Vlog #172: Lior Krolewicz On PPC Software & Issues With Google Ads Automation
In part one with Lior Krolewicz is the founder and CEO of Yael Consulting, a marketing consulting company, we spoke about the IDF and how paid search has changed. In part two we spoke about his company…
Google Mother’s Day Weekend Search Algorithm Update (May 6th – May 8th)
I am seeing signs of a possible Google search ranking update that kicked off late Friday, May 6th and has really spiked this morning – May 8th – also Mother’s Day in many regions. There is both a lot of chatter in the SEO forums and many of the tools …
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 6, 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.
Google is doing away with some video and image sitemap extension tags…
Google To Deprecate Some Video & Image Sitemap Extension Tags
Google announced on August 6, 2022 it will no longer support some of the video and image sitemap extension tags. These specifically impact the caption, geo_location, title and license tags or attributes within image sitemaps and category, player_loc[@a…
Google Ads Tests Quick Help Beta
Google Ads is testing a new help feature named “Quick Help.” It is currently in beta and those who see it can access it by looking for the hovering help icon at the bottom right corner of the Google Ads console.
Google: Duplicate Content Issues? Then Focus On Adding Value.
One of the oldest and still most talked about SEO topic is duplicate content. While there has never really been a duplicate content penalty, Google does not want to rank to 5 identical pieces of content in the first five positions in Google search. So…
Google Maps Business Redressal Form Adds “Business Doesn’t Exist” Option
Google has added a new option in the Business Redressal Complaint Form under the “Identify the content on Google Maps that you claim might lead to fraudulent activity” drop down. The new option is “this business doesn’t exist” and the local SEO communi…
Google “More About” Search Carousel
Google has a carousel in both desktop and mobile search that leads with “more about.” For example, for a query on [apply business loan] you will find a carousel that reads “More about small business loans” with stories to publishers and government web…
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google May 1st Algorithm Update, Moz Removed From Google Search, Google Ads Safety Report, New In Microsoft Advertising & More
This week in search, we had another unconfirmed Google search ranking algorithm update that touched down in a big way on May 1st with a lot of weirdness the week prior. Moz’s home page was removed from Google Search for a 12 hour period after…
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Google Ads Customer Match Lists Will Work With Smart Bidding & Optimized Targeting
Google sent some advertisers emails saying “beginning Q2 2022, campaigns using Smart Bidding and/or Optimized Targeting will be able to use all Customer Match lists in your account to enhance your ad campaign performance for your goals (e.g. conversion…
Google Blocked 3.4 Billion Ads, Restricted 5.7 Billion Ads & Suspended 5.6 Million Advertisers
Google has published its annual “Ads Safety Report” and disclosed that it has blocked or removed over 3.4 billion ads for violating its Google Ads policies, it restricted over 5.7 billion ads, suspended over 5.6 million advertiser accounts, and removed…
Moz Back In Google Search After Fraudulent DMCA Takedown
Yesterday afternoon Moz’s home page was removed from the Google Search results after Google processed a fraudulent (or mistaken) DMCA takedown request. Moz is now back, within 12 hours from when Google learned about the issue – but there is no respons…
Poll: 67% Of SEO Professionals Have University Degrees
How many SEOs do you think have university and college degrees? If you thought about 2/3rds, you’d be right. A Twitter poll conducted by Brodie Clark asked SEO professionals: do you have a University degree? 67% said yes and 33% said no to that questi…
Will Short Videos To Overtake Web Stories In Google Search?
There is some speculation, and for good reason, that Google is showing more short videos over showing web stories in Google mobile search. Glenn Gabe and Brodie Clark both noticed this trend and the two of them follow web stories closer than almost any…
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 4, 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.
If you use Google Ads Scripts, the Google Ads or AdWords API…
New Google Travel Search Features
Google announced a bunch of new travel search features the other day across flights, hotels, destinations of interest and more. These new features aim at helping you “get inspired and research your options so you can book with ease when the time is ri…
Google Reporting Issue With Google Ads, AdWords API & Google Ads Scripts
Google has confirmed that between April 25th 5:32PM ET and April 26th 3:24 PM ET there was a data reporting issue with those who pulled in data from the Google Ads and AdWords API or Google Ads Scripts.
Microsoft Advertising RSAs Deadline Extended, Auto-Generated Remarketing Lists & More Updates
Microsoft Advertising posted its May 2022 update showing what is new and changing with the ad network. What is new is that the deadline for Responsive Search Ads was extended, auto-generated remarketing lists, you can manage images for your Audience A…
Was There Crawl Spikes From Google After URL Parameter Tool Went Offline?
As you know, last week, on April 26th, Google disabled the URL parameter tool within Google Search Console and stopped respecting any of the rules added to that tool. Some are asking if the recent crawl spikes they saw with Googlebot was related to thi…
Google Search UI Tests Continue With Full Width Videos & Grid Formatted Results
Google is continuing its mobile search user interfaces with more variations of its grid search results format and full width video search result snippets.