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Matt G. Southern, Senior News Writer, has been with Search Engine Journal since 2013. With a bachelor’s degree in communications, Matt specializes in gathering details, checking facts, and making complex subjects easy to understand. In addition to writing articles, Matt oversees strategy development for SEJ’s news department.
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Google AdWords Ads to Stop Showing Review Extensions in January 2018
Google AdWords will stop showing review extensions with ads as of mid-January 2018.
Google: Here are 6 Ways You Can Get Ready for the Mobile-First Index
Google has published its official advice on getting ready for the mobile-first search index.
Twitter Makes it Easy to Send Tweetstorms With New Threads Feature
Twitter has a new feature that makes it easy to automatically publish multiple tweets in a row.
Target Google AdWords Ads by Customer Address and Phone Number
Google has introduced the ability for AdWords advertisers to target known customers by phone numbers and mailing addresses.
Google Brings Price Tracking to Google Flights, Trips and Hotel Search
Google has introduced a new set of tools to assist travellers looking for the best deal.
Bing to Offer Unique Search Experiences for Reddit Content
Reddit has partnered with Microsoft, which will allow Bing to deliver unique search experiences for Reddit content.
New Google Search Console Will Have Over 1 Year of Data
Google’s new and improved Search Console experience is slated for an early 2018 roll out.
Google’s Year in Search: Top Queries in 2017
Google has released its annual Year in Search report, detailing the top queries of the year across 15 different categories.
Google Revamps its SEO Starter Guide: Here’s What’s New
Google has revamped its official SEO Starter Guide for the first time in over 7 years.
Bing Ads Now Allows Advertisers to Import Call Conversions
Bing Ads is now letting advertisers import call conversion data, which can help connect phone sales back to ad campaigns.
Google AdWords Now Refreshes Auction Insights and Impression Share Data Multiple Times a Day
Google AdWords has gone from refreshing auction insights and impression share data once a day, to multiple times per day.
Facebook Removes Ticker News Feed For Monitoring Friends’ Activity
Facebook has been quietly phasing out the ticker over the past few weeks, and has now removed it altogether.
Google Brings Celebrity Q&A Videos to Search Results
Google’s latest addition to search results features celebrities answering frequently asked questions about themselves.
Google Reminds Publishers Not to Accept Bribes for Links
In response to a controversial article published by The Outline, Google has reminded publications to refrain from accepting bribes for links. The article in question...
Google Revamps Search Results: Expanded Featured Snippets, Related Topics, More
Google is revamping search results by expanding some key components and introducing a new way to find relevant content.
Google Assistant Can Now Find Local Home Services
Google Assistant is now capable of helping people find local home services that are relevant to their needs.
Google Santa Tracker 2018: Count Down the Days With Games and Activities
Google’s Santa Tracker for 2018 is live, and Google is offering plenty of content to keep people in the spirit.
Google Search is Highlighting Accepted Answers from Stack Overflow
Google has been spotted highlighting answers from Stack Overflow in search results.
Google’s Search Snippets are Longer, But Don’t Go Changing Anything
Google’s search result snippets are now longer than what once was the maximum length of 160 characters.
Google’s Search Crawlers to Natively Render JavaScript-based Pages
In Q2 2018, Google’s search crawlers will begin to render JavaScript-based webpages without the assistance of the AJAX crawling scheme.
Google’s New “Donate” Button Could be a Boon for Nonprofits
Google is now letting searchers donate to nonprofit organizations directly from search results.
Google to Provide More Real-time Data in Google Trends
Google Trends is now going to provide even more real-time data on the popularity of search terms.
Google Updates Search Results With New Labels for PDFs and PPTs
Google has implemented a subtle, new change to search results across mobile and desktop.
Google Shopping Makes it Easier to Discover, Research, and Compare Products
Google Shopping ads have been updated with new features that enhance the discovery, research, and comparison of products.
Google to Go After Sites That Use AMPs as Teaser Pages
A policy change will require that content on an AMP be comparable to the original content on the canonical page.
Google to Introduce 8 Trust Indicators for Publishers to Add to News Stories
Continuing its effort to guide searchers toward credible content, Google has announced plans to introduce eight new trust indicators.
Google Maps Improves Location Discovery by Color Coding Points of Interest
Google Maps will soon be rolling out an update that will improve location discovery in two distinct ways.
Google’s Job Search Will Now Estimate Salaries For All Job Positions
Google is adding some requested features to its job search experience that was introduced earlier this year. Job seekers will now be able to access...
Firefox Ditches Yahoo for Google as Default Search Provider
Google is once again the default search provider for Firefox, marking the end of a three-year partnership with Yahoo.