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2024 WordPress Vulnerability Report Shows Errors Sites Keep Making

2024 WPScan WordPress security report shows the mistakes that many sites keep making and leads to compromised websites
Search Engine Journal 3:33 am on April 19, 2024

Bingbot Fully Supports Brotli Compression & Now Tests Zstd Compression

Fabrice Canel from Microsoft announced that BingBot now fully supports Brotli compression and will soon be testing zstd Zstandard compression, a lossless data compression, for its crawler.
Search Engine Roundtable 12:23 pm on April 19, 2024

Google Says Indexing API May Work For Unsupported Content But...

Gary Illyes from Google said in the recent Google SEO office hours the Google Indexing API may work for unsupported content formats, but that you shouldn't be "surprised if suddenly it stopped working for unsupported ...
Search Engine Roundtable 1:30 pm on April 19, 2024

How To Use Speech To Text On Google Docs SlashGear

Google Docs has a built in feature called speech to text that can be very useful in a number of situations. Here's what it does and how to turn it on.
Slashgear 1:30 pm on April 19, 2024

Meta's supercharged AI assistant is taking over its apps across the world

Meta announced a potent upgrade to Meta AI powered by Llama 3, now deeply integrated into its social apps and available in more countries.
Android Authority 1:30 pm on April 19, 2024

Google Testing More Google Ad Card Formats

Google is testing another ad format, another card like format, for its search ads. We previously saw the vertical and tall ad cards, then the carousel horizontal card format and now here are just plain horizontal ad cards. ...
Search Engine Roundtable 12:57 pm on April 19, 2024

Google Says It's Unlikely Your Rankings Dropped Because You Have Two Websites

Google was asked if having two websites and Google finding out about them would cause the websites to drop in rankings. John Mueller from Google said that is "not likely," adding that many people have several websites ...
Search Engine Roundtable 12:57 pm on April 19, 2024

Google Says Indexing API May Work For Unsupported Content But...

Google On If Hyphenated Domains Are Bad For SEO

The topic of using hyphens in domain names is one of the oldest SEO topics we have in this space. Heck, in 2004, SEOs said there was a specific Google ranking algorithm that filtered out domains with hyphens in them (Google ...
Search Engine Roundtable 12:23 pm on April 19, 2024

YouTube escalates war on ad blockers

YouTube users who use ad blockers to avoid advertising on the platform will now see alerts or experience buffering issues.
Search Engine Land 12:06 am on April 18, 2024

Meta could launch Threads ads this year

Brands and marketers might be able to buy ads on the text based platform Threads sooner than expected.
Search Engine Land 6:24 pm on April 18, 2024

Building Quality Backlinks: Off Page SEO Tactics for Healthcare

Click here to discover 4 strategies that can help build the authority and boost the visibility of your healthcare e commerce!
Linkody's 12:36 pm on April 18, 2024

U.S. search ad revenues hit record $88.8 billion in 2023

Search continues to account for the largest share of digital ad spending. Search revenue grew 5.2% year on year.
Search Engine Land 12:06 am on April 18, 2024

Google Discontinues Video Carousel Markup

Google has discontinued its support for video carousel markup and has thus removed it from its video structured data help documentation. Initially, Google tested video carousel on a limited number of sites and is now saying ...
Search Engine Roundtable 12:36 pm on April 18, 2024

Google Ads Notifies Advertisers That Some Ad Customizers Will Go Away May 31st

On August 31, 2021, Google notified advertisers it would drop support for expanded text ads for responsive search ads. Google is now reminding advertisers that Ad customizers for text ads, expanded text ads and Dynamic Search ...
Search Engine Roundtable 12:36 pm on April 18, 2024

Google Ends Video Carousel Structured Data Test

Google abruptly drops support for the video carousel (limited access) rich results because it wasn't useful for the "ecosystem" at scale
Search Engine Journal 12:36 pm on April 18, 2024

Google Notes On Search May End Date Does Not Mean Notes Will Go Away In May

There have been some people noticing that the Google Notes On Search labs experiment has an end date of May 2024 and thus they are expecting Notes on Search to be turned off by then. Just because it has that end date listed, ...
Search Engine Roundtable 12:36 pm on April 18, 2024

Google Business Profiles Register Automated External Defibrillator (AED)

Google sent out emails a couple of days ago to businesses asking them to register their Automated External Defibrillator (AED) with Google Business Profiles. Google said, "you could save lives" if you do it.
Search Engine Roundtable 12:36 pm on April 18, 2024

Google Adding Features to Maps and Search to Promote More Sustainable Travel

Google said Wednesday that it is releasing new features that share options for traveling in ways that are more environmentally friendly.
Skift 12:06 am on April 18, 2024

Google Maps will no longer store review drafts (not that anyone knew it could)

As of July, Google Maps will delete any review drafts, functionality that most users probably didn't even know existed.
9to5Google 12:06 am on April 18, 2024

