Google blackens its logo, configures Googlebot to crawl at a much lower rate In 2012, when you visited Google, you saw this: That’s how Google voiced its opposition to two bills being discussed in Congress – the Protect IP Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA ). At the time, many feared the proposed legislation would censor the web and hurt U.S

In its latest round of updates for video creators, YouTube is launching more detailed analytics data and enabling Shorts thumbnail customization. The post YouTube Launches New Analytics & Custom Shorts Thumbnails appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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

A top priority for marketers is to increase email responses from their customers and reduce unsubscribe rates.

Microsoft is announcing the general availability of its Azure OpenAI service, which allows developers to create applications utilizing technology like ChatGPT. The post Microsoft & OpenAI Bring AI Models to Developers Worldwide appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Every article you can find online about Google ranking factors will tell you there are at least ~200 or so odd variables that contribute to how a site will perform in the SERPs.

Imagine this: A small business owner, relying on Google Ads to make sales on his Shopify store, has had his livelihood crushed by Performance Max in two months.

Google is testing a “check wait time” button for some local results in the Google search results. I guess this tells you how long you have to wait to receive service from the local business, like a restaurant.

Here is another PSA from Gary Illyes of Google. In short, if you serve a 4xx status code with your robots.txt file, then Google will ignore the rules you have specified in that file.

Google seems to be testing a new box in the search results named perspectives and opinions.