Meta could launch Threads ads this year
Brands and marketers might be able to buy ads on the text based platform Threads sooner than expected.
Search Engine Land 6:24 pm on April 18, 2024
YouTube escalates war on ad blockers
YouTube users who use ad blockers to avoid advertising on the platform will now see alerts or experience buffering issues.
Search Engine Land 12:06 am on April 18, 2024
Building Quality Backlinks: Off Page SEO Tactics for Healthcare
Click here to discover 4 strategies that can help build the authority and boost the visibility of your healthcare e commerce!
Linkody's 12:36 pm on April 18, 2024
Google Ends Video Carousel Structured Data Test
Google abruptly drops support for the video carousel (limited access) rich results because it wasn't useful for the "ecosystem" at scale
Search Engine Journal 12:36 pm on April 18, 2024
Google Notes On Search May End Date Does Not Mean Notes Will Go Away In May
There have been some people noticing that the Google Notes On Search labs experiment has an end date of May 2024 and thus they are expecting Notes on Search to be turned off by then. Just because it has that end date listed, ...
Search Engine Roundtable 12:36 pm on April 18, 2024
U.S. search ad revenues hit record $88.8 billion in 2023
Search continues to account for the largest share of digital ad spending. Search revenue grew 5.2% year on year.
Search Engine Land 12:06 am on April 18, 2024
New Google Maps Directions, Travel & EV Features
Google has announced a number of new travel features with Google Maps and Travel around driving alternatives, trains and buses, travel impact mode and then some new EV driving direction features. Google says these features ...
Search Engine Roundtable 12:36 pm on April 18, 2024
Google Ads Notifies Advertisers That Some Ad Customizers Will Go Away May 31st
On August 31, 2021, Google notified advertisers it would drop support for expanded text ads for responsive search ads. Google is now reminding advertisers that Ad customizers for text ads, expanded text ads and Dynamic Search ...
Search Engine Roundtable 12:36 pm on April 18, 2024
Google Discontinues Video Carousel Markup
Google has discontinued its support for video carousel markup and has thus removed it from its video structured data help documentation. Initially, Google tested video carousel on a limited number of sites and is now saying ...
Search Engine Roundtable 12:36 pm on April 18, 2024
Google Business Profiles Register Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
Google sent out emails a couple of days ago to businesses asking them to register their Automated External Defibrillator (AED) with Google Business Profiles. Google said, "you could save lives" if you do it.
Search Engine Roundtable 12:36 pm on April 18, 2024
Google Maps will no longer store review drafts (not that anyone knew it could)
As of July, Google Maps will delete any review drafts, functionality that most users probably didn't even know existed.
9to5Google 12:06 am on April 18, 2024
Google AdSense launches new Ad Intents format for Auto ads
Publishers have a new option for Auto ads to appear on their website, in the form of links and anchors.
Search Engine Land 12:06 am on April 18, 2024
Preparing For 3rd Party Cookie Deprecation: How To Adjust Your Data Collection Strategy
Are you ready for the end of third party cookies in Google Chrome" Join us live and learn how to navigate the upcoming changes.
Search Engine Journal 12:06 am on April 18, 2024
Google Adding Features to Maps and Search to Promote More Sustainable Travel
Google said Wednesday that it is releasing new features that share options for traveling in ways that are more environmentally friendly.
Skift 12:06 am on April 18, 2024
India antitrust body to probe Google's in app billing amid dispute with startups Cyprus Mail
India's antitrust body on Friday ordered a probe into Alphabet Inc's Google (GOOGL.O) in an ongoing dispute with local startups over its in app billing system, saying the U.S. company implemented its policies in a "discriminatory ...
Cyprus Mail 6:35 pm on April 15, 2024
More Google Core Ranking Volatility Hits Yesterday/Today
I know we just reported on more volatility this Monday, possibly related to the Google March 2024 core update, but we are seeing even more volatility over the past 24 hours related to this update. This volatility shows deepening ...
Search Engine Roundtable 1:26 pm on April 17, 2024
Google Maps Dropping Draft Reviews
Google Maps will soon stop supporting drafting reviews for local business listings and Google Business Profiles. Google said that starting July 16, 2024, review drafts will no longer be supported.
