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Google Updates AI Overviews With How To Show Web Only Results & How To Give Feedback

Source: SEO Agency Jobs – SEOjobs.com

By: Blake Hughes

09/20/24

Google has updated its help documentation page on AI Overviews to tell searchers how to show only web results in its search results (not show AI Overviews, videos, image, etc), plus how…

Google Again Blasts The Concept Of Toxic Links

Source: SEO Agency Jobs – SEOjobs.com

By: Blake Hughes

09/20/24

Google’s John Mueller once again blasted the “concept of toxic links,” he wrote on Reddit, “The concept of toxic links is made up by SEO tools so that you pay them regularly.”…

Google Search Console Links Report Showing Fewer Links?

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Nils Rooijmans

09/20/24

I am hearing numerous reports from SEOs that the link report within Google Search Console is showing drastically fewer links than it did a month prior. I am not sure if this…

Google Images See Exact Matches Helps You Find Stolen Images

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Uptempo

09/20/24

Google Images lets you upload an image, and then it may show you an option to “see exact matches.” This essentially will show you all the locations where the image is found…

Google Mobile Search Tests Large Blue Visit Button On Search Results

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

09/20/24

Google is testing a large blue visit button on its mobile search results interface. The button is hard to miss and shows up under the sitelinks for some searchers. Again, it is…

Google’s Grayed Out Logo On Memorial Day

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

09/20/24

Google has grayed out, muted, its logo, for Memorial Day, again this year. It also applied an American flag under the search box with the message, “Honoring those who sacrificed.” That links…

AI Overview’s Dangerous Fails + a Life Lesson

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

09/20/24

AI Overviews is meant to quickly deliver information to searchers, but it is delivering misinformation that ranges from plain bizarre to perilous to public health. Miriam rounds up some of the oddest…

Your guide to Google Analytics 4 attribution

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

09/20/24

Understand how attribution in GA4 works – session, user, and event scopes, modeled and blended data, and much more.

Unorthodox frameworks for growing your product, career, and impact | Bangaly Kaba (YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Instacart)

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

09/20/24

Bangaly Kaba shares growth advice, career frameworks, and lessons from his roles at Facebook, Instagram, Instacart, and YouTube.

🧠 Community Wisdom: How often you should talk to customers, what to expect from an MBA, B2E product management, template for sales call feedback, and more

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

09/20/24

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Senior SEO Content Writer ~ Hostinger ~ Remote (UK)

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

09/20/24

Become part of the world’s fastest-growing web hosting company! Join Hostinger, where we build world-class solutions for anyone to easily succeed online. Our team of 900 high-spirited professionals is behind the success…

Google testing blue visit button for search result snippets

Source: moz (en-US)

09/20/24

These are really big and visible buttons that may encourage a higher click-through rate from the search results.

Google AI Overviews under fire for giving dangerous and wrong answers

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Anu Adegbola

09/19/24

Your Money, Your Life seems to not apply to AI Overviews. Google advises users to run with scissors, cook with glue and eat rocks.

SEO Consultant ~ Lead Science (DealerOn) ~ $37k – $66k ~ Remote (US)

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Danny Goodwin

09/19/24

Job Description: Lead Science is a division of DealerOn, an industry leading digital business enabler to the automotive, powersports, home services, and legal industries. Our platform and products provide our clients with…

Improving content quality at scale with AI

Source: Blog – Nick LeRoy

By: Nick LeRoy

09/19/24

Discover how to leverage AI to uncover unanswered questions in your content, helping you enhance and improve it.

SEO Associate ~ Xometry ~ Remote (US)

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Christina Adame

09/19/24

Xometry (NASDAQ: XMTR) powers the industries of today and tomorrow by connecting the people with big ideas to the manufacturers who can bring them to life. Xometry’s digital marketplace gives manufacturers the…

How important are backlinks for SEO in 2024?

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Chelsea So

09/19/24

Do backlinks remain a crucial factor for SEO? Or has their importance been diminished in 2024? We help separate fact from fiction.

Daily Search Forum Recap: May 24, 2024

Source: In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com

By: Blake Hughes

09/19/24

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Video: Google Ranking Volatility, Ads In Google AI Overviews, Sundar Pichai Interview, Heartfelt Helpful Content & More Ad News

Source: In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com

By: Blake Hughes

09/19/24

We had more Google search ranking volatility in the middle of the week after some calming for a few days. Google Ads will soon show within the Google AI Overview, plus we…

Google’s Site Reputation Abuse Policy Is Not Algorithmic Yet

Source: In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com

By: Blake Hughes

09/19/24

Google has once again said that its enforcement of the site reputation abuse policy is still only being done through manual actions and not algorithmically. Danny Sullivan, Google’s Search Liasion, said this…

Google Search Can Now Index Electronic Publication (.epub)

Source: SEO Agency Jobs – SEOjobs.com

By: Blake Hughes

09/19/24

Google Search can now index Electronic Publication, the .epub, file type. Google added EPUB as a supported filetype to the file types indexable by Google help documentation.

How To Find Embarrassing AI Overviews In Google Search

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Bruce Clay

09/19/24

Every day now, I see several screenshots on X of embarrassing and sometimes harmful AI Overviews within the Google Search results interface. I mean, we covered the one that recommends you drink…

Google Analytics 4 Real-Time Reports Adds Users In Last 5 Minutes

Source: Lenny's Newsletter

09/19/24

Google has updated the Google Analytics real-time reports to show real-time data in the last five minutes. Previously, Google only showed users in the last 30 minutes but now Google is showing…

Google Search Profiles With Reviews & Notes

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

09/19/24

Google is rolling out new profile pages that shows you the reviews and notes you left across Google Search. And starting on June 24 your reviews and notes may be public to…

The Top SERP Features in 2024 — Whiteboard Friday

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

09/19/24

In this Whiteboard Friday, Tom takes us through the top SERP features of 2024 by both presence and Share of Voice.

