This day in search marketing history: January 10
Google launches Search Plus Your World, plus: subtopics ranking, Google Ads custom dimensions, links within widgets and more.
Danny Goodwin has been Managing Editor of Search Engine Land & Search Marketing Expo – SMX since 2022. He joined Search Engine Land in 2022 as Senior Editor. In addition to reporting on the latest search marketing news, he manages Search Engine Land’s SME (Subject Matter Expert) program. He also helps program U.S. SMX events. Goodwin has been editing and writing about the latest developments and trends in search and digital marketing since 2007. He previously was Executive Editor of Search Engine Journal (from 2017 to 2022), managing editor of Momentology (from 2014-2016) and editor of Search Engine Watch (from 2007 to 2014). He has spoken at many major search conferences and virtual events, and has been sourced for his expertise by a wide range of publications and podcasts.
Google launches Search Plus Your World, plus: subtopics ranking, Google Ads custom dimensions, links within widgets and more.
Danny Goodwin | Jan 10, 2023 at 12:01 am ETAdWords Managed Accounts got shared negative lists, plus: a Google knowledge graph hack, Google’s advertiser growth and more.
Danny Goodwin | Jan 9, 2023 at 12:01 am ETA shift from keyword research to intent research, plus: search engines taking data from SEOs, PPC spending/budget cuts, and more.
Danny Goodwin | Jan 8, 2023 at 12:01 am ETThe Spam Clock targets Google spam, plus: link removal request figures, loads of new tools and features, major search deals and more.
Danny Goodwin | Jan 7, 2023 at 12:01 am ETGoogle Webmaster Tools added unnatural links and cloaking spam warnings, plus: Google Shops, how Yahoo angered advertisers and more.
Danny Goodwin | Jan 6, 2023 at 12:01 am ETGoogle AdWords introduces click-to-call ads, plus: IndexNow WordPress plugin, AdWords 2x budget change, search being solved and more.
Danny Goodwin | Jan 5, 2023 at 12:01 am ETRap Genius gets out of Google jail, plus: how Rick Santorum made his Google problem worse, Yahoo's new CEO and more
Danny Goodwin | Jan 4, 2023 at 12:01 am ETWhy Google penalized Google Chrome, plus: DuckDuckGo launches Donttrack.us, Google challengers, Google newspaper ads and more.
Danny Goodwin | Jan 3, 2023 at 12:01 am ETGoogle uses paid links and thin content to promote Chrome, plus: why people click on search ads, search quality raters guidelines and more.
Danny Goodwin | Jan 2, 2023 at 12:01 am ETWe launch This Day In Search Marketing History, plus: is Google evil tipping points, popular Search Engine Land articles and more.
Danny Goodwin | Jan 1, 2023 at 12:01 am ETGoogle Sheets, E-A-T, helpful content and more! These 10 SEO columns got the most pageviews on Search Engine Land in 2022.
Danny Goodwin | Dec 30, 2022 at 6:00 am ETExcel formulas, Performance Max, RSAs and more! These 10 PPC columns got the most pageviews on Search Engine Land in 2022.
Danny Goodwin | Dec 29, 2022 at 6:00 am ETSEO proved to be yet another challenging year with several big changes. Here's our recap of the year's most important SEO news and stories.
Danny Goodwin | Dec 28, 2022 at 6:00 am ETSearch Engine Land launched on this day in 2006. Today, we look back on a successful 2022 and look forward to an even greater 2023.
Danny Goodwin | Dec 11, 2022 at 4:19 pm ETAdding @bookmarks, @history or @tabs into your Chrome address bar should help speed up your searches in these categories.
Danny Goodwin | Dec 6, 2022 at 3:27 pm ETGoogle's lawsuit alleges that a company called G Verifier scammed and harassed hundreds of Business Profile merchants.
Danny Goodwin | Nov 30, 2022 at 12:40 pm ETCritical thinking. Problem-solving. Persistence. These are just three critical SEO skills. Discover 10 more here.
