Google’s Gary Illyes fielded several questions during an AMA at Pubcon Pro in Austin this afternoon from moderator Jennifer Slegg. Here are some of the highlights of the interview. 1. Does Google use user click data in ranking? “Technically, yes,” Illyes said. This is because historical search data is part of RankBrain. 2. Unlaunches happen…
Marketers have been pulling their hair out trying to get to grips with Google Analytics 4 – fortunately, we’ve got some good news. There are a bunch of incredible courses and resources available that’ll boost your confidence and understanding of how to use the new platform. Here, we’ve compiled a list of 9 Google Analytics…
“Bogus.” That’s what Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella thinks about Google’s argument that there is actual choice in the search engine market. And artificial intelligence will provide zero advantage or hope for any companies that hope to enter web search – the “biggest no-fly zone of all,” Nadella said. Why we care. The ongoing U.S. vs….
Google rolled out a Chrome extension designed to help advertisers troubleshoot their Enhanced Conversions setup called EC Assist. Why we care. Enhanced Conversions are crucial for improving Google Ads performance, but setting them up correctly can be a challenge. How it works: Advertisers install the EC Assist Chrome extension They run a test conversion on…
A content gap analysis is a valuable type of market research, helping you to discover opportunities you may have missed and improve your content marketing. But what exactly is a content gap analysis, and how do you do it? And more importantly, why should you? What is a content gap analysis? Content gap analysis is…
A new Google Store is opening up at the GooglePlex, the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. It is opening in about week on October 12th. I learned this from a photo I found on Instagram. This post is part of our daily Search Photo of the Day column, where we find fun and interesting…
“Google is not about blue links. It’s about organizing the world’s information,” according to former executive chairman and CEO of Google Eric Schmidt, speaking earlier today on CNBC. Schmidt was asked about the “blue link economy,” and all the brands and businesses that have benefited from Google Search. But Google is changing. In the new…
Google updated its definition of top ads in its Help Center to better reflect how ads can appear in Google Search A spokesperson told Search Engine Land that this just a “definitional change” and that it would not affect how performance metrics are calculated. What are top ads? Top ads are ads that appear above…
TikTok is no longer just an entertainment platform – it has rapidly evolved into a powerful search engine, particularly for the younger generation. With a staggering 74% of Gen Z using TikTok as their go-to search platform in 2024, brands can no longer afford to ignore it. This comprehensive guide delves into the intricacies of…
Natural language processing (NLP) has entered a transformational period with the introduction of Large Language Models (LLMs), like the GPT series, setting new performance standards for various linguistic tasks. Autoregressive pretraining, which teaches models to forecast the most likely tokens in a sequence, is one of the main factors causing this amazing achievement. Because…