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Tariff turmoil in Google Ads: See how your market share is affected by Adthena

Tariff turmoil in Google Ads: See how your market share is affected by Adthena

What would you do if you realized that you had lost 15% of your market share last month? Can your brand afford to fall behind in Google Ads, even for a week? Right now, the recent tariff shifts (taxes on imported goods) are sending shockwaves through global industries. Supply chains are strained. Pricing strategies are […]

Google Clarifies Googlebot-News Crawler Documentation

Google Clarifies Googlebot-News Crawler Documentation

Google updated their Google News crawler documentation to correct an error that implied that publisher crawler preferences addressed to Googlebot-News influenced the News tab in Google search. Google News Tab The Google News tab is a category of search that is displayed near the top of the search results pages (SERPs). The news tab filter […]

Updating XML Sitemap Dates Doesn’t Help SEO

Updating XML Sitemap Dates Doesn’t Help SEO

Google’s John Mueller clarifies that automatically changing XML sitemap dates doesn’t boost SEO and could make it harder for Google to find actual content updates. The “Freshness Signal” Myth Busted On Reddit’s r/SEO forum, someone asked if competitors ranked better by setting their XML sitemap dates to the current date to send a “freshness signal” […]

Reddit Mods Accuse AI Researchers Of Impersonating Sexual Assault Victims

Reddit Mods Accuse AI Researchers Of Impersonating Sexual Assault Victims

Researchers testing the ability of AI to influence people’s opinions violated the ChangeMyView subreddit’s rules and used deceptive practices that allegedly were not approved by their ethics committee, including impersonating victims of sexual assault and using background information about Reddit users to manipulate them. They argue that those conditions may have introduced biases. Their solution […]

Google Now Allows Top Ads To Appear At Bottom Of Search Results

Google Now Allows Top Ads To Appear At Bottom Of Search Results

Google Ads introduced a quiet but impactful change last week to how ads can show up on the search results page. High-performing ads that used to be eligible only for top-of-page positions can now also appear at the bottom. This means advertisers can show up more than once on the same results page: once at […]

OpenAI adds shopping features to ChatGPT Search

OpenAI adds shopping features to ChatGPT Search

OpenAI is rolling out shopping features within ChatGPT Search, starting with fashion, beauty, home goods, and electronics categories. The shopping features will guide users to find the right product for their query or questions. What is shopping in ChatGPT. ChatGPT will offer recommendations for products, show product images and product reviews that it thinks you […]

ChatGPT Adds Shopping, WhatsApp Search, & Improved Citations

ChatGPT Adds Shopping, WhatsApp Search, & Improved Citations

OpenAI has added several new features to ChatGPT’s search tool. You can now shop for products, search through WhatsApp, and see improved source citations. These updates build upon the real-time search features introduced in October, demonstrating OpenAI’s increasing challenge to Google and other search engines. New Shopping Features Now Available The most significant addition in […]

WordPress pages or posts: Which should you use?

WordPress pages or posts: Which should you use?

WordPress offers two primary content types: Pages and Posts.  Choosing the right format for your content can improve your website’s organization, user experience, and even SEO.  But how do they differ – and when should you use one over the other? Let’s break it down. WordPress Pages Pages are best suited for static, “evergreen” content […]

Smarter ways to visualize search marketing data in 2025

Smarter ways to visualize search marketing data in 2025

Marketers love a good line graph that goes up and to the right, but with overwhelming data, graphs alone can’t communicate complex data effectively. A good data display should do more than convey information – it should reveal insights, guide decisions, and prioritize actions.  In 2025, marketing data must evolve from reporting to storytelling, because […]