Google Analytics 4 update unifies conversion reporting across Ads and Analytics, introducing ‘key events’ and privacy-first measurement solutions.

Google rolls out new search features in Europe, including changes to shopping results, to comply with EU regulations. The post Google Rolling Out Changes To Shopping Searches In Europe appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Google has completed the rollout of the March 2024 spam update after a 14-day and 21-hour period.

In November we were expecting to see parts of the new Yahoo Search soon but at this point, we have not seen it yet. Brian Provost, the Senior VP and General Manager of Yahoo Search, said on X last night that we should hang tight, the team is still wiring up some new stuff.

Google is once again investigating issues with recipe images and other images not showing for some sites within the Google Search results. We reported on several issues with recipe sites several weeks ago and it seems to be happening again for some of these sites.

The days after the Google March 2024 spam and core updates were released, Google issued tons of manual actions. They were mostly pure spam manual actions that resulted in all or parts of a website being deindexed for violating Google’s search spam policies, as Google calls it. Most, if not all, of those sites that were hit have not recovered yet.

Joy Hawkins shared a very unusual bug with Google Maps where it places businesses with different addresses in the same location in the same map pin area. It just drops these map pins in one address when they are not located by that map pin.

Looking for ChatGPT alternatives? Discover the best options that offer video translation, prompt assistance, and more. The post 8 ChatGPT Alternatives You Can Try In 2024 appeared first on Search Engine Journal

SEO Checklists and best practices are not the same as defined goals and a strategy. There are 7 key differences to factor into your SEO. The post SEO Is More Than A Checklist appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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