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. Just an update for you, the Google search results are still very turbulent……
Day: December 22, 2022
Twitter Adds Public View Counts To Tweets via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Elon Musk announced today that Twitter will now display view counts on tweets, giving users more insight into the reach of other users’ content. The post Twitter Adds Public View Counts To Tweets appeared first on Search Engine Journal.…
Google updates ad policies to allow more CBD promotions
On January 20, 2023, Google will update its Dangerous Products and Services and Healthcare and Medicines ads policies to allow for the promotion of FDA-approved pharmaceuticals containing cannabidiol (CBD) and topical, hemp-derived CBD products with THC content of 0.3% or …
Twitter Enhances Search Results For Cashtags via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Twitter is upgrading the user experience for cashtags, showing pricing graphs when users click on the symbol of a major stock, ETF, or cryptocurrency. The post Twitter Enhances Search Results For Cashtags appeared first on Search Engine Journal.…
GA4 now lets you recreate Universal Analytics audiences, and personalize the Home page
GA4, everyone’s favorite new Google Google Analytics product, will now let you use the Migrator for Google Analytics Google Sheets add-on tool to recreate many of your Universal Analytics properties into a GA4 property. You can also personalize the content …
Merchant Center Feeds issue
Just in time for the holidays, Google has reported a Feeds issue in Merchant Center. The following is a screenshot from the status dashboard. Why we care. This issue could affect your product feed. Keep an eye on the …
Google: Our Search Algorithm Doesn’t Look At Words Per Section
Google’s John Mueller said on Mastodon that the Google Search ranking algorithm does not look at words per section or the word count in different sections of your page.…
Google Helpful Content Update & Link Spam Update Still Making SERP Turbulence
As you know, the December 2022 helpful content update and the link spam update are rolling out now. In fact, it seems like the helpful content update needs more time to do its thing. Taking a look at the past …
Mastodon Reaches 2.5 Million Users, Founder Holds Reddit AMA via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Since Elon Musk acquired Twitter, Mastodon, a decentralized and open-source social media platform, has grown its user base from 300K to 2.5M monthly active users. The post Mastodon Reaches 2.5 Million Users, Founder Holds Reddit AMA appeared first on Search …
Google Comments On Making Mastodon More Search Engine Friendly
There is an interesting thread on Mastodon where Danny Sullivan and John Mueller, both of who work at Google, talk about making Mastodon more search-engine friendly. The thread was started by Gabe Rivera of Techmeme, when he wanted a way …
Bing Will Fully Switch To The New BingBot User Agent In Early January
Since April, Bing has been slowly testing a new BingBot user agent, slowly rolling it out to more percentages of crawls over the year. Fabrice Canel from Microsoft said while the new BingBot is still only doing 50% of all …
Google: You Can Use A Single Robots.txt For All Your International Sites
Gary Illyes from Google said on LinkedIn that if you want to you can use a single robots.txt file for all your international sites. He added that he is not saying this is a good idea, but rather, technically, you …
Why SEO experts rarely share actual success stories
Most SEO experts are still afraid to publish their success stories, with a few notable exceptions. Many are simply unable to share their work even when it’s successful. How can SEOs stop practicing “ghost optimization”? Before we dive into this …
TikTok Trends Right Now: Winter 2022 via @sejournal, @donutcaramel13
Here are the top five Winter TikTok trends to give you inspiration and help you create potentially viral videos for your TikTok marketing The post TikTok Trends Right Now: Winter 2022 appeared first on Search Engine Journal.…
17 Awesome Examples Of Social Media Marketing via @sejournal, @anna_bredava
Social media allows you to tell your story, humanize your brand, build an audience, and stay on top of mind with your targets. The post 17 Awesome Examples Of Social Media Marketing appeared first on Search Engine Journal.…
What Is Header Bidding And How To Implement It via @sejournal, @vahandev
Set up header bidding and boost your revenue by +30% or more by creating selling pressure on Google Adx. The post What Is Header Bidding And How To Implement It appeared first on Search Engine Journal.…