Daily Search Forum Recap: October 8, 2024

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.

Google is again showing competitor ads above local listings, this time the reviews. Google will host a creator summit later this month, it is invite-only. Google Ads has a negative keywords tab in the keyword planner tool. Google Search is testing list articles. Google Merchant Center added video generation in Product studio and Amazon MCF integration. Google clarified its robots.txt documentation a tad.

Search Engine Roundtable Stories:

Other Great Search Threads:

• @johnmu just said he doesn’t think there will be a Google core update an hour after the end of his keynote session, like last time he did the #BrightonSEO keynote…., Simon Cox on Mastodon
• Google Ads AI features committing trademark infringement is a badd look. not the first time I’ve seen this. Google’s AI puts a headline for a law firm brand name and then the ads are for different law firms not the law firm in the, Anthony Higman on X
• Gutwrenching to say that GGRecon will be closing its doors in two weeks. After 13 months battling against Google, we’ve run out of runway. The whole team is incredible, and working with them has been one of the greatest joys of my, Lloyd Coombes on X
• I can’t stop laughing at this: A federal judge has accused Google of submitting “unhelpful” spammy content to the court, Nate Hake on X
• Sure, I’ll take your survey #GoogleAds . But let’s be real “if I actually tell the truth, you’re just going to get offended anyway, Govind Singh Panwar on X

Search Engine Land Stories:

Other Great Search Stories:

Industry & Business

• AI revolution in travel ‘well underway’, says Google industry manager, Travel Weekly
• Big Tech has cozied up to nuclear energy, The Verge
• Catching Up on Two Keyword Ad Cases, Eric Goldman
• Google leases 1.1M square foot warehouse as part of D-FW push, Dallas News
• Google must crack open Android for third-party stores, rules Epic judge, The Verge
• Is Google Losing Search Market Share?, SparkToro
• The OpenAI Talent Exodus Gives Rivals an Opening, Wired
• Why Google is appealing the U.S. Epic Games verdict, Google Blog
• How Should Advertisers Navigate A TikTok Ban Or Google Breakup? Just Ask Brian Wieser, AdExchanger

Links & Content Marketing

Local & Maps

Mobile & Voice

SEO

PPC

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