Two security vulnerabilities affect the popular All-In-One Security (AIOS) WordPress plugin The post WordPress Security Plugin Vulnerability Affects +1 Million Sites appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Setting clear marketing goals is important, as this can effectively focus your team on a shared vision. But the thing is, you need to choose your goals carefully. Otherwise, you…
Drew Cannon posted on Twitter a screenshot of him adding new exact match keywords to his Google Ads campaigns and then Google informing him that no, despite wanting exact match…
Google updates helpful content creation guidance, emphasizing page experience, and revamps Search Console reports for improved alignment with ranking systems. The post Google Updates Helpful Content Guidance, Streamlines Search Console…
After the global pandemic, companies the world over had to change their business model from in-office to remote work. Now, people are discovering how beneficial working from home can be—and…
How can you get the data and tracking you need while prioritizing consumer privacy? Lucas Long shares the steps you need to take right now. The post 3 Pillars Of…
A few months ago, Google added big blue buttons to the knowledge panels within the Google Search results but now, some of those knowledge panels buttons are taking searchers to…
How can Cloudflare help improve your SEO? Check out its features and various implementations and use cases here. The post Everything You Need To Know About Cloudflare For SEO appeared…
Do match types still matter? And if they do, which type is the most important one for your business needs? The post Keyword Match Types Still Matter (Phrase & Exact…
Understand how a Google Broad Core Update and similar updates impact your site rankings and what to prioritize in order to conquer them. The post What Is A Google Broad…
Link building has played a fascinating role in the history of search engine optimization. Check out our blog to see where link building originated and how you can easily build…
Google’s guidance on recipe structured data is updated. Publishers recommended to update implementation The post Google Changes Recipe Structured Data Requirements appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google is enhancing YouTube Shorts advertising, introducing new features for brand visibility amid platform growth and broader revenue challenges. The post Google Bolsters Advertising On YouTube Shorts appeared first on…
What do you think would be an impact on organic clicks when removing text ads on blog pages on the SaaS site? Read the full analysis of the test to…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Microsoft Advertising announced a lot of new features today including the ability to import from Pinterest, Google Import to for Performance Max campaigns, Microsoft Advertising Editor support for multimedia ads,…
There is another Google Ads bug, this time with the Audience insights going missing for some advertisers. Ginny Marvin, Google’s Ads Liaison, said on X, “Audience Insights is not being…
Google on Friday sent out emails to those who have recorded videos for Cameos on Google that they are discontinuing the service. “Beginning February 17, 2022, you will no longer…
In the latest Google SEO office hours, Google said that Google does not trust outbound links from a site they think is spammy. Duy Nguyen from the Google Search Quality…
Google clarified the search snippets guidance to show what the algorithm uses for the search results The post Google Clarifies How Algorithm Chooses Search Snippets appeared first on Search Engine…
You know how you can like the Google Discover stories Google puts in your Google home page feed by clicking on the heart icon? Well, did you know that Google…
Microsoft is tweaking The New Bing constantly, grooming it to be the heir apparent to the traditional, or Top-10 blue links model that first appeared in its modern form 25…
Google’s Search Advocate John Mueller answers a question about making honest mistakes in SEO and if websites get a penalty for accidentally breaking Google’s rules. The post Google Manual Actions…
As we reported last month, Google has now officially deprecated the International Targeting report in Google Search Console. If you try to access the report, Google will show you a…
Here’s what you should know about fact checking SEO content so that you can write with genuine authority and build consumer trust. The post Fact-Checking: Get Your Facts Right appeared…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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. The past two…
WordPress 6.1, scheduled for release in November 2022, contains a new feature that will dramatically speed up WordPress performance The post WordPress 6.1 Contains “Massive Improvement To Database Performance” appeared…
Understandably, marketers are reluctant to let robotic heroes do their creative work. But is AI threatening an end to the craft of writing? The post Does Content Marketing’s Love For…
Google keeps expanding its car search features, threatening the Edmunds and car websites out there. Here you can see Google showing you car comparison tools and charts to help you…
We learned about Maggie Humphrey in part one and what she did while working at DAC and in part two, we dig a bit more into content development strategies for…
Overtake your competitors by gaining a deeper understanding of how your users find you online. With this Python code, you can increase your confidence score. The post A Guide To…
Google seems to be testing a new setting icon on recipe search results. I am not able to replicate it but recipe gear icon shows options for about this receipt,…
Google’s best practices on how to write product reviews was updated with new examples and more precise wording The post Google Clarifies Product Review Best Practices appeared first on Search…
Google Search has long supported excluding words from your search by adding a minus sign before the word in the search box. But there are numerous complaints that this does…
Google’s Gary Illyes said in an SEO office hours video that having multiple navigation menus will have no impact on your SEO performance. That means no positive or negative impact…
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Google has added a bunch of examples to the potentialAction.mathExpression-input section of the Math Solver help documentation. These examples explain how to handle derivatives, integrals, and limits in that field.
