Google Maps User Contributed Policy Fake Engagement & Personal Information Updated
Google has made two updates to its prohibited and restricted content policy for Google Maps user-contributed content. The impacted sections are the fake engagement and personal information sections. Here is what was added.
Google Expands AI Tools For Search Ads
Google announced that it is expanding its AI-powered tools for Google Ads, its search ads platform. The AI powered conversational tools to create ads is going into a true expanded beta test and Google also said automatically created assets will start …
Bing Search Showing Recent Bing Chat Topics
Bing Search now displays a section named “recent chat topics” for some searchers who have recently used Bing Chat. The area is added at the top of the search results page; it is titled “recent chat topics” and shows a Bing icon with the query in a bub…
Google: Language Indicators In Title Tags Doesn’t Do Anything For SEO
Google’s John Mueller was asked if adding a language indicator to the meta title tag would have any impact on SEO and Google Search in any way. John Mueller replied that he does not think so, not in any positive or negative way, at least.
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 20, 2023
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.
It’s been about six days now since the Google helpful content update started rolling out, it’s been a wei…
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Google September 2023 Helpful Content Update Current Impact & Volatility
Google started to roll out the Google September 2023 Helpful Content Update last Thursday afternoon and I’ve been seeing mixed signals about how strong and widespread this update is. There are definitely site owners and SEOs claiming some of their sit…
Google: Quality Affects Everything In Google�s Search Systems But What About Large Old Sites
There is a fun new Google Search Off the Record podcast to listen to with John Mueller and Gary Illyes from the Google Search team. The short is that quality impacts everything related to Google’s search systems, from sitemaps, crawling, indexing, rank…
Google Raised Ad Prices To Hit Revenue Goals, Google Executive Said
Jerry Dischler, Vice President and General Manager at Google, said under oath in 2020 that Google tuned its ad prices to meet its revenue targets. Ad prices went up 5% to sometimes 10% without communicating those changes to advertisers.
Google Site Names Issues Continue For News Tab?
Last week we reported that the Google site names issues, according to Google, has massively dropped off, after the last big upgrade to site names in Google Search. Well, that might not be the case for the Google news tab.
Google: Compilation Of ChatGPT Output Is Not Unique Content
Google’s John Mueller said on X that a compilation of ChatGPT output does not make your content unique or worthy of outranking other content on the internet. He posted on X that a site should instead “focus on unique, compelling, high-quality content …
Announcing the Search Central Live Mexico roadshow
Search Central Live is coming to Ciudad de México on November 7. The event will have a mix of presenters
from the Google Search, News, and Partnership teams. The content will be delivered in Spanish and English
(with live translation to Spanish). Check more details about speakers, agenda, and how to sign up to the
event.
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 19, 2023
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 Search can now double-check the responses given by Google Bard…
Google Search Generative Experience Tests New AI-Generative Snapshot Design
Google is testing a new design and layout for the Google Search Generative Experience AI-generated snapshot answer. The new design bakes the AI answer into the more traditional user interface as opposed to the more colorful interface you expect from t…
New: Google Ads Indicator “Limited By Bid Strategy”
Google Ads has a new indicator that may show up in your Google Ads advertiser console or dashboard named “limited by bid strategy.” This may show when Google thinks your campaign can get more value using a different bidding strategy.
Google Search Can Now Check Bard’s Answers
Google Bard now has deeper integration with Google Search, where you can use Google Search to double-check the responses Google Bard provides. Google will then tell you if Google Search found similar content to the Bard responses or found content that …
Some Local SEOs Reporting Google Business Profile Emails Not Being Received
Some local SEOs are reporting that they are not receiving emails from Google Business Profiles. They are not getting notified via email when they are being added to a Google Business Profile to access that profile, they are not getting notices like su…
Google Ads UA3 To Google Analytics 4 Conversion Mapping Causes Confusion
Google Ads has begun converting some of its conversion metrics from Universal Analytics 3 to Google Analytics 4 (UA3 to GA4) and it caught some advertisers off guard, despite numerous notices that this will eventually happen.
Yusuf Mehdi & Mikhail Parakhin New Roles At Microsoft With Panos Panay’s Departure
Microsoft’s chief product officer Panos Panay is leaving the company and with that there were some internal leadership changes. Including Yusuf Mehdi and Mikhail Parakhin who are both super involved with Bing have newish roles.
Vlog #241: David Iwanow On Big Companies With Google Algorithm Updates & SEO Agencies Tactics
In part one, we got to learn about David Iwanow and why it is important to reinvent yourself in this space, over and over again. In part two…