Any campaigns using it will be switched to daily budgets. Google has ended its short-lived test of monthly ad budgets, it appears. Advertisers that had access are now being notified, according to a screenshot of the...

The new test is part of a broader focus on monetizing the growing number of local searches. Google is testing more ad opportunities in knowledge panels. In this case, it’s testing ads on panels for local businesses....

The tool is under ‘Close this business on Google.’ Roughly a week a go, Google announced that Google Search and Maps will start showing whether a business is temporarily closed in response to the...

There are some edge cases left with the indexing bug but those Google has posted another update regarding the indexing issues with mobile-indexing and canonicalization. As of last Wednesday, October 14, 2020, the...

Conversion Lift is also now in beta for YouTube campaigns. Google has added YouTube in its Google Ads attribution reporting and is making its data-driven attribution model available to more advertisers. These were...

Searches for local services grew more than 25% YoY across European countries. Google’s Local Services Ads (LSAs) program is now rolling out in Europe. It will initially be available for 16 home services categories...

Reviews and ratings influence search rankings and customer acquisition. Here’s how marketing and customer experience teams can work together to improve both SEO and customer outcomes. If 2020 has taught us...

This script will show you the daily percentage of clicks going to search terms that Google doesn’t report. Google announced at the start of September it would reduce the visibility of search terms shown in...

Tesla is opening its Supercharger network, allowing non-Teslas to use it for the first time. The Supercharger network is the gold standard of EV charging, capable of charging...

Pets were crucial to getting America through quarantine.  When stay at home orders kept people from seeing their human friends, our animal friends were there to stave off our...

Nat Friedman is stepping down as GitHub CEO with Thomas Dohmke replacing him. Friedman cofounded Xamarin and served as the company’s CEO before it was acquired by Microsoft....

A group of government agencies have gone on the offensive against the REvil ransomware gang. REvil is one of the most notorious and prolific ransomware gangs. The gang is...

Microsoft has announced it is shutting down LinkedIn in China as Beijing continues its crackdown on tech companies. LinkedIn is one of the leading job search and professional...

Automaker Opel is closing its Eisenach plant in Germany for the rest of the year as a result of the semiconductor shortage. The semiconductor industry is struggling to meet...

Volkswagen’s truck unit, Traton Group, is taking chips from unfinished vehicles to finish others, a new indication of the impact of the semiconductor shortage. The...

In yet another attempt to limit the impact of technology on young people, China is limiting Douyin usage for those under 14 to 40 minutes a day. Douyin is the Chinese version...