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 said it might have its own way of sending traffic to publishers …
Month: February 2023
Build a winning marketing attribution framework by Cynthia Ramsaran
Equipping marketing leaders with the skills, tools and data they need to prove ROI is like setting out to sea on a fishing expedition. Rather than distributing equal bait to each rod of a marketing campaign despite not knowing which …
Google Ads’ Keyword Matching Process Detailed In New Guide via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Learn how Google’s keyword-matching system operates, including ad selection, bid calculations, and the importance of grouping keywords. The post Google Ads’ Keyword Matching Process Detailed In New Guide appeared first on Search Engine Journal.…
TikTok Announces Sounds For Business via @sejournal, @kristileilani
Learn more about Sounds for Businesses from TikTok, which allows businesses to choose commercially licensed audio for their marketing and ad content. The post TikTok Announces Sounds For Business appeared first on Search Engine Journal.…
Bing’s AI Algorithm: Insights From Fabrice Canal’s Pubcon Keynote via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Learn how to optimize websites for Bing’s AI-powered algorithm with insights from Fabrice Canal’s Pubcon keynote. The post Bing’s AI Algorithm: Insights From Fabrice Canal’s Pubcon Keynote appeared first on Search Engine Journal.…
Last call for Google Ads API v11
Starting from March 29, 2023, the Google Ads API v11 will no longer be available. Developers still using v11 after this date will notice API requests failing. Depreciation and sunset timetable. Typically, major versions are supported for approximately 12 months, …
Google local map pack goes missing in search results (now fixed)
The Google local pack, the map results, you see Google often display in the search results seems to have gone missing. I assume this was a bug, but no one was able to trigger a local pack to show up …
AI can’t write this: 10 ways to AI-proof your content for years to come
Don’t get it twisted. The machines are taking over. It’s only a matter of time until we’re all serving aluminum overlords’ every beck and call. Fortunately for all of us simple humans, that day is not today. Despite being a …
Bing Webmaster Tools to gain Bing Chat and index coverage reporting
Microsoft Bing will upgrade Bing Webmaster Tools to add reporting and tools around the new Bing Chat feature and a new index coverage report. This was announced by Fabrice Canel, Principal Product Manager at Microsoft Bing, this morning in a …
3 ways Google ensures safe online shopping
As an advertiser or SEO professional, it’s essential to recognize that with the growing popularity of online shopping, customers’ safety and security have become a top priority for e-commerce platforms. In response to this, Google has implemented three ways to …
Trust The Badge: Google’s System For Safe Online Shopping via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Learn how Google’s safety measures, including automated vetting and store badges, protect shoppers and build trust. The post Trust The Badge: Google’s System For Safe Online Shopping appeared first on Search Engine Journal.…
Google’s Gary Illyes On Recovering From The Helpful Content Update
Gary Illyes from Google said in his Q&A session yesterday at PubCon that while recovering from a Google helpful content update is possible, you can’t always get back to where you were.…
GoogleHas Its Own Way To Send Traffic To Publishers Through Bard/Chat
Google Bard and its chat-based search features that have yet to be seen in the wild may have their unique way of sending publishers traffic, unique from Bing’s AI Chat feature. According to some Twitter coverage of his talk, Gary …
Google Ads Adds Automatically Created Assets & Loses Some Location Targeting Settings
Google Ads now supports automatically created assets, and the new customer acquisition goal is fully live. But also, in March, the “Search Interest” targeting and “Presence or Interest” exclusion will no longer be available in Google Ads.…
Google’s Gary Illyes: Authorship, Links & Disavows Less Important Than SEOs Think
Gary Illyes from Google gave a keynote and a Q&A session yesterday at PubCon and while the keynote was pretty vanilla stuff, the Q&A did reconfirm a lot of what has been said in the past around authorship, links and …
Microsoft Bing Chat launches quality improvements
Microsoft released version 96 of the Bing AI chat feature earlier this morning. This new update brings quality improvements such as a higher response rate to chats and also fewer “hallucinations,” Mikhail Parakhin, the CEO of Bing, wrote on Twitter.…