Did you notice that one of the only reports in Google Search Console that does not have a “last updated” time stamp is the links report. I asked John Mueller from Google why and he said, “No particular reason.

I’ve covered the almost invisible and incredibly hard to see experiments with Microsoft Advertising placing hard to see search/sponsored ads in the Bing search results many times. Well, now that we have a Microsoft Advertising Ads Liaison, we finally got a response from Microsoft on the topic.

New research released by Rand Fishkin and friends at Sparktoro says that traditional search is not dipping in usage, even as searchers continue to adopt AI search features and tools. “95% of Americans continue to use them each month, and 86% are heavy users,” Rand wrote.

To those of you who run advertising campaigns with Microsoft Advertising to show ads on Bing and other Microsoft properties, here are the dos and don’ts of handling suspensions and appeals.

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

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Earlier we reported that ChatGPT from OpenAI seems to be using parts of Google search results for its answers.

Google Ads seems to now have PMax, Performance Max, channel reporting on the account level. This allows you to compare multiple PMax campaigns on the same screen, the same report.

Google posted a new job for an External Communications Manager, Search – this job seems a lot like what Danny Sullivan, the former Google Search Liaison, did, but I am not sure if this is the job posting to find a new Google Search Liaison.