Good morning, search marketers, are you getting your fair share of exposure?
Local businesses can get some more exposure for their promotional offers in Google search results with a new dedicated section for Offers in Google Posts. Enter up to 10 offers from your business.
The new Google Ads API is now out of beta. If you're an API user, be sure to get up to speed before the beta version access gets cut off starting April 30.
In boring but important developments, Google is urging changes to the European Union's Copyright Directive, which could be ratified within the next couple of months. The regulation would require search engines and news aggregators to pay licensing fees when content is featured on their sites.
Lots more below including a Pro Tip with a Google Ads budget warning script.
Ginny Marvin
Editor-in-Chief
Quick links to stories mentioned above:
+ Google lobs invective at EU Copyright Directive
+ Google My Business boosts visibility of business offers in Google Posts
+ Google Ads API now out of beta, v0 will sunset April 30