Ginny Marvin, the Google Ads Liaison, confirmed some time ago that for the Google Ads machine learning models to work faster (and probably better) Google would need a minimum of 15 conversions in the last 30 days. She added that …
Month: February 2022
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 14, 2022
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 Search Console crawl stats report is missing some data… …
Google Search Console Crawl Stats Report Missing A Day
It looks like there is a missing day, a data gap, in the Google Search Console crawl stats report. I am personally missing Tuesday, February 8th crawl data but it seems others are missing February 9th. …
Google Ads Reporting Delay Bug Causes Advertiser Confusion
On Friday, February 11th, Google confirmed an issue with the Google Ads reports where there was a delay in reporting a portion of conversions using Data Driven Attribution (DDA). Google has fixed the issue and has or is currently working …
Google Ads To Create & Show More Ad Extensions In Search
Google announced that it has is releasing more features to potentially show more ad extensions including sitelinks, callouts, and structured snippets. This includes a way to review and manage automatically created extensions and Google’s machine learning showing extensions in a …
Google Ads Large Sitelinks Block Design
Google seems to be testing really large sitelinks for some Google search ads in the mobile search results. We’ve seen larger sitelinks several months ago, but here it is in virtually the same size as the top part of the …
Google: More Content Does Not Mean More Traffic
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter “more content definitely does not mean more traffic.” Meaning, writing more content does not always translate to more traffic, espesially from Google Search. …
Vlog #159: Brian Wallace On Good vs. Bad Infographics & The Process To Make Infographics
In part one we spoke about how Brian Wallace of NowSourcing got into infographics, how it is not just about links but much more and some cool scores he had with them. In part two… …
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 11, 2022
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today… …
PSA: Upload Your Own Videos To Your Google Ads Performance Max Campaign Or Google Will For You
There have been some recent complaints that Google Ads is creating and picking its own videos for your Performance Max campaigns. Alex van de Pol wrote on Twitter “Note if you do not add video assets yourself in the performance …
Google AdSense Has A Revenue Calculator Widget
Google AdSense has a revenue calculator widget that estimates how much money you can make from Google AdSense on your website. It is not new, it has been around for around a year, but Sunny pointed it out to me …
Google Tests A Curved With Green Border & More Visible Ad Label
Google seems to be testing a new ad label on the search ads that is way more noticeable than the normal ad label. This one has the black ad text but it is outlined in a curved green border making …
Poll: SEMs Go Deep On Keyword Research
A Twitter poll by Liraz Postan showed that many SEOs and SEMs go pretty deep with their keyword research. 60% of those who took the poll said they go as low as 10 on the volume chart when digging into …
New Updates To Google Search Ads 360
Google has made some big updates to its Search Ads 360 platform. Search Ads 360 is a search management platform that helps marketers manage search marketing campaigns across multiple engines and media channels. It currently supports Google Ads, Microsoft Advertising, …
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Weird Google Algorithm Patterns, New Google Ad Label, Unusual Googlebot Crawling Issue, Search Console Loss & More Messages
The Google algorithm ranking tracking tools seems to be having fun, or maybe they are off, I am seeing mixed signals of Google ranking updates. Google is testing a way more visible Google ad label with a green curved border, …