Google Ads announced a number of updates yesterday, across new reporting, shopping tools and more ad features, including, of course, AI ad features. “To help retailers maximize success and stay nimble in this year’s shorter holiday shopping season, today at …
Year: 2024
Looker Studio Loses Access To Auction Insights Fields
Google’s Looker Studio has lost access to the Google Ads Auction Insights fields as of August 24, 2024 for new data sources. Then after September 23, 2024 it will no longer be available for existing data sources.…
Google Local Service Ads Review Links Expiring, Business Profiles Reviews Will Remain
Google has posted a notice that the old customer reviews links in Local Service Ads will expire and the Google Business profile link will be what you should use going forward. The notice is in the reviews section within Local …
Google Issues Manual Actions Over Google Discover Policy Violations
In the past couple of days, Google has issued many manual actions around Google Discover policy violations. Just to be clear, you may have seen your Google Discover traffic drop with the August core update, and this policy violation notice …
What Is a Dofollow Link? (& Why It Is Important in SEO)
“Dofollow“ links are links that don‘t have a “nofollow“ or other link attribute and therefore pass link equity.…
6 Important Keyword Metrics & How to Analyze Them
The most useful keyword metrics to look at during keyword research are search volume, difficulty, and intent.…
Daily Search Forum Recap: August 27, 2024
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. Amazon Web Services blocked Googlebot from my images……
AI in Social Media: Strategies for Modern Marketers
Uncover the transformative power of AI in social media with tools like Social Content AI, designed to automate and refine content creation for dynamic engagement and streamlined workflows.…
AWS S3 Blocked Googlebot From My Image URLs – Here Is My Recovery
Back in mid-June, I noticed that Google was not showing many of my images in Google Search and Discover and also some readers were pointing it out to me. So I used the handy Google Search Console URL Inspection tool …
Get Your Login Page As A Sitelink In Google Search Results
For many sites that have customer or client portals, including SaaS companies, the login page is the primary destination for a lot of searchers. It will help your customers bypass your homepage and go right to the login area. The …
Google: We Generally Don’t Try Variations Of URLs
John Mueller from Google in the latest SEO office hours said that Google, Googlebot, does not generally try variations of URLs to see if they work. So if you have a URL like domain.com/pagegoeshere1/, Google won’t try domain.com/pagegoeshere2/ to just …
Google Updates Organization Markup Search Docs To Clarify Logo & Other Usage
Google has updated the first paragraph of its Organization structured data search developer documentation. Google said the update is to clarify “that some properties can influence which logo is shown, while others are used behind the scenes.”…
Google Local Panel Maps Tests Expanding In Search Results
Google is now testing a new user experience for maps in the Google Search local panel section. Normally when you click on the map in the local knowledge panel, you are taken into Google Maps. Now, Google is testing expanding …
4 Types of Keywords in SEO (+ Examples)
Learn the four types of keywords in SEO and how to optimize your content to rank for each type of keyword.…
11 Best SERP Monitoring Tools for 2024
Check out our list of the top tools you can use to track your rankings on search engine results pages.…
SERP Analysis Tools & How to Use Them
Take a dive into the tools you need to analyze SERPs and find SEO opportunities.…
How To See Your Competitors’ Facebook Ads
Wondering what your competitors‘ Facebook ads look like? Follow this workflow.…