YouTube denies ad blocker crackdown is causing browser slowdowns for Premium users
Users are reporting widespread issues across the platform, such as lagging, higher CPU usage, and delayed load times.
Topic: Adblock Plus
SearchCap: Google image badges, Google Search Console beta reports & keyword research
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Image Search adds badges for recipes, videos, products and animated imagesAug 1, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Google will now show you if an image in their search results is a […]
Adblock vs. Cost-Per-Action marketing: cooperation works better than conflict
Today, Adblock and other ad blockers are commonplace and indispensable components of the digital advertising industry. Blockers were created as a response to excessive advertisements on websites; they are specifically designed to prevent intrusive ads from displaying. But ad blockers shouldn’t be viewed as being inherently good or evil. In this article, we look at […]
Online Advertising Glossary
Welcome to our Online Advertising Glossary. Use it to cut through the jargon (and keep ahead of the competition).
SearchCap: Siri search, Google Maps spam & Google mobile-first index
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Siri is Google’s nearest mobile search competitor [Report] Apr 6, 2017 by Greg SterlingAccording to a survey from Fivesight Research, Siri had a larger share of mobile search than Bing or […]
SearchCap: Google Home integration, AdWords local extensions & PageRank
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Home gets ‘Beauty & The Beast’ promo, but Google says it’s not an adMar 16, 2017 by Danny Sullivan Appears to be the first-ever commercialization of Google’s home assistant product. […]
SearchCap: Google images, mobile shopping & election hub
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Is Google showing fewer image boxes in its search results?Sep 15, 2016 by Barry Schwartz You are now 50% less likely to see the image box show up in your Google […]
SearchCap: Google extended text ads, Bing Ads structured snippets & Doodle 4 Google
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google bumps Expanded Text Ad deadline to January 31, 2017Sep 13, 2016 by Ginny Marvin Issues a set of dos and dont’s for testing expanding text ads. Bing Ads launches Structured […]
SearchCap: Google link tool bug, Search Engine Land awards & more
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Search Console reporting glitch shows no links for some webmastersAug 11, 2016 by Barry Schwartz No need to panic — the link report in the Google Search Console seems to […]
SearchCap: Google featured snippets, Viv assistant & AdWords redesign preview
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Son of Siri: Viv aims to go way beyond today’s digital assistantsMay 5, 2016 by Greg Sterling Viv hopes to effectively supersede Google as “an intelligent interface to everything.” Changing domain […]
Ad Blocking: Where Do We Go From Here? A PPC Agency View
The recent debate around ad blocking, sparked by the release of Apple's iOS 9, shows the need for a renewed focus on the mobile user experience with ads. Columnist and agency owner Pauline Jakober weighs in.
DuckDuckGo Is The Default Search Engine In New Adblock Browser
In addition to being the default Adblock browser, the privacy search engine says it will sign the "Acceptable Ads Manifesto."