As early adopters, Google Play Services Beta and Chrome Canary members now have access to passkey functionality, allowing for secure password autofill The post Google Launching Passkey Support for Android,…
Allie Margeson from Whitespark noticed that the Google local pack in the search results is no longer a static map. The map is now interactive and lets searchers zoom in…
Plan what to do in a PR emergency and learn how to proactively protect your brand. The post The Small Business Guide To Reputation Management appeared first on Search Engine…
In part one, I do a lot of bantering with Greg Finn and talk about his history in the space and the growth of his agency, Cypress North. In part…
A new report from Google contains data on how customer expectations are changing, and reveals what people want from businesses this year. The post Google Search Trends Show How Customer…
Google is now showing a “trending now” box in the search results for shopping and product-related queries. This was announced back at Search On and now seems to be slowly…
In July, Google is removing outdated Google Ads attribution models, favoring its AI-driven model for optimized, adaptable ad performance. The post Google Ads Postpones Data-Driven Attribution Switch To Mid-July appeared…
SEOPress is the latest plugin for WordPress websites to support the IndexNow protocol, which automatically pings search engines when content is added or updated. The post WordPress Plugin SEOPress Updated…
In the Google Shopping search results, if you can check out with Google, Google will add a Google-colored shopping cart icon to the search results that support checkout with Google….
Google announced it would end support for Sitemaps ping endpoints in six months. Google said this is because they are “not very useful” and the “vast majority of the submissions…
If you search for Pi Day in Google Search you will see a calculator come up that has the pie logo sparkling. When you click on that, it will search…
Google may be rolling out the dedicated “perspectives” filter, not just the perspectives filter that rolled out a couple of weeks ago, but the perspectives carousel.
We all start somewhere. For you, it’s your very first day of SEO. Or, more precisely—for the sake of this guide—your first seven days of SEO. If you do any…
On Friday afternoon, Twitter decided to block unregistered, signed-out users, from seeing public tweets. That meant that for Google’s normal crawling purposes, it was unable to see some of these…
Google is not going to be migrating the Google Business Profile photo analytics section, known as “Insights” from the Business Profile manager to the new performance dashboard in search. Joy…
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Google has been testing a lot of Sitelinks features in search, including the boxed-in design. But now I am seeing this new boxed design with different-sized formats for a single…
Learn all about the link title attribute, best practices for using it, and which outdated advice you can ignore. The post The Link Title Attribute: What It Is & How…
The problem is nobody really likes performance reviews. They’re stressful, awkward, and ineffective (according to some). Yet it seems they are necessary. So how should managers go about performance…
ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, created a ChatGPT plugin for CapCut that generates everything you need for viral video content in moments using generative AI. The post ByteDance Releases CapCut Plugin…
TikTok & GIPHY are partnering on a new editing tool, allowing users to quickly grab clips from a vast library of short videos. The post TikTok Taps Into GIPHY’s Video…
Google News seems to be testing a new section in the “for you” section named “Suggested for you.” This section shows you news sources that you can follow within Google…
Google requires businesses selling age-restricted products to have physical storefronts to maintain Google Business Profiles. The post Google Business Profile Update Targets Delivery Of Age-Restricted Products appeared first on Search…
WordPress SEO Plugin AIOSEO integrates Microsoft Clarity Behavior Analytics, giving publishers access to powerful insights for improving conversions and diagnosing site issues The post WordPress All In One SEO Plugin…
I think everyone in our industry is surprised we have not had a confirmed Google search ranking update since April 2023. But you should expect Google to confirm a search…
Google has added to the Google Business Profiles Google Posts or Updates section the ability to use a cropping tool when you upload photos to your updates. So now you…
Google seems to be testing underlining the title, link and domain in the search result snippet when you hover your mouse cursor over the snippet. Generally, Google will just highlight…
Google seems to be testing a web search feature for the image pack that keeps you within web search when you click on a specific image. Punit shared a screenshot…
We added ItemList structured data to give search engines more context about the listings of an online marketplace site. Read more to find out why.
