Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today……
Google Search Tests Angled & Off-Centered Design Elements
Google is testing angled or off-centered design elements within the search results. The search box seems angled, the favicons seem twisted, the box elements throughout seem tilted – it just seems like an interesting test that should never see the …
Google Ads Tests Expandable & Collapsible Carousel Ads & Refinements
Google is testing a new search ad format that lets you expand and collapse the sponsored search ads. When you expand the ads, it then shows a carousel of search ads. Google is also testing search refinements under search ads.…
Bing Search Recipes Cheat Publishers?
The other day I wrote about a Google test named Quick view for recipes that gave the searcher no reason, whatsoever, to click over the the publishers site. But then I was notified that Bing has something just as bad …
Google Ads To Remove Data Older Than 11 Years Ago
Google will be updating its Google Ads data retention policy on November 13, 2024 to only store data 11 years old or newer. Anything older than 11 years of data will be removed from Google’s servers. Google says if you …
Google Ads To Release New Penalties For Agencies & Third Parties
Google is updated its Google Ads third-party policy to add new penalties for third parties, such as PPC agencies, “that enable significant or sustained policy violations.” These new penalties include removal from programs, such as Google Partners, and account suspension.…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: October 14, 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.
A new video from a famous YouTuber talks about why Google is falling …
Why Google Search Is Broken Video Gets Millions Of Views
Arun Maini, a famous YouTuber known for his Mrwhosetheboss channel, posted a scathing video named “Why Google Search is Falling Apart. The video goes through three reasons why Google Search is failing: (1) the results page, (2) SEO, and (3) …
Google Search Tests Replacing Google Logo With Super G Logo
Google is testing swapping out the normal spelled-out Google logo with the Super G (that is what Google calls it) logo at the top of the Google Search results page. I find it weird but I guess it can work?…
Google Ads Adds Gross Profit Optimization Campaign Setting
Google Ads is rolling out a new campaign setting named Gross profit optimization. The gross profit is calculated by Google by applying the gross profit margins you set up in the gross profit optimization goal to the value of each …
Google Search Tests Top Links Title For Sitelinks?
Google is testing showing the term “top links” or “top links from…” in its search results snippets, that seem to give a title to the sitelinks shown under search result snippets. This is shown both on organic free search results …
Microsoft Unshipped 27 Bing Features
Did you know that Bing removed dozens of features? 27 Bing featured were “unshipped” according to the new CEO of Bing, Mustafa Suleyman, said on X. He wrote, “Simplicity is one of the core principles I am focused on. I …
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