SEO for musicians: get found, grow fans, increase streams
Imagine writing a melody so catchy that people hum it for years. Now imagine that same song blowing up on TikTok or Instagram, only for listeners to remember the trend, the dance, or the sound, but not the artist behind it. As a musician, that’s the nightmare. You don’t just want people to hear your […]
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Google Ads Email Support Broke
Google Ads email support option seems broken right now, when you try to use it, you get a notice that reads in red, “Something went wrong. Please try again.”
Google Search Ranking Volatility Around 7-Eleven
We may have had another unconfirmed Google Search ranking update around July 11th, which I will call the 7-Eleven update. It has been an unusual time since the completion of the June 2026 spam update, where I was on the verge of covering a few unconfr…
Google Reaffirms Include Canonical On Canonical Page Itself
Google has updated its canonical help document to say “Do include a rel=”canonical” link on the canonical page itself (also known as a self-referential canonical).” The advice is not new to Google’s communication but it was just added to the help docum…
Google Ads Previews For Assets, Text Customizations & Final URL Expansion
Google Ads now lets you see ad previews by filtering by assets, plus you can preview examples of text customizations and final URL expansion directly within the Google Ads advertiser console.
Bing: We Do Not Do One Off Indexing / Ranking Penalties, It’s Not Scalable
Krishna Madhavan, Principal Product Manager at Microsoft Bing, said that Bing does not do one-off search penalties because it is not scalable. Instead, Bing will build a spam algorithm to detect the type of spam it is and unleash it on its index to pi…
Google Tests Sticky Sponsored Results With Gray Curved Borders, Again
Google is testing a slight update to the sticky sponsored results interface that it tested back in September 2024. Note: A version of this was launched in October 2025, but this interface has a thinner and smaller sponsored label and uses curved borders.
Google Ads Conversion Tracking Status: Awaiting Conversions & Misconfigured
Google Ads has updated the conversion actions overview statuses it shows in the Google Ads user interface. Now there is misconfigured, awaiting conversions and even removed as new statuses, that replaced inactive, no recent conversions and other.
Google Business Profiles New Collected Info (Visuals)
A few weeks ago we reported on a new Google Business Profiles help document change that talks about the Collected Info action. Well, I have not seen it live yet and most have not, but we have a screenshot of what it looks like when it does go live.
Pay Less, Grow More: Agencies in an Agentic AI-Era.
The intelligence and automation revolution has created/forced immense transformation at Marketing Agencies. All types: Media. Creative. Performance. Brand. Measurement. CRM/”Lifecycle.” […]
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Search Breaks Usage Records, Social & Video Platforms Show In Search Console & More Google Ads, ChatGPT Ads & More
This week in search, we covered how Google’s Nick Fox announced Google Search broke all usage records when Argentina scored its winning goal in the World Cup. Google Search Console now shows third-party platform content performance data from Instagr…
Google Ads Now Show AI Creation/Edited Labels
Google Ads will now show if an ad was credited with AI or edited with AI across Search, YouTube and Discover. This AI notation will primarily show in the My Ad Center panel under “How this ad was made” but in some regions, based on the local law, Googl…
Google Automatically Assigns Product Categories With Evolving Taxonomy
Google Ads updated its About product category insights help document to say that it “automatically assigns your products to categories using a continuously evolving product taxonomy.” This was previously not documented on the Google Ads side but has be…
Hack: Google AI Performance Reports For Platform Properties
There is this hack (or trick) to force Google Search Console to show you the generative AI performance report for your social and video content, the new platform properties feature. All you need to do is add “/ai” after “search-analytics” or “discover”…
Google: Canonicalization Issues May Take Up To Two Weeks To Resolve
Google has updated the Fix canonicalization issues help documentation to add a new section to the top around how long it takes to fix those issues, if the pages are clustered together, and if the pages are different enough.
ChatGPT Ads New Overview Tab, Expands To Japan & South Korea
OpenAI has been busy adding and expanding its ad platform, ChatGPT Ads. OpenAI sent out an email yesterday announcing a new Overview tab and that it has expanded to Japan and South Korea.
The 4 S’s of YouTube Success — Whiteboard Friday
Want to grow your YouTube channel? Phil Nottingham breaks down the four S’s of YouTube success: Subscribers, Suggested, Search, and Shorts.
New Google Reviews Bug: You Have No Reviews Yet
A new day and a new Google Business Profiles review bug. It seems a ton of business owners are seeing a message that reads “You have no reviews yet” when clicking on the option to read reviews of their Google Business Profile listing.
Racketeering Criminal Fraud Stella Huh Bribes Judges, False Witenesses and Cops
Have you ever got arrested because a sadistic & malevolent psychopath tied in with organized crime has stolen millions from your family, hacked your wife’s computers, was torturing your spouse, claimed to be your secret sidepiece whore lover, and w…
Google Ads Formats That Don’t Allow Alcohol Ads
Google Ads updated its alcohol policy to provide more examples of ad formats that don’t allow alcohol ads. The list previously only had reservation display ads and Google TV masthead ads, and it was updated app install image ads, app install video ads,…