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 explains why it shows so many forum and Reddit threads in the search results. Google is labeling product result images with product label. Bing Search tests … Read more
Some Google advertisers are convinced Ad Strength is a pointless metric that should be ignored. The diagnostic tool, touted by the search engine as an effective way to assist marketers in creating better ads, has faced harsh criticism, with some labelling it a “waste of time.” What’s more, many marketers have noticed a peculiar trend: … Read more
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Google is testing showing four images, instead of three images, in its search results. This is a small change but it does give more publishers a chance to show their images on the first page. This was spotted by Khushal Bherwani who shared some screenshots on X: This is what I see: Khushal posted more … Read more
LinkedIn is launching two new ad products designed for targeting high-value B2B marketers both on and off its platform: Additionally, LinkedIn is launching a new managed service in Campaign Manager called LinkedIn Premiere, in collaboration with NBCUniversal to enhance targeting. CTV ads. This new ad ad solution is designed to help advertisers showcase content to LinkedIn … Read more
Google is testing labeling product images in the product grid search results with a label that says “product.” I am unsure if this is Google mislabeling the percent discount tag and sticking “product” there instead or if this is a real feature test. I mean, we’ve seen Google label image search with product labels but … Read more
Google’s Search Liaison, Danny Sullivan, explained that while SEOs hate to see Reddit and other forum threads show up so often in the Google Search results, searchers like seeing them. In fact, he said that searchers seek content out from these forums, and this is why Google shows them so often in the search results. … Read more
“SEO audits are a waste of time.” That one hurts to read, doesn’t it? Recently, I came across a LinkedIn post that lamented on SEO audits. My comment got a lot of engagement, so the idea for this article was born: There are good arguments why you could say that audits are indeed a waste … Read more
This week, I posted the big Google Webmaster Report for April; it is an excellent place to catch up quickly on the news. Google’s March 2024 core update had some volatility this week, and it is still rolling out. There are still no helpful content update victims who recovered, but there are core update recoveries. … Read more
Google is testing showing local carousels, local search results to Business Profile listings, within the related searches section. It seems off but Google is sub-categorizing them with the types of local results they are. This was spotted by Greg Sterling who posted about this on X, he wrote, “David Mihm discovered an EU-style local “Aggregator … Read more
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