John Mueller, a Google Search Advocate, recently engaged in a candid discussion on the r/BigSEO subreddit, addressing questions on various SEO tactics and offering advice for aspiring digital marketers. Mueller addressed topics such as geotagging images, blogging frequency, and the pursuit of online money-making shortcuts. In a thread titled “incoming dumb question barrage,” a Reddit … Read more
In July 2023, Google Ads will update its Dangerous products and services policy to encompass advertisements for items that pose an imminent, proven, and unresolved risk of death or severe bodily harm, particularly if they have been the subject of consumer advisories or product recalls. Enforcement of this policy update will commence on July 3. … Read more
The April 2022 reviews update created more volatility in Google’s search results than past versions of the update, including the previous February 2023 product reviews update, according to Semrush and Rank Ranger data. About the Google April 2023 reviews update. Google released the April 2023 reviews update started to roll out at about 12 p.m. ET … Read more
Google has removed the ability to opt out of Education Q&A carousel in its search results. The original help documentation had a section with a link to a form to request not to show your content in the Education Q&A carousel, which was now removed. Google launched Education Q&A structured data just about a year … Read more
On April 13, Google announced a change to how video thumbnails would be presented in the search results. Until now, a listing could receive a video thumbnail even when that video content was not the main content on the page. Although that was a nice benefit for the sites receiving the video thumbnail, it was … Read more
On Earth Day, we not only think about climate change and natural disasters affecting our world but also recognize technologies that assist in keeping us safe when they occur. An example of such technology is Google’s environmental crisis notifications. Each year, countless people experience the devastating effects of natural disasters like floods, wildfires, and earthquakes, … Read more
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 plans to add generative AI in ads. This will reportedly be used in Performance Max … Read more
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 content creators that generative AI could potentially negatively impact or even wipe out, such as … Read more
Results from a Google experiment showed that interest-based audience solutions performed reasonably well compared to third-party cookies. The results. The results were compared using interest-based audience (IBA) solutions with privacy-preserving signals on the display network, Google Display Ads advertiser spending on IBA, as a proxy for scale reached (meaning that a particular metric or value … Read more
In the latest edition of Google’s SEO Office Hours, Analyst Gary Illyes addressed a concern raised by a website owner regarding their site disappearing from search results for a specific keyword. Despite ranking first previously, the website owner could no longer find their site, even though the page was still indexed. Illyes reassured them it’s … Read more
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