A couple of weeks ago we reported that there was a bug with the Google Search Console link report. Google’s John Mueller eventually confirmed the issue and said a fix will come out soon. This morning (I checked several times per day since then) I am seeing a small increase in the number of links…

It looks like Google recently added a “from Google” card to the Google Search Generative Experience AI-generated answer section. This is when Google sources from its own data, like Google Business Profiles, Merchant Center and other Google-owned properties. Glenn Gabe spotted this and posted on Twitter saying, “I don’t remember seeing this language used in…

We know Google has demoed some of its ads for the new Google Search Generative Experience but now some are seeing a new ad format in the Search Generative Experience in the wild. Jeannie Hill shared a screenshot of her seeing ads above the AI-generated answer in the Google SGE user interface – she shared…

It has been a full nine days since I last reported about a Google Search ranking algorithm update and now I am seeing signs of another one starting yesterday, August 3rd through today, August 4th. Both the chatter within the SEO industry spiked and we saw some of the third-party Google tracking tools show a…

This week we covered a possible Google algorithm updater yesterday and today. We also covered how the new Google Search Generative Experience now can show both links to sources and videos in the answer snapshots. Google SGE also has these new “from Google” cards in the answers. Google Search Generative Experience does not always show…

Countless conversations are happening worldwide about how AI will infiltrate different parts of our lives and take over our jobs.  As an SEO professional, I believe in embracing technology and using it to support both my clients’ businesses and my own.  However, we need to clearly distinguish between AI supporting marketing work and AI replacing…

The AI tool explosion in the past year has dramatically impacted digital marketers, especially those in SEO. Given content creation’s time-consuming and costly nature, marketers have turned to AI for assistance, yielding mixed results Ethical issues notwithstanding, one question that repeatedly surfaces is, “Can search engines detect my AI content?” The question is deemed particularly…

Google has fixed the issues with the Search Console link report we reported a couple of weeks ago. The issue was the number of links being reported dropped drastically for some site owners. Resolved. The issue is now resolved. I noticed the links increasing in the report this morning, and then John Mueller, Google’s Search…

Are Google’s AI-generated summaries in their Search Generative Experience (SGE) interface unfairly stealing clicks from the website publishers who originally created those answers? This is the question everyone in SEO and digital marketing has been asking for a couple of months now.  With Google’s latest update displaying links to SGE’s sources more prominently, now seems…

TikTok is trialling a new ad-targeting tool that reportedly offers improved data privacy protection. PrivacyGo operates like a data clean room, where separate parties can input multiple sets of data and find commonalities without sharing the original source. Why we care. If PrivacyGo works as expected, this tool will provide marketers with deeper insights into…