SearchEngineLand.com published a piece on Google searches. For the first time since 2016 Google publicly shared how many searches they process a year. The number comes in at more than 5 trillion. Back in 2016 it was noted as more than 2 trillion searches. From the article: By the numbers. Google revealed the new figure in a blog post today, saying it is based on internal Google … [Read more...]
Google’s share of global search dips below 90% for first time in a decade
At the end of the year I was reading an article from Frank Palermo of CmsWire.com on whether AI powered search engines will disrupt traditional search? Frank wrote that AI is now changing the search game, most likely forever. But there remains a lot of work to do. SearchEngineLand.com published an article today that Google's share of global search fell below 90% for the first time in a … [Read more...]
After taking most of domain owners parking revenue Google might be coming for your affiliate income
Roger Montti published a very interesting article tonight on Google and it's Gemini Deep Research. The article is a real wake up call if you run a website and earn a living through ads and affiliate programs. From the article: Deep Research presents a report that features a summary and recommendations. If searching for a product it will summarize the pros and cons with enough data that a … [Read more...]
Highest CPC Keywords for Google Ads 2024
PPC.io put together the highest paying keywords for Google for 2024. They broke it down amongst a dozen or so categories. Their methodology is something I liked, they mentioned: ? EXAMPLE: We found an article from HubSpot claiming that "Houston Maritime Attorney" had a CPC of $1,090 USD. However, after checking ourselves direct at the source (Google Ads) we found the true CPC to be $60 … [Read more...]
Study shows you might not want to use Google’s AI when it comes to finance
Maybe don't ask AI questions when it comes to your finances. Matt G. Southern posted over at SearchEngineJournal.com about a study by The College Investor. Out of 100 personal finance searches, 43% had misleading or incorrect information. I have noticed this myself, I was not asking AI overview a question but it showed up on top of a search query. I was like that's not right, and it's not a … [Read more...]
Google might actually get broken up but it could take years
Search Engine Roundtable published a very detailed article on the news that the Department of Justice indicated that it was considering a possible breakup of Google as an antitrust remedy to its monopoly ruling. The author mentioned that Google will obviously appeal the decision, which will have this stuck in courts for years. A break up is probably the most strict outcomes of this ruling that … [Read more...]
Google calls for halting use of WHOIS for TLS domain verifications
ArsTechnica.com reported that Google wants to stop using of WHOIS for TLS domain verifications. From the article: Certificate authorities and browser makers are planning to end the use of WHOIS data verifying domain ownership following a report that demonstrated how threat actors could abuse the process to obtain fraudulently issued TLS certificates. TLS certificates are the cryptographic … [Read more...]