Adobe to shut down Marketo Engage SEO tool
Users have until March 31 to export SEO data as Adobe retires a little-used Marketo feature and shifts focus toward broader search tools.
Topic: Deprecation
Google Ads API to sunset ad sharing this October
Google is phasing out ad sharing in favor of asset-based formats, requiring advertisers to create unique ads per ad group.
Google to deprecate structured data files v7 by November
Google will deprecate Structured Data Files (SDF) v7 on Nov. 4, requiring advertisers to migrate to v7.1 or higher to avoid disruptions.
Google Ads Creative Studio to sunset in Q1 2025
Google urges advertisers to transition creative workflows to third-party partners or alternative tools by March.
Google to sunset Structured Data Files v6 in Display & Video 360
Structured Data Files v6 for Display & Video 360 is set to sunset on April 30, 2025, where not migrating to v7 or higher could lead to service interruptions.
Meta will sunset CrowdTangle in August
Advertisers and publishers will need to seek alternative platforms as CrowdTangle will no longer be available after August 14.
The list of features being removed from Google Assistant
Google said these changes are to "focus on quality and reliability" but Google has also fired hundreds of employees with these changes.
Universal Analytics still processing data two months after ‘sunset’
UA accounts that are still processing data could be retired at any time, so Google still strongly advises only using GA4.
OpenAI’s AI Text Classifier no longer available due to ‘low rate of accuracy’
The AI text detector, launched in January, was meant to evaluate whether text was generated using AI. It failed.
Google Ads API is removing ad group and keyword forecasts
Though set to depreciate in June, Google recommends updating your applications as soon as possible.
Google shut down Duplex on the Web
Google has also retired the DuplexWeb-Google web crawler.
Google to sunset old Search Console message panel
Google will officially remove the legacy message panel on August 1, 2022.
Google AdWords API sunsets April 27
You have less than 24-hours to upgrade to the Google Ads API from the Google AdWords API.
Gmail campaigns to stop running on June 28
The campaign type’s deprecation date is now set, nearly a year after standalone Gmail campaigns became “read-only.”
The old Google Search Console is no longer available
After over two years since the new version of the Google Search Console has come out, Google has finally removed access to the old version.
Google drops more reports from old Google Search Console
There is not much left in the old Google Search Console at this point.
Google to redirect old Search Console reports to new ones Dec. 13
It's time to get acquainted with the new Google Search Console reports.
Google News to deprecate crawl errors report in Search Console & mobile app link in News Publisher Center
The removal is part of larger update to Google News.
Old AdWords interface will be phased out by year-end
Google will notify advertisers ahead of the final switch to the new AdWords experience.
Google is sunsetting AdWords Review extensions
The text ad extension will be removed from AdWords entirely next month.
Google News to deprecate old RSS feed URLs on December 1, 2017
Do you subscribe to Google News RSS feeds? Well, you may have noticed that they appear to be completely broken now.
Bing Ads retiring Campaign Planner in favor of Keyword Planner
Keyword Planner will take over at the end of July and offer most of the same capabilities.
Google is removing the custom date range search filter for mobile users
Mobile searchers on Google will no longer be able to use the custom date range search filter. To access that feature, they need to go to the desktop version of Google.
Yahoo To Close BOSS (Build Your Own Search Service) Next Month
Yahoo to close yet another search service: Yahoo BOSS is closing March 31, 2016.
Bing To Drop Auction Insights & Opportunities Tab From Bing Ads Intelligence
Bing drops two features from Bing Ads Intelligence but they remain in the web based user interface.
“OK Google” Dropped As Way To Perform Voice Searches In Chrome On Desktop PCs
You can no longer initiate a voice search without hands on Chrome for Desktop.
Google To Sunset Their Old Version Of Google Maps
The original version of Google Maps is being shut down soon and a new "lite mode" of Google Maps will replace it.
Google To Sunset Webmaster Tools API Version One On April 20th
Google is dropping support for the original Webmaster Tools API, which means you can no longer obtain keywords from the content reports within Google API starting April 20th.