Google announced that the self-upgrade tool for “upgrading” your Google Ads to Performance Max campaigns is now available for Dynamic Search Ads (DSA) campaigns and Google Display campaigns.
Google recommends using ETag for efficient caching for reducing unnecessary crawling and server load The post Google’s Updated Crawler Guidance Recommends ETags appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
What is JavaScript used for? Understanding the basics of this popular programming language will help improve your page and boost site performance. Discover everything you need to know here.
Google announced that it will update the local business hours listed in Google Maps and Google Search of over 20 million businesses using AI. How? Google said it looks at…
To put it simply, if your website’s technical SEO isn’t on point – you’re not going to rank well on Google. Having great content and backlinks isn’t enough when it…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Joy Hawkins team did another small local ranking study in Google and found that the longer reviews, the wordier reviews, tend to rank towards the top of the reviews and…
Last year, Microsoft Bing launched Page Insights where snippets would have a lightbulb next to them that when clicked on would show you third-party information from other sources not in…
Brand-driven search is so much more than the URLs you see ranking for your brand name. It’s an ongoing process that will result in higher conversions and more predictable buying…
Google just confirmed an issue with Google Ads that has been impacting advertisers all day. Advertisers are getting notices that read “Google Ads can’t complete your request right now. Please…
Learn a simple, 3-step marketing method for combining your SEO & PPC keyword data to get better organic & paid results & more effective ROI. The post How To Combine…
Measure the success of your SEO internal linking strategy by tracking these key metrics to determine if your internal links are paying off. The post 8 Metrics To Measure The…
Google explains how to drive conversions when privacy regulations deprive marketers of today’s tracking data The post Google Offers 3 Strategies for Adjusting to Privacy First Marketing appeared first on…
But how much attention should you pay to it? What is it really good for? Can a better readability score help you rank better? In this article, you’ll learn…
Explore new Bing AI user engagement statistics and features, from AI-generated images to multimodal visual search, third-party browser support, and additional mobile options. The post Bing AI Celebrates 6 Months…
Managing content across several properties can be overwhelming. Here are 8 SEO tools to help you manage huge content projects with less effort. The post 8 Best Enterprise-Level SEO Tools…
Twitter reports consumers feel positive heading into summer 2021, and data from a study on tweet volume reveals what their priorities are for the season. The post Twitter Data Reveals…
Google seems to be testing showing a super short product review in the image thumbnail in the search results. So Google will overlay at the top of the product image…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Here are three different areas where you can embrace automation and use it in your favor for Google Ads – with no coding skills required! The post How To Automate…
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Google has been fined by France’s antitrust authority and given two months to put forward new proposals before additional fines are given. The post Google Fined €500 Million For French…
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Remember all that debate and chatter around Google saying not to delete old helpful content? A lot of people in our industry jumped on CNET for doing it but the…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…