Google announced several new features coming to Display & Video 360. Key updates: Report files download list: New page in instant reporting for Display & Video 360 and Campaign Manager 360. Allows customers to view status and access downloaded reports. User ID redaction: Affects Data Transfer files for users in Florida, Texas, Oregon and Montana….
This week, we covered yet again more Google Search ranking volatility. Microsoft is testing its new Bing generative search experience. Reddit blocked Bing and other search engines that won’t pay for its content. Google is not going to deprecate third-party cookies in Chrome. Google will test ads in AI Overviews soon. Google tests link icons…
Some Meta advertisers received an alert yesterday when they opened their accounts. A source from Meta confirmed this alert was sent in error. What was announced? The message said setting new detailed targeting exclusions would no longer be possible when creating campaigns after June 28. Existing exclusions would remain unless ad set targeting is modified….
Google Ads experienced a significant system glitch affecting its Shopping product serving late last month. This error resulted in advertisers’ products being displayed in other merchants’ ad accounts, potentially exposing sensitive business data to competitors. The incident has left many advertisers frustrated not only by the technical failure but also by Google’s inadequate communication in…
As Google promised, it has updated its support for site names in its search results. Google said it has expanded support for subdomains and also has compiled more information on how site names work in Google Search. Plus, Google had documented a few workarounds for when it does not work. Google said, “We now support…
Accurately transcribing spoken language into written text is becoming increasingly essential in speech recognition. This technology is crucial for accessibility services, language processing, and clinical assessments. However, the challenge lies in capturing the words and the intricate details of human speech, including pauses, filler words, and other disfluencies. These nuances provide valuable insights into…
Google made a series of updates to its crawlers and user-triggered fetchers documentation, mostly breaking out the single-page document into multiple pages and documents. But Google also expanded what product each crawler affects with a new section next to each crawler and added a robots.txt snippet for each crawler to demonstrate how to use the…
This week, the Google August 2024 core update finished rolling out, a bit earlier than expected. There is still search volatility, a lot of it, days after the core update completed. I also posted a huge interview with Google’s Danny Sullivan on the core update. I posted the big Google Webmaster Report for September 2024….
Personalization is rapidly becoming essential for businesses to drive engagement, loyalty and revenue growth. With declining website traffic from search and the phase-out of third-party cookies, companies must find new ways to maximize every visitor interaction. Consumers now expect personalized, tailored experiences across all touchpoints, just as they receive on social media. This article explores…
Google announced its new AI-powered feature Circle to Search feature earlier this year with some advanced capabilities. While the feature is limited to Pixel and some of the high-end smartphones, Samsung has announced the availability of the feature to more users. Now the Circle to Search feature will be available to more Samsung device…