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A new personalized search-discovery-social mashup   To the extent that tech pundits continue to compare Google’s new Keen search and social discovery site to Pinterest, and users also think of it that way, it’s probably destined to fail. Google famously doesn’t promote and ultimately shutters most of these “experiments.” Need …

Chrome Might Not Eat All Your RAM After Adopting This Windows Feature Google’s Chrome browser is far and away the most popular way to browse the web, which is surprising when you consider its abysmal memory management. It’s not uncommon for Chrome to gobble up multiple gigabytes of RAM in …

Google adding local store details to Shopping, free Promoted Pins for Smart campaigns, more Google announced several features and updates Wednesday aimed at helping small and brick-and-mortar businesses re-emerge as local economies begin reopening. Noting some of the ways changing consumer behavior during the coronavirus pandemic has impacted local businesses, …

Google Might Delay Pixel 4a Until Fall to Launch Alongside Pixel 5   This time last year, Google was basking in praise after launching the Pixel 3a, which was widely considered one of the best phones of 2019. It wasn’t objectively the best phone, but it was an incredible value. …

PPC tips: Bidding strategies for Google Shopping campaigns [Video] Google’s new organic Shopping listings have introduced more competition into its Shopping search results. To gain a visibility advantage, merchants can still opt to advertise their products on the platform. During our Google Shopping session of Live with Search Engine Land, …

Replay: SEOs unpack Google’s page experience update on Live with Search Engine Land: On Friday, June 12,  Search Engine Land contributing editor, Barry Schwartz, held a discussion with SEO content experts about on-page experience in preparation for Google’s Page Experience Update. Watch the full session above. The conversation kicked off …

Google to prohibit demographic, zip code targeting for housing, employment, credit ads Google is updating its advertising policies around housing, employment and credit opportunities, the company announced Thursday. New policy. Employment, housing and credit advertisers will no longer be permitted to target or exclude their ads being from being shown …

Google to allow removal of counterfeit goods from search results Google is now allowing users to report counterfeit goods within the organic/free Google search results for removal. This works similar to the DMCA process, where you can request removal of stolen copyrighted content from Google’s search results. What are counterfeit …

Don’t be a one-trick pony Google shopping is the 800-pound gorilla and it’s the default ad platform many people jump on. If it’s not Google, it’s Facebook and Instagram that people want to pour money into. However, what a lot of brands miss out on is having a true cross …

Cracking down on renegade linking practices, auto-generated content Google discovers more than 25 billion spammy pages a day, according to its annual webspam report released Tuesday. The company also published a companion post on why it’s important to keep spam out of search results. The definition of spam. “We define …