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How to Optimize for Google’s Featured Snippets [Updated for 2024]

Source: Search Engine Land

By: James Allen

11/25/24

In this article, you’ll receive tactical advice on how to optimize your pages for capturing featured snippets, helping to improve your traffic and making you more visible on the SERPs.

SEO Director ~ Bonterra Tech ~ $150k-$160k + 15% bonus ~ Remote (US)

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

11/20/24

Bonterra exists to propel every doer of good to their peak impact. We measure that impact against our vision to increase the giving rate as a percentage of GDP from 2% to…

Google August 2024 core update rolling out now

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

11/20/24

One of the aims of the Google August 2024 core update is to surface useful content from small and independent sites.

How Will Google’s Antitrust Ruling Affect You?

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

11/15/24

What does the recent Google antitrust ruling mean for us as search marketers? What happened and where do we go from here? Dr. Pete Meyers walks through the TL;DR of the ruling…

10 advanced strategy ideas for Google Ads

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

11/13/24

Discover 10 key tactics to optimize your Google Ads campaigns, whether you run large ecommerce accounts or low-volume B2B campaigns.

Amplifying SEO Through Enhanced User Experience: Insights and Tools

11/10/24

The article focuses on collective insights from a community on staying productive amidst personal challenges, assessing potential co-founders, and preferred UX prototyping tools. It highlights how user experience directly influences SEO, emphasizing the importance of choosing effective prototyping tools to enhance website engagement and productivity.

Google Related Images Carousel Below Image Box In Search

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

11/07/24

Google is testing showing a related images carousel right below an images box in the mobile search results. As you scroll through the search results, you are presented with an images box…

Survey: Search marketing gender pay gap is widening

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

10/31/24

Men earn an average of $130,000 while women earn an average of $95,000, according to Search Engine Land’s 2024 Salary and Career Survey.

Google To Have More Creator Type Meetings

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

10/29/24

Brandon Saltalamacchia, the founder of Retro Dodo, covered his meeting he had with Danny Sullivan at Google – he covered it under the title A Brief Meeting With Google After The Apocalypse….

Building at Stripe: craft, metrics, and customer obsession | Jeff Weinstein (Product Lead at Stripe)

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

10/28/24

Jeff Weinstein on customer obsession, metrics, and the story behind Stripe Atlas, making entrepreneurship accessible globally with simple clicks.

TikTok tightens teen ad targeting and boosts AI transparency

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

10/25/24

TikTok now has stricter teen ad targeting rules and AI disclosure requirements, aiming to enhance user privacy and ad transparency.

SEO Manager ~ Upgrow ~ $70-80k ~ Remote (US)

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

10/24/24

We’re assembling the best SEO team in the tech industry, want in? Performance SEO is the future, and we’re looking for people who want to join us in building it. If you’re…

Google announces new Display & Video 360 features

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

10/23/24

Improved reporting, user ID redactions for privacy compliance, first position targeting for YouTube Instant Reserve and more are coming soon.

Menu Items & Popular Times May Google Local Ranking Signal Says Report

Source: Lenny's Newsletter

10/20/24

There is a new report out that says menu items and how busy you are during Google Maps popular times are both ranking factors and signals for Google’s local ranking system. Claudia…

Does Google Know if Content is Accurate? A review of a page struggling to rank behind potentially inaccurate & unhelpful content.

Source: Blog – Nick LeRoy

By: Nick LeRoy

10/18/24

Why is this page ranking poorly behind one with less helpful / accurate information? We’ve been digging into the treasure trove of information given to us in the DOJ vs Google trial…

I Analyzed 52 SEO Specialist Job Listings. Here’s What They Do and How You Can Become One

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

10/18/24

Here’s the answer.

7 LinkedIn Ad settings and tactics you didn’t know you needed

Source: Lenny's Newsletter

By: Natalie Rothfels

10/15/24

LinkedIn’s latest advertising innovations, from CTV ads to predictive audiences, and how to leverage them for maximum campaign results.

Google turns off Universal Analytics July 1: What you need to know

Source: Lenny's Newsletter

By: Lenny Rachitsky

10/13/24

Universal Analytics shuts down on July 1, 2024, forcing a swift transition to Google Analytics 4 to maintain data access and measurement capabilities.

SEA Manager (m/w/d) – German Required – The SEOFOMO Hub

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

10/11/24

AUFGABENSCHWERPUNKTE Als Teil unseres SEA Teams erhältst du schrittweise deine eigenen Kund:innen und optimierst deren Search-, Shopping- oder Display-Kampagnen Du betreust deine Kund:innen eigenverantwortlich und findest im operativen Alltag Lösungen für deren…

So, you want to be an SEO rockstar?

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

10/10/24

Learn the vital soft skills, work ethic, communication abilities and big-picture thinking required to stand out as an SEO professional.

