Microsoft Advertising Hiding Search Ads On Bing Search Again?A few months ago we reported how it was nearly impossible for a trained SEM to spot the ad label on these Microsoft Advertising search ads on Bing Search. Well, now, Bing is testing not showing an ad label at all on these ads in Bing Search.FrankContinue reading "Microsoft Advertising Hiding Ads On Bing Search Again"

Google September 2023 Helpful Content Completed Rolling Out - Targeting SEO-First ContentGoogle, at around 3 am ET this morning, announced that the September 2023 Google helpful content update has finished rolling out. It took about 14 days, starting on September 14, 2023, and completing today on September 28, 2023. This update really went after SEO-firstContinue reading "Google September 2023 Helpful Content Update Done Rolling Out"

Google Helpful Content Update's Last Surge Of Ranking Fluctuations?Over the past couple of days, I've seen more chatter of ranking movement for those SEOs initially impacted by the September 2023 helpful content update. I wonder if this is the last push, the last surge, of this helpful content update before Google says this update isContinue reading "Google Helpful Content Update’s Last Surge?"

Google Not Rolling Back The Last Helpful Content UpdateGoogle's John Mueller said it is very unlikely that the search company will roll back the last Google update, the September 2023 Google helpful content update. The update is currently rolling out, first touching down on September 14th, and has really wreaked havoc for some SEOs.John wroteContinue reading "Google Not Rolling Back The September 2023 Helpful Content Update"

Google's Helpful Content Update Doesn't Target Third-Party Hosted Content YetWhen the September 2023 Google helpful content update came out, Google added new information to its documentation around this update. One thing specific to this documentation change was around hosted third-party content. But Gary Illyes from Google said at PubCon last night that it was notContinue reading "Third-Party Hosted Content Not Yet Classifier Not Yet Part Of Google’s Helpful Content Update"