YouTube Takes On TikTok With New 'Jewels' Tipping System    Nov 21, 2024
YouTube introduces virtual tipping system "Gifts, Powered by Jewels" for vertical livestreams, challenging TikTok.
Search Engine Journal

LinkedIn Report: Most In    Nov 20, 2024
LinkedIn reports a rebound in marketing jobs, highlighting in-demand roles and a growing emphasis on collaborative skills.
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Wix Rolling Out AI-Powered Site Planning & Visualization Tool    Nov 20, 2024
Wix is rolling out an AI-powered site visualization tool that simplifies site planning and accelerates the transition to site launch.
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Web Accessibility News: November 2024    Nov 20, 2024
The latest news in digital accessibility – featuring a11y headlines from around the world. Read Lumar's monthly round-up for website managers and a11y pros.
DeepCrawl

Enhance keyword research with Yoast SEO and Semrush    Nov 20, 2024
Discover the power of Yoast and Semrush integration for SEO. Enhance your WordPress and Shopify experience with easy-to-use keyword research features.
Yoast

Daily Search Forum Recap: November 20, 2024    Nov 20, 2024
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
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Google Site Reputation Abuse Policy Expands To First Party Involvement Or Content Oversight    Nov 20, 2024
Google has updated its site reputation abuse policy to expand what is included in abuse. It now includes third-party content that has first-party involvement or content oversight. Google also dropped a mention of the starkly different content algorithm but made no mention that site reputation abuse is enforced algorithmically—so it must still be only through manual actions.
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Google Lens For In-Store Searches    Nov 20, 2024
Google announced new shopping features through Google Lens to help with in-store shopping and local shopping. Google said, "Google Lens can quickly show you product insights tailored to the store you're in. Just snap a photo to find product information, similar products in-stock, whether a store's price is competitive and shopper reviews."
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Google Makes It Clear On Site Wide & Page Level Ranking Signals    Nov 20, 2024
Google has updated its guide to Google Search ranking systems to mention at the top of the page that it uses both page-level and site-wide signals for search rankings. There was a debate on this after the Google creator summit about Google possibly saying they only have page level signals, so this may clear things up a bit.
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OpenAI ChatGPT's Search Marketing Share    Nov 20, 2024
Is OpenAI, its ChatGPT service, taking market share from Google? Well, maybe. Rand Fishkin of Sparktoro posted his assumptions based on a mix of data from SimilarWeb and Datos that says ChatGPT's current market share is 4.33% - that is from October 2024 data.
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Bing Video Search Testing Categorizing Videos    Nov 20, 2024
Microsoft is testing categorizing the videos within its Bing video search results. Bing's video search interface can show at the top a featured video for the query, then trending videos related to the query, then short videos, then a related category of videos, followed by the normal video thumbnails.
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Cross    Nov 20, 2024
Master cross-channel remarketing with this complete guide on how to reach, engage, and convert users across different platforms.
Search Engine Journal

GraphRAG Update Improves AI Search Results    Nov 20, 2024
An update to GraphRAG improves AI search results with specific and comprehensive answers and more references to source materials
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Gain Greater Search Visibility With AI Overviews [Webinar]    Nov 19, 2024
Join us as we explore an in-depth analysis of 120,000 Google queries, uncovering critical insights into Google’s AI Overviews, and how to utilize them effectively.
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Google: Page-Level & Site-Wide Signals Both Matter For Rankings    Nov 19, 2024
Google updates search documentation to clarify how both page-level and site-wide signals influence ranking in search results.
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Google Strengthens Policy Against Site Reputation Abuse    Nov 19, 2024
Google updates site reputation abuse policy, prohibiting third-party content from exploiting host domains regardless of first-party oversight.
Search Engine Journal

Daily Search Forum Recap: November 19, 2024    Nov 19, 2024
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 Search Console finally removed the page experience report. Google is testing removing some EU news publishers from some EU regions in Google Search, News and Discover. Google Ads has in store and online tabs. Google Discover and AI Overviews show YouTube videos a lot. Google people also ask is testing removing the more results button...
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BotNet: How The Rapid Growth Of Bots Could Change The Open Web    Nov 19, 2024
Learn about the evolving role of bots on the open web and the potential of AI helpers in enhancing the human experience online.
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Google Rolls Out AI    Nov 19, 2024
Google announces AI-powered in-store shopping features and expanded payment options ahead of the holiday retail season.
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Google Search Console Drops Page Experience Report    Nov 19, 2024
Over a year and a half ago, Google told us they would be dropping the page experience report from Google Search Console in the "coming months." Well, it took many "coming months" for it to happen and now the page experience report is no longer available within Google Search Console.
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Google Testing Removing EU-based News Publishers From Search    Nov 19, 2024
Google has begun testing removing EU-based news publishers in Google News, Google Search, and Google Discover for 1% of users in Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain (not France). Google is doing this to provide data on the impact this will make for these publishers if this would be rolled out to 100% of users.
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Google Ads In Store & Online Tab & Near You Ads    Nov 19, 2024
Google Ads has this newish "in store" and "online" tab sponsored ads interface for its search ads, where you can tab between nearby stores and online stores that have what you are searching for. Plus a newish list view of "near you" stores that have the products you want.
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Google Discover & AI Overviews Featuring YouTube Videos A Lot    Nov 19, 2024
There are new reports that Google is showing more and more YouTube videos in Google Discover. There is also a new study that says YouTube is the most cited source in Google's AI Overviews. Is Google promoting its own video site way too often?
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Google People Also Ask Testing Removing More Results Button    Nov 19, 2024
Google may be testing removing the "more results" button from the people also ask results within Google Search. In some searches, on some browsers, I see the "more results" button after expanding a people also ask result, but in others, I do not see the "more results" button.
Search Engine Roundtable

