Microsoft reportedly tried to sell Bing to Apple in 2018 – but failed. The sale was unsuccessful because Apple had concerns about Bing’s search quality, advertising unit and monetization capabilities, according to a document in Google’s antitrust case against the U.S. Justice Department. Google argues that the failed sale highlights that Bing lost out because…
Google Ads has confirmed it is trialling a new overview slide metrics feature. The platform told Search Engine Land this new dropdown tool has been rolled out to a limited number of advertisers to offer more flexibility from the overview page. Why we care. This new feature simplifies access to essential data for advertisers by…
Two large publishers – Dotdash Meredith and Ziff Davis – say Google AI Overviews haven’t significantly impacted their traffic. What Dotdash Meredith is saying. Here’s what the IAC (owner of Dotash) wrote its Q2 2024 shareholder letter: “Google began to roll out AI Overviews in mid-May, the impact on our traffic has been negligible. Referrals from…
The world of PPC management is changing faster now than in years past. New automation, economic shifts and developments in reporting capabilities are changing the role of a PPC agency. When I started out in PPC in 2012, I spent much of my time making manual bid changes. The work of a PPC agency was…
Negative reviews can be scary for business owners but can also be a chance to grow and improve. How you handle negative reviews affects how potential customers see your business. This article explores the importance of responding to negative reviews, determining why they happened, and tips for addressing dissatisfied customers’ concerns. Negative reviews can help…
Google confirmed that it deliberately withholds channel-specific KPIs for Performance Max campaigns because it could be “misleading.” Some advertisers suspect Google is not being fully transparent about PMax campaign performance data because doing so would impact its ability to push automation. What Google is saying. When an advertisers asked why Google doesn’t offer channel-level reporting…
With the rise of large language models (LLMs), mass-produced AI content is becoming more prevalent and the risk of incorrect information spreading also grows. Thus, it is increasingly important for search engines and answer machines to identify trustworthy and authoritative sources and weed out all others. This recent evolution in SEO requires new tasks, skills…
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….
Open-vocabulary object detection is a critical aspect of various real-world computer vision tasks. However, the limited availability of detection training data and the fragility of pre-trained models often lead to subpar performance and scalability issues. To tackle this challenge, the DeepMind research team introduces the OWLv2 model in their latest paper, “Scaling Open-Vocabulary Object Detection.”…
In August, Google announced it would do away with How-to rich results on the mobile search results. Now, Google has decided to completely do away with How-to rich results both on mobile search and also on desktop search. Google posted on X saying, “Continuing our efforts to simplify Google’s search results, we’re extending the How-to…