Daily Search Forum Recap: July 24, 2024

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

‘Funding’ Your Retirement Account Isn’t the Same As Investing

If you have a retirement account—whether a 401k through your employer or an individual retirement account (IRA)—you are already on the path to setting yourself up for financial success later in life. But you can’t stop at simply adding money to your retirement account. You need to actually select investments to buy with your cash. […]

How to Block Ads on Your Samsung, LG, and Roku Smart TVs

Each October, my smart TV’s home screen traumatizes my children with advertisements for whichever big horror movie is coming out for Halloween. That would be bad enough, but it isn’t just scary movies that are advertising once a year: Smart TV companies have injected ads into their platforms to play year-round, forcing you to dodge […]

The States With the Most (and Least) Expensive Gas, According to AAA

With summer vacation season more than halfway over, you may be thinking about squeezing in one last road trip before school starts again. Sure, the weather has been unbelievably hot and humid throughout much of the country, and the thought of braving the heat when you’re not in an air-conditioned car might not sound particularly […]

Where to File a Federal Complaint If Your Airline Refuses to Give You a Refund

Airlines were hit hard by the CrowdStrike outage last week, which initially resulted in thousands of cancelled flights and many more delays. Unfortunately, Delta passengers are still grappling with travel disruptions—so much so that the Department of Transportation has stepped in to investigate whether consumers’ rights are being upheld. If you’ve been affected by recent […]

The tap-estry of threats targeting Hamster Kombat players

ESET researchers have discovered threats abusing the success of the Hamster Kombat clicker game

Building cyber-resilience: Lessons learned from the CrowdStrike incident

Organizations, including those that weren’t struck by the CrowdStrike incident, should resist the temptation to attribute the IT meltdown to exceptional circumstances

Bitcoin hovers near $66.5k as Mt.Gox users ‘choose to hodl’

Bitcoin price still hovers above $66k despite Mt. Gox repayments. Analysts say on-chain data shows most BTC holders receiving the repayments are choosing to hodl. BTC price may benefit from this, with a potential to rebound to recent highs. Bitcoin traded to above $66,500 on Wednesday morning as the market looked to bounce following fresh […]

Google Outlines Videos In Search Results

Google seems to have changed how it shows large videos in the search results. I am now seeing them show these gray lines, outlining the video box, in the Google Search results.

Google Ad Revenue Up 11% – $64.62 Billion In Ad Revenue

Google / Alphabet reported its Q2 2024 earnings last night, where its ad revenue hit $64.62 billion, up 11% from last year’s quarter of $58.14 billion. Clearly, Google’s advertising business continues to grow despite any economic downturn we may have seen.

New Google Local Service Ads Budget Options

Google has added new ad budget options and features to Local Service Ads. You can now set a maximum monthly ad spend limit for the month for some accounts.

SEO Poll: 54% Of SEOs Saw Positive Effects From Google Updates

Aleyda Solis posted the results of a poll she ran, which showed 54% say their sites have seen mostly a positive effect from Google Updates in the last couple of years. John Mueller from Google replied to that poll saying, “While there are exceptions, life as an SEO or when working on the web is […]

Google Search Ranking Algorithm Volatility – July 23rd

I probably should have covered this yesterday but I have been seeing more ranking volatility starting late on Monday, July 22nd, through yesterday, July 23rd and into today July 24th. This may be a continuation from what we saw last week or maybe something new – it is hard to tell.

Dwiggins’ warning on commission workarounds: Prepare to be sued

NextHome CEO James Dwiggins shares his thoughts on agents who use websites designed to advertise offers of compensation from listings after the NAR settlement takes effect next month.

As commission conversations change, become a seller specialist

Consumers expect specialization in every area of life, from doctors to hairdressers, coach Verl Workman writes. They should expect no less from their real estate expert when it’s time to sell a home.

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