Demand Intelligence: Empower Your Strategies With Actionable Data    Nov 19, 2024
Harness demand intelligence to target the right prospects – demand campaigns have immense potential to amplify an organization’s bottom line
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Yoast x Semrush: Keyword difficulty and intent straight in your Yoast SEO    Nov 19, 2024
Unlock the potential of Yoast Semrush integration. Get keyword intent and difficulty insights, and optimize your content.
Yoast

7 Things To Look For In An SEO    Nov 19, 2024
Trouble ranking your WordPress site? Struggle with load times? Downtime? Here's what to look for when choosing a WordPress hosting provider.
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Google Retires Search Console’s Page Experience Report    Nov 18, 2024
Google simplifies Search Console by removing Page Experience report while retaining Core Web Vitals and HTTPS monitoring tools.
Search Engine Journal

Daily Search Forum Recap: November 18, 2024    Nov 18, 2024
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. We are finally seeing much larger movement from the Google November 2024 core update. Google Analytics seems to be missing some data from November 13...
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Google People Also Ask For Content Ideas Warning    Nov 18, 2024
Last week we covered how Google's John Mueller cautioned about using Google Trends for content ideas. Google's John Mueller also agreed that this can be an issue for Google Search's people also ask (PAA) feature. When Glenn Gabe noted PAA falls into this bucket, John Mueller agreed by saying "Definitely them too."
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Microsoft Mixing Ads & Organic Results In Bing Search    Nov 18, 2024
Some are seeing Microsoft placing ads in the Bing Search results mixed in between the organic results. Google has been testing this for a while now, calling it dynamic ad placement to try to make it sound like a good thing, and now Microsoft seems to be testing this in Bing Search as well.
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Google Search Trending This Week Labels    Nov 18, 2024
Google Search has been placing trending labels in the search results for a while now. But there is a new variation of that, showing a "Trending this week" label in a gray, green and purple format. I don't think I've seen this label show when the result is trending and for whole long.
Search Engine Roundtable

SEO Reports: Which Metrics Matter & How To Use Them Well    Nov 18, 2024
Reports are a key part of the SEO communication toolbox. Learn how to select the right metrics for your reports and use them well.
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Google Search Pop Up Ads For Google Ads Promotions    Nov 18, 2024
On Friday, Google began to show these massive pop up, overlay ads, on top of the Google Search results, for when you search for your business and are logged into your Google Business Profile account. The ad takes up a lot of the screen, blocks access to the search results page (and managing your Google Business Profile) and asks you to spend money with Google Ads with a Google Ads credit promotion.
Search Engine Roundtable

Google AI Overview Ads In The Wild    Nov 18, 2024
Google has been telling us for many months that they will be rolling out ads for AI Overviews. Last month, Google said they will soon show in the US mobile search results - well, I think we've seen one of our first examples of it this weekend.
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Google Analytics Missing Data From November 13, 2024?    Nov 18, 2024
Google Analytics may not have fully brought in your analytics data for Wednesday, November 13th, within the GA4 interface. Over the past few days, I've seen complaints from site owners and marketers about GA4 missing data from that day.
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Get onto Bluesky. A Guide for SEOs    Nov 18, 2024
SEOs are chatting on BlueSky. Are you missing out on the discussion? Follow this guide to help you get started on the BlueSky social platform
Majestic

From Launch To Scale: PPC Budget Strategies For All Campaign Stages    Nov 18, 2024
Achieve campaign success with strategic budgeting. Learn how to allocate your marketing dollars effectively at all stages, from initial investment to scaling.
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Google Analytics 4 (GA4) Users Report Data Collection Issues    Nov 18, 2024
Google Analytics 4 users worldwide report data discrepancies, with traffic reports showing only half of actual visitors.
Search Engine Journal

When To Use Nofollow On Links & When Not To    Nov 17, 2024
Understand the significance of the nofollow attribute in maintaining the integrity of your site's link profile and SEO efforts.
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