This week, we covered that the Google March 2024 core update is still rolling out 38 days later, but we saw more volatility this week. Just a reminder that the Google helpful content update no longer exists. Gary Illyes from
The excitement surrounding the upcoming Bitcoin halving has led to a significant increase in Google searches for “Bitcoin halving,” with interest reaching its highest point ever, more than double that of the last halving event in 2020, and is predicted to hit peak popularity. The halving event, which reduces the rewards miners receive by half, […]
Google is apparently testing a new personalized view of its subscription feed on YouTube. It's called a "Most Relevant" view.
The Japan Fair Trade Commission is preparing to formally advise Google to change its advertising practices, after an investigation found it imposed anti-competitive restrictions through a partnership with Yahoo Japan, now a subsidiary of Line, Kyodo News reported.
Tech giant is protesting proposed law that would require large online platforms to pay ‘journalism usage fee’Google has temporarily blocked links from local news outlets in California from appearing in search results in response to the advancement of a bill that would require tech companies to pay publications for links that articles share. The change applies only to some people using Google in California, though it is not clear how many.The California Journalism Preservation Act (CJPA) would...
Google is testing a sticky sponsored label in the Google Search results as you scroll down the search results and scroll past various Google Ads. The sponsored labels disappear as you get to the organic/free listings and then reappear when you go back to those Google Ads.This was spotted by Gagan Ghotra who posted a video of this in action on X - here is a still screenshot of it:Here is the video he posted:🆕 in Search Results for ads Google is testing sticky "sponsored" at top as user scroll...
Google announced today it will cut some links to California-based news sites in its search results to prepare for future actions against the state's possibility of charging Google for news links.
Advertisers are concerned that Google could be planning to force brands into entering competitor ad auctions.
Google's Ads Liaison Twitter account (@adsliaison) last month announced a change to the definition of top ads within Google Search.
Ginny Marvin, Google's Ads Liaison, said again "Ad Strength is not used in the auction." She wrote this on X in response to an article on Search Engine Land named Google explains why Ad Strength is ‘so important’ as it addresses industry concerns.Ginny Marvin explained, "To be clear, Ad Strength is not used in the auction." She added, "It is a diagnostic tool that was developed to help advertisers understand how the diversity and relevancy of their creative assets can maximize the number of ad...
Google today announced a new ad format called "Ad Intents," designed to integrate ads into existing website content and boost revenue potential for publishers using Auto ads.
This article considers how the current Google News publisher acceptance process limits company content and whether Google intends to implement much-needed improvements moving forward.