Snapchat is reportedly considering the idea of introducing permanent photo and video posts.

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

Google has released a set of best practices to help Google Ads users improve their optimization score. The post Google’s Best Practices for Improving Your Google Ads Optimization Score by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Instagram Stories have hit 500 million daily users, which is up from the 400 million reported in June 2018. The post Instagram Stories Are Viewed by 500 Million Users Per Day by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Bing has significantly increased the number of URLs site owners can submit for indexing per day. The post Bing Allows Site Owners to Submit Up to 10,000 URLs Per Day by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Keyword targeting offers the intent targeting of search and can be more granular than topic targeting.

Yesterday at SMX West, I did a panel named Man vs Machine covering algorithms versus guidelines and during the Q&A portion, I asked the Bing reps Frédéric Dubut and Nagu Rangan what percentage of the core ranking algorithm is AI or machine learning based. To my surprise, they guessed over 90%.

Google accounted for 96% of all US mobile organic search visits in the fourth quarter of 2018.

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

Google’s John Mueller was asked if there is a way in the new Google Search Console to remove old Sitemaps files.