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Google has confirmed it fixed the ongoing issue with Google News indexing. This resulted in many publishers seeing massive traffic declines from Google News for a three-week period, starting around June 21st. The update. Google posted an update at 5:06 pm ET today, saying, “We fixed the issue with News indexing. There will be no

Threads is implementing branded content tools to give marketers access to paid promotion opportunities. Meta’s new social platform doesn’t serve ads yet. However, this feature will enable brands to explore the possibility of running influencer campaigns. Why we care. Meta is waiting until Threads reaches a critical mass before selling ad space, which is proving

Google is accused of illegally using copyrighted content and stealing the personal information of millions of Americans to train its AI products. The allegations were made in a proposed class action lawsuit in San Francisco on Tuesday by eight individuals, who say they are seeking to represent the millions of internet users affected. If Google

Threads has become the fastest-growing social media platform in history since it launched on July 5. Within the first hour alone, it received a whopping five million sign ups – just three months after Meta confirmed it was working on an alternative to Twitter. The buzz around Threads is huge news for marketers as many

Google has confirmed an issue with indexing content from news publishers and surfacing that content in Google News. Google said it is working to fix the issue but the issue may result in a decrease in traffic from Google News. Google’s statement. Google posted a statement in the Google Search status report saying, “There’s an

With more startups than ever entering the market, it is becoming more difficult for SaaS brands to cut through the noise. That’s why many have realized that PPC can be a fantastic way to build brand awareness and draw in new customers. However, a more strategic approach is required to run campaigns effectively and gain

Google has launched the Gen Z Music lineup, a new tool that helps marketers better connect with young people. The paid-for feature is now available globally to assist advertisers who would like to increase their appeal to 18- to 24-year-olds. Why we care. Google has identified that the music favored by Gen Z plays an

YouTube is testing a new feature that could help brands and creators engage with viewers while causing minimal disruption. YouTube will enable hyperlinking over single words or phrases in the comments section for the first time. Links will direct viewers to a YouTube search results page while still playing the video they were originally watching.

Google is exploring alternatives or supplemental ways of controlling crawling and indexing beyond the 30 year standard of the robots.txt protocol. “We believe it’s time for the web and AI communities to explore additional machine-readable means for web publisher choice and control for emerging AI and research use cases,” Google wrote. Engaging with the community.

Fewer U.S. adults are beginning their product searches on TikTok than a year ago, according to a CivicScience study. Why we care. This is the latest evidence that Amazon is a platform that retail brands must pay attention to. While TikTok intends to build a $20 billion ecommerce business, the U.S. won’t be a big

Open AI has disabled the Bing search feature it has added to its ChatGPT AI service. “We’ve disabled the Browse with Bing beta feature out of an abundance of caution while we fix this in order to do right by content owners,” Open AI posted. Open AI said it is working on bringing the feature

In the past few days, Google Search has dropped over half of the indexed URLs from Twitter from the Google Search index. This was done after Twitter added a “feature” on Friday afternoon only to display tweets to signed-in and registered users; also, the throttling going on at Twitter right now is probably not helping.

Marketers haven’t had the easiest time migrating from Universal Analytics to Google Analytics 4. Some advertisers are so frustrated with the new tool, that they’ve even been holding funerals for UA in the hope that Google might get the message and make a sudden U-turn. Search Engine Land recently ran a poll to find out

Marketers have been pulling their hair out trying to get to grips with Google Analytics 4 – fortunately, we’ve got some good news. There are a bunch of incredible courses and resources available that’ll boost your confidence and understanding of how to use the new platform. Here, we’ve compiled a list of 9 Google Analytics

In just 48 hours we received around 400 responses to our poll question about Google Analytics 4. With the standard version of Universal Analytics sunsetting tomorrow (July 1), we asked you: What level of readiness are you (and/or your team) at when it comes to switching to GA4 from Universal Analytics? Despite plenty of frustration: Almost

Google is broadly rolling out brand exclusions in Performance Max and broad match brand restrictions in Search to all advertisers. Following successful pilots for both, the search engine announced that the move would help marketers with guiding Google AI and where their campaigns appear online. Up until now, both features were only available in beta. Why

Google has urged marketers to import their web and app conversions from Google Analytics 4 into Google Ads. Advertisers that have a linked Google Ads account may have already received a message advising of the new import conversions recommendation. If your GA4 account is eligible for the import, a card will likely appear at the

While AI can assist in drafting marketing materials and offering prompt responses to customer inquiries, its capabilities extend far beyond these basic functions. Join this webinar as experts as they explore how GPT empowers marketers with powerful tools to act upon real-time insights and deliver personalized experiences on a large scale. Register and attend “Reshape