Google launches new highly cited label in search and improved about results for rapidly evolving topics
This is to help searchers better understand if they should trust the search results displayed by Google.
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Microsoft took down 3 billion ads in 2021
Fake celebrity-endorsed ads, account takeover attempts increased, according to Microsoft’s ad safety year in review.
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Google Continues Expandable Tab Search Result Snippets Test
Back in August 2021, Google began testing this expandable tab search result snippet. Then the test seemed to have expanded in November 2021. Last week, I had countless folks ask me about this again, but I am not yet able to see it myself – but clearly …
Google: Keep Old Redirected URLs In Sitemaps Files Temporarily
Google’s John Mueller said again on Twitter that you should only keep old URLs that have been redirected elsewhere in your XML sitemap file temporarily and not long term. John has said this a few times before – but now John is saying keep them there f…
Bing Round Category Icons To Explore More Images
Microsoft Bing is testing (or maybe rolling out) new explore icons for images that show up in the web results. There are these round circle category icons that let you refine your search for the query, to show more images that match the refined query.
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Bing Interactive Wikipedia Box In Search Results
Microsoft Bing seems to be testing a new search feature that embeds snippets of content from Wikipedia in this large Wikipedia box in the search results. It basically brings in portions of content from Wikipedia broken down by the Wikipedia’s page con…
Google Search Local Pack Refine Query & Location Search Box
Google seems to be testing a specialized local pack that looks more like the local service ads. Maybe this is a bug because the ads are not labeled or maybe Google is testing free local service listings? The local pack design looks more like local ser…
Daily Search Forum Recap: March 30, 2022
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.
This newsletter showcases a ton of search interface tests, a ton of them. Yes…
Google shares search traffic monitoring dashboard for Data Studio
Plus, you can now pull Discover and Google News traffic data into Data Studio using the Search Console connector.
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YouTube to drop Maximize Lift bidding
Maximize Lift used details input by advertisers about their brands and products to generate content to be used in Brand Lift surveys.
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Most plan to tough out the switch to Google Analytics 4
About 70% of the 250 marketers we polled said they planned to switch and will handle the migration internally.
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Monitoring Search traffic (and more!) with Data Studio
This article shows how to create a monitoring dashboard for your Search traffic on Data Studio. It also announces the addition of new data to
the Search Console Data Studio connector, including data for Discover and Google News traffic.
Monitoring Search traffic (and more!) with Data Studio
This article shows how to create a monitoring dashboard for your Search traffic on Data Studio. It also announces the addition of new data to
the Search Console Data Studio connector, including data for Discover and Google News traffic.
How to keep your SEO clients engaged: 8 communication touchpoints
Take the time to review your communication plan to keep your projects on track and your clients happy.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: March 29, 2022
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.
Almost a week into the Google Product Reviews update for March 2022, it looks like this update is not tha…
AIOSEO WordPress plugin integrates Microsoft Clarity
What do users actually do on your site? This integration will help you identify areas to improve and optimize for a better user experience.
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Google Docs can write your meta descriptions
Google Docs can automatically generate content summaries. But can it help you write a great meta description?
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Google AdSense Anchor Ads On AMP Sites With Auto Ads
Google AdSense announced that those with AMP sites that have Auto ads with AdSense will now support anchor ads. From April 11, 2022, if you’re using Auto ads for AMP, anchor ads will start to appear on your sites.
New Google Trusted Store Badge Based On Shopping Experience Scorecard
Google has launched a new Trusted Store badge for merchants who have an excellent Google Shopping experience scorecard score. Google also launched a new set of Google Merchant Center insights reports.
Google Structured Data Error Reporting Gets More Descriptive Names & Context
Google today has rolled out more specific, descriptive and contextually helpful names for the structured data error reporting it shows in Google Search Console rich result status reports, the Google Search Console URL inspection tool and Rich Results …