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JANUARY 12, 2023

2020: Agencies, SEOs, and resellers were not eligible for this program. Responsive search ads available globally in all Microsoft Advertising interfaces. 2020: In this installment of Barry Schwartz’s vlog series, he chats with Álvarez about why structured data will be important in the future and his passion for mentoring SEOs.

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JANUARY 1, 2023

In 2012, Google – a search engine known for fighting against paid links and “thin” content – seemed to be behind a campaign that generated both on behalf of its Chrome browser. Google’s Mueller spent New Year’s helping SEOs tackle hacked content, slow website issues. The Hottest Reads In Search & Social In 2012.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Google introduced the news meta keywords tag specifically for publishers in 2012. Advertisers can now view Google mobile speed scores for more landing pages 2019: Google Ads tweaked its mobile speed score algorithm to reduce the number of ad clicks needed to generate a result. Google Shopping Tops Amazon Product Ads: 32.7%

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FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Google releases ‘How to hire an SEO’ video In 2017, Google added a new 11-minute video about how to hire an SEO to its Do you need an SEO? Google’s Maile Ohye outlined the SEO hiring process in three steps: Conduct a two-way interview with your potential SEO. help document page. Hearst Corp.,

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FEBRUARY 9, 2023

19, 2012 and was updated Oct. Here’s how Google’s own ads impact bids & pricing in AdWords auctions 2017: Google took steps to minimize the impact of its ads on CPCs, but advertisers paid as if Google didn’t win its ad positions, not as if Google didn’t bid at all. ” A Paid Search First?

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FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Noogler: SEO is spam, ads help you rank In 2012, a Googler made headlines when he said “SEO isn’t good for users or the Internet at large,” and “It’s a bug that you could rank highly in Google without buying ads, and Google is trying to fix the bug.” Google didn’t view SEO as spam.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2023

This major update was designed to simplify campaign management across multiple devices and increase adoption rates of mobile advertising among small and medium-sized businesses. Advertisers would set a baseline bid that applied to both desktop and tablet, and then set the mobile bid as a multiplier of the desktop/tablet bid.

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MARCH 1, 2023

Maryland’s ad tax is here, and advertisers should look to their European counterparts for how to deal with it 2021: Ads from companies (in this case, platforms like Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook) will be taxed at a rate of 2.5% to 10%, depending on their annual global revenue.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The revised Yahoo-Bing search deal returned ad sales and account management back to each company: Bing handled Bing customers, Yahoo handled Yahoo customers. Read all about it in Microsoft Introduces Advertisers To The Bing Network. Marine built a professional career in SEO and SEM while giving back to the community.

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JANUARY 8, 2023

AdWords Managed Accounts get shared negative lists across accounts. In 2017, Google added the ability to create and share negative keyword lists across accounts for Managed Accounts. Read all about it in: AdWords Managed Accounts can finally share negative keyword lists across accounts. million advertisers. million and 1.5

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MARCH 15, 2023

Google My Business releases tool to manage your reviews 2021: Previously, there was no real way to see the status of reviews you submitted for a takedown in an organized fashion More PPC advertisers pause campaigns amid coronavirus upheaval 2020: “It’s surprising how fast things have changed in just a couple of days.” Too Much SEO?

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Google Search Console fixed a bug with Google Tag Manager verification 2020: Reverification may have been necessary. Google’s January Search Update: Panda In The Pipelines, Fresher Results, Date Detection & More 2012: Google’s monthly update of search tweaks from the prior month.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Microsoft Advertising nearly doubles available markets with 29 more countries 2022: This expansion would increase the platform’s reach by 41 million customers. The Donkey Cutts SEO Game: Avoid Panda & Penguins 2014: The game worked like “Donkey Kong,” but replaced the objects based off of Google ranking signals.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Also on this day Google Ads latency issues and error messages within advertiser console 2022: Google confirmed the issue and was investigating. BrightEdge acquires Oncrawl in enterprise SEO shakeup 2022: Oncrawl would continue to run under BrightEdge’s umbrella. Is SEO Killing America?

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MARCH 14, 2023

Google rolls out Search Ads 360 integration for Google Analytics 4 2022: Integrating enabled advertisers to see sessions, users and conversions within the context of dimensions such as source, campaign, medium and default channel grouping. Reality Check Time! Twitter Trends: Now Showing In Bing Results? A tax or levy on Google.

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JANUARY 5, 2023

Google Ads error tells advertisers exact match keywords are saving as broad match. Standard text ads will live on a bit longer, Microsoft Advertising says. 2020: In this installment of Barry Schwartz’s vlog series, he chatted with Ghergich about how to scale your SEO agency, understanding human intent and more.

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JANUARY 2, 2023

In 2012, Google’s sponsored post campaign to promote its Chrome browser produced posts that violated its guidelines against “thin” content and potentially those against buying links. Microsoft Advertising launches sweepstakes for advertisers. A day later, we found out what happened, according to Google.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Google’s CTR answer just what you’d expect, and this is why SEOs go bananas 2019: Would Google give us a clear statement that outright said it does not currently use CTR directly in their core search ranking algorithm? Bing Webmaster Tools API Now Available 2012: This feature allowed webmasters to easily use Bing WMT data in other locations.

