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Google Search Console shows the wrong mobile indexing status for some sites
Some have been wondering why their mobile-friendly sites are being crawled using the desktop crawler, well, it might be a reporting bug.
How to use GA4 to optimize your digital marketing strategy
Here's a framework for maximizing Google Analytics 4 to improve your digital marketing strategy.
Google Search Console performance report delayed but Google will fix the issue
At the time of writing this story, the reports were delayed by over 65 hours.
Is your YouTube Channel a brand video graveyard? How to revive it
Don't let your YouTube channel go to waste. Learn how to revitalize it and reap the rewards of a vibrant, engaged and lively audience.
Microsoft Ads to launch UET Insights dashboard with new traffic data
The Universal Event Tracking Tag will update on June 29. Microsoft says the new data collection will help improve advertising performance.
Google Search of today won’t exist in 10 years, says DeepMind co-founder
Will 'old-school search' be gone in 10 years, thanks to ChatGPT, the new Bing and Google's new Search Generative Experience?
Hands-on with Google’s new Search Generative Experience
Here's your early look at a variety of searches on the new Google Search Generative Experience.
TikTok tests AI chatbot for search and discovery
Company confirms the Taka chatbot, saying it is 'designed to help make it easier to discover entertaining and inspiring content on TikTok.'
Are you getting the most from your martech stack? Take the 2023 Replacement Survey
Let us know how your stack has evolved over the last 12 months by taking our brief 2023 MarTech Replacement Survey.
Google opens access to Search Generative Experience today
Some of you who signed up for the waitlist will get an email notifying you that you have access to try out the new labs search experience.
Google Top Quality Store badge replaced Trusted Store badge
Google said this change "will not affect your performance metrics at all."
Boost your visibility in search with online reviews
Take a closer look at how Google reviews, rankings, and ratings work together to help new businesses and get tips on how you can start getting reviews.
Google Search bug caused a drop in video traffic
Between May 4 and May 17, there was a bug with Google Search that caused sites to get less traffic to their video content.
Google Ads adds 2 new campaign types: Video views, demand gen
Advertisers will have new video-first campaign types at their disposal, Video view campaigns and Lead gen campaigns.
Google Marketing Live 2023: Everything you need to know
Here's a recap of all the Ads and marketing news from Google's annual event, including lots of generative AI, new features and insights.
Google announces new topic authority system to better surface news content
Google said this will help with newsy queries in specialized topic areas, such as health, politics, or finance.
7 new Google Ads features include Brand restrictions in broad match, AI in Smart Bidding
More Google Ads improvements include top search categories for RSAs, campaign prefils, new tools for Ads Creative Studio and new insights.
Google Ads lets you create campaigns using conversational AI
Google AI can help you create Google Ads campaigns – keywords, headlines, descriptions and assets – directly within a chat experience.
Google Ads will create AI-powered assets that target search queries
Automatically created assets will now have the ability to leverage query-based generative AI at the campaign level.
Google PMax adds generative AI to create text assets, images
Performance Max is getting a more automated option to help you build campaigns. Also, new goals should aid in better customer targeting.
Google Search Generative Experience integrates Search, Shopping ads
A clearer picture has emerged with how ads will be natively integrated into Google's new Search Generative Experience.
Google Product Studio brings AI-generated images to advertisers
This new Google tool will help merchants punch up existing product images into alternate creative using Google AI.
Google: Merchant Center Next to replace Merchant Center
By 2024, Merchant Center Next will automatically be pulling in products, pricing, imagery and more from your website.
Bing to be default search engine on Open AI’s ChatGPT
ChatGPT Plus subscribers will have access to Bing Search today and it will expand to more users in the future.
Neeva is shutting down its ads-free search engine
Neeva beat Google and Microsoft in launching generative AI search with citations. But the ad-free search engine didn't attract enough users.
Nearly 30% of Instacart’s revenue is from advertising
Instacart may be known for delivering groceries, but advertising delivered $740 million in revenue for the company in 2022.
YouTube to offer unskippable 30-second ads on connected TV
YouTube is the most popular streaming service on TV screens in the U.S., with an estimated 150 million unique viewers.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT iOS app
The free ChatGPT app offers the same features as the web version, syncs history across devices and offers voice input.
New Google AI tools will let advertisers generate media assets
YouTube creators may also get multiple AI-generated suggestions on what topics they could create videos about.
Google Chrome will soon add 6 relevance and measurement APIs
These enhancements are designed to offer a more realistic preview of the digital landscape without the presence of third-party cookies.
Google Analytics 4 audience builder gets a refresh
GA4 has added new dimensions and metrics, more robust manipulation of event value and event count, and matching between dates.
Microsoft is rolling out access to Bing Chat to more users
Unauthenticated users, users not signed into Bing, may start to be able to use Bing Chat soon.
Meta starts refunding advertisers for overspending glitch
Meta blamed the April bug on an automated system. A month later, many advertisers are still waiting for their refunds.
Google-InspectionTool – the new Google crawler for Google testing tools
Google has added a new Google crawler to its list, this one is uses for testing tools you use in Search Console or other Google properties.
How to optimize your Google Ads’ post-click content
How can you further optimize your Google Ads program once everything is humming along smoothly? Start by looking at your post-click content.
50% of product searches start on Amazon
Amazon dominates, but ratings and reviews, search engines and brand websites all play key roles in the online shopping journey.
Amazon plans to add generative AI to its search experience
Amazon is planning an AI initiative to reshape the future of search on the platform, according to recent job postings.
Microsoft now rolling out new Bing Chat features including chat history, mobile features, and more
Earlier this month, Microsoft announced a number of new features for Bing Chat, now many of them are live.
3 Performance Max reporting and data limitations
Be mindful of these limitations when extracting and analyzing PMax performance data within and outside the Google Ads interface.
Google Bard adds genuine citations in responses and more concise summaries
Google released an update today that is better at summarizing information and identifying sources for its answers.