Search Engine Roundtable 1:26 pm on April 17, 2024
Google Search Console Unused Ownership Tokens
Google Search Console has a new security feature under user and permission management to help you manage your unused ownership tokens. Basically, it helps you manage who has permissions to your Search Console profiles and ...
Search Engine Roundtable 1:26 pm on April 17, 2024
Google Ads Adds AI Generated Image Tool For Demand Gen Campaigns
Google Ads announced that Demand Gen campaigns are getting generative AI tools to create image assets. This is rolling out to advertisers around the world in English with more languages to come later this year, Google said. ...
Search Engine Roundtable 1:26 pm on April 17, 2024
Should Google Explain The Crawl Stats Report in Search Console
Martin Splitt from Google posted a one line question asking, "Should we do something to explain the crawl stats report in GSC"" This was posted on Mastodon, which has a small audience, but the responses were pretty ...
Search Engine Roundtable 1:26 pm on April 17, 2024
An In Depth Guide And Best Practices For Mobile SEO
Is your website ready for the mobile first indexing era" Discover the importance of mobile SEO and how to optimize your site for mobile devices.
Search Engine Journal 12:06 am on April 18, 2024
22 Places You Should Be Sharing Your Content
Optimize your content sharing strategy with insights from an industry expert. Learn where and how to share your content effectively.
Search Engine Journal 12:03 pm on April 17, 2024
Google is removing some links to California based news sites from its search results
Google announced today it will cut some links to California based news sites in its search results to prepare for future actions against the state's possibility of charging Google for news links.
Neowin.net 11:39 am on April 16, 2024
Google Search Testing Horizontal Lines For Sitelinks & People Also Ask
Google Search is testing horizontal lines under the sitelinks and the people also ask elements in the search results. This is a long horizontal line that goes across the while search result snippet.
Search Engine Roundtable 1:26 pm on April 17, 2024
Google Clarifies Vacation Rental Structured Data
Google quietly updated its structured data documentation for vacation rentals to require more precise address information
Search Engine Journal 7:07 am on April 17, 2024
Google AdSense Publishers Seeing Huge RPM Earnings Drops
Many Google AdSense publishers have been reporting massive declines in their earnings and RPMs (page revenue per thousand impressions) since late February. This comes a couple of weeks after we reported the switch from CPC ...
Search Engine Roundtable 12:03 pm on April 15, 2024
Google Search Results Can Be Harmful & Dangerous In Some Cases
Over the past few weeks, Google's Search Liaison, Danny Sullivan, has been replying to complaints about some examples of search results being not just low quality but also potentially harmful and dangerous. The sad part to ...
Search Engine Roundtable 2:11 pm on April 11, 2024
Japan readies antitrust action against Google over search ads
Regulator expected to accept voluntary improvement plan in case involving Yahoo tie up
Nikkei Asian Review 6:35 pm on April 15, 2024
Google starts removing links to California news outlets ahead of proposed bill
Google doesn't want to pay the "journalism usage fee" that would be required by California's Journalism Preservation Act.
Android Central 6:35 pm on April 15, 2024
Google Removes Links to Some California News Sites to Protest Fee Proposal
Google has begun removing California news websites from search results for some users in response to a state proposal that would require the search giant to pay media companies for linking to their content. The tech giant ...
NTD News (Video) 11:54 am on April 16, 2024
34 High Ticket Affiliate Marketing & Partner Programs 2024
Looking for high ticket affiliate programs" Check out our guide to the best programs for 2024 and start monetizing your online presence.
Search Engine Journal 12:39 pm on April 16, 2024
Google says trigger happy "Circle to Search" will be improved and Search and Lens results merged
Google says trigger happy "Circle to Search" will be improved and Search and Lens results merged
Phone Arena 5:13 pm on April 16, 2024
Google Search Console security update improves management of ownership tokens
You can now more easily see and remove which have access to your Search Console profiles.