Google Updates hreflang Documentation On Alternate Page Version

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

10/09/24

Google has tweaked its hreflang search developer documentation to clarify that link tags for denoting alternate versions of a page must not be combined in a single link tag. Google said it…

Google Ads Now Allow Some Opioid Painkillers Ads

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

10/09/24

Google Ads will update its Healthcare and medicines policy this month to allow advertisers to discuss opioid painkillers without promoting or selling them. The example given is that you can have ads…

Sr SEO Analyst ~ 1Password ~ $81k-$118k ~ Remote (US/CAN)

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

10/09/24

We all have important information we need to manage, and protecting it should be easy. Over 100,000 businesses and millions of people log in to 1Password to unlock smart, simple access to…

🧠 Community Wisdom: Staying impartial when you don’t like a product, marketing-led vs. founder-led sales, dealing with an intimidating superior, and more

Source: moz (en-US)

10/09/24

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Google Ads To Add New Optional Verification

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Anna Crowe

10/04/24

Google Ads announced it will add a new optional verification to verify the affiliation of the advertiser/individual with the organization they are verifying. This starts sometime this month, June 2024, but it…

Google Ad Manager updates give publishers more creative controls

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

10/04/24

Publishers will be able to disable ad badging disclosures or control where it appears. The Mute This Ad feature will be sunset.

Google Business Profiles Working Through Locksmiths Reinstatements

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

10/03/24

Google paused Google Business Profiles restatements for the locksmith industry but has now resumed those requests and is working through the backlog now. Google paused them early last week and began processing…

Google Search Console Drops How-To Enhancement Report

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

10/02/24

Google has removed the How-to enhancement report from Google Search Console. When Google stopped showing how-to rich results in the search results, it said it would keep the reports “for the time…

Microsoft Ads to allow Google conversion goal imports

Source: Lenny's Newsletter

By: Jules Walter

10/01/24

Microsoft Advertising is launching a feature that allows advertisers to import Google Ads conversion goals, aiming to streamline workflows.

Understanding link velocity: Truths and myths

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Becky Simms

09/27/24

Link Velocity and how it affects your SEO, mythbusting about its effects on SEO and tips about maintaining a robust backlink profile.

How to extract GBP review insights to boost local SEO visibility

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

09/27/24

Gain a competitive edge by extracting actionable insights from your – and your competitors’ – Google Business Profile reviews.

How to track your AI Overviews Inclusions and Traffic Impact [Paid & Free Methods]

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

09/26/24

Here are ways to start doing it, to assess their impact on your Websites traffic, with a caveat to take into account: there’s a very high fluctuation of queries triggering them.

SEOSLY Pro Is Coming Back! Become A Beta Tester Today – SEOSLY

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Chad Frederick Gilbert

09/24/24

SEOSLY Pro is back. The enrollment for beta testers will begin soon.

Google Ads Experiments Without Dates To End August 23, 2024

Source: Lenny's Newsletter

By: Kiyani

09/21/24

Google has sent some Google Ads advertisers email notices that any of their Google Ads experiments without an end date will now be assigned a default end date of August 23, 2024.

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…

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 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 Ads In AI Overviews, AI Shopping Ads, Brand Profile Ads & More AI Ad Tools Via Google Marketing Live

Source: General SEO - SEO Blog by Ahrefs

By: Chris Haines

09/17/24

Google Marketing Live was yesterday, and the Google Ad team announced a ton of new AI formats, new ad tools, and changes to the Google Ads platform that are coming soon. The…

Google starts testing ads in AI overviews

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

09/17/24

Existing Search, Performance Max and Shopping campaigns will be automatically eligible to appear in Google’s AI Overviews.

Senior SEO Strategist ~ HigherVisibility ~ $55k-70k ~ Remote (US)

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Adam Riemer

09/13/24

Responsibilities: Help clients establish organic search KPIs that matter to clients’ unique business goals and provide actionable reports to help them reach these goals. Develop and consult on search engine optimization efforts…

TikTok now testing 60-minute video uploads

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Anthony Will

09/13/24

We may soon know whether TikTok users actually want hour-long videos. Could this lead to more advertising?

Google Lowers Search Rankings For Deepfake Porn Sites

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Becky Simms

09/11/24

Bloomberg reports that Google has downgraded/lowered the search rankings of Deepfake porn sites. Bloomberg wrote, The company is lowering such content in search rankings, a spokesperson said, adding Google is “continuing to…

What Are Redirects? Types, SEO Impact, & More

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

09/10/24

Which should you use and when?

Google Video Pages Need To Be Super-Obvious Video Play Pages

Source: The Internet Marketing Driver

By: Glenn Gabe

09/09/24

In April 2023 and December 2023 Google changed how it classifies what it would consider video pages. In short, the video on the page needs to be the main piece of content…

Report: Alphabet still wants to acquire HubSpot

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

09/09/24

Acquisition discussions are reportedly progressing between Alphabet, Google’s parent company, and HubSpot. No deal has yet been reached.

How Ahrefs gets a Billion dollar-worth infrastructure with a 90% discount

Source: General SEO - SEO Blog by Ahrefs

By: Despina Gavoyannis

09/05/24

A holistic comparison of on-prem Ahrefs infrastructure with a cloud alternative

Stop ignoring this growth problem

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

09/05/24

It’s time to do something about fake accounts

Google is not about blue links, says ex-CEO Eric Schmidt

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Barry Schwartz

09/04/24

Calling AI ‘underhyped,’ Eric Schmidt believes Google will be able to monetize AI answers and improve advertising.

Google’s huge search market share loss wasn’t real: Data revised

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Mark Williams-Cook

09/03/24

It wasn’t as dramatic a drop as first reported, but Google has consistently lost U.S. search market share since August 2023.

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