Google investigating ‘confusing ad text’ error impacting ad campaigns
Users with time-sensitive campaigns on Google Ads are recommended to upload new assets or edit existing assets using a different label.
What is digital PR for SEO?
Learn how to leverage digital PR techniques like cultivating expertise, crafting stories, and garnering influence to boost your SEO.
3 ways search marketers can prepare for the big cookie crumble
These initiatives will help you optimize targeting, refine media mix, and improve performance reporting without third-party cookie tracking.
Google Explains Systems Are Machines That Use Ranking Signals & Factors Which Are Fuel
Danny Sullivan, the Google Search Liaison, gave a good analogy of the differences between ranking systems, ranking signals and ranking factors. He said signals and factors are the same, the “signal/factors are like fuel; systems are the machine that us…
Google To Clarify E-E-A-T & Quality Rater Guidelines Documentation
Danny Sullivan, Google’s Search Liaison, said we should expect to see more clarification from Google on its creating helpful content page, specific to the section “Get to know E-E-A-T and the quality rater guidelines.”
Google Search Console May Lose Verification With Squarespace Migration
Google is sending some domain holders who were with Google Domains and who are automatically being migrated to Squarespace notices that their Search Console verification may go away. This is only if you do not host your DNS records with Google and you …
Google Tests Adding Web Results To Search Menu (Return Of Ten Blue Links)
Google is testing adding the ability to search for just web results, like you would filter by just video results, just image results, just news results, just shopping results and so on. Google is testing placing “web results” to the top search bar unde…
Google AdSense Publishers CPM Bidding Hitting Close To 100%
Last November, Google told its AdSense publishers that it would be switching how it pays them for the Google Ads they embed on their websites. Now, it seems like many AdSense publishers are noticing that Google has completely switched over to this new …
How to build a $10 million SEO agency by Page One Power
From ranking to riches – how one SEO firm mastered positioning, marketing and management to build an empire.
Google Ads Bugs With Confusing Text In Ads & Updating Credit Cards
Google Ads has some new bugs today, one that Google confirmed over advertisers received a notice for “confusing text” for their ads and the other not yet confirmed around advertisers being unable to update their credit cards on file.
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 5, 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.
Google doesn’t say core web vitals are a direct search ranking factor. Google revised its SEO starter gu…
Google will face a new U.S. antitrust jury trial in September
Google denies allegations that it uses underhand tactics to secure its position as the world’s leading search engine
Amazon strikes landmark deal in response to Google’s third-party cookie deprecation
The agreement could pave the way forward for advertisers trying to reach high-value customers in a cookieless world.
Google ‘cannot proceed with third-party cookie deprecation’
Competition concerns about Google’s Privacy Sandbox must be addressed before third-party cookies can be deprecated.
SEO KPIs: Embracing user-centric metrics
Go beyond static SEO metrics. Integrate dynamic, user-centric KPIs to gain meaningful insights into evolving user behaviors and search trends.
Yandex search engine sold in $5.2 billion deal
The sale follows a tumultuous period that began with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A consortium of Russian investors now owns Yandex.
Does HTML structure matter for SEO?
HTML structure matters for SEO, but not in the ways most might think. Read on to uncover the real role of HTML for SEO.
Will AI replace SEO professionals?
Generative AI tools seem smart, but lack the wisdom and experience needed for effective SEO. Here’s why people still must be at the helm.
Google: We Don’t Say Core Web Vitals Are A Ranking Factor
Google’s Danny Sullivan said on Friday, “We don’t confirm any of the things [page experience or core web vitals] as a direct ranking factor.” He added, “But to reiterate we look at many things not one thing and even the one thing might not be a direct …
Google Sitemaps Bug With Hyphenated File Names
Google might be having some weird bug with XML sitemap files that have hyphens within the final name. So if your sitemap file name is /sitemap-10.xml it will trigger a “couldn’t fetch” error, but using /sitemap10.xml with the same exact file will not t…