Search Engine Land 3:39 pm on April 16, 2024
Google: Ad Strength not used in Ad Rank
Ads with poor Ad Strength could still perform well. But that doesn't mean Ad Strength is not important, according to Google.
Search Engine Land 1:49 pm on April 16, 2024
Google On Hyphens In Domain Names
Google's John Mueller answers question about hyphenated domains and offered practical advice on choosing domain names
Search Engine Journal 11:39 am on April 16, 2024
Google Demand Gen advertisers get generative image tools
Advertisers can generate original campaign assets in just a few clicks while maintaining full control over what images are used.
Search Engine Land 1:07 pm on April 16, 2024
Google Ads Similar Product Carousel
Google has a similar products section and carousel for Google Ads sponsored listings. We have seen similar products and similar shopping related results from the organic / free listings but now I am seeing examples of a search ...
Search Engine Roundtable 12:39 pm on April 16, 2024
Google Search Supports Images Referenced From src Attribute
Google has clarified in its image search help documentation that images are only extracted from the src attribute of img tags in Google Search. This is not new, but Google decided to update its documentation based on some ...
Search Engine Roundtable 12:39 pm on April 16, 2024
Google AdSense New Ad Intents Formats
Google AdSense announced a new auto ads format named "Ad intents." Ad intents places links and anchors showing organic search results with ads into existing text and pages on your site related to your content. Yea, ...
Search Engine Roundtable 12:39 pm on April 16, 2024
DeepMind CEO claims Google's AI spend will surpass $100bn
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said that over time the search engine giant will spend over $100bn developing AI technology.
Verdict 11:54 am on April 16, 2024
Query Deserves Ads Is Where Google Is Headed
AI may not be the end of search engines after all. Query Deserves Ads may be the reason why
Search Engine Journal 10:36 pm on April 12, 2024
Reddit Post Ranks On Google In 5 Minutes What's Going On"
Google ranked a Reddit post in the top of the SERPs within 5 minutes but denies it is showing a preference
Search Engine Journal 11:26 am on April 15, 2024
Oh, Brother: The Verge games Google again for best printer 2024'
The tech rag used Google Gemini to produce the majority of a satirical product review, pointing out that it shouldn't rank. Yet it does.
Search Engine Land 3:39 pm on April 16, 2024
Google Threatens California By Testing Dropping Links To Publishers & Pausing Investments
On Friday, Google responded to a pending bill in the California state legislature, the California Journalism Preservation Act (CJPA), that would require Google to pay a link tax to publishers by testing removing links to ...
Search Engine Roundtable 2:23 am on April 16, 2024
WhatsApp Meta AI: How to chat with the messaging app's new chatbot
WhatsApp’s Meta AI chatbot is becoming widely available for users, but it needs to be activated first. This guide will...
9to5Google 11:39 am on April 16, 2024
Google begins blocking California news links in anticipation of new state regulation
Google has begun blocking Californian news links that appear in its search engine results in anticipation of a pending California Journalism Preservation Act (CJPA).
Verdict 6:35 pm on April 15, 2024
Meta scales up its AI chatbot experiment in India and Africa
WhatsApp, but also Messanger and Instagram—Meta wants you to try out its new AI assistant
TechRadar 11:39 am on April 16, 2024
Google Testing Thumbs Up/Down Buttons In Product Grid Search Results
Google launched the style recommendations with thumbs up and down buttons not long ago after testing it in January. Now Google is showing this thumbs up and down buttons in the product grid search results, so Google can see ...
Search Engine Roundtable 1:07 pm on April 16, 2024
Google Will Fight Site Reputation Abuse Spam Both Algorithmically & Manually
Google's new spam algorithm update also introduced new spam policies including the upcoming site reputation abuse policy that won't go into effect until May 2024. Google has confirmed it will fight site reputation abuse spam ...
Search Engine Roundtable 1:07 pm on April 16, 2024
Faced with possibly paying for news, Google removes links to...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Google on Friday began removing California news websites from some people's search results, a test that acted as a threat should...
MailOnline 11:39 am on April 16, 2024
Elon Musk cracks down on bots: New X users face temporary fee
Last year, Elon Musk said he wanted to start charging new users on X to keep the platform bot free. Now, he has confirmed this plan again and shared more details about it.
