Google will be updating its Google Ads data retention policy on November 13, 2024 to only store data 11 years old or newer. Anything older than 11 years of data will be removed from Google’s servers. Google says if you want to hold on to the old data, make sure to download it before November … Read more
Fabrice Canel from Microsoft posted on X this week that BingBot turned 14 years old. Yea, 14 years of crawling the web. Fabrice wrote, “Happy 14th Birthday, BingBot! You’ve been crawling 🕷️ the web and bringing us the best search results for over a decade. Next year promises even more innovation and excellence! Time to … Read more
A majority of Americans are spending more time searching for services online today than five years ago — and they’re frustrated about it, according to a new survey. Why we care. Search engines are supposed to help people find information they want or need. This survey indicates that subpar search engine results and experiences may … Read more
The ever-evolving landscape of search has many wondering what the future holds. Will artificial intelligence (AI) render search engines obsolete? Will websites become a relic of the past? In a recent interview, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, sheds light on these concerns, painting a picture of a future where search remains relevant, but … Read more
Google and Alphabet’s CEO Sundar Pichai sat down for a discussion on AI that inevitably focused on the future of search. He explained his of search and the role of websites, insisting that the only thing different is the technology. These Are The Early Days The interviewer asked if Sundar was caught by surprise by … Read more
It was 13 years ago today that Google launched the Panda update. This algorithm update had a massive and far-reaching impact on SEO and content strategies for years to come. Here’s a complete history of the Google Panda algorithm update. What was the Google Panda update? Google Panda was a major algorithm update that impacted … Read more
The other day, Gartner, a respected research firm, predicted that “traditional search engine volume will drop 25%, with search marketing losing market share to AI chatbots and other virtual agents.” So I asked SEOs what they think and only 20% of SEOs think search volume won’t change by 2026. “Organic and paid search are vital … Read more
This is an excerpt from SEJ’s Ranking Factors 2023 ebook with changes and updates to bring it up to ****. SEO changes quickly! Ranking factors are getting more difficult to fully categorize. Today, Google uses the terms “systems” and “signals” more than “ranking factors.” Google says, about how it ranks results: “Google uses automated ranking … Read more
Right before the New Year, the Google search results volatility spiked big time. I posted the Google webmaster report for January 2024 this week. I published a big list of feature requests for Google Search Console. Google Groups will stop posting Usenet content to combat spam, which may clear up some spam in Google Search. … Read more
John Mueller, Senior Search Analyst and Search Relations team lead at Google, was again out there on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, providing SEO support for site owners, creators, publishers, SEOs, and others. He has done this on Christmas every year and also on New Years every year. He has been doing this … Read more
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