Google is testing a new search snippet feature titled Mentioned in. This feature, which adds a new section to a search result snippet, lets the searcher expand and see the websites on which this site is also mentioned. What it looks like. Here is a GIF of Mentioned in in action, provided by Brodie Clark:…
Right before the Thanksgiving holiday season and right before the big holiday shopping season, with Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Google Ads sent emails to some advertisers telling them their ads are no longer running and their accounts were suspended. This was a technical issue, a bug, with the Google Ads system and Google said…
Since the release of ChatGPT, AI text generators have frequently been in the news. An AI text generator can aid in better and faster work if you prompt a suitably trained tool. ChatGPT may be the most well-known AI system right now, but the underlying GPT technology is causing a stir. Its two most recent…
Meta issued an apology to advertisers following an Ads Delivery outage that resulted in campaigns overspending by “thousands.” The tech giant confirmed that services are now restored and expressed regret for any inconvenience caused to advertisers. Refunds, anticipated to take between four and eight weeks, are now awaited by affected parties. Why we care. If…
When Performance Max first came onto the scene, it was a bit of a “Wild West” in testing and sentiment. Some were thrilled about the opportunity to access greater visual inventory without carving out a separate budget, while others bemoaned the loss of control and reporting. Now that Performance Max has been around for a…
Comparing your website’s organic search performance to the latest industry benchmarks is the best way to contextualize YTD organic search traffic data, adapt SEO and content strategies to maximize results, and set more informed KPIs. Join Steven van Vessum, Director of Organic Marketing at Conductor, and Shannon Vize, Sr. Content Marketing Manager at Conductor, as…
There seems to be this new “thing” emerging online. I’m not sure whether you’d call it work shaming or effort shaming, but people are being called out for wanting to work more. Don’t get me wrong – burnout is real. No one wants to see anyone get to that stage. But there is a real…
It seems that YouTube is not showing up in Google News as often as it use to. Will Flannigan, the SEO Editor at the Wall Street Journal posted a chart from The Trisolute News Dashboard showing the drop in visibility experienced by YouTube in Google News. This means that YouTube videos and results are not…
In the latest case of tell and don’t show, Google’s VP/GM of Advertising (Ads on Search/Google Properties) Shashi Thakur was interviewed by Marketing Brew about whether users will click on links in AI Overviews. His response: “We are seeing that happen.” But when asked whether he would share any stat or research to back that…
Sam Madden, the College of Computing Distinguished Professor of Computing at MIT, has been named the new faculty head of computer science in the MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), effective Aug. 1. Madden succeeds Arvind, a longtime MIT professor and prolific computer scientist, who passed away in June. “Sam’s research…