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How much will backlinks matter in 2023?

Backlinks have long been considered a crucial factor in determining a website’s ranking on search. Historically seen as a vote of confidence, plenty of backlinks pointing to a website indicated that it is a trusted and authoritative source of information. And so, the more backlinks a site had, the higher it was likely to rank […]

This day in search marketing history: February 2

Revamped Google Partners program finally launches In 2022, the changes to Partners program requirements, originally announced in 2020, finally took effect. Those changes were supposed to happen in June 2020 but were first postponed until 2021 and then delayed a second time due to the upheaval caused by the coronavirus pandemic and shelter-in-place orders. Agencies were […]

Report: Microsoft Bing’s ChatGPT feature to be faster and richer with GPT-4

As reported earlier, we are now learning more about Microsoft’s plans to incorporate ChatGPT into Bing Search. Reed Albergotti said that it is not just ChatGPT from OpenAI that is being added to Bing Search but a faster and richer version named GPT-4. The report. The report says, “The most interesting improvement in the latest […]

Google Maps removed policy-abiding reviews from Local Guides

Google has accidentally removed legit, policy-abiding reviews submitted by Local Guides from Google Maps. Google acknowledged the issue and said it is working on reinstating those reviews over the next few weeks. What happened. According to Google’s Local Guides Connect blog, Google said they are “constantly improving our moderation system to keep policy-violating content off […]

Google testing new search design with AI answers over organic results

Google has reportedly started testing a new desktop search page design that integrates chat technology. We already knew Google wants to add chatbot features to search this year. A new CNBC report provides more details on what the experimental search page may look like. Google’s alternate search page. In one version of Google’s search results, […]

Microsoft Bing to rely more on lastmod date in XML sitemap files for crawling

Microsoft Bing will soon rely a lot more on the date you specify in the lastmod field within your XML sitemap for crawling. Fabrice Canel, Principal Product Manager at Microsoft Bing said that starting in June 2023, Bing will revamp its “crawl scheduling stack to better utilize the information provided by the “lastmod” tag in […]

Google Search Console Video indexing report gains video impressions overlay and sitemap filter

Google’s video indexing report within Google Search Console added some new improvements, including video impressions overlay and sitemap filter. Google announced this was done to “help you understand the performance of your videos on Google and identify possible areas of improvement.” What is the video indexing report. The video indexing report shows how many indexed […]

Search Engine Land’s updated What is PPC guide is now available

Whether you are a small business owner new to digital marketing, or a novice looking to expand your paid advertising skills, understanding the basics of PPC is essential to enhancing your results and improving your website’s performance. The advancement of PPC in the past five years is evident. This revised guide offers enhanced insights on: […]

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