Google today announced a new ranking algorithm designed to judge web pages based on how users perceive the experience of interacting with a web page. That means if Google thinks your website users will have a poor experience on your pages, Google may not rank those pages as highly as they are now. This update…
DetailsShopify’s platform makes it simple for beginner store owners to launch their e-commerce sites, but that convenience means that many of the technical aspects of your site have been decided for you. This introduces some Shopify-specific quirks that you may run into when optimizing your site architecture, URL structure, and use of JavaScript. The basic…
DetailsThere is an old misconception that Facebook Marketplace is still only a C2C platform similar to Craigslist. That is no longer true. In its initial stages, Facebook Marketplace was only offering individual users the opportunity to list and purchase items locally. As the Marketplace grew in popularity, Facebook added new features, like the ability to…
DetailsStarting today, Google is beginning the first phase of its program to provide $340 million in Google Ads advertising credits for eligible small and medium-sized businesses. Qualifying advertisers in New Zealand will be the first recipients of this program. Advertisers that qualify will be notified and see the credit to be used for future advertising…
DetailsThe crawling and indexing processes lay the groundwork for search engines to rank results. Despite being fundamental aspects of how search engines operate, crawling and indexing are often overlooked or misunderstood. During our crawling and indexing session of Live with Search Engine Land, Martin Splitt, search developer advocate at Google, explained these two processes using…
DetailsLooking for creative ways to adapt search to new digital experiences? Wondering what tools can help remedy a drop in rankings? Eager to leverage new technologies to enhance e-commerce experiences? Join thousands of your peers online (for free!), June 23-24, for SMX Next to learn innovative SEO and SEM tactics that can help you achieve…
DetailsGoogle has quietly swapped out the speed report in Google Search Console with the new Core Web Vitals report. If you are trying to find the speed report, don’t panic, it has just changed names and is using the new web vitals engine to power it. Core Web Vitals in Search Console. When you login…
DetailsGoogle reported searches for “how to help small businesses” spiked in March, “increasing more than 700% since February.” Partly in response to this outpouring of interest, Google introduced support links in early May. This is just one of several new features and tools Google is rolling out broadly in an effort to help local businesses…
DetailsDiscovery ads serve automatically across YouTube, Discover and Gmail. Google introduced two big image-driven ad tests at its Google Marketing Live event last year. Gallery ads for Search campaigns didn’t make it and are set to shuffle off this summer, but Discovery ads have emerged from testing and are now available to all advertisers globally.…
DetailsNew Google Ads retail category reporting allows retailers to see product category performance across Search and Shopping campaigns. The reports show performance across a set of pre-defined product categories based on labels Google “uses to categorize the words that people search for on Google.” To get started. Create a new custom table report from the…
DetailsFacebook ads pro, Gil David, founder of Facebook and Instagram Ads consultancy Run DMG, and Florian Litterst of Adsventure.de, will join Search Engine Land Editor-in-Chief Ginny Marvin for a deep dive into Facebook’s big push into e-commerce: Facebook Shops. At 12:00 pm EST on Wednesday, May 27, they’ll discuss the details of Facebook Shops, what…
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