Google looks stupid right now. And AI Overviews are to blame. Google’s AI Overviews have given incorrect, misleading and even dangerous answers. The fact that Google includes a disclaimer at the bottom of every answer (“Generative AI is experimental”) should be no excuse. What’s happening. Google’s AI-generated answers have gained a lot negative mainstream media…
Advertising on Meta presents unique opportunities that Google Ads doesn’t offer. Whether your goal is lead generation or ecommerce, Menachem Ani, PPC expert and founder of JXT Group, shared valuable insights at SMX Next on how to optimize campaigns for Facebook and Instagram. Read on to learn Ani’s seven-step frameworks for building winning lead generation…
Google will exclude gameplay imagery from its Shocking Content policy next month. The Publisher Restrictions guidelines will be updated to include the exception on August 30, the Ads Manager team has confirmed to Search Engine Land. Why we care. It’s important for marketers to ensure they are staying compliant with Google policy changes to avoid…
Google added a new search feature to its Search Labs named Notes a few weeks ago and Google is already pushing its use by emailing those who created notes some statistics about how many people viewed the notes they added on specific search results. Glenn Gabe shared the email he received from Google on his…
Google changed how it counts clicks and impressions for job listing and detail pages within the Search Console performance reports. You may notice an increase in clicks and impressions when filtering by job listings and detail pages but that is only because Google evaluates these data points differently than it did in the past. There…
With the increase in smart bidding, broad match and Performance Max we can see Google Ads moving toward audience signals and first-party data audiences. First-party data is essential to improve audience targeting and provide Google with audience signals. What is first-party data? First-party data is information you collect through your website, or digital marketing and…
Google is currently working on fixing an issue with advertisers being unable to access the Google Ads console. When you try to login to Google Ads, you are presented with a loading screen that can load for several minutes and then a red notice may pop up that reads, “Something went wrong. Reload Google Ads…
Google is rolling out Local Services Ads on its Maps app, starting with iOS, to help advertisers generate more leads directly from the navigation platform. Why it matters. This expansion brings local business ads to a highly-intent user base actively searching for nearby services, potentially increasing lead generation for advertisers. How it works. Google will…
Meta is widely rolling out its web version of Threads. This move is aligned with the company’s goal of introducing fresh features to tackle its retention challenges. Why we care. The expansion to the web could potentially enhance Threads’ active user count and provide a solution to its retention issue. While Threads currently doesn’t display…
Meta AI, announced today, is a new conversational assistant “you can interact with like a person,” according to the company. Microsoft Bing is working with Meta to “integrate Bing into Meta AI’s chat experiences enabling more timely and up-to-date answers with access to real-time search information,” according to Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president and consumer…