Gary Illyes from Google spoke in the latest Search Off the Record podcast on how Google Search goes about ranking search results. The short version is that Google first comes up with a shortlist, let’s say around 1,000 results, for a given query. That list is generated based on if the query and the content on a page are relevant and topical. Once the list is generated, Google then applies a lot of its ranking signals and factors to that shorter list. Gary Illyes said that is where “the magic” happens.
Gary dives deeper into how the scores and numbers are assigned to each document, what happens when a tiebreaker is needed and much more.
How Google uses machine learning to prevent spam
Also in the latest Search Off the Record podcast, Google invited Dewey from the search quality team to talk about spam prevention methods. Dewey explained that Google tackles the most obvious spam methods using machine learning. He said it is a “very effective and comprehensive machine-learning model that basically took care of most of the obvious spam.” This lets the search quality team focus less on the most obvious spam and more on the “more important work.”
Google has years and years of data for its machine learning models to use when it comes to preventing spam and it was great to hear a bit about how Google uses it in this way.
Google AdSense anchor ads on wider screens
AdSense publishers, Google is adding support for anchor ads on wider screens starting after July 19, 2021. Anchor ads are the ads that stick to the top or bottom of your page as you scroll through the web page.
“Anchor ads now support a larger range of screen sizes. For sites that have anchors turned on, anchor ads will soon start to appear on wider screens such as desktop. Our experiments show that anchor ads perform well on wider screens. If you’d prefer not to show anchors on wider screens, you can turn this option off using the new ‘Widescreen’ control in your Auto ads settings. Note that wide-screen anchors won’t start serving until after July 19, 2021,” Google said in the announcement.
Microsoft Advertising expands Dynamic Remarketing beta and a few other important announcements
Previously only available for Retail (Hotels/Vacation Rentals), Microsoft Advertising has expanded the beta for Dynamic Remarketing to include Automotive (listings), Entertainment (events), and Travel (Tours and Activities) just in time for summer.
Along with this announcement, the company reminded advertisers about a few other new feature changes:
The platform UI now makes it easier to see how big a segment size is, based on the markets you target for your ad campaign/ad group.
Automated bidding tactics [Maximize Conversions, Maximize Clicks, Target CPA, and Target ROAS] are now available for the Microsoft Audience Network.
New RSA insertions will allow you to dynamically insert countdowns for events like sales and add locations to maximize relevancy to the searcher based on their location.
Changes to phrase match and broad match modifier now live across all markets.
The Microsoft Advertising Intelligence tool has been deprecated now.
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