Archive for January, 2025

Scary Google Ads Phishing Scam

2025/01/17

Some are seeing a super scary Google Ads phishing scam in the Google Search ads slots.

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Google Ads Search Max Coming Soon?

2025/01/17

Google may be bringing Search Max to Google Ads soon. A “Search Max” option is showing up in the Google Ads match type report for some advertisers.

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Google Updates Examples Of Events & Estimated Salary Images In Structured Data Docs

2025/01/17

Google has updated the screenshot examples of the events and estimated salary sections of the Structured data markup that Google Search supports.

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Google Testing AI Generated What People Are Saying

2025/01/17

Google seems to be testing an AI-generated version of What People Are Saying in Google Search. This shows a similar video or social media type of search results but it says generative AI is experimental.

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Google Hotel Policies Updated On Availability & Rates

2025/01/17

Google is updating its hotel prohibited practices policy to specify that (1) you are required to display final room availability and rates before requesting user information and (2) you are required to avoid price changes after users enter their personal information.

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Voice Search SEO: 9 Practical Tips For Businesses via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

2025/01/17

Learn eight practical strategies to optimize your website for voice search, including conversational keywords, local and technical SEO. The post Voice Search SEO: 9 Practical Tips For Businesses appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Google Causes Global SEO Tool Outages via @sejournal, @martinibuster

2025/01/17

Google triggers global outages at rank and keyword tracking services around the world The post Google Causes Global SEO Tool Outages appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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AI Overviews: Are They Affecting Your Search Results? — Whiteboard Friday

2025/01/17

In this video, we analyze 46,000 keywords to reveal where AI Overviews are actually appearing in search results, which industries are most affected, and what this means for your SEO strategy. Using data from STAT, we break down the differences across markets, search intent, and SERP features to help you understand if and how AI Overviews impact your vertical.

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Is Google Blocking SEO Rank Checking Tools As Search Volatility Continues

2025/01/17

For the past week, we’ve been discussing how most of the third-party tracking tools have been showing much calmer and cooler search ranking volatility. This is all while the chatter within the SEO community still seems super heated. The reason may be that Google has been deploying new and more advanced blocking mechanisms towards these SEO tools.

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Google Study: 29% In The U.S. & Canada Used AI Last Year via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

2025/01/16

Google-Ipsos study shows global AI adoption rising, but North America lags as trust and communication remain key challenges. The post Google Study: 29% In The U.S. & Canada Used AI Last Year appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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