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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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Instagram Will Let Users Draft Stories to Save For Later
Instagram users will soon be able to create stories and save them as drafts to publish later, the company confirms in an announcement.
Pinterest Search Trends Show All-Time Interest in Travel
Pinterest’s latest report on recent search trends show that people are more interested in travel now than they were before the pandemic.
Google Shares Technical SEO Best Practices For Ecommerce Sites
Google provides guidance to SEOs and ecommerce site owners on best practices for providing the search engine with accurate information about products.
New SEO Tool Gathers Google Search Insights From 60M Queries
A new, free tool for SEOs tracks what percentage of Google search results pages in the US contain local packs.
Twitter Tests Improvements to Tweets With Photos & Video
Twitter confirms it’s testing long requested updates to publishing tweets with photos, and working on YouTube integration for a better video experience.
Facebook Adds 3 New Ways to Make Money With Video Content
Facebook is launching three updates aimed at helping creators of video content make more money.
YouTube Shorts Rolling Out in the US With In-App Creation Tools
YouTube Shorts is rolling out in the US as part of a beta launch that will see creation tools added to the mobile app.
YouTube Adds Real-Time Subscriber Counts in Channel Dashboards
YouTube is now letting creators see how many people subscribe to their channel with a new counter that updates in real-time.
Google’s 5 Video SEO Best Practices
Google recommends five best practices for site owners to follow when optimizing video content for search results.
DuckDuckGo Blasts Google Over New iOS Privacy Labels
DuckDuckGo is calling out Google over its new privacy labels on iOS which reveal how much data the company is collecting from iPhone users.
Google: Possible Quality Issue if Copied Content Outranks Original
Google’s John Mueller says there might be a site quality issue if copied content is consistently ranking above the original source.
Google Predicts These 4 Pandemic Changes Are Permanent
Companies have changed the way they do business since the pandemic. In a new report, Google forecasts which of those changes are here to stay.
Google to Face $5B Lawsuit Over Tracking Users in Incognito Mode
Google Chrome’s Incognito Mode is at the forefront of a $5 billion class-action lawsuit which alleges users are being tracked during private browsing sessions.
YouTube Adds More Analytics Data, Updates Studio Mobile App
YouTube creators now have access to new metrics about video views, and the Studio Mobile app is getting refreshed with efficient ways to view data.
Google May Withhold Taxes From Non-US YouTube Creators
Google will soon be required to withhold taxes on YouTube earnings generated from viewers in the United States.
Google Maps Lets Users Add Photos Updates Without Leaving a Review
Google Maps is introducing three new ways for users to add helpful content for others, including the ability to share photos without leaving a review.
Google May Have to Negotiate Payment for US News Publishers
Google, Facebook, and other big tech companies may have to negotiate deals with US news publishers to pay them for content if new bill passes.
WordPress 5.7 Launches With One-Click HTTP to HTTPS Conversion
WordPress 5.7 “Esperanza” is now available, which allows site owners to convert from HTTP to HTTPS with a single click.
Google May See Web Pages As Duplicates if URLs Too Similar
Google uses a predictive method to detect duplicate content based on URL patterns, which could lead to pages being incorrectly identified as duplicates.
Google: No Plans to Speed Up Data Collection For Core Web Vitals
Google’s Core Web Vitals testing tools take 28 days to gather aggregate field data, and that likely won’t change any time soon.
Google Search Results Updated With ‘Full Coverage’ For News
Google Search is gaining the Full Coverage feature for breaking news results which provides more context about stories from multiple sources.
Brave Browser to Launch Its Own Search Engine
Brave, makers of an open-source web browser, are launching a privacy-focused alternative search engine that will offer options for ad-supported and ad-free search results.
Google Ads App Gets New Features After 3 Months of No Updates
The Google Ads mobile app is getting updated with two new features to help advertisers monitor and improve campaign performance on the fly.
TikTok Q&A Launches in Video Comment Sections
TikTok is introducing a new way for creators to engage their followers with the launch of ‘Q&A’ in comments sections.
Microsoft Bing Rolls Out 5 Upgrades to Search Results
Microsoft Bing is launching five updates to search that aim to evolve SERPs beyond a list of links to provide users with a richer experience.
Instagram Lets Up to 4 People Go Live in One Stream
Instagram’s new ‘Live Rooms’ lets up to four users go live in the same stream, doubling the amount of participants that were allowed previously.
Google Will Not Track Users After Replacing Third-Party Cookies
Google assures users it will not replace third-party cookies with with an alternative solution that tracks users’ web activity.
Google On How to Use Search Console’s Crawl Stats Report
Google Search Console’s new crawl stats report is thoroughly explained by Search Advocate Daniel Waisberg in a new training video.
Semrush to Publicly Sell Shares on New York Stock Exchange
Semrush is announcing an initial public offering of company stock, which will see the SEO software company selling shares on the New York Stock Exchange.