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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. Yep, we are…
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Bing Search lets searchers interact with some of the right bar answer panels using emojis. If you search for [barack obama] and look at the side bar, you will see…
We are back with you with another report of another unconfirmed Google Search ranking algorithm update. This one seemed to have kicked off yesterday, June 28th and is heating up…
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.
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Google is testing showing the price fluctuations of a product in a graph over a three-month period in the search results. We saw product pricing sliders but this is on…
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Google Analytics 4 is the latest version of Google Analytics, also known as GA4, and replaces the previous UA, or Universal Analytics version. GA4 uses machine learning technology to help…
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Bing Chat is now rolling out a feature to infer the market’s probability of future stock prices. Mikhail Parakhin from Microsoft Bing said this feature is starting to roll out…
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Microsoft Advertising is tightening policies, adding enforcement details, restricting ads due to laws. New rules target medical, adult, gambling, and alcohol promotions. The post Microsoft Advertising Announces Policy Updates appeared…
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Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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Google Analytics 4 integrates with AMP; updates enable data collection, but limitations remain. The post Google Analytics 4 Now Supports Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
As of 7:13 am ET this morning, Google has confirmed an issue with Google Ads where advertisers “may not have access to the most recent data,” Google said.
Ginny Marvin, Google’s Ads Liaison, posted a Twitter thread with an explainer on Google Ads value-based bidding, VBB. Ginny wrote, “We’ve had lots of questions & heard some misconceptions about…
Google acknowledges user discontent with search, introduces “Perspectives” feature, and admits AI limitations amid Reddit blackout challenges. The post Google’s Search Limitations Amplified By Reddit Blackouts appeared first on Search…
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…
Google is once again testing larger product images in the search results for specific search results snippets. This is not the product grid results, but the product images on the…
It looks like Google is rolling out a small update for knowledge panels in the mobile search results with more card-like results and a larger card at the top and…
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See how the Google Perspectives search filter provides diverse viewpoints for queries through highly-engaging social media posts, videos, Q&A, forum discussions, and news content. The post Google Perspectives: How This…
This coming Friday, June 30, 2023, will be the last day Google Analytics’s Universal Analytics 3 collects new data. The deadline is not being pushed off and you either switch…
It seems Microsoft would love to have the Bing app on Apple CarPlay and Google’s Android Auto. Technically, it does not seem to be an issue with Microsoft Bing making…
Microsoft Advertising sent out emails to its advertisers about changes to its advertising policies that start off next week on July 1st.
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In part one we learned about Amy Toman and her love for small business. We dug more into that love in part two and also spoke about helping small businesses…
Google experts caution: “site:” has limits. For full indexing insights, rely on Search Console instead. The post Google’s “Site:” Operator Won’t Show You Everything That’s Indexed appeared first on Search…
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Website homepage deindexed? Google’s experts recommend fixing technical problems, optimizing content, and waiting patiently; the solution likely lies therein. The post Why Isn’t My Homepage Indexed? Google Explains appeared first…
With new ChatGPT plugins arriving daily, here’s how to choose the right ones, reveal the best prompts, and extract use case examples for work-related tasks. The post How To Use…
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’s search results…
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Microsoft Ads continues its business transformation by making strategic updates to its acquisition platforms, along with integrating AI into its ad platforms. The post Microsoft Announces Platform Name Changes Amidst…
Bing Search now lets you select text within the search results page and search for that selected text. I believe Bing was testing this for a while, and so has…
This week we saw the continues heated and incredibly volatile Google search results continue throughout the whole week, and then it exploded this morning. Google’s Gary Illyes said we should…
So it’s been well over a week of incredible volatility within the Google search results. Pages have been bouncing all over the place, rankings are jumping and then last night…
Google’s John Mueller went to Twitter and Reddit to issue a PSA saying, “302 redirects are fine.” Yea, we covered the 302 versus 301 topic countless times over almost 20…
I have seen some folks in the SEO industry suggest that there will be some sort of search ranking and SEO impact with the sale of Google Domains to Squarespace….
Google has added red dots to the unread reviews, messages and other items on your Google Business Profile web search dashboard. If Google thinks you have not seen a new…
YouTube cracks down on impersonation. The company will require fan channels to identify themselves to avoid confusion and curb deception. The post YouTube Says ‘No More Confusion’: Fan Accounts Need…
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Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
LinkedIn shares details of new AI image detector that successfully identifies fake profile images at a rate of 99.6% The post LinkedIn Reveals AI Image Hunter That Catches Fake Profiles…
Google Ads seems to be testing the Automatically created assets setting for Performance Max campaigns. And Google Ads is replacing the “Final URL expansion” setting for some accounts, as well.
I am hearing reports of issues with Google Merchant Center, specifically DNS issues, timeout issues, 404 issues and other crawl issues being reported by Merchant Center when there are no…
Google has pushed off the date when data-driven attribution (DDA) will be deprecating. It was supposed to be this month, but it was pushed to mid-July, so a month later.