Meta has been fined a total of $414 million by the Irish Data Protection Commission for violating EU privacy laws. The post Meta Fined $414M for EU Privacy Law Violations appeared first on Search Engine Journal

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

Meta has been fined 390 million euros ($414 million) after European Union (EU) regulators found it had illegally forced users to accept personalized ads. What happened.

An announcement by Twitter, on Twitter, says that the company is going to relax its ban on cause-based ads (such as those for climate change or women’s rights). They also plan on lifting their own restricitions on political advertising. We believe that cause-based advertising can facilitate public conversation around important topics.

Advertisers running PPC ads on Google may have woken up to an email this morning outlining its new policy regarding redundant keywords. What’s changed

Microsoft’s Bing search engine is set to get a boost with the integration of OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot technology. The post Microsoft Bing With ChatCPT Reportedly Launching In March appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Don’t lie. Show of hands.

Google has updated the article structured data help documentation to remove the hard character limit for the headline property.

As the Google December 2022 helpful content update and link spam update continue to roll out, I am now seeing more signs of volatility and chatter within the SEO industry in the past 24 hours. It seems like there is another algorithm update, or maybe a continuation from the previous ones, taking place on January 3rd and 4th.

Google has updated the article structured data help documentation by removing the 110-character limit from the headline properties.