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Reminder: Google’s Helpful Content Update Is No More – It’s A Core Update

Posted by admin on 2024/04/10 at 11:51 am

As a reminder, with the release of the Google March 2024 core update, the old Google helpful content update is no longer a thing. As we reported, Google has incorporated helpfulness signals into the overall core update, but that old helpful content update is no longer around.

Google: SEO Is Not About Magic

Posted by admin on 2024/04/10 at 11:41 am

Google’s John Mueller had another one-liner, this one he said, “keep in mind that SEO is not really about magic.” This was in response to trying to SEOs trying to find some magic by using various HTML elements and thus seeing some sort of SEO benefit to that “magic.”

New Warning Google Ads For Location Not Matching

Posted by admin on 2024/04/10 at 11:31 am

Google Ads has a new warning notification within the Google Ads reports that reads, “The search location doesn’t match this campaign’s location targeting settings.” This is a way for Google Ads to target ads to geographic locations.

2024 Google Merchant Center Product Data Specification Updates

Posted by admin on 2024/04/10 at 11:21 am

Google has published its yearly update for its Merchant Center product data specification. Some of the changes listed below went into effect yesterday, April 9, while some go into effect on July 31, 2024, and others don’t go into effect until September 1, 2023.

2024 Google Merchant Center Product Data Specification Updates

Posted by admin on 2024/04/10 at 11:21 am

Google has published its yearly update for its Merchant Center product data specification. Some of the changes listed below went into effect yesterday, April 9, while some go into effect on July 31, 2024, and others don’t go into effect until September 1, 2023.

Bing Search Tests Removing Estimated Number Of Results

Posted by admin on 2024/04/10 at 11:11 am

Microsoft is testing removing the estimated number of search results count in the Bing Search results interface. This comes after Bing began testing removing the cache link from the search result snippets.

The Intersection Of SEO And Accessibility: Optimizing For All Users via @sejournal, @AdamHeitzman

Posted by admin on 2024/04/10 at 8:45 am

Explore the relationship between web accessibility and SEO performance and explain some best practices for ensuring your site can accommodate all users.

WordPress Discovers XSS Vulnerability – Recommends Updating To 6.5.2 via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Posted by admin on 2024/04/10 at 6:17 am

WordPress recommends updating to version 6.5.2 to patch an XSS vulnerability The post WordPress Discovers XSS Vulnerability – Recommends Updating To 6.5.2 appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

LinkedIn Shares 7 Insights For Powerful Online Engagement via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Posted by admin on 2024/04/09 at 9:05 pm

Prashanthi Padmanabhan, Head of Engineering for LinkedIn Premium, shares her framework for creating meaningful online experiences The post LinkedIn Shares 7 Insights For Powerful Online Engagement appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Daily Search Forum Recap: April 9, 2024

Posted by admin on 2024/04/09 at 8:00 pm

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google SGE is testing tabs in the AI overview snapshots. Google says Ad Strength is not used in the ad auction…