Phone Arena 11:54 am on April 16, 2024
Google yanks California news sites over proposed law
Google on Friday said it is testing removing links to California news sites for some users in the western US state as legislators mull making the online search giant pay for connecting people to news.
Tech Xplore 11:39 am on April 16, 2024
Google Defends Statements On Its Search Quality & Forum Results
Recently, we covered some of Google's rationale for ranking forums like Reddit and Quora so well in the Discussion and Forums box for many queries. Just a few days ago, we covered how I was sad to see Google ranking some ...
Search Engine Roundtable 5:33 pm on April 15, 2024
How to fix Helldivers 2 matchmaking issues Digital Trends
Helldivers 2 players are reporting failed matchmaking, leaving players unable to join an online match. Here's a couple of things you can try to fix this issue.
Digital Trends 11:39 am on April 16, 2024
Google Must Face Antitrust Claims For Phasing Out Flash
"The complaint plausibly alleges that through its Chrome browser, Google abruptly transitioned from allowing video platforms to play through the long established Adobe Flash to HTML5, and disabled Flash advertisements ...
MediaPost 3:04 am on April 11, 2024
Google's 'Epic' antitrust saga: Tech giant to undergo major app store reforms"
UPDATE 1 Epic Games proposes Google app store reforms after antitrust win
Deccan Herald 4:52 pm on April 12, 2024
Google Play Store Search tab redesign introduces persistent bottom bar
In addition to a new Search tab that is rolling out slowly, Google's upcoming Play Store redesign brings a persistent bottom bar...
9to5Google 4:58 pm on April 12, 2024
Google Allocates Crawl Budget By Hostname
Google gives every hostname its own allocated crawl budget. So that means each domain, subdomain, etc has its own unique crawl budget.
Search Engine Roundtable 1:17 pm on April 15, 2024
Gmail And YouTube Hackers Bypass Google's 2FA Account Security
As Gmail and YouTube users take to support forums to complain about accounts being hacked despite having 2FA activated, Google responds with 7 day recovery solution.
Forbes 2:06 pm on April 12, 2024
Council Post: 15 Key Things Marketers Need To Know About Google's New SGE
Google's Search Generative Experience could also drastically alter how search results are presented, impacting visibility and click through rates for businesses.
Forbes 12:39 pm on April 16, 2024
Google to stop showing links to California news reports
It’s a test that acted as a threat should the state Legislature pass a law requiring the search giant to pay media companies for linking to their content.
Daily Breeze 11:39 am on April 16, 2024
Meta's new AI powered search bar starts showing up in Instagram
Meta is now looking to add its AI in the Instagram search bar for both chats with AI and content discovery.
Phone Arena 5:33 pm on April 15, 2024
TikTok launches enhanced ad placement controls
Category Exclusion and Vertical Sensitivity controls have been rolled out to give brands more say over where their ads appear.
Search Engine Land 5:29 pm on April 11, 2024
Google Responds To The Verge Mocking Its Search Rankings (Best Printer)
Nilay Patel, editor in chief of the Verge posted a new article with the intent to both rank for [best printer] in Google Search, as well as mock Google for how he can game Google's search rankings using AI generated content, ...
Search Engine Roundtable 7:09 pm on April 15, 2024
Weekend Google Core Ranking Volatility
As I mentioned briefly in my Friday video recap, I was starting to see renewed chatter on Friday morning around more Google search ranking volatility. I spotted some renewed chatter that lead through Friday, into Saturday ...
Search Engine Roundtable 2:25 pm on April 14, 2024
Weekend Google Core Ranking Volatility
As I mentioned briefly in my Friday video recap, I was starting to see renewed chatter on Friday morning around more Google search ranking volatility. I spotted some renewed chatter that lead through Friday, into Saturday ...
Search Engine Roundtable 11:39 am on April 16, 2024
Google Chrome vs. Apple Safari: Which browser is better on Mac
Picking an ideal web browser is an essential part of your workflow
XDA-Developers 5:33 pm on April 15, 2024