This is a programming note that I will be 100% offline Monday, Marc h 29th for the Passover holiday.

A new patent from Google tells us how queries may be rewritten based on the context of those searches to better meet search intent. The post Google Patent: Rewriting Queries Based on Context to Meet Intent via @bill_slawski appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Actionable data storytelling strategies from Nancy Duarte at MarTech Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

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Google has new structured data markup for the practice problems and math solver search results. We first saw these results in the Google Search results back in late December 2020. Now, Google has officially launched this feature and with that launch has added new markup and reports in Search Console to debug these markup

The pandemic has changed many things, especially how much we view the internet, online resources, and SEO. Read about how SEO has fared so far. The post 4 COVID-19 Search Trends & How They Impact SEO via @krisjonescom appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Instagram Announces That Stories Drafts are Coming Soon Facebook-owned Instagram will roll out a new scheduling option that will provide a helpful change for digital marketers who are using the native Instagram Stories interface, the firm recently announed. Social Media Today B2B Highlights From “The CMO Survey” 51.3 percent of B2B marketers said they were more optimistic in January 2021 than during the fourth quarter of 2020, while 77 percent said it isn’t appropriate for their brand to take a stance on politically-charged issues — two of numerous findings of interest to digital marketers in new CMO survey data

Also we covered new Search Console features, Google Ads types and Microsoft Ads controls. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

Two exploits affecting the popular Facebook for WordPress plugin can lead to a total site takeover and malicious backdoors The post Facebook for WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Targets +500,000 Sites via @martinibuster appeared first on Search Engine Journal .