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Daily Search Forum Recap: May 2, 2024

Source: Lenny's Newsletter

By: Kiyani

08/31/24

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 still says that helpful…

Google restricts promotion of deep fake sexual content

Source: In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com

By: Blake Hughes

08/31/24

These restrictions now apply to Shopping ads and will be enforced across all types of ads after May 30.

SEO Manager ~ Riverside.fm ~ Up to £40,000 ~ Remote (WW)

Source: SEO Agency Jobs – SEOjobs.com

By: Blake Hughes

08/31/24

Riverside empowers creators and businesses to create high-quality audio and video content. Since launching, we have experienced rapid growth and are trusted by customers such as Spotify, NY Times, NBC, CNN, and…

SEO Expert ~ MKG Marketing Inc ~ $108,756 ~ Remote (US)

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Anu Adegbola

08/30/24

At MKG, our SEO Experts partner with complex B2B marketing teams to deliver actionable strategies that generate growth in the organic channel while still being considerate of enterprise resources and goals. Our…

Gemini’s YouTube Extension Streamlines Marketing

Source: SEO Agency Jobs – SEOjobs.com

By: jilllynndesign

08/30/24

Google’s Gemini offers extensions to expedite tasks — such as YouTube video marketing.

7 ways to use the ‘inspect element’ tool for SEO

Source: Senior Level SEO Jobs – SEOjobs.com

By: Blake Hughes

08/30/24

Learn how to use this browser tool for SEO tasks like link analysis, code troubleshooting, schema validation and more.

How to overcome the top 3 objections to YouTube video ads

Source: In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com

By: Blake Hughes

08/30/24

Don’t let budget constraints, past failures or lack of know-how stop you from taking advantage of YouTube video advertising.

Local SEO Consultant ~ SearchLab ~ $45k-$55k ~ Remote (US)

Source: SEO Agency Jobs – SEOjobs.com

By: Blake Hughes

08/30/24

Our ideal Local SEO Consultant is a passionate digital marketer who is task-oriented and loves working with clients to execute Local SEO, get incredible results, and celebrate wins with their team.  For…

A framework for making better decisions | Annie Duke (Partner at First Round Capital, Former Poker Pro)

Source: SEO Agency Jobs – SEOjobs.com

By: Blake Hughes

08/30/24

Annie is a former professional poker player, decision-making expert, author, and special partner at First Round Capital.

A OneTrust Deep Dive – Kumar Gautam (Partner, Sands Capital)

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Barry Schwartz

08/30/24

Watch now | For those interested in learning about the $4.5B business of OneTrust, this is the episode for you. Kumar Gautam is a Partner at Sands Capital, a multi-strategy asset manager…

May 2024 Google Webmaster Report: Core Update, Site Reputation Abuse, SEO, SGE, Local & More

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Laura Schiele

08/30/24

In the past month, in Google-land, we have spoken a lot about the March 2024 core update, which ended on April 19th, a week before Google notified us it was done. This…

Google Says Helpful Content Update Recoveries May Take Much Longer Than Others

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Victoria Shepherd

08/30/24

Google’s John Mueller responded to some questions around why sites hurt by the September 2023 Google helpful content update have not recovered with March 2024 Google core update. He said on X…

OpenAI To Launch Search Engine

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

08/30/24

Over the past week or so, I’ve seen two signals that OpenAI will launch its own search engine of sorts soon. The first is that search.chatgpt.com is showing in the log files…

Google Ads To Automatically Pause Low-Activity Keywords In June

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

08/30/24

Google Ads will automatically pause low-activity keywords starting in June 2024. That means campaigns with keywords that were created over 13 months ago and have zero impressions over the past 13 months…

Forbes Completely Removes Coupon Directory – 410 Pages

Source: Google Search Central Blog

08/30/24

A couple of weeks ago Forbes blocked its coupons directory on its website from being crawled by Google. Now Forbes has completely wiped out all the coupons from its site, serving a…

Google Ads Now Disallows Services For Deepfake Sexual Content

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

08/30/24

Google Ads, Shopping Ads, Admob, and other Google Ads products will soon disallow deepfake sexual content, synthetic sexually explicit content, or synthetic content containing nudity services. I mean, this seems like something…