TikTok debuts AI-powered ad automation tools

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

09/19/24

The AI-powered ad tools and automation capabilities will help brands with centralizing ad creative and measurement, scriptwriting, and more.

New for 2024! Compare 16 top SEO platforms

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

09/19/24

Whether you’re looking to revamp your SEO strategy, upgrade your toolkit, or stay ahead of industry shifts, this guide has you covered.

Amazon: AI-powered ‘Performance+’ ads offer 30-90% lower CPAs

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

09/19/24

Amazon Performance+ automates campaign management and optimization to drive lower cost-per-acquisition based on predicted conversion rates.

Google Analytics GA4 shows real-time users in the last 5 minutes

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

09/19/24

Previously, GA4 only showed this metric over the past 30 minutes.

Google AI Overviews, clicks and traffic impact: Unraveling the mystery

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Digital Marketing Depot

09/18/24

What’s up with the Google AI Overviews click-through rates? Let’s explore some math, sleights of hand and corporate miscommunications.

Head of Digital PR ~ ContentDistribution.com ~ $40-57k ~ Remote (UK)

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Anu Adegbola

09/18/24

ContentDistribution.com is a performance content agency that works with venture-backed SaaS companies like ClickUp, Privacy.com, and Skiff (acq by Notion). We are building a Digital PR department to deliver earned media placements…

Driving traffic but not leads? How to win with SEO and CRO

Source: In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com

By: jilllynndesign

09/18/24

Combining SEO and CRO forms a harmonious union. Explore these helpful tools and tips if you’re struggling to convert traffic. 

SEO Manager ~ Jordan Digital Marketing ~ $75-$95k ~ Remote (US)

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Kevin Rowe

09/18/24

Jordan Digital Marketing, a 2023 Google Premier Partner Workplace Excellence award finalist, is a remote-first, remote-always digital marketing agency. We focus on paid media, SEO, and content marketing to deliver best-in-class results…

Survey: Shoppers open to using AI search to discover products

Source: Search Engine Land

By: James Allen

09/18/24

55% of consumers believe generative AI search engines could make it easier to discover products and services.

Broad vs. deep expertise: How to decide which is right for you

Source: In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com

By: Blake Hughes

09/18/24

Should you develop broad or deep subject matter expertise? Here are five tips to help you make the best decision.

Bing Search outages since early this morning

Source: In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com

By: Blake Hughes

09/18/24

Third-party search services that use Bing are also offline, including DuckDuckGo, ChatGPT Search, Copilot and more.

Daily Search Forum Recap: May 23, 2024

Source: In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com

By: Blake Hughes

09/18/24

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 Bing was offline for…

Google Updates Robots.txt Parser Code In GitHub

Source: SEO Agency Jobs – SEOjobs.com

By: Blake Hughes

09/18/24

Google has updated its open source robots.txt parser code on GitHub the other day. Gary Illyes from Google pushed the update yesterday morning to the repository there.

Google Ads Referral Program

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Greg Jarboe

09/18/24

Did you know Google Ads has a referral or affiliate program. Where you can refer Google Ads a new advertiser and you will earn $250 in ad credits in Google Ads. I…

Google Testing Replacing Related Searches With People Also Search For?

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Optimove

09/18/24

Google may be testing replacing the “related searches” box with the “people also search for” box. The two are functionally not that different, from what I can tell.

Google Search From Sources Across The Web Without Images

Source: Kyle Poyar’s Growth Unhinged

By: Kyle Poyar

09/18/24

The from sources across the web Google Search feature is testing showing results without image thumbnails. Google has reportedly been testing the imageless version since January of this year.

Google Testing Special Reddit Search Result Snippets

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

09/18/24

Google may be testing a special search result snippet interface for Reddit search results. In this test, Google seems to be showing the number of upvotes and the number of comments on…

Bing Search Is Down; Taking Down DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, ChatGPT Search & More

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Anu Adegbola

09/18/24

Bing Search is currently down and/or having massive latency issues. The Bing home page loads a gray dull background, the Bing search results mostly loads errors pages and if it loads search…

Accessibility matters: Strategies for building inclusive digital experiences

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Anu Adegbola

09/18/24

Learn how to craft digital experiences that are elegant, engaging, and inclusive, fostering a brand presence that makes everyone feel welcome.

Advertisers react to ‘underwhelming’ Google Marketing Live 2024

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

09/18/24

Here are some of the reactions from PPC experts following the many updates announced at Google Marketing Live 2024.

(mortal kombat voice) FLAWLESS SEO | [rank theory]

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

09/18/24

What is SmallPDF doing to drive more than 55 MILLION visitors to their site via organic traffic? That’s the whole thing I’m talking about in this post…

SEO Analyst ~ From The Future ~ $70K ~ Remote (US)

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

09/18/24

WE ARE FROM THE FUTURE From the Future (aka FTF) is a boutique Digital & CX agency with offices in LA and Philadelphia along with a remote team spread across 7 states…

Contract SEO/SEM Site Content & Design ~ Media-Matchers ~ Remote (US)

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

09/18/24

Hello – I am looking for someone to help me create content for a niche, vertical marketing website that I currently use to drive targeted SEM traffic to. Ideally, you would start…

Google Ads VP dodges questions on AI Search impact to publishers

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

09/18/24

Google’s Shashi Thakur tells us that users love AI Overviews and click on links. But he has no stats to share at this moment to prove that.

Google is testing special snippet treatment for Reddit search results

Source: moz (en-US)

09/18/24

This will very likely lead to even more traffic sent by Google Search to Reddit.

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