many sites starting on April 5th. Over the holidays, I received several questions about this but didn’t have time to write…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: April 14, 2023

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. While I was…

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Google Android App Tests Additional Search Buttons

Google is testing a version of the Android app that include additional search buttons, many of which the iOS app has had since last year. These buttons include solve homework,…

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Google Translate In Mobile Search Adds Camera

If you do some translation-based queries in Google mobile search, you will not just see a Google logo icon but also Google testing a camera icon, to search by camera.

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Daily Search Forum Recap: April 13, 2023

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google says just…

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Google Tests Local Finder Images Only For Ads?

Google may be testing only showing images in the local finder, the local search results in Google Maps, for listings that are ads. The rest, may only show a map…

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Google Search Car Carousel

We saw Google label some car types as electric and hybrid a year ago. Now Google has this car carousel in the mobile search that lets you filter by many…

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Bing on Private Domain Registration & SEO

We know Google says there is no pro or con to using private domain registration for SEO or Google ranking purposes. But Fabrice Canel from Microsoft Bing has hinted that…

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SpamBrain Flexes In Google’s 2022 Web Spam Report

Every year Google releases its web spam report showing how much better the search company got at fighting search spam. This year is no different but here, Google is showcasing…

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Programming Note: Offline For Wednesday & Thursday

This is a programming note that I will be completely offline on Wednesday and Thursday for the last days of Passover, that is, April 12th and 13th. Any stories and…