Independent News & Media’s Head of SEO shares the results of testing the impact of AMP on Top Stories, Google Discover, and organic search rankings. Some of his findings Prior to testing, AMP accounted for [...]

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You may soon start seeing a flame 🔥 icon for trending reels on Instagram. NOTE: The feature was likely discovered by reverse-engineering the app to find hidden features and security vulnerabilities, so while it’s possible [..]

There is an interesting tidbit you can learn about Google’s web rendering service (WRS) in the latest JavaScript SEO hangout with Martin Splitt of Google where Martin said he is “spilling the beans a little [...]

Publisher Center has been updated to make the user experience easier and clearer. A new section called ‘Publication settings’ allows users to edit general information like the publication name, URLs, and logos from one section. Google [...]

Google is the top review site in the US, both in terms of traffic and review volume. A new report (gated) from Birdeye analyzes customer data and shows how massive the reviews gap now is. [...]

Facebook is allowing businesses to advertise to children as young as 13 who express an interest in smoking, extreme weight loss and gambling for as little as $3, research by the lobby group Reset Australia [...]

Looks like most of the SERP position tackers are noticing a big change today, in SEMRush I can see a 6.3/10 volatility score in the US and a 4.9/10 volatility score in AU on 29 [..]

Signed-in Search Console users in the US will soon see a “Report an Indexing Issue” button under the Index Coverage report and URL Inspection Tool articles in the Search Console Help Center. It should be [...]

Google is adding a bunch of new features in search when people are searching for travel-related queries. Here is some info on what is new: COVID-19 related travel advisories or restrictions for your destination updated [...]

Google is bringing a bunch of improvements to Google Assistant, here is a quick summary about a few of them: Teach Google to recognize unique names: Starting over the next few days, you can teach [...]

Last year, Google launched the Android Earthquake Alerts System, which uses sensors in Android smartphones to detect earthquakes around the world. The free system provides near-instant information to Google Search about local seismic events when you [...]

Google’s YouTube is already the world’s largest online video platform. If continues growing the way it has the last several quarters, it could also match Netflix in revenues by year’s end. In its first-quarter earnings [...]

Google has just announced v7 of the Google Ads API. To use the v7 features, you will need to upgrade your client libraries and client code. For more information on breaking changes, see the migration guide. [...]

Learn how to build brand affinity in the least boring way possible with Show Business. Experts in thisseries will teach you the skills you need to create a compelling video series or podcast for your [...]

A cheat sheet of sorts for understanding the shift in GA’s data model when moving from UA to GA4. This can help you learn how the two data models compare.

DigitalOcean has emailed customers warning of a data breach involving customers’ billing data. The company said the person “gained access to some of your billing account details through a flaw that has been fixed” over [...]