In 2016, Andrey Lipattsev, a Google search quality senior strategist, said links pointing at your site were one of the top three Google Search ranking factors (along with content and RankBrain). In 2023, that is no longer the case, according to Gary Illyes, an analyst on the Google Search team, speaking at Pubcon Pro in…
The digital marketing landscape continues to evolve rapidly as new technologies and platforms emerge, allowing marketers to innovate and adapt their strategies to meet the changing demands of consumers. Amid this shift, marketers rely heavily on search engine marketing to become efficient and drive higher ROI. So, what is 2024 shaping up to be, and…
Snapchat’s My AI is going to start serving sponsored links using Microsoft’s Chat Ads API. The social app posted a screenshot demonstrating how the “highly relevant” ads will be displayed when users interact with its chatbot for relevant queries under the tech giants’ partnership: Why we care. Snapchat’s My AI has a global community of…
Before embarking on a shopping journey, customers often find themselves in a state of awareness where a specific need or desire has sprouted in their minds. A growing recognition of a gap characterizes this initial phase – perhaps a missing item in their collection, an upgrade to enhance their lifestyle or a solution to a…
At the Microsoft AI event on last Thursday, I had a sit down with Kya Sainsbury-Carter, the Corporate Vice President of Microsoft Advertising, who told me that clicks on ads within Bing Chat are higher than clicks on ads in traditional search. 1.8X higher to be exact and with shopping ads, specifically in Bing Chat,…
Google has been downplaying the importance of links in its ranking algorithm for the past couple of years now. But last Thursday, at PubCon, Gary Illyes from the Google Search team said he wouldn’t even put links into the top three ranking signals Google Search uses. Gary was quoted saying this in several posts on…
Google’s John Mueller said it is very unlikely that the search company will roll back the last Google update, the September 2023 Google helpful content update. The update is currently rolling out, first touching down on September 14th, and has really wreaked havoc for some SEOs. John wrote on X this morning, “I really don’t…
This is just a programming note that I will be 100% offline starting Sunday night (September 24th) through Monday night (September 25th) for Yom Kippur. I am not scheduling any stories on Yom Kippur; nothing will be posted. We have a white theme going up today around 3pm ET through all of Yom Kippur (as…
I am excited but also feel let down that the new Bing Webmaster Tools Performance report gained all these new sources of data, including Bing Chat, but the only one you cannot filter on is Bing Chat. We got Bing Images, Bing Videos, Bing News, Bing Knowledge Panels filters, but Bing Chat is combined with…
A groundbreaking initiative has emerged from esteemed research institutions aiming to unravel the enigmatic intricacies of lithium-based batteries. Employing an innovative approach, researchers harness machine learning to meticulously analyze X-ray videos at the pixel level, potentially revolutionizing battery research. The challenge at the heart of this endeavor is the quest for a comprehensive understanding…