Danny Goodwin | Oct 28, 2022 at 8:00 am ETIs Google stealing all those zero-click searches for themselves? No. In fact, many are a result of query refinement from searchers.
Danny Goodwin | Oct 25, 2022 at 3:51 pm ETHere are all the individuals, agencies and in-house teams who have earned Search Engine Land awards for excellence in SEO in PPC in 2022.
Danny Goodwin | Oct 17, 2022 at 8:00 am ETWe're excited to announce the nominations for this year's Search Engine Land Awards. And our first two winners!
Danny Goodwin | Oct 13, 2022 at 6:00 am ETThis update impacted English-language product reviews and overlapped with Google's September 2022 core update.
Danny Goodwin | Sep 27, 2022 at 11:49 am ETThis update took 15 days to roll out. Now it's time to check your analytics to see how your site was impacted and what actions to take.
Danny Goodwin | Sep 26, 2022 at 2:07 pm ETGoogle's snippet help documentation now provides additional guidance on writing bad vs. better meta descriptions.
Danny Goodwin | Sep 1, 2022 at 3:44 pm ETSEOs were expecting a massive impact, but it hasn't materialized. Google's Danny Sullivan says the update will continue to be refined.
Danny Goodwin | Sep 1, 2022 at 12:08 pm ETGoogle is testing the labels, which highlight whether the content of a page can be read in five minutes or less.
Danny Goodwin | Aug 29, 2022 at 2:49 pm ETGoogle provides new guidance around how to stay eligible to earn and maintain visibility in the education Q&A rich results.
Danny Goodwin | Aug 25, 2022 at 3:00 pm ETNew research reveals some remarkable Google search trends that could boost your rankings and revenue this year.
Danny Goodwin | Aug 25, 2022 at 2:34 pm ETMost SEOs are taking a wait-and-see approach to the helpful content update, but many SEOs are confident their content is helpful.
Danny Goodwin | Aug 22, 2022 at 4:41 pm ETGoogle also is now highlighting new stats on how improving Core Web Vitals metrics can improve user engagement and business metrics.
Danny Goodwin | Aug 22, 2022 at 12:02 pm ETGoogle is about to launch its helpful content update. So what exactly is helpful content? Here’s what Google has told us.
Danny Goodwin | Aug 19, 2022 at 3:54 pm ETIs your SEO not going the way you wanted or expected? Here are some realities about SEO that you may not have heard before.
Danny Goodwin | Aug 16, 2022 at 5:04 pm ETMicrosoft Bing's search results now show product price history, available coupons and ethical choice annotations for shoppers.
Danny Goodwin | Aug 10, 2022 at 4:46 pm ETWith COVID seemingly never more transmissible, are you more hesitant about attending live events? Please take our quick survey.
Danny Goodwin | Aug 10, 2022 at 8:00 am ETThe new features lets local businesses display their address, hours and more information at the top of their Twitter profile.
Danny Goodwin | Aug 4, 2022 at 11:00 am ETLooking to grow your engagement and visibility on LinkedIn? Learn some tips from someone who is doing it well.
Danny Goodwin | Aug 1, 2022 at 3:12 pm ETSimilar to Google's quality rater guidelines, human raters asses the quality of Neeva's search results using these instructions.
Danny Goodwin | Jul 28, 2022 at 2:36 pm ETFacebook posts from friends, pages, groups will live in Feeds. Home will become a discovery engine, fueled by engagement and context.
Danny Goodwin | Jul 21, 2022 at 12:36 pm ETInstagram making it easier for users to discover restaurants, cafes, hotels and other local businesses.
Danny Goodwin | Jul 19, 2022 at 3:04 pm ETBrian Dean used to recommend Ahrefs and link to them. Now? Not so much. What's changed? Semrush bought Dean's site.
Danny Goodwin | Jul 18, 2022 at 3:51 pm ETThe new CoTweet feature lets two Twitter users collaborate to gain additional visibility with a new audience. It is in limited testing.
Danny Goodwin | Jul 8, 2022 at 2:22 pm ET