Google updated its search performance report within Google Search Console to include a breakdown of your merchant listings within the Google Search Image tab. This means you can now see how well your merchant listings are performing when a searcher clicks on the image tab within the Google Search results. What it looks like. Google…
Google Ads is finalizing the rollout of its new design to all markets starting Aug. 30, retiring the old interface for desktop users. The big picture. First launched in 2023, the new Google Ads design overhauls how the product is organized, aiming to make tools and features easier to find while retaining existing functionality. Why…
If your website is struggling to get organic traffic from Google Search – there are three core areas you should focus on, according to Google’s Search Liaison Danny Sullivan: Continue creating high-quality content – do what you think is best for your readers. Diversify your traffic sources and promote your content across multiple channels. Build…
The MIT School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P) and the LUMA Foundation announced today the establishment of the MIT-LUMA Lab to advance paradigm-shifting innovations at the nexus of art, science, technology, conservation, and design. The aim is to empower innovative thinkers to realize their ambitions, support local communities as they seek to address climate-related…
For any SEO professional, staying focused and productive can be a challenge. With constant algorithm updates, changing trends and a barrage of emails and notifications, it can feel like you’re always playing catch-up. That’s where deep work sessions come in. Like any skill, developing deep work sessions takes practice. At first, you might find yourself…
If you’re chasing trends right now to try and spike your traffic – and by that, I mean choosing the tactic of the week, like using generative AI or large language models (LLMs) without investigating their viability or whether they match your strategy and business – it will probably come back to bite you. The…
Google announces the v17 release of the Google Ads API, bringing several new features and changes that advertisers and developers need to be aware of. Why we care. The updated version of Google Ads offers a range of new tools and capabilities to help you better manage and monitor the performance of campaigns. It’s also…
Google launched a new marketing resource hub called Accelerate with Google as part of a “Summer of AI Essentials” program aimed at helping advertisers supercharge their campaigns with AI tools. What’s happening. Accelerate with Google will serve as a central destination rooted in Google’s AI Essentials resources for ads products like Search and Performance Max….
Google is launching a new set of AI-powered “Brand Recommendations” within the Recommendations page of Google Ads, the company announced today. The big picture. The tailored Brand Recommendations span awareness and consideration campaigns with cost-per-thousand (CPM) and cost-per-view (CPV) bidding. They complement the existing performance recommendations for cost-per-action campaigns, giving advertisers a “full funnel” of…
Can you rank in the top 10 of Google with very few links? Not according to a new analysis published today by Internet Marketing Ninjas. It found that: Over 96% of websites ranking in the top 10 of Google had more than 1,000 backlinks from unique domains. Only 0.3% had less than 100 backlinks. Why…