As a marketing agency, you’re constantly looking for better ways to deliver exceptional client results while optimizing your operations. There’s no denying that AI has the potential to transform how we live, work, and play. You’ve probably used AI tools like ChatGPT for efficiency and creativity, but other AI solutions can enhance your understanding of…
Google Ads has clarified its new “limited by bid strategy” indicator. Digital marketing expert Anthony Higman first noticed the pop-up on an enhanced manual CPC campaign. He shared a screenshot of the notification on X (formerly known as Twitter) and claimed there no further explanation had been provided: After the screenshot raised concerns in the…
Elon Musk is planning to make X (formerly known as Twitter) a paid-for platform for all users. In a bid to tackle the issue of rampant bot activity, he unveiled proposals to roll out small monthly subscriptions during a live conversation with Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Musk did not specify how much the plans…
Microsoft is launching two new automated bid strategies to help “advertisers reach their target audience with minimal effort”: Maximize conversion: Advertisers can use this feature to maximize conversions as much as possible, given the budget. Target CPA: Advertisers can use this feature to maximize conversions as much as possible, given the CPA target and the…
Assessing and researching what people want and need is one of the most important SEO tasks. However, traditional SEO tools can’t always capture the diversity of a query. Often, keywords, questions and phrases can be asked differently and SEO tools can all report them as “zero volume” keywords. In reality, these keywords have high engagements…
Google Merchant Center has added a new attribute named checkout_link_template. Including this new attribute lets you include a checkout URL in your product data which gives online shoppers the option to go directly to your checkout page from your free listings. This seems related to what we reported about in June around Google Merchant Center…
In August, Google announced it would do away with How-to rich results on the mobile search results. Now, Google has decided to completely do away with How-to rich results both on mobile search and also on desktop search. Google posted on X saying, “Continuing our efforts to simplify Google’s search results, we’re extending the How-to…
Danny Sullivan, the Google Search Liaison, said on X that the number of issues and complaints posted in the forums about site names being wrong in Google search has “massively dropped” since the last Google site names update in July. Danny Sullivan said, “Since we released our improvement a few weeks ago, issues reported in…
Last night at about 4:20 pm ET, Google began to roll out an update to the Helpful content system – the Google September 2023 Helpful Content Update. What is new is not the part about finding hidden gems (that will come later) but a new “improved classifier.” Google wrote on X, The September 2023 helpful…
For the original iTunes version, click here. We got another official Google ranking update, the September 2023 helpful content update. This week, we had our first post-Google core update tremors and fluctuations. After saying they would a month ago, Google also finally dropped the FAQ-rich results snippets. Google also surprised us by saying How-to…
