Google has announced changes to its consent management tools to address the challenges advertisers face with evolving privacy regulations. According to Google’s Ads Liaison, Ginny Marvin, the new integrated Consent Management Platform (CMP) setup will …
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Google is rolling out two new features to help you navigate the evolving digital privacy landscape and strengthen first-party data strategies. Why we care. Despite Google deciding to roll back on its plans to remove …
Continue readingWordPress Elementor Widgets Add-On Vulnerability
A WordPress plugin add-on for the popular Elementor page builder recently patched a vulnerability affecting over 200,000 installations. The exploit, found in the Jeg Elementor Kit plugin, allows authenticated attackers to upload malicious scripts. Stored …
Continue readingAdtech antitrust trial judge blasts Google’s business practices
Google’s legal troubles appeared to worsen yesterday as the judge of the adtech antitrust trial delivered sharp criticism of the tech giant, signaling possible consequences for its business practices. What happened: During the pre-trial motion …
Continue readingIs Value-Based Bidding Your Ticket To Higher Quality Leads?
For lead gen marketers, we know it’s not just about generating leads; it’s about attracting the right leads – those that are most likely to convert into valuable customers. Value-based bidding is a strategic approach …
Continue readingWhat SEOs need to know
Google and Bing get a lot of attention, which you’d expect given both hold approximately 95% of the global search market share. However, users searching for “Google alternatives” has increased by 7% year-on-year (mainly driven …
Continue readingGoogle Says Best Practices Can Have Minimal Effect
Google’s John Mueller answered a question the question of how long it takes for SEO to work and what it means if rankings don’t change after a year. Sometimes best practices doesn’t work and John …
Continue readingGoogle adds generative AI insights, shopping ad campaign goals
Add Search Engine Land to your Google News feed. New on Search Engine Land About the author Anu Adegbola has been Paid Media Editor of Search Engine Land since 2024. She covers paid search, paid …
Continue readingWordPress Translation Plugin Vulnerability Affects +1 Million Sites
A critical vulnerability was discovered in the WPML WordPress plugin, affecting over a million installations. The vulnerability allows an authenticated attacker to perform remote code execution, potentially leading to a total site takeover. It is …
Continue readingGoogle removes Auction Insights from Looker Studio
Google Ads users no longer have access to Auction Insights fields in new data sources within Looker Studio. Existing data sources will lose this access on Sept. 23. Why we care. Auction Insights provides critical …
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