Google CALM: A New Language Model Technology via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Any new campaigns created in Merchant Center will now be Performance Max campaigns. Completing the transition. In July we reported that Google was beginning to automatically upgrade Smart Shopping campaigns to Performance Max. The upgrades were to begin in Google accounts between July and September. Additionally, Google just announced that any campaigns in the Merchant Center would automatically be upgraded as well, and any new campaigns created would be Performance Max. Any campaign settings and budgets will also be transferred over. Get the daily newsletter search […]

I am seeing early signs and signals of a possible Google Search ranking algorithm update going on right now. It seems to have kicked off this morning and is now spiking in terms of chatter in the SEO forums and also some of the tools have picked up on it (not all are updated yet). Google has not confirmed any update, so this is one of those unconfirmed updates.

Google is making two new updates to its Government documents and official services policy. The new changes. The date when Google will begin enforcing policy changes from March 31, 2023 to May 24, 2023. The second change is that Google is removing Germany as a region-specific exception under “Public road access fees and passes.” Google will begin enforcing the new policy globally on May 24, 2023 with full enforcement ramping up over approximately 6 weeks. The new policy. To recap the changes, the Google Ads Government […]