The Mindset to Grow Your SEO Career

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

08/30/24

How can you grow your SEO career? What mindset and attributes do you need? Crystal Ortiz joins the SEO Rant podcast to share her outlook: • How the nature of SEO and…

The March 2024 Core Update. What to know and how to adapt. – Marie Haynes

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

08/30/24

The March 2024 Update has finally finished rolling out. It will take some time before we fully understand the changes that we have seen in rankings. What’s most important to know: Google…

Did Google really lose search market share to Microsoft Bing in April?

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

08/30/24

Google has lost search market share in the U.S., North America, globally and elsewhere. Meanwhile Bing and Yahoo grew. Is the data accurate?

Daily Search Forum Recap: May 1, 2024

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

08/30/24

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 Ads posted its first…

Dear Google. Please do more to help the website owners impacted by HCU and March Core. – Marie Haynes

Source: moz (en-US)

08/30/24

Dear Google. If you are reading this, I’d ask that you do more to help the business owners who have been impacted by the March Core Update and September helpful content updates…

Why Big Companies Make Bad Content

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Anu Adegbola

08/29/24

The surprising reason why “vanity traffic” is valuable for big companies.

The future of search is social

Source: SparkToro

By: Amanda Natividad

08/29/24

Learn how a strategic approach to social media can help brands drive significant bottom-line results

The March 2024 Google Core Update and how the transition of Google’s helpful content system to its core ranking system is supposed to work.

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Kim Davis

08/29/24

Glenn Gabe of GSQi explains how the transition of Google’s helpful content system to its core ranking system was supposed to work. This happened with the rollout of the March 2024 Google…

6 ways to use AI for paid search account restructuring

Source: SEO Specialist Jobs – SEOjobs.com

By: Blake Hughes

08/29/24

Embracing AI is key to smarter PPC management. Let AI do the heavy lifting on these key tasks, from keyword research to bidding strategy.

How to boost your marketing revenue with personalization, connectivity and data 

Source: SEO Agency Jobs – SEOjobs.com

By: Blake Hughes

08/29/24

Here’s how to leverage AI, unified customer data and connected journeys to meet searchers’ expectations for tailored experiences.

How AI apps make money

Source: SEO Agency Jobs – SEOjobs.com

By: Blake Hughes

08/29/24

📊 The state of AI pricing at 40 leading startups including ElevenLabs, EvenUp and Jasper

HARO: Is It Alternatives You’re Looking For?

Source: SEO Agency Jobs – SEOjobs.com

By: Blake Hughes

08/29/24

We surveyed HARO users to find the best replacement for HARO. Here are the results.

Google Ads Posts First New Feature Announcement In Two Months – Performance Max Updates

Source: SEO Contractor Jobs – SEOjobs.com

By: jilllynndesign

08/29/24

Google Ads has posted its first new features announcement in its help section in over two months. This was to announce several Performance Max campaigns features, which we will get into below….

Google Search Flag GIF Leads To Nazi Flags

Source: SEO Agency Jobs – SEOjobs.com

By: jilllynndesign

08/29/24

If you search for [flag GIF] on Google, click on the “waiving” refinement, you are taken to images of Nazi flags. I waited a full week to report on this, a full…

Bing Webmaster Tools Notifications Bug Fixed

Source: In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com

By: jilllynndesign

08/29/24

Fabrice Canel from Microsoft confirmed Microsoft has fixed a bug with Bing Webmaster Tools showing inaccurate and/or irrelevant notifications in the notifications and insights section. Fabrice wrote, “Happy to report that the…

Google SGE AI Overviews Now Titled AI Answer

Source: Data & Studies - SEO Blog by Ahrefs

By: Joshua Hardwick

08/29/24

Google is now labeling or using the title of its SGE, Search Generative Experience, “AI Answer.” This replaces the title “AI Overviews” and “Al overviews are experimental.” This change happened on Monday,…

Most SEOs Did Not Send March 2024 Core Update Feedback To Google

Source: The SEO MBA

By: Tom Critchlow

08/29/24

Google opened up its feedback form after it announced the Google March 2024 core update was completed and it seems most SEOs did not send Google feedback. Why? Maybe because many don’t…

AI-Powered Gap Analysis: 5 Ways to Find What’s Missing at Every Stage in the Buyer Journey

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Mark Meyerson

08/29/24

Discover how AI can revolutionize your marketing strategy by identifying gaps at every stage of the buyer journey.