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JANUARY 29, 2023

Jumpshot was made famous within the SEO industry by SparkToro founder Rand Fishkin’s (heavily criticized and widely circulated) zero-click analysis and presentations. Read all about it in With Jumpshot shuttered, where will SEOs get their ‘zero-click’ fix now? of desktop, 17.3% Apple’s big maps makeover now available across U.S.,

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FEBRUARY 15, 2023

” And clearly, everyone in SEO has heeded all of Google’s advice about not doing link building, which is no longer a thing in SEO. Conductor acquires technical SEO monitoring tool ContentKing 2022: This is the first acquisition made by Conductor. Google Showing Fewer Than 10 Results For Some Searches?

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MARCH 20, 2023

All the while, Google continued to recommend using it, so SEOs, publishers and developers invested resources into implementing and maintaining the markup – all for no benefit. New Ad Status Info Added To AdWords 2012: Google gave AdWords users a new way to figure out whether their ads are approved, or not, and why.

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MARCH 5, 2023

Matt Cutts confirms Vince, calls it a ‘minor change’ In 2009, Google’s Matt Cutts created a video to answer many questions about a recent “brand push” in the search results that SEOs and webmasters had noticed, starting in late February. There were some manual control options.

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JANUARY 9, 2023

In 2012, Google’s search results were radically transformed as a new “Search Plus Your World” format began rolling out. 2022: It let advertisers review and delete policy-violating ads across accounts. Microsoft Advertising’s PromoteIQ integration for retailers, brands is now in beta. Also on this day.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2023

and Venice In 2012, Google confirmed the Panda Update 3.3 Chris Liversidge, Why Google’s Venice Update Fundamentally Changes Global SEO Read all about it in Google Confirms Panda 3.3 Startup helps small retailers get local inventory data online at POS 2019: Pointy offered a way to gain more SEO visibility and compete with Amazon.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Moz upgrades its Domain Authority metric In 2019, SEO tool Moz announced an update to how they measured Domain Authority (DA). I bolded that part above because the DA metric has caused confusion within the SEO industry, as many have basically assigned it value as a meaningful SEO metric, akin to the old visible Google PageRank scores.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Microsoft Advertising launches Cruise Ads 2022: The vertical-specific ad format was only available to advertisers targeting customers in the U.S. Microsoft Ads to replace Manual CPC with Enhanced CPC by end of April 2021: Microsoft said eCPC increases conversions while lowering CPA, but some advertisers worried about loss of control.

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JANUARY 15, 2023

Bing Ads launches page feeds for easier Dynamic Search Ads management. 2019: Page feeds eliminated the need to create targets for specific URLs or groups of URLs in DSA campaigns, making it easier to set up and manage. 2015: Google was sticking with the figure it gave in 2012 but stressed it’s “over” that amount.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2023

SEOs upset over Google dropping attribution in featured snippets In 2019, SEOs were not happy about a Google featured snippet format that didn’t immediately show the source of the content. Google Panda Two Years Later: The Real Impact Beyond Rankings & SEO Visibility 2013: A look at what happened to some Panda’s losers.

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JANUARY 26, 2023

The AdWords API is designed for developers representing tech-savvy advertisers and the ecosystem of third parties which includes SEMs (search engine marketers), agencies, and other online marketing professionals who manage multiple client accounts and/or large campaigns. Google News – AdWords API The Google AdWords API had a good run.

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MARCH 8, 2023

Read about it in New, unconfirmed Google ranking update ‘Fred’ shakes the SEO world. Video: Fili Wiese, an SEO that used to work in Google search quality 2020: A number of topics were discussed, including managing Google penalties, how Google penalizes websites, the disavow link tool and nofollow link attribute.

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JANUARY 11, 2023

Google Business Profiles sets waiting period for new owners and managers. 2022: Newly granted users had to wait 7 days before they could manage all the features of the profile. Yoast SEO 17.9 2012: Google was “softening its tone” and “renewing its push” into China. consumers spent $204.5 German Govt. in Septembe to 19.4%

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MARCH 21, 2023

Microsoft Advertising updates reporting dashboard with recent reports, real-time previews and more 2022: The new reporting dashboard was aimed at streamlining workflows by making reports easier to customize and access. AdWords now shows ad version history 2018: Advertisers could compare old ad variations in the new AdWords interface.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

Microsoft Advertising Shopping campaigns reporting enhancements. 2021: Numerous advertisers had paused their social media campaigns over the events at the Capitol. 2012: A closer look at the changes, including how they turn Google+ into an essential social network for any search marketer. Also on this day.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Yandex Starts To Drink From The Twitter “Firehose” 2012: The Russian search engine would begin integrating the Twitter feed into its search results. Scroogle.org Is Gone Forever” Says Site Owner 2012: Related coverage: Scroogle’s Gone? Is Google Ignoring The HTML Title Tag More Often?

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MARCH 11, 2023

Google publishes video of search quality meeting In 2012, Google shared a video from one of its search quality meetings – something that few outsiders had ever seen. DuckDuckGo CEO testifies: Privacy legislation isn’t ‘anti-advertising’ 2019: Gabriel Weinberg also believed that privacy legislation could make the internet more competitive.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Microsoft Advertising launches Cruise Ads 2022: The vertical-specific ad format was only available to advertisers targeting customers in the U.S. Microsoft Ads to replace Manual CPC with Enhanced CPC by end of April 2021: Microsoft said eCPC increases conversions while lowering CPA, but some advertisers worried about loss of control.

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JANUARY 23, 2023

Your campaigns, managed by ‘Google Ads experts’ In 2019, some advertisers received an email from Google Ads with the headline: “We’ll focus on your campaigns, so you can focus on your business.” Unless advertisers opted out, they would have been added to the program automatically seven days after receiving the email.

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