Microsoft’s Responsive Search Ads Now Available to All Advertisers
Microsoft is opening up its responsive search ads beta to all advertisers.
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Microsoft is opening up its responsive search ads beta to all advertisers.
Google Ads is expanding its automated bidding solutions by giving advertisers three more options to choose from.
Google will use rel=nofollow, sponsored, and ugc as hints about which links to consider or exclude for ranking.
Google has released a new WordPress plugin that’s designed for Chrome’s new native lazy-loading feature.
Research on the expectations of consumers searching for brand information finds only half believe information in search results is accurate.
Google is introducing a new policy to prohibit ads for unproven or experimental medical techniques.
Google is officially sunsetting the old version of Search Console
Google is going to automatically apply changes to Google My Business listings with distance-based service areas.
Google is rolling out a new type of structured data to help movies appear in new dedicated movie carousels.
Google is changing the way people use its search engine to find the next TV show or movie to watch.
Twitter is temporarily disabling the ability to send tweets via SMS text messages.
In the latest instalment of the #AskGoogleWebmasters video series, John Mueller tackles the topic of how Google chooses canonical URLs.
Hackers are reportedly exploiting vulnerabilities in over ten WordPress plugins in order to backdoor sites with rouge admin accounts.
YouTube detailed the work it put into removing harmful content last quarter, revealing over 100,000 individual videos were removed.
Facebook may take a page out of its own playbook by hiding likes, similar to what’s being tested on Instagram.
Google is working with with domain name registrars to automate the process of verifying domain properties in Search Console.
Starting in September, YouTube will stop showing full subscriber counts for all channels with more than 1,000 subscribers.
Facebook has gained another popular Instagram feature, the ability to share songs from Spotify to stories.
Angry fans are review-bombing podcasts with one-star reviews, and podcasters have nowhere to turn for help.
A study commissioned by the Royal Society for Public Health finds ‘like’ buttons are the most toxic social media feature.
A Google Ads user reports they’ve had their account banned for attempting to pay with Apple’s new credit card.
Google’s John Mueller confirmed there are no plans to bring all legacy features to the new version of Search Console.
In a rare move from Google, Search Liaison Danny Sullivan has responded directly to negative claims made by DuckDuckGo.
A survey of US digital ad buyers reveals which types of ads are likely to be most annoying for consumers.
A study on how US consumers use smart speakers finds 4 in 10 engage in some kind of shopping-related activities.
Facebook’s launching automated lead generation, which lets businesses qualify leads in Messenger and continue the conversation in their preferred channel.
Google appears to have removed the ability to filter image search results by “minimum size,” “exact size,” and “full color.”
Google’s John Mueller and Martin Splitt recently debunked the notion that JavaScript SEO is dying.
Pinterest proclaims fall is “back to life” season as searches for self-improvement topics spike while summer comes to a close.
A study of top marketing priorities for 2019-2020 finds 72% of respondents have no plans to optimize for voice search.