Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Google Ads is extending the deadline when advertisers are required to switch to parallel tracking for certain campaigns. The post Google Ads is Extending the Parallel Tracking Deadline For Mobile Display & Video Campaigns by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Instagram has added notifications to the web-based version of its app. The post Instagram Brings Notifications to Web Browsers by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Google said on Monday that they have updated their image search algorithm to use the authority of a web page as a more important factor. They also said they are looking at prioritizing images from fresher content and Google looks at the placement of the image on the page. So an image that is central to the page, and higher up on the page is valued more to Google

Facebook Stories ads are now available globally to all advertisers following a successful test run this summer. The post Facebook Now Lets All Advertisers Run Ads in Stories by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

In Google’s mind, does brand authority trump breadth and depth of content?

Posted by Alan_Coleman The latest Wolfgang E-Commerce Report is now live .

Balancing tools, time and resources to hit the magic number.

Tomorrow, September 27th is Google’s official 20th birthday or anniversary. To celebrate the day, Google has a special Google logo, Doodle, remembering the day they launched with a video of someone searching on the original Google.com. It also takes you through some of the more popular searches throughout the past 20 years