Google gradually limiting search ads on addiction treatment queries
Another side effect of the opioid epidemic: A marketing environment ripe for abuse.
Topic: Payday loan
Google’s 2016 Bad Ads Report: 1.7 billion ads removed, including fake news ads
The company says efforts to crack down on payday loan ads, ads that look like system errors and "tabloid cloaking" ads were among those that led to an increase in removed ads in 2016.
SearchCap: Google AdWords payday loans, organic results study & Viv
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: After 4 months & 125M+ pages indexed, where are we with AMP?Oct 6, 2016 by Kristi Kellogg Contributor Kristi Kellogg recaps a session from SMX East 2016 in which Google, Condé […]
Why are payday loan ads still showing on Google after the ban?
A deep look at how the payday loan industry is able to keep advertising despite Google's policy changes.
SearchCap: Google payday loans, Google Maps edits & 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’s ban on payday & high-interest loan ads going into effect nowJul 20, 2016 by Ginny Marvin After a week’s delay, the ban on predatory lending ads for AdWords advertisers is […]
Google’s ban on payday & high-interest loan ads going into effect now
After a week's delay, the ban on predatory lending ads for AdWords advertisers is beginning to roll out.
Google’s ban on payday loans estimated to cost millions in lost ad revenue
Still, the estimated losses account for just .05 percent of Google's annual ad revenue last year.
Bing Ads bans ads from third-party tech support services
Citing "serious quality issues," Microsoft updates the Bing Ads global ad policy to disallow all ads from third-party tech support providers.
SearchCap: Google bans payday loan ads, Alexa works with Kayak & 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 bans ads for payday and high-interest loans May 11, 2016 by Ginny Marvin As of July 13, the ads will no longer be accepted in AdWords. A script for getting […]
Google bans ads for payday and high-interest loans
As of July 13, the ads will no longer be accepted in AdWords.
Technically, You Can Have Completely Different Content On Mobile Says Google
Gary Illyes from Google confirms Google really only looks at the desktop content for mobile ranking purposes.
Some Of The Weird Issues When Google’s Quick Answers Come From Random Sources
As Google’s Hummingbird algorithm continues to shape the answers within Google’s search results, webmasters, SEOs and searchers ask themselves, why is Google showing this knowledge graph or that quick answer. Often webmasters find themselves at a loss because Google takes their content and puts it at the top of the search results. While searchers ask, […]
SearchCap: Google Rolls Out PayDay Loan, World Cup Logos & Pinterest Search
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’s Payday Loan Algorithm 3.0 Rolling Out Now Google is now rolling out the 3rd version of the PayDay Loan algorithm. Last night we reported that Google is going to be […]
Google’s Payday Loan Algorithm 3.0 Rolling Out Now
Google is now rolling out the 3rd version of the PayDay Loan algorithm. Last night we reported that Google is going to be launching PayDay Loan 3.0 and Google’s Matt Cutts posted on Twitter moments ago that it is now rolling out. Cutts, Google’s head of search quality said, “it’s rolling out now!” To catch […]
Google Launching Payday Loan Algorithm 3.0 Targeting Spammy Queries This Week
Google’s head of web spam, Matt Cutts, announced at SMX Advanced tonight that the third version of PayDay Loan algorithm is launching this week, as soon as tomorrow. This algorithm specifically targets “very spammy queries” and is unrelated to the Panda or Penguin algorithms. Didn’t Google just update the PayDay Loan algorithm a couple weeks […]
SearchCap: Google Panda 4.0 Live, Payday Loan Algo Released & Bing Ads Location Reports
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 eBay A Big Loser In Google’s Panda 4.0 Update? — Winners & Losers Data Yesterday, Google began rolling out their Panda 4.0 update designed to punch low-quality content. That’s generated […]
Google Update Underway: But For Payday Or Panda?
There appears to be an update underway, one that will be rolling out over a “multi-week” timeframe according to Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts. The update was announced by Matt on Twitter in response to a question about why some of the search results look spammy. Matt replied saying, “Yup we saw that. […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 12, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: George Bush “Miserable Failure” Google Bomb Back, This Time In Knowledge Graph The Google Bomb is back! Searching for [miserable failure] in Google now returns George W. Bush’s knowledge graph in […]
Google’s Cutts Talks Structured Data Beta, Mobile Site Speed Need, Penalty Notices To Get Example Links & More
Last night at SMX Advanced, Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts was on stage to answer questions about Google search and webmaster topics with Danny Sullivan. We covered the session in live blog format and pulled out several key points. Of all my years watching Matt Cutts talk, I believe it has been over […]
Google Payday Loan Algorithm: Google Search Algorithm Update To Target Spammy Queries
Google has officially launched a new search update to target “spammy queries” such as [payday loan], pornographic and other heavily spammed queries. Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, announced this on Twitter saying “We just started a new ranking update today for some spammy queries.” He pointed to the video he published where he […]
Google Shuts Down Payday Loan Advertiser’s Campaigns Over The Weekend
According to TheDrum.com, Google pulled all paid search ads run by Moneysupermarket.com as part of a crackdown on payday loan vendors that disregard AdWords’ policies. The Drum reports: Google pulled all Moneysupermarket’s domain level ads including all campaigns across car and home insurance on Saturday (6 April) evening. The ads were down for over 24 […]
MapSpammers Getting More Sophisticated
After the first relatively unsophisticated Google MapSpam bulk upload attempt became public, I had a long and interesting conversation with a webmaster who had spent many years implementing a “long tail search” campaign on behalf of local business in a major market. He pointed out that with a little bit of work, a national company […]