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Plus, Bing’s been onboard with BERT since April Nov 20, 2019 Good morning, search marketers, BERT is everywhere. Google made a big splash with BERT last month. But turns out, BERT has been baked into Bing’s search systems since April, Microsoft said this week. The company says these [models are now applied to every Bing search query globally](. Google has started [testing an interactive ad widget for car rental offers](. Spotted by SEMrush, the latest travel services search advertising initiative allows users to select dates to see rental car offers from specific locations such as airports from right within the search results. It’s just a test at this point, but stands to shake up the ads landscape in the travel vertical. If you’re looking for a fun break in your day, take a moment to [watch Barry Schwartz’s interview with Google Webmaster Trends Analyst John Mueller]( and get to know a bit more about the man behind the answers to your Google SEO questions. Read on for a reader Soapbox on what the WSJ’s piece reflects about the challenges for digital brands balancing UX and revenue. Ginny Marvin Editor-In-Chief Soapbox The compromise between UX and revenue is not so simple I think the WSJ’s piece is indicative of the type of criticism that most digital brands receive. Are you for your users or your own revenue? The answer isn’t simple. Similarly to other brands that put user experience on their banner (Amazon, Apple), digital brands have to constantly negotiate user experience and revenue. These brands are constantly trying to find the sweet spot where revenue and user experience live in harmony and keep both users and stockholders happy. There are times when the compromise to revenue is too steep. There are times when the compromise to UX is too steep. Overall, when you examine Google’s progression over time, has the user experience constantly improved? I would say yes. Sure there are hiccups along the way and there will be times when Google will favor revenue over their users (privacy is one example) but overall they are merely trying to consistently find that balance in an ever-shifting market and are not part of a deep net corporate conspiracy. Eyal Katz is CEO of mvpGrow. Soapbox is a special feature for marketers in our community to share a specific tactic others can use to elevate their performance. You can submit your own[here](. 2020 SEO trends that will influence your work Sponsored Content by SEO Powersuite Google is aiming to be the end destination of their users’ journeys. This, more than anything, defines major SEO trends for 2020. Find the best ways in 2020 to stay effective within the framework created by Google. [Read more »]( Search Shorts A weak Google confirmation Weak confirmation. We have Google giving us a weak confirmation of those rumored search algorithm updates from over the weekend. You decide [if this is a confirmation or not](. Old school HTML. Google’s John Mueller said [Google does not penalize for old-school HTML or invalid HTML](. Bogged down. John Mueller from Google said [it’s easy to get bogged down in this one aspect, our systems are pretty adaptive. It’s possible this is more of a theoretical problem than an actual one](. Win a free ticket to SMX! How are you prioritizing Amazon and other digital commerce advertising platforms? Take our quick survey and be entered to win a free ticket to Search Marketing Expo! [Begin the survey »]( What We're Reading We've curated our picks from across the web so you can retire your feed reader [34 Ways the Wall Street Journal Got Google Wrong]( – Warschawski [A new home for Japan’s startups]( – Google Blog [Does Google Want You To Make Poor Decisions?]( – Blind Five Year Old [Google BERT Update: What Is It and Why Does It Matter?]( – BrightEdge [Google Policy Ad Disapprovals: A Story of False Flags]( – PPC Hero [GoogleBot Won’t Request Google Analytics & Many Other Ad Scripts When Crawling]( – Search Engine Roundtable [It’s Content and It’s Links – Are We Making SEO Too Complicated?]( – Moz [Search Engine Land] [( [Want to advertise?]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. [Unsubscribe]( [We respect your privacy.]( This email was sent by: Search Engine Land - a Third Door Media, Inc. publication with headquarters at 279 Newtown Tpke. Redding, CT 06896 USA © 2006-2019 Third Door Media. All Rights Reserved.