Google AdSense launches new Ad Intents format for Auto ads

Publishers have a new option for Auto ads to appear on their website, in the form of links and anchors.
Search Engine Land 12:06 am on April 18, 2024

India antitrust body to probe Google's in app billing amid dispute with startups Cyprus Mail

India's antitrust body on Friday ordered a probe into Alphabet Inc's Google (GOOGL.O) in an ongoing dispute with local startups over its in app billing system, saying the U.S. company implemented its policies in a "discriminatory ...
Cyprus Mail 6:35 pm on April 15, 2024

New Google Maps Directions, Travel & EV Features

Google has announced a number of new travel features with Google Maps and Travel around driving alternatives, trains and buses, travel impact mode and then some new EV driving direction features. Google says these features ...
Search Engine Roundtable 12:36 pm on April 18, 2024

Preparing For 3rd Party Cookie Deprecation: How To Adjust Your Data Collection Strategy

Are you ready for the end of third party cookies in Google Chrome" Join us live and learn how to navigate the upcoming changes.
Search Engine Journal 12:06 am on April 18, 2024

Google Must Face Antitrust Claims For Phasing Out Flash

"The complaint plausibly alleges that through its Chrome browser, Google abruptly transitioned from allowing video platforms to play through the long established Adobe Flash to HTML5, and disabled Flash advertisements ...
MediaPost 3:04 am on April 11, 2024

Google Search Results Can Be Harmful & Dangerous In Some Cases

Over the past few weeks, Google's Search Liaison, Danny Sullivan, has been replying to complaints about some examples of search results being not just low quality but also potentially harmful and dangerous. The sad part to ...
Search Engine Roundtable 2:11 pm on April 11, 2024

More Google Core Ranking Volatility Hits Yesterday/Today

I know we just reported on more volatility this Monday, possibly related to the Google March 2024 core update, but we are seeing even more volatility over the past 24 hours related to this update. This volatility shows deepening ...
Search Engine Roundtable 1:26 pm on April 17, 2024

Google Maps Dropping Draft Reviews

Google Maps will soon stop supporting drafting reviews for local business listings and Google Business Profiles. Google said that starting July 16, 2024, review drafts will no longer be supported.
Search Engine Roundtable 1:26 pm on April 17, 2024

Google Search Console Unused Ownership Tokens

Google Search Console has a new security feature under user and permission management to help you manage your unused ownership tokens. Basically, it helps you manage who has permissions to your Search Console profiles and ...
Search Engine Roundtable 1:26 pm on April 17, 2024

Google Ads Adds AI Generated Image Tool For Demand Gen Campaigns

Google Ads announced that Demand Gen campaigns are getting generative AI tools to create image assets. This is rolling out to advertisers around the world in English with more languages to come later this year, Google said. ...
Search Engine Roundtable 1:26 pm on April 17, 2024

Should Google Explain The Crawl Stats Report in Search Console

Martin Splitt from Google posted a one line question asking, "Should we do something to explain the crawl stats report in GSC"" This was posted on Mastodon, which has a small audience, but the responses were pretty ...
Search Engine Roundtable 1:26 pm on April 17, 2024

Japan readies antitrust action against Google over search ads

Regulator expected to accept voluntary improvement plan in case involving Yahoo tie up
Nikkei Asian Review 6:35 pm on April 15, 2024

22 Places You Should Be Sharing Your Content

Optimize your content sharing strategy with insights from an industry expert. Learn where and how to share your content effectively.
Search Engine Journal 12:03 pm on April 17, 2024

Google is removing some links to California based news sites from its search results

Google announced today it will cut some links to California based news sites in its search results to prepare for future actions against the state's possibility of charging Google for news links.
Neowin.net 11:39 am on April 16, 2024

Google Clarifies Vacation Rental Structured Data

Google quietly updated its structured data documentation for vacation rentals to require more precise address information
Search Engine Journal 7:07 am on April 17, 2024

Google AdSense Publishers Seeing Huge RPM Earnings Drops

Many Google AdSense publishers have been reporting massive declines in their earnings and RPMs (page revenue per thousand impressions) since late February. This comes a couple of weeks after we reported the switch from CPC ...
Search Engine Roundtable 12:03 pm on April 15, 2024

Google starts removing links to California news outlets ahead of proposed bill

Google doesn't want to pay the "journalism usage fee" that would be required by California's Journalism Preservation Act.
Android Central 6:35 pm on April 15, 2024

Google Removes Links to Some California News Sites to Protest Fee Proposal

Google has begun removing California news websites from search results for some users in response to a state proposal that would require the search giant to pay media companies for linking to their content. The tech giant ...
NTD News (Video) 11:54 am on April 16, 2024

