Google has filed a lawsuit to dissuade scammers from using Google Maps and Business Profiles to post fake businesses and fake reviews. Google said “bad actors posted more than 350 fraudulent Business Profiles and tried to bolster them with more …

Learn about the 20-plus-year-old search engine that claims to not track, target, or keep the search history of its users. The post Startpage: The World’s Most Private Search Engine appeared first on Search Engine Journal.…

Google Domains has agreed to be acquired by Squarespace, including approximately 10 million domains The post Google Domains Agrees To Be Acquired By Squarespace appeared first on Search Engine Journal.…

Microsoft is reviewing different ways to implement conversational AI within the Microsoft advertising platform, Kya Sainsbury-Carter, corporate vice president of Microsoft advertising, told Greg Finn yesterday at SMX Advanced. That’s one thing we learned yesterday from the keynote, …

Google announces the integration of GA4 properties with AdSense accounts, a game-changer in the realm of monitoring website performance. The post Google Announces Google Analytics 4 & AdSense Integration appeared first on Search Engine Journal.…

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today……

Looker Studio has rolled out a major update to its system, unveiling 170 new fields for reporting. In order to access the new data, users must refresh their GA4 data sources. Why we care: You can now create more in-depth, …

Reuters’ 2023 Digital News Report reveals rising influence of internet celebrities in news, growing distrust in algorithms, and increasing news avoidance. The post Trust In Online News Shifting From Reporters To Influencers appeared first on Search Engine Journal.…

Instagram Broadcast Channels are rolling out globally. Discover how to find interesting channels and create a channel for your followers or subscribers. The post Instagram Broadcast Channels Roll Out Globally: What You Need To Know appeared first on Search Engine …

As academic institutions continue to focus on providing quality education and research, their online visibility is often neglected. This means that potential students may be unable to find them easily on search engines, leading to missed opportunities for growth and …

Of all the tactics for driving traffic on the web, search engine optimization (SEO) is perhaps the most powerful, given that 53% of a website’s traffic can typically be attributed to organic search, according to a BrightEdge study. But the …

Whether you’re an internal SEO whiz or a digital agency pro, chances are you’ve experienced one or more of these all-too-familiar problems: Feeling drowned in an ocean of ever-evolving industry trends. Spending forever in the set-up phase, building deliverable trackers, …

Google announced it upgraded the Google Search Generative Experience experiment to now also bring in reviews and photos from not just the web but also from Google Business Profiles. This makes Google SGE better at helping you plan trips, travel, …

Google announced it is rolling out a feature to try on clothing and products on models virtually. This virtual try-on uses generative AI to show you clothes on a wide selection of real models, Google said. Google is also releasing …

Google announced a slew of things yesterday around Google Lens, the big items is that Google Lens is coming to Google Bard. Also, Google Lens can detect skin conditions, help you shop and a lot more.…

Google has released a new spam or as they call it, search quality feedback form. This form allows you to submit feedback around not just spam but paid links, malicious behavior, low quality, and other search quality issues.…

Google’s new Search Generative Experience, which began rolling out a few weeks ago, now can use Google Business Profile data to help it create its AI-generated snapshot answer. SGE also uses data “from the reviews, photos and Business …