It’s a sad day at Search Engine Land. We got the dreaded “This property has stopped processing data” message when we logged into our Google Universal Analytics property this morning. What it looks like. Here’s a screenshot of what we’re seeing today: Why we care. No more procrastination. Onward to GA4. If you’ve been waiting…
Google confirmed that the November 2023 reviews update is now complete. This update, announced on November 8, 2023, rolled out over a 29-day period. No more announcements. This will be the last time Google will confirm an update to the reviews system/algorithm. “We’ll no longer be giving periodic notifications of improvements to our reviews system,” the company said….
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. Google says again, what Google wants to rank well in search is what users like, so do what users like. Google’s right to be forgotten take down…
Google Search can show a browse by category for a specific site when you search for that brand. For example, when you search for [eBay], Google may show you some of the categories the sites has that you can shop for. I am not sure if this is new, but I’ve never seen this before….
In March, I published a study on generative AI platforms to see which was the best. Ten months have passed since then, and the landscape continues to evolve. OpenAI’s ChatGPT has added the capability to include plugins. Google’s Bard has been enhanced by Gemini. Anthropic has developed its own solution, Claude. Therefore, I decided to…
This week, we covered another Google Search indexing issue, plus this ongoing issue with recipes in the Google Search results. I suspect we will soon have a very big Google Search ranking update – a storm is coming. The cache link is gone, and Google told us yesterday that the cache functionality will fully disappear…
Bing Search is testing showing video chapters for video search results. This is similar to the Google Search key moments feature that has been out for a while. Here is a screenshot of this from Khushal Bherwani who posted this on X: I personally do not see this feature but it makes sense, it is…
To scale your PPC efforts and reach a broader audience effectively, you need a strategy encompassing every stage of the customer journey, from brand discovery to taking action. This is where the concept of a full-funnel PPC approach comes into play. This article will explain the importance of full-funnel PPC marketing and provide a solution…
Developments like AI, SGE and Helpful Content are making SEO exceedingly complex today. They make it feel like the goalposts that measure whether we’re doing a “good” or “bad” job are constantly shifting. But I have good news: SEO evolve daily, but the underlying principles of what you’re solving for hasn’t changed much over the…
Danny Sullivan, Google’s Search Liaison, made it crystal clear that the site reputation abuse policy has zero to do with linking. This means that who you link to and/or who links to you has no impact on this new policy that Google began enforcing with manual actions earlier this week. Danny Sullivan said this on…