HARO Has Been Dead for a While

RIP... again.
Ahrefs Blog 12:06 am on April 18, 2024

34 High Ticket Affiliate Marketing & Partner Programs 2024

Looking for high ticket affiliate programs" Check out our guide to the best programs for 2024 and start monetizing your online presence.
Search Engine Journal 12:39 pm on April 16, 2024

An In Depth Guide And Best Practices For Mobile SEO

Is your website ready for the mobile first indexing era" Discover the importance of mobile SEO and how to optimize your site for mobile devices.
Search Engine Journal 12:06 am on April 18, 2024

Google Search Testing Horizontal Lines For Sitelinks & People Also Ask

Google Search is testing horizontal lines under the sitelinks and the people also ask elements in the search results. This is a long horizontal line that goes across the while search result snippet.
Search Engine Roundtable 1:26 pm on April 17, 2024

Google says trigger happy "Circle to Search" will be improved and Search and Lens results merged

Google says trigger happy "Circle to Search" will be improved and Search and Lens results merged
Phone Arena 5:13 pm on April 16, 2024

Google On Hyphens In Domain Names

Google's John Mueller answers question about hyphenated domains and offered practical advice on choosing domain names
Search Engine Journal 11:39 am on April 16, 2024

Reddit Post Ranks On Google In 5 Minutes What's Going On"

Google ranked a Reddit post in the top of the SERPs within 5 minutes but denies it is showing a preference
Search Engine Journal 11:26 am on April 15, 2024

Oh, Brother: The Verge games Google again for best printer 2024'

The tech rag used Google Gemini to produce the majority of a satirical product review, pointing out that it shouldn't rank. Yet it does.
Search Engine Land 3:39 pm on April 16, 2024

Google: Ad Strength not used in Ad Rank

Ads with poor Ad Strength could still perform well. But that doesn't mean Ad Strength is not important, according to Google.
Search Engine Land 1:49 pm on April 16, 2024

Google Demand Gen advertisers get generative image tools

Advertisers can generate original campaign assets in just a few clicks while maintaining full control over what images are used.
Search Engine Land 1:07 pm on April 16, 2024

Google Search Supports Images Referenced From src Attribute

Google has clarified in its image search help documentation that images are only extracted from the src attribute of img tags in Google Search. This is not new, but Google decided to update its documentation based on some ...
Search Engine Roundtable 12:39 pm on April 16, 2024

Google AdSense New Ad Intents Formats

Google AdSense announced a new auto ads format named "Ad intents." Ad intents places links and anchors showing organic search results with ads into existing text and pages on your site related to your content. Yea, ...
Search Engine Roundtable 12:39 pm on April 16, 2024

DeepMind CEO claims Google's AI spend will surpass $100bn

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said that over time the search engine giant will spend over $100bn developing AI technology.
Verdict 11:54 am on April 16, 2024

Query Deserves Ads Is Where Google Is Headed

AI may not be the end of search engines after all. Query Deserves Ads may be the reason why
Search Engine Journal 10:36 pm on April 12, 2024

Google Search Console security update improves management of ownership tokens

You can now more easily see and remove which have access to your Search Console profiles.
Search Engine Land 3:39 pm on April 16, 2024

Google Threatens California By Testing Dropping Links To Publishers & Pausing Investments

On Friday, Google responded to a pending bill in the California state legislature, the California Journalism Preservation Act (CJPA), that would require Google to pay a link tax to publishers by testing removing links to ...
Search Engine Roundtable 2:23 am on April 16, 2024

WhatsApp Meta AI: How to chat with the messaging app's new chatbot

WhatsApp’s Meta AI chatbot is becoming widely available for users, but it needs to be activated first. This guide will...
9to5Google 11:39 am on April 16, 2024

Google begins blocking California news links in anticipation of new state regulation

Google has begun blocking Californian news links that appear in its search engine results in anticipation of a pending California Journalism Preservation Act (CJPA).
Verdict 6:35 pm on April 15, 2024

Meta scales up its AI chatbot experiment in India and Africa

WhatsApp, but also Messanger and Instagram—Meta wants you to try out its new AI assistant
TechRadar 11:39 am on April 16, 2024

Google Testing Thumbs Up/Down Buttons In Product Grid Search Results

Google launched the style recommendations with thumbs up and down buttons not long ago after testing it in January. Now Google is showing this thumbs up and down buttons in the product grid search results, so Google can see ...
Search Engine Roundtable 1:07 pm on April 16, 2024

Google Ads Similar Product Carousel

Google has a similar products section and carousel for Google Ads sponsored listings. We have seen similar products and similar shopping related results from the organic / free listings but now I am seeing examples of a search ...
Search Engine Roundtable 12:39 pm on April 16, 2024

Google Will Fight Site Reputation Abuse Spam Both Algorithmically & Manually

Google's new spam algorithm update also introduced new spam policies including the upcoming site reputation abuse policy that won't go into effect until May 2024. Google has confirmed it will fight site reputation abuse spam ...
Search Engine Roundtable 1:07 pm on April 16, 2024