Five things worth sharing from the last week or so, brought to you by a different member of the Browser Media team every Friday.
This week’s My Five is by Ali.
1. Google’s new ‘things to do’ ads
Aimed at helping the travel industry recover, Google has announced a new type of listing for attractions, tours and activities.
‘Things to do’ ads are displayed as a response to attractions, tickets, tours and the like, and will not only show basic information about the ‘thing to do’ but will also provide admission and ticket information.
Although the move purportedly supports the travel industry, it is also useful for those seeking activities nearer home too – a response to the increased number of ‘near me’ search queries.
2. Search Console outage
Google’s Search Console, the tool that helps site owners understand, review performance and fix issues has been down for some users for days.
Google says that the issue only affects reporting and has no effect on ranking, crawling, or indexing.
They are working on a fix but no time frame has been shared.
For most, this is a ‘nothing to see here’ story just a lack of data in the short term but for those launching a new website, things could be a little hairy in the interim.
3. Mozilla tests Bing
Mozilla is testing Bing on around one per cent of its Firefox user’s desktops but why it is doing so has not been revealed.
Speculation centres on the fact that Google pays Mozilla over $400m per year for the privilege of being Firefox web browser...
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