Microsoft Bing Search sometimes will show a button to see what images look like with transparent backgrounds. It shows up for searches for some company logos, where it says “see which images have transparent backgrounds.”…
Google Search “Lives Affected” Box For Horrific Events
When the horrific Louisville shooting happened several days ago, SEOs began to notice a new box in the Google search results labeled “lives affected.” It was a box that showed the latest horror from that shooting.…
Google Drops Mobile-Friendly, Page Speed, Secure Sites & Page Experience As Retired Ranking Systems
Google has updated its documented ranking systems page over here to remove four ranking systems from the list, including removing three ranking systems. Google has removed the page experience system from the main list, not adding it to the retired …
Is This Google’s Generative AI In Google Ads Test Showed Internally
Remember a few weeks ago; I showed a test where Google Ads allowed some advertisers to use AI to generate ad copy for their search ads? Well, the Financial Times reported that Google held an internal presentation showing how Google …
What is evergreen content and why it’s important for SEO
Evergreen content is content with a long lifespan.
It is also incredibly important for search engine optimization (SEO).
In this article, you’ll learn everything you need to know about evergreen content – including what makes a topic evergreen, why …
5 Alternatives To AmazonSmile For Integrated Charity Donations via @sejournal, @coreydmorris
AmazonSmile was sunset end of February 2023. Here is a list of the best alternatives that can integrate charity donations for an ethical shopping experience.
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Think Beyond Search: Top Channels & Emerging Trends To Grow Your Brand via @sejournal, @hethr_campbell
Which new channels can you add to your marketing mix to maximize ROI? Find out in this on-demand webinar recap!
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Daily Search Forum Recap: April 20, 2023
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 has said page experience is now part of what makes content helpful……
Google Announces Internal Shakeup To Create Google DeepMind via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Google creates a more powerful unit called Google DeepMind to accelerate the progress of AI innovation
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Power next-best action with first-party data by Cynthia Ramsaran
In today’s fiercely competitive market, delivering personalized experiences is crucial for customer engagement and loyalty. However, marketers who fail to adapt to the transition from decision-tree to trigger-based engagement strategies risk falling behind and missing out on the opportunity to …
Google Bard’s Latest Update Boosts Creativity With More Drafts via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google Bard’s latest update enhances creative exploration with diverse, distinct draft options.
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4 new GA4 Home page features
Google has just announced four new enhancements for the GA4 homepage.
New welcome tutorial
New banner along the top of the Home page
Improvements to the Suggested for you section
Dismiss suggestions, insights, and recommendations
What’s new. You can read …
Google Introduces New Crawler To Optimize Googlebot’s Performance via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google introduces GoogleOther, a new web crawler, to optimize operations, streamline R&D tasks, and reduce strain on Googlebot.
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Poll: How Often Search Marketers Are Using ChatGPT, Bing Chat & Google Bard vs Traditional Search
I find myself going back to traditional search over asking AI-based search for answers, and I was curious if I am alone or not. So I created a number of polls on Twitter asking if search marketers are using AI-search …
Google launches a new crawler named GoogleOther
Google has launched GoogleOther, a new web crawler.
GoogleOther will be used internally by various Google teams to crawl the public web, said Google’s Gary Illyes on LinkedIn.
It respects the same directives and protocols of the main Googlebot crawler …
Search the 15.7 million websites in Google’s C4 dataset
Was your website or content used to help train AI systems as part of Google’s C4 dataset? A new search tool from the Washington Post lets you find out.
Why we care. The dataset includes the types of websites and …
Top 9 WordPress technical SEO issues to address
Currently holding strong at just under a 65% market share, WordPress has been the world’s top CMS platform for many years.
From novice and experienced bloggers and small businesses to the largest ecommerce and news websites, WordPress has been a …