by Jim November 13, 2024 Welcome back Rankers! This week I’m sharing insights into some of the biggest trends shaping the digital landscape right now, plus some personal milestones like our 19th year on YouTube and the launch of my new book on the future of business online. You’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at how … Read more
This week, we covered that Google told creators that a new search ranking update is coming fairly soon, but you shouldn’t expect to recover with this update. Google is now downgrading the rankings of content that is starkly different from the main content of the site. Google said again that it is doubtful you’d see … Read more
Google held that Web Creator summit yesterday at the GooglePlex, where Google told victims of previous search ranking updates including the September 2023 helpful content update, that a new Google search ranking update is coming fairly or very soon, but if they were hit by the helpful content update, they should not expect to recover … Read more
Google CEO Sundar Pichai finally took action and made significant leadership changes. Prabhakar Raghavan, who ran Google Search, Ads, Commerce, Geo, Assistant, and Payments, now reports to Pichai as Chief Technologist and hands the Search reins over to Nick Fox. Pichai announced, “He’ll return to his computer science roots and take on the role of … Read more
AI winter is a term that describes funding cuts in research and development of artificial intelligence systems. This usually follows after a period of overhype and under-delivery in the expectations of AI systems capabilities. Does this sound like today’s AI? Over the past few months, we’ve observed several key generative AI systems failing to meet the … Read more
We all **** to take a little time away from the grind during the slow season (which for many of us is right now), but smart PPC marketers are also using the time to get in the prime position when the tide is higher. In retail, that will fire up in October (probably earlier than … Read more
Patches lets you fix simple issues on your website with one click, right in Site Audit. We handle all the backend stuff so you can focus on the big picture. What are Patches? Patches are fixes for your website that you can create and make directly in Site Audit issue reports. Did your pages get … Read more
For the original iTunes version, click here. Google said that the next Google core update should be coming in the coming weeks. Google had some search ranking volatility, an unconfirmed Google update, around July 18th. Google said it will host more creator meetings. Google Search Notes is coming to an end this month. Google … Read more
Google announced that Google Merchant Center Next, the updated version of Google Merchant Center it announced at Google Marketing Live in 2023, is now coming to all merchants this month. Google has already begun notifying merchants and advertisers of this via email and will continue to do so over the month. Google posted on X … Read more
Google said the next Google core update may be released “in the coming weeks.” Google does not yet have a **** for when that core update will start to roll out because Google does not know until the core update is tested, evaluated and approved to be incorporated into Google Search – and that has … Read more
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