I don’t exaggerate when I say I use many local SEO tools every day. From Chrome extensions to rank trackers to Google products, I rely on the data and insights these tools provide to help guide my clients’ SEO strategies. However, I would be lost without a few tools in particular. I want to share…
The next phase in ChatGPT’s meteoric rise is the adoption of GPTBot. This new iteration of OpenAI’s technology involves crawling webpages to deepen the output ChatGPT can provide. AI improvement seems positive, but it’s not so clear-cut. Legal and ethical issues surround the technology. GPTBot’s arrival has highlighted these concerns, as many major brands are…
TikTok is implementing major changes to its ad products in Europe to ensure it meets EU regulations. The platform plans to significantly reduce targeted advertising capabilities, while ads that violate its rules will be put on global bans. Under the Digital Services Act, the platform is also going to provide users with additional reporting options…
There is a bug with the Google Business Profile agency dashboard where owners and managers cannot accept new invites. The issue started a few days ago, Google is aware of the bug and working on fixing the issue. There are several threads about the issue in the Google Business Profiles Forum with the complaints starting…
The Google Ads help guide has a new AI assistant. Currently in open beta, the new tool has been designed to help users find answers and solve account issues relating to Google Ads. Select users are currently being invited to test the AI and provide their feedback. Here’s a screenshot of the new tool in…
YouTube has introduced two new measures in its crackdown on ad blockers. There will either be: Buffering issues. An error message saying “The following content is not available on this app.” Why we care. YouTube is doing all it can to ensure ads are seen by as many of its free users as possible. YouTube’s…
Three-quarters of leading brands in the US and UK reportedly fall victim to identity theft in Google Search Ads. Consequences range from financial losses for the targeted business to customers becoming victims of fraud, according to a new report by search marketing security firm, Marcode. How it works. Scammer trick consumers by impersonating the targeted…
Planning season is one of the busiest times of the year for marketers—and at Shell Mobility, it’s no different. Their team is in full planning mode from March to October. But disconnected spreadsheets and presentations made it hard to keep everything aligned across their 30+ local markets. On Sept. 25 at 9 a.m. PT, Mindy…
There has been a noticeable trend in Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) systems toward using pre-trained, adaptable representations, which provide task-agnostic advantages in various applications. Natural language processing (NLP) is a good example of this tendency since sophisticated models demonstrate flexibility with thorough knowledge covering several domains and tasks with straightforward instructions. The popularity of…
Domain Authority (DA) is a search engine ranking score developed by Moz that supposedly predicts how well a website will rank on search engine result pages (SERPs). DA scores range from one to 100, with higher scores corresponding to a greater likelihood of achieving higher rankings. It’s also a problematic metric misused by unsuspecting marketers and…