SEO

Google is trialing a new People Also Consider badge on ads served within branded search results. The label appears as a grey box positioned underneath the company name, logo and URL as demonstrated in the screenshot below: The feature is not clickable, and so the purpose of it is causing confusion amongst PPC marketers. First…

TikTok introduced two new controls to give advertisers more choice regarding where their content appears: Category Exclusion. Vertical Sensitivity controls. Additionally, the social media platform is merging account-level controls for all brand safety and suitability solutions within TikTok Ads Manager (TTAM) to make using these new tools even easier. Why we care. Ads appearing alongside…

Google has updated its structured data carousels (beta) help documentation to clarify where your markup should go within summary pages that link out to other detail pages. Google also added the feature availability of this new structured data carousels (beta). The Google structured data carousels (beta) is several weeks old, it was introduced when Google…

Google Search will continue to evolve in the direction of Search Generative Experience. That’s according to Alphabet/Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who recently spoke about AI, Search and more at the 2024 Business, Government & Society Forum at Stanford University. The future of information and answers. AI has been transforming Google Search for years. Google hasn’t been…

When Performance Max first came onto the scene, it was a bit of a “Wild West” in testing and sentiment. Some were thrilled about the opportunity to access greater visual inventory without carving out a separate budget, while others bemoaned the loss of control and reporting.  Now that Performance Max has been around for a…

Meta advertisers claim the cost of running campaigns across it platforms has surged due to ongoing issues with its algorithm. Brands report that sales and return-on-ad-spend have both plummeted, while cost-per-click and cost per 1,000 impressions are up by a factor of three in recent months – with no explanation from Meta as to why….

Google’s product data specification requirements guarantee that all product data submitted to the Merchant Center is formatted correctly to optimize success for both Shopping ads and organic Shopping listings. Each year, the search giant updates these specifications in a bid to try and improve shopping on its platform. The updates for 2024 have now been…

The world’s biggest advertising group announced a major collaboration with Google that will see it utilize Gemini AI to help produce its ads, including: Ad narration. Voiceover script generation. Product image creation. The landmark partnership with WPP means that Google’s robots could potentially end up creating ads for some of the biggest brands in the…

YouTube introduced four new updates for shopping creators, aimed at enhancing conversions, providing inspiration, and offering more choices. These updates include: Shopping Collections. The Affiliate Hub. Enhanced tagging. Fourthwall. Why we care. If you are a YouTube Shopping creator or a brand that sells products on the platform, these new capabilities and features could be…

Brands are almost twice as likely to influence U.S. shoppers by advertising on retailer websites as opposed to marketplaces, according to a new study. Research into the digital advertising landscape conducted by software engineering and digital consultancy company Intellias found that: 25% of U.S shoppers are now influenced to buy products advertised to them on…