Google Popular Opinions Search Carousel
Google Search is testing a section, a carousel, named “Popular opinions.” The section shows articles with opinions on products or other topics. The example below shows, what looks like, review articles probably fitted with affiliate links.
Google Ads Support Chat Reps May Be Using Google Translate
Did you know that some Google Ads support representatives you are chatting with may be using Google Translate? They may be automatically translating your questions from English or whatever language and then responding with Google Translate from their l…
Is conversational commerce really the future?
“Always be available”. That’s common advice for online businesses. After all, you don’t know who might be awake and browsing your site. Having a website makes this easy, and using automated bots for your customer service makes it even easier. That’s why conversational commerce has grown so popular. But is this a good development? Or […]
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Bing Deep Search To Start Testing Again This Week
Microsoft may start to test Bing’s Deep Search features again in the wild after pulling back its testing earlier this month. As a reminder, Deep Search is an enhancement to Bing Search that provides “deeper and richer exploration of the web,” Microsof…
Google Local Pack People Like Justifications
Google is testing a new design and feature for its local justifications section. There is this “people likes” section that is shaded in blue and really stands out under the local pack snippet results.
This day in search marketing history: February 29
Spreading Santorum drops on Google, plus: Bing artificially increases market share, local mobile search in apps, Susan Wojcicki and more.
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Google Search Console in Google Sheets
Register your interest for the Hobo SC (Search Console) for Google Sheets Presale. TBC The Hobo SC (Search Console) for Google Sheets is a complete SEO Auditing suite directly in Google Sheets. It contains the following products combined into one tool:…
YouTube expands free editing app to 13 new markets
YouTube Create can be used to edit Shorts or longer videos, add soundtracks, captions, and more, directly from your phone.
Google faces $2.27 billion lawsuit by publishers over advertising practices
A group of 32 publishers in Europe filed the lawsuit, alleging Google’s advertising practices have caused them financial losses.
Google Analytics 4 launches default Google Ads report
The new report, which was available in Universal Analytics, is now located within the performance reporting section of your GA4 account.
Perfect prompts: 10 tips for AI-driven SEO content creation
The art of content creation has become increasingly sophisticated. The key to standing out is to produce high-quality content. You should craft it precisely, making it both engaging for readers and friendly to search engines. This is where AI-powered content generation tools like ChatGPT, Bing CoPilot and Google Gemini come in, offering efficiency and creativity. […]
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4 SEO tips to elevate the user experience
Integrating SEO into your CX strategy can improve organic visibility and rankings. But don’t let it overshadow user-centric design.
WalkerOS: A data collection alternative to gtag.js
Should you replace Google’s gtag.js with an open source alternative like walkerOS? Explore the use cases, benefits and potential drawbacks.
Google: Disallowing UTM Parameters In URLs Won’t Help With Crawling Or Ranking
Google’s John Mueller said on Reddit that disallowing URLs with UTM parameters in them won’t help you to improve crawling or rating with Google Search. He added that a site should try to keep its internal URLs clean and consistent, but over time, the c…
Google Ads PMax Placement Report To Show Search Partner Network Sites
Google Ads will soon support showing the Search Partner Network in the Performance Max Placement report. This means Google will show you which sites your PMax ads are running on – which is a first.
Google Ads PMax Placement Report To Show Search Partner Network Sites
Google Ads will soon support showing the Search Partner Network in the Performance Max Placement report. This means Google will show you which sites your PMax ads are running on – which is a first.
Google Local Panels Design With Expandable Menus
Google seems to be now rolling out expandable menus and information sections for the local panels on the right side of the desktop interface. These were live for normal knowledge panels for a while, but I am told they are now available for local panels…
Google Search Filetype Operator For Site Commands Broken; Filetype Does Work
There are reports that the filetype operator within Google Search has stopped working, it has not. It doesn’t work when you add additional search operators to it, like a site command to see a specific file type on a specific type. Google has said it is…
Did Google Test Removing The News Tab Or Was It A Bug?
A week ago, I had several people notify me that the news tab in Google Search was missing. I checked using multiple browsers and devices and I saw the news tab, so I thought it was a quick bug that was resolved. Then, days later, Nieman Labs reported t…