Reminder: New Google Search reputation abuse policy starts soon

Source: General SEO - SEO Blog by Ahrefs

By: Chris Haines

08/29/24

Google’s new Search spam policy related to reputation abuse (or parasite SEO) will take effect in just a few days, after May 5.

Google Ads will pause low-activity keywords starting in June

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Benu Aggarwal

08/29/24

Active keywords with no impressions in the past 13 months will be paused. If you re-enable them, they could be paused again after 3 months.

Daily Search Forum Recap: April 30, 2024

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

08/29/24

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. Microsoft Advertising has officially added…

The Trouble with JavaScript and News Sites

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

08/29/24

JavaScript is unavoidable on the modern web, but best used sparingly. Google says it indexes JavaScript, but the realities are a lot more complex.

How to transform your Google Ads headlines with anti-audiences

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

08/29/24

Get more qualified leads from your Google Ads. Use anti-audience targeting to laser-focus your messaging on the right prospects.

Senior SEO Strategist ~ Epic Notion ~ $80k-100K ~ Hybrid – Charlotte, NC (US)

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

08/29/24

Epic Notion is a full-service digital marketing agency. We blend strategic thinking with creativity and the latest technology to help clients build their brands through meaningful customer engagement. Our team of talented…

The future of SEO in an AI-powered world

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

08/29/24

As generative AI grows, how will users’ search behaviors change and what does it mean for optimizing content?

How Perplexity builds product

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

08/29/24

Johnny Ho, co-founder and chief strategy officer, explains how he organizes his teams like slime mold, uses AI to build their AI company, and much more

Optimizing for INP, the new Core Web Vitals metric

Source: moz (en-US)

08/29/24

Here’s what you need to know about Google’s new Core Web Vitals metric and how to optimize your site’s responsiveness.

Microsoft Advertising Platform With Copilot

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Anu Adegbola

08/28/24

Microsoft announced the general availability of Copilot in the Microsoft Advertising Platform. This means you can now use Copilot (Microsoft’s AI) natural language conversational chat, asset recommendations, and image asset creation in…

When The Same Person Has Multiple Entities In Google Search

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Anu Adegbola

08/28/24

Last week, Shameem Adhikarath shared an example of an individual that shows up twice as two different entities in Google Search. It is like maybe Google was fed two distinct entities for…

As Search Fragments, Brands Must Develop Knowledge Graphs

Source: SEM News for Search Engine Marketers [Adweek]

By: @adweek

08/28/24

Your data is a dynamic, living asset that needs constant care and distribution.

As Search Fragments, Brands Must Develop Knowledge Graphs

Source: SEM News for Search Engine Marketers [Adweek]

By: @adweek

08/28/24

Your data is a dynamic, living asset that needs constant care and distribution.

Tuta Mail Tells EU Regulators That It Was Deranked With Google March 2024 Core Update

Source: In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com

By: Blake Hughes

08/28/24

Tuta Mail, a popular encrypted email service, complained to European Union tech regulators that Google dropped its rankings for all sorts of keyword phrases with the Google March 2024 core update. Tuta…

Google Send A Link To This Page When You Take A Screenshot

Source: Mid Level SEO Jobs – SEOjobs.com

By: jilllynndesign

08/28/24

One of my pet peeves is when people send me screenshots of pages they want me to read and do not include the URL to that page. Well, the Google Search app…

Google Renamed Product Sites To Product Websites

Source: SEO Agency Jobs – SEOjobs.com

By: jilllynndesign

08/28/24

Google has renamed the Product Sites search filter to Product Websites. These only really show up in the European regions and starting last week, Google renamed “Sites” to “Websites.”

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