Bill requiring TikTok sale or ban becomes law in U.S.
TikTok says the measure, signed into law by President Joe Biden today, is unconstitutional and plans to challenge it in court.
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Danny Goodwin has been Managing Editor of Search Engine Land & Search Marketing Expo - SMX since 2022. He joined Search Engine Land in 2022 as Senior Editor. In addition to reporting on the latest search marketing news, he manages Search Engine Land’s SME (Subject Matter Expert) program. He also helps program U.S. SMX events.
Goodwin has been editing and writing about the latest developments and trends in search and digital marketing since 2007. He previously was Executive Editor of Search Engine Journal (from 2017 to 2022), managing editor of Momentology (from 2014-2016) and editor of Search Engine Watch (from 2007 to 2014). He has spoken at many major search conferences and virtual events, and has been sourced for his expertise by a wide range of publications and podcasts.
TikTok says the measure, signed into law by President Joe Biden today, is unconstitutional and plans to challenge it in court.
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Danny Goodwin | Feb 23, 2024 at 8:00 am ETReddit's Google Search visibility has exploded in recent months. Now the companies have struck a content licensing deal. Coincidence?
Danny Goodwin | Feb 22, 2024 at 10:03 am ETIt's always easy to blame Google when your content doesn't rank. But maybe – just maybe – the problem isn't Google. It's you.
Danny Goodwin | Feb 21, 2024 at 12:17 pm ETAn analysis of 50 sites finds strong correlations between features found on websites and Google algorithm update winners and losers.
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Danny Goodwin | Feb 8, 2024 at 8:00 am ETDespite lots of hype and hope from Microsoft, Google still dominates search – though Bing has made tiny gains in the U.S. and worldwide.
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Danny Goodwin | Jan 31, 2024 at 3:11 pm ETThe survey of 700 U.S. consumers found that AI-generated content was preferred by humans more than human-generated content.
Danny Goodwin | Jan 31, 2024 at 11:08 am ETWhere is Google Search headed in 2024 and beyond? The latest Alphabet earnings call provide some clues about where Google is focused.
Danny Goodwin | Jan 31, 2024 at 9:33 am ETSpeculation about the future of SGE seems to be spreading, all based on interpretations of two sentences in a Google blog post.
Danny Goodwin | Jan 29, 2024 at 10:00 am ETAnalysis of one billion queries across nine industries reveals healthcare is most impacted by SGE and four SGE features you need to know.
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Danny Goodwin | Dec 19, 2023 at 9:00 am ETAn experiment by technical SEO expert Kristina Azarenko reveals what happens you disable Googlebot from crawling a website using robots.txt.
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