“A gap to bridge… What gap, what bridge?” Relax; give me a moment. I have not said a word yet. Let me first clarify the entities this article revolves around so that you understand who and what I am actually talking about: Google Search: Just plain old Google Search as we have known it since … Read more
Someone on X (formerly Twitter) asked if domain age impacted search rankings. Google’s John Mueller sets the record straight. The person asking the question tweeted: “Does the age of a domain name impact Google search rankings?” SEOs have for a long time noticed that older domain names correlate with top rankings. But correlations are generally … Read more
OpenAI, the company that launched ChatGPT a little over a year ago, has recently taken to social media to address concerns regarding the “lazy” performance of GPT-4 on social media and Google Reviews. Screenshot from X, December 2023 This move comes after growing user feedback online, which even includes a one-star Google Review on the … Read more
Google published a video offering three tips for using search console to identify technical issues that might be causing indexing or ranking problems. Three Tips For Troubleshooting Technical Issues Google’s three tips for troubleshooting technical issues are: Check if page is indexed or indexable Check if page is duplicate or if another page is the … Read more
This morning, Google emailed publishers using AdSense about new programmatic support next year. Starting in Q1 2024, Google is launching support for programmatic bidding on inventory eligible for Limited ads. There’s a lot to unpack here, so read on to understand: What Limited ads are What the new programmatic support entails What publishers need to … Read more
Google finished rolling out their last announced Reviews System update. Future updates to the review system will no longer be announced because the algorithms that power the Reviews System will be updated on a regular and ongoing rate. Reviews System Google’s Reviews System is a system used as part of a group of algorithms that … Read more
At any given time, I have GSC open in 2 to 10 tabs. It’s helpful on a macro and micro level — both when I need to see how many impressions HubSpot is gaining month over month or figure out what’s happened to a high-traffic blog post that suddenly fell. I’m a content strategist on … Read more
Google published an announcement of upcoming changes to their cryptocurrency advertising policies and advises advertisers to make themselves aware of the changes and prepare to be in compliance with the new requirements. The upcoming updates are to Google’s Cryptocurrencies and related products policy for the advertisement of Cryptocurrency Coin Trusts. The changes are set to … Read more
Google has unveiled Gemini, its most advanced and capable artificial intelligence (AI) model, with advanced multimodal capabilities. This groundbreaking model represents a leap forward in AI technology, offering state-of-the-art performance compared to existing large language models (LLMs). Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, emphasized that AI is shaping a profound technological shift, potentially surpassing … Read more
In an exclusive interview with Search Engine Journal, Yury Pinsky, Director of Product Management at Google Bard, provides insight into the current status and future trajectory of Google’s experimental AI chatbot. The interview offers a first-hand perspective into where Bard stands currently, where Google hopes to take it in the future, and how Google is … Read more
Google has postponed the launch of Gemini, which was initially set for next week. According to sources for The Information, the delay is due to the AI’s inconsistent performance with non-English queries. Why Was Google Gemini Delayed? Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, reportedly canceled several events in California, New York, and Washington, where Gemini would be … Read more
Google is expanding support for organization structured data markup, allowing companies to provide additional details about themselves in search results. With this update, Google will use the markup to showcase company details in knowledge panels and other visual elements on the search results page. This helps users find essential information about organizations they search for. … Read more
Google patent US11769017B1, shared by X user @seostratega, focusing on “Generative Summaries for Search Results,” appears to lay the groundwork for Google’s SGE with the integration of generative AI search summaries. 🔴 BREAKING: Here’s Google’s patent behind Google’s SGE, their experimental search engine with AI generated results. This patent was filed on March 20th, a … Read more
Google is updating its policy limiting personalized advertising to include more restrictions on ads related to consumer financial products and services. Google’s personalized ads policy prohibits targeting users based on sensitive categories like race, religion, or sexual orientation. Over the years, Google has continued updating the policy to introduce new limitations. The latest update to … Read more
The SEO industry was founded on a strong community of knowledge sharing between SEO pros; mostly about how to get top ranking on Google. Tapping into this, Google realized that working ‘with’ the SEO industry was to its benefit, and thus a symbiotic relationship developed between Google and those who wanted to leverage its search … Read more
Google’s John Mueller responded to a thread in Reddit about finding and fixing inbound broken links, offering a nuanced insight that some broken links are worth finding and fixing and others are not. Reddit Question About Inbound Broken Links Someone asked on Reddit if there’s a way to find broken links for free. This is … Read more
Google announced today that it will start supporting structured data for discussion forums and profile pages in Google Search. This change will allow Google to better identify and display information from web forums. These updates also impact how content from forums and personal profiles appears in search results. Lastly, Google announced new reporting capabilities for … Read more
Google announced that it is sunsetting the search console crawl rate limiter tool, scheduled to be removed on January 8, 2024, citing improvements to crawling that has essentially made it unnecessary. Search Console Crawl Rate Limiter Tool The crawl rate limiter tool was introduced to search console fifteen years ago in 2008. The purpose of … Read more
