Archive for January, 2026

Microsoft Advertising Adds Share Of Voice Metrics, Asset Group-Level URL Options, Customer Acquisition Goals…

2026/01/16

Microsoft Advertising announced a slew of new features including new customer acquisition goals as an open beta, Share of voice (SOV) metrics, Asset group-level URL options and tracking templates, increased Search Theme limit, enhanced asset group import, Content Targeting now generally available, Location targeting improvements and Autogenerated assets in Responsive Search ads.

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Google Ads Campaign Total Budgets Live As An Open Beta

2026/01/16

Google Ads has made the Campaign total budgets officially live as an open beta for any advertiser to sign up and use. Campaign total budgets are now available in Search, Performance Max and Shopping campaigns within Google Ads.

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Google Ads Manual CPC Bid Selection Streamlined

2026/01/16

Google Ads has reportedly streamlined the selection capability of Manual CPC bidding during the campaign setup. Now the option can be found under the “Conversions” goal, labeled as “Manually set bids.”

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Google Ads A/B Tests Product Titles & Images For Shopping Ads

2026/01/16

Google Ads is doing a limited test with some advertisers to allow them to run A/B tests with different product titles and images in Shopping Ads. Ginny Marvin, the Google Ads Liaison, said it is “currently being tested with a small number of merchants.”

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WordPress Membership Plugin Flaw Exposes Sensitive Stripe Data via @sejournal, @martinibuster

2026/01/16

WordPress membership plugin vulnerability exposing Stripe payment setup data affects up to 10,000 websites. The post WordPress Membership Plugin Flaw Exposes Sensitive Stripe Data appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Vibe Coding Your Own SEO Tools — Whiteboard Friday

2026/01/16

Ready to learn how to “vibe code” custom SEO tools using ChatGPT and Google Colab? Gus Pelogia shares 5 automation ideas, including entity tracking and hreflang matching, to save you time

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Google Health AI Overviews Cite YouTube More Than Any Hospital Site via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

2026/01/16

A study of 50,807 German health queries finds Google AI Overviews cite YouTube most, as Google pulls some health summaries after a Guardian report. The post Google Health AI Overviews Cite YouTube More Than Any Hospital Site appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Google Health AI Overviews Cite YouTube More Than Any Hospital Site via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

2026/01/16

A study of 50,807 German health queries finds Google AI Overviews cite YouTube most, as Google pulls some health summaries after a Guardian report. The post Google Health AI Overviews Cite YouTube More Than Any Hospital Site appeared first on Search Engine Journal

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All In One SEO WordPress Vulnerability Affects Over 3 Million Sites via @sejournal, @martinibuster

2026/01/16

A vulnerability in the popular AIOSEO plugin affecting up to 3 million sites is in addition to the six found in 2025. The post All In One SEO WordPress Vulnerability Affects Over 3 Million Sites appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Survey: Publishers Expect Search Traffic To Fall Over 40% via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

2026/01/15

A Reuters Institute survey finds publishers expect search traffic to drop over 40% in three years as AI answer engines expand. The post Survey: Publishers Expect Search Traffic To Fall Over 40% appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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