Ability To Share Ads Via AdWords Shared Library Is Going Away
Feature will be eliminated on February 11th.
Google Drops Another Search Operator: Tilde For Synonyms
Google has quietly dropped another search operator, the tilde (i.e., ~) search operator. Google Operating System blog noticed the lack of support for the tilde operator over the weekend. Reportedly, Dan Russell, a Search Research Scientist at Google, confirmed Google dropped the feature. Dan said the feature was dropped to “lack of use.” Dan told […]
Google Redirects Patent Search, Shuts Down Google Related Toolbar, One Pass & Vaccine Finder
After only eight months, the Google Related toolbar is headed to the dead pool. That’s one of several Google products being phased out in the company’s latest “spring cleaning” announcement, along with the One Pass payment system for news publishers, Google Patent Search losing its own home page and Google Flu Vaccine Finder. Google Related is […]
Google Announces Shutter Of Knol, Gears, Search Timeline & More
Google has announced the shutting down of several Google services from the Google Search Timeline to their knowledge site, Knol. Here is a list of services Google is closing in the near future or has already closed: Google Bookmarks Lists closing on December 19, 2011, which leaves searchers with no way to recoup their Google […]
Google Shutters Fast Flip, Sidewiki, Aardvark, Subscribed Links & More Google Labs Projects
Google has just announced the closure of several well-known products, including Fast Flip, Sidewiki, Aardvark and Subscribed Links. Some of these are part of the ongoing purge of Google Labs products, while others that are being shut down were not part of Labs. And Google has also announced that other Google Labs projects have “graduated” […]
Google To Replace Base API With Two Shopping APIs
Google is retiring its Base API and replacing it with two shopping-centric APIs, requiring developers to modify applications that manage and search product data. Google Base will be shuttered permanently as of June 1, 2011. The Content API for Shopping will be used for uploading data, and the Search API for Shopping for accessing product […]
Google Retiring AdWords Report Center
The Google AdWords Blog announced they are going to soon be retiring the AdWords Report Center. The reports will soon begin migrating over to your campaign tabs and eventually the reporting center tab will be completely removed. Google said you can access all the reports you had now on “the same pages where you manage […]
Google To Phase Out Old Keyword Tool In Exchange For New Version
If you try to access Google’s external keyword tool, you may notice that you are sent to the new keyword tool Google began offering in September 2009. A Google spokesperson told me that they are now encouraging users to use the new tool over the old tool and have decided to direct a portion of […]
Google Shuts Down AdWords API v13 Today
After much warning, Google will be sunsetting much of the AdWords API v13 today. Today the following v13 services will go offline: CampaignService AdGroupService CriterionService AdService InfoService KeywordToolService SiteSuggestionService How will you know exactly when they go offline? When you receive the error code 213 response from Google’s API servers. So if you have not […]
Can Google Kill Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 6?
On Friday afternoon, Google announced they will be discontinuing their support for “very old browsers.” They said, they will stop supporting Internet Explorer 6, commonly referred to as IE6, on many of their applications. Starting on March 1st, Google Docs and Google Sites will no longer be officially supported on IE6. Google said: Many other […]
100 Day Reminder: AdWords API v13 Sunsetting
The Google AdWords API blog posted another warning that on April 22, 2010 there will be a major sunsetting of the version 13 API features. As of April 22, 2010, the following v13 services will no longer be accessible: CampaignService AdGroupService CriterionService AdService InfoService KeywordToolService SiteSuggestionService However, the AccountService, TrafficEstimatorService, and ReportService will remain available […]
Reminder: AdWords v200906 API Sunsetting February 2, 2010
The Google AdWords API blog reminds us that version 200906 of the beta AdWords API will be shut down on February 2, 2010. Replacing that is version 200909, which has been available since October. Also, as a reminder, version 13 of the API is closing April 22, 2010. I keep reminding AdWords advertisers and developers, […]