Since its inception, Google has made its way towards being the most sought after input box on the whole web. This is a path that’s usually monitored with an ever-increasing curiosity, from web professionals, taking everything apart in an attempt to understand what makes Google tick and how search works, with all its nuts and…
This year was largely defined by platforms introducing, fast-tracking or postponing new policies, features, campaign types and offerings in reaction to how consumers and, by extension, advertisers, were impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. In early March, the approaching crisis began disrupting search and digital ad budgets, with some businesses cutting their ad spend due to…
Google’s Danny Sullivan has confirmed with us that Google has not yet rolled out passage indexing. Initially we expected, based on the original announcement, that Google would roll out passage indexing by the end of the year – 2020. But since it is not rolled out yet, I suspect Google will hold the launch until…
Google has reenabled the request indexing tool, within the URL Inspection tool in Google Search Console. The tool was disabled on October 14, 2020 – 69 days ago – and it was expected to come back before the holiday shopping season. That came and past but it is now back before Christmas and New Years.…
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Looking to build the right set of SEO resources for your company? On December 16, I moderated a Search Engine Journal webinar presented by Jimmy Page and Wes Flippo of Inseev Interactive. They shared a framework for establishing your ideal SEO resource stack and a supplemental perspective on resource allocation as planning gets underway for…
SMX Overtime is part of our SMX speaker series, in which SMX presenters answer questions from attendees on a variety of topics. Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of presenting at the fall virtual SMX. Though nothing replaces the ability to network in-person, SMX did a great job creating an experience that facilitated the…
In this week’s video interview, I spoke with Joe Beccalori, the CEO of Interact Marketing, about how SEO has changed over the years. Joe explained that with the changes to the search results page, the value of organic search has diminished and now you need to blend your organic search efforts with other forms of digital…
Ten state attorneys general filed a lawsuit against Google on Wednesday, alleging that the company has illegally used its monopoly over the online advertising sector to force out competition via a range of exclusionary tactics. “Plaintiff States seek to restore free and fair competition to these markets and to secure structural, behavioral, and monetary relief…
Google is launching a digital “try it on” experience for some cosmetics-related queries using augmented reality, the company announced Thursday. It is working with data partners ModiFace and Perfect Corp to visualize thousands of eyeshadow shades and lipsticks from brands such as L’Oreal, MAC Cosmetics, Black Opal and Charlotte Tilbury. The feature is launching this…