Some advertisers see Google Ads show this request dialog popup asking them to change their bid strategies. This shows in the Google Ads advertiser console, which asks the advertiser to change their bid strategy from one option to another. This “feature” was spotted by Anthony Higman who posted about it on X – he wrote…
Google has this ad format, I don’t think it is new, but it is titled “Here are some in the area.” These look like a version of Local Service Ads, but they look different. Anthony Higman, an expert in Local Service Ads from Google said on X that he has been seeing these ads for…
Google is now showing video reviews in the reviews of popular products section in the Google Store ratings landing area on Google Search. Got all that? If you click on the store rating button for the a popular retailer in the Google Search knowledge panel area, you get to the store rating page, also known…
India may soon face the possibility of a Telegram ban, as authorities investigate the messaging app’s role in alleged illegal activities. The arrest of Telegram’s CEO, Pavel Durov, in France has prompted the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) to examine the platform’s potential misuse for extortion and gambling. The Ministry of Home Affairs…
Earlier this week, I posted polls across numerous sites, asking SEOs how they were impacted by the last Google August 2024 core update – knowing the update is not done rolling out yet. Overall, most said their rankings and traffic from Google Search are down but honestly, it is a pretty even distribution of responses….
We have been tracking the Google core update and seeing more surges and changes with those hit by the September helpful content update. I ran a survey asking how SEOs were impacted so far by the August 2024 core update, and I shared these results this morning. Google may now use your OG title for…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. I posted the poll results for the Google August 2024 core update, most are down but not all. Google Shopping is testing a carousel for “more like…
In order to train more powerful large language models, researchers use vast dataset collections that blend diverse data from thousands of web sources. But as these datasets are combined and recombined into multiple collections, important information about their origins and restrictions on how they can be used are often lost or confounded in the…
Nokia Oyj’s mobile networks assets are drawing preliminary interest from suitors including Samsung Electronics Co. amid increasing pressure to find new growth in the troubled telecom equipment sector, people with knowledge of the matter said. The Finnish company has been having discussions with advisers about potential options for its mobile networks business, which has…
We all love to take a little time away from the grind during the slow season (which for many of us is right now), but smart PPC marketers are also using the time to get in the prime position when the tide is higher. In retail, that will fire up in October (probably earlier than…