Google Search Advocate John Mueller responded to a plan to hide a homepage button from Google in hopes that a better-worded link further down the page would count instead. He suspects the person behind it is overthinking it. The r/bigseo thread starts with a question about a homepage that links to the same services page ..
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Organic search still delivers some of the strongest returns in marketing, and the right content optimization tools make it easier to capture. But in 2026, the stakes are higher than they used to be. AI search engines like Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, and ChatGPT are now a standard part of the buyer research process, and ..
That is not a moral claim, and it is not a warning about getting caught. It is a description of a mechanism that several groups of researchers have now documented from different angles, and once you see how the pieces fit together, a good deal of confusing behavior in AI search stops being confusing. I ..
Google made a major change to their Merchant Listing structured data requirements in addition to adding clarification on how to use structured data to indicate how long a sale prices will last. In total, there are three new additions but the biggest change by far is the addition of a new Category property. While it’s ..
This month’s Ask A PPC tackles a very real concern: Search term visibility keeps shrinking on some platforms while other platforms continue to maintain more transparency. Advertisers still need to understand, diagnose, and optimize campaigns even when they do not have full search term signals. “With search terms increasingly unavailable, what technical signals should advertisers ..
YouTube has become the top podcast platform in the UK, surpassing Spotify for the first time on record, according to Edison Research. Among weekly podcast listeners aged 15 and over, 29% now cite YouTube as their preferred service, compared to 28% for Spotify. The one-point gap is quite small, and Edison describes the outcome as ..
Nick Fox, Google’s senior vice president of Knowledge & Information, said that Google Search reached its highest usage ever on July 7, coinciding with Argentina’s comeback victory over Egypt at the World Cup. In the post, Fox wrote: “Google Search broke all prior usage records and saw its highest usage in history right after Argentina ..
Google Ads is expanding its Search campaigns for Travel beta to two additional verticals: Things to Do and Events. Google announced the update in a post on X and LinkedIn on July 8, 2026. Advertisers selling attractions, tours, and event tickets can now access the campaign type through an open beta, although availability remains limited. ..
Tom Critchlow, a longtime search marketer with deep experience, recently shared his opinions of where the SEO industry is today, saying that AI Search is changing business priorities in a way that exposes the weaknesses inherent in SEO today. This transformation means that search marketing professionals need to evaluate the services they offer in order ..
Google is clarifying its Smart Bidding update after advertisers questioned how budget-limited campaigns will behave beginning August 17. The original announcement around Smart Bidding changes was June 22. The update essentially changes how Target CPA and Target ROAS campaigns behave when they’re limited by budget. Today, many budget-limited campaigns outperform their bidding targets. Smart Bidding ..
