Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today……

A series of updates to Instagram Reels adds new creative tools, new ways to drive engagement, and an update that changes how videos are shared. The post New Instagram Reels Features Include Templates, Boosts, & More appeared first on Search …

A study conducted by Marketing Brew and an API called Pushshift resulted in some pretty odd findings regarding which subreddits allowed ads and which ones didn’t.  The findings. The results are based on the API pulling data from the top …

As Reels gain in popularity, Instagram is taking it upon itself to move any video you post under 15 minutes (if your account is public) into the Reels category. When you go to post a video to your profile, Instagram …

Organic marketing is a crucial and growing part of any organization’s digital toolkit. Unlike other forms of digital marketing, organic is earned, not paid. It doesn’t require paying to get in front of potential customers. SEO is all about answering …

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced two significant changes to the Facebook app that will make it feel like a hybrid of TikTok and “Facebook classic.” What’s new: Users will start seeing these changes starting today: The Home tab will …

Creators on TikTok are becoming increasingly unhappy about how much they’re being paid from the platforms Creator fund.  A pattern of unhappy creators. There have been several creators that have criticized TikTok for low payouts since the platform pledged to …

Gutenberg 13.7 offers more design options and improvements to the user interface that should make the editing experience feel more natural The post WordPress Releases Gutenberg 13.7 – Focused on Workflow and Better UI appeared first on Search Engine Journal…

Google has begun to roll out automatic updates converting Smart Shopping campaigns into Performance Max.  The details. For most advertisers, the updates will finish in September. Google will send a notification about 2-3 weeks before the updates take effect and …

The creation of LinkedIn Business Manager was announced in June and finally rolled out yesterday for public beta. How it works. The new business manager dashboard allows advertisers who manage multiple ad accounts to grant access to ad accounts and …

Google seems to have restored the people also ask search feature to normal levels of saturation. Earlier this month, Google reduced the number of times a people also ask box would show up in Google Search by about 30 percentage …

How Google presents your content through the SERPs matters, whether it be images, videos, or rich results. Here’s how to utilize “freshness” for users. The post How Freshness Works (And How To Get It To Work For You) appeared first …

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Google My Business has added a new feature to automate responses to customer messages through Google Search and Google Maps. It is a frequently asked question section where you enter the FAQs, and Google can respond with answers when the …

Google is testing a new label to notate that the reviews aren’t verified in Google Search and Google Map. The label is above the reviews in the local business listing and it says “reviews aren’t verified.”…

Ten days ago, we reported that the people also ask feature dropped down 30 percentage points in terms of how often the feature is shown in Google Search. Well, now it seems to be back in full force, according to …

The Google countdown timer and stopwatch feature seem to have stopped working. It seemed the Google stopwatch stopped ticking on July 19th. This feature first came up in Google about a decade ago.…