Boost of ‘Crawl requests: Discovery’, but not real ones
The URLs were already ‘discovered’ and indexed
Decoding the Mechanics of Brand Familiarity to Future-Proof Any Brand
In this article, Giulia sprinkles a bit of cognitive science in the marketing mix to showcase how leveraging the familiarity bias can future-proof any brand.
Huge Data discrepancy in GA4 and GSC
GA4 and GSC – Huge data discrepancy
Microsoft serving ads for Bing in Google Chrome
Windows users are reporting seeing ads for Bing AI and the Bing search engine, but they’re worried the ads might actually be malware.
Google to replace perspectives filter with forums filter
The perspectives carousels, clusters and traditional web page listings will remain.
Meta will sunset CrowdTangle in August
Advertisers and publishers will need to seek alternative platforms as CrowdTangle will no longer be available after August 14.
Microsoft Advertising testing new interface similar to Google Ads
The platform is currently testing a new navigation layout that closely resembles the latest Google Ads UI.
Link devaluation: The hidden threat of SpamBrain
Learn why buying links could be a recipe for disaster as Google tightens its grip on spammy SEO tactics.
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Core Update Rumbling, Manual Actions FAQs, Core Web Vitals Updates, AI, Bing, Ads & More
This past weekend (a week ago) we saw the first ranking volatility likely from the Google March 2024 core update. We also some saw possible reversals or recoveries a few days later. Then today, Friday, March 15th, I am seeing more ranking volatility li…
3 underutilized Google Search Console reports for diagnosing traffic drops
Decode your website’s traffic declines with GSC’s detailed reports, covering device segmentation, search appearance and crawl stats insights.
Google March 2024 Core & Spam Update Movement Today
Today is day 10 of the Google March 2024 core update rollout and Google March 2024 spam update. We believe we saw the core update touch down on March 8th and 9th and some possible recoveries or fluctuations on March 12th. Now I see more signs of Googl…
Google Image Search Results Testing Like Button
Google seems to be testing a like, thumbs-up, button on image search results. The thumbs-up icon is near the share and save button and below the image, description and visit button.
Google Merchant Center Product Studio With Themed Templates Including St. Patrick’s Day
Google Merchant Center has added new themed templates to the Product Studio. The new theme was for St. Patrick’s Day, which is coming up this Sunday. But Google will soon add Easter, Spring, and Mother’s Day themed templates to the Product Studio as well.
Google Search Dishes Nearby Carousel
Have you seen the “dishes nearby” carousel in the mobile Google Search results? I am not 100% sure if it is new, but I don’t think I’ve covered it before. But Google will show dishes served by nearby restaurants in a carousel interface.
Google People Also Search For Trending Icons
Google is placing trending icons on some of the people also search for people in the knowledge panel. We’ve seen various forms of this and I don’t think this is specifically new, but I don’t think I covered this specific example.
Why would the traffic of a blog suddenly drop to 0?
Why would the traffic of a blog suddenly drop to 0
How the SERPs Guide Content — Whiteboard Friday
From videos to featured snippets, discover how SERPs can help us with our content creation in this Whiteboard Friday with Julia-Carolin Zeng.
How the SERPs Guide Content — Whiteboard Friday
From videos to featured snippets, discover how SERPs can help us with our content creation in this Whiteboard Friday with Julia-Carolin Zeng.
Google Product Studio launches seasonal themed templates
The first templates for St Patrick’s Day are available now, with templates for Mother’s Day, Easter, and spring expected to be released soon.
Amazon apologizes after its AI advertising system makes costly error
An issue impacting Amazon’s automated advertising system led to marketers being charged to promote products they couldn’t sell.