Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google November Core Update, Google Ads CPC Bug, SiteGround's Googlebot Issue & Snowden on Google

What a week - Google actually launched a broad core update days before the big online holiday shopping season - the Google November 2021 core update is live and rolling out. I share my thoughts on the timing, the release, more on core updates and the impact thus far...

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Google Ads Insights Report Gains Demand Forecasts, Consumer Interest, Audience Insights & More

Google announced a bunch of additions coming to the Google Ads Insights reporting. These include demand forecasts, consumer interest insights, audience insights, and change history insights and auction insights. Google said this is to help advertisers identify and act on trends.

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Bing Shopping Tab Animated Snowman

How cute is this, Microsoft Bing Search is testing placing this animated snowman next to the Shopping tab under the search bar. I personally cannot replicate this but Frank Sandtmann, an SEO consultant based in Germany, can and sent this to me.

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Microsoft Email Tells Site Owner Site No Longer Blocked In Bing Search

So we know Google has manual actions where a site can be impacted in terms of how it ranks in Google Search. Well, Microsoft Bing doesn't necessarily have manual actions but they do take action against some sites manually. Here is an email from Sunny, an SEO, where Microsoft said they removed a block on a site.

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Google Tests Lens Button In Search Bar On Mobile Search

Google is testing adding the Google Lens button in the mobile search results bar. This camera icon, Google Lens logo, would trigger your camera to come up and you can then search by taking pictures.

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