Google announced on Friday that they finally natively support AVIF image file types for Google Search, Google Images and anywhere Google Search uses images, such as Google News, Google Discover and more. We knew this was coming, John Mueller of Google told us in March it was coming soon and now it is here. John…
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 Analytics now has benchmarking data in GA4. Google Search finally supports AVIF files. Google is testing new shopping search design. Google Ads has product category-level insights….
Google Analytics, GA4, seems to be rolling out benchmarking data, similar to Universal Analytics before it. This feature lets you compare your analytics data to others in your same industry – so you can benchmark how well or poorly you are doing. This may have first been spotted by Brais Calvo Vázquez on LinkedIn, which…
Google Search seems to be testing a new search box that is titled “from your notifications.” I assume this works for Android devices only, where Google Search can detect the Android notifications, and show them when the query may be relevant to the notification? This was spotted by Deepak Yadav who shared a screenshot of…
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. Yelp sued Google, the search marketing industry found it funny. Google has a new tag diagnostic and consent management setup for Google Ads. Google says it does…
Google Search is showing the shopping results but now shows “more like this” buttons under the products it shows for some carousel groupings. When you click on that “more like this” button, Google will dynamically load more products like it beneath the product you clicked on. This was spotted by Khushal Bherwani who wrote on…
Some advertisers see Google Ads show this request dialog popup asking them to change their bid strategies. This shows in the Google Ads advertiser console, which asks the advertiser to change their bid strategy from one option to another. This “feature” was spotted by Anthony Higman who posted about it on X – he wrote…
Google has this ad format, I don’t think it is new, but it is titled “Here are some in the area.” These look like a version of Local Service Ads, but they look different. Anthony Higman, an expert in Local Service Ads from Google said on X that he has been seeing these ads for…
Google is now showing video reviews in the reviews of popular products section in the Google Store ratings landing area on Google Search. Got all that? If you click on the store rating button for the a popular retailer in the Google Search knowledge panel area, you get to the store rating page, also known…
India may soon face the possibility of a Telegram ban, as authorities investigate the messaging app’s role in alleged illegal activities. The arrest of Telegram’s CEO, Pavel Durov, in France has prompted the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) to examine the platform’s potential misuse for extortion and gambling. The Ministry of Home Affairs…
