Google Ads Verification Form Too Long For Advertisers?
As you know, Google Ads has been requiring advertiser verification from more and more of its advertisers. Well, one advertiser posted on X saying it is too much, the length and number of questions to become verified is just too much.
New Google AdSense Related Search For Auto Ads
Google has added a new auto ads option to AdSense named related search for auto ads. Related search for Auto ads lets publishers show their users search terms related to the page content they view.
Twitter (X) Now Is Blocking Bing Search
X, well, Twitter.com, is now blocking Bing Search, specifically Bingbot, from crawling and accessing content posted on Twitter.com, on the X platform. Twitter specifically added to its robots.txt file a directive to disallow Bingbot from crawling the c…
Google Places ‘Shop All Deals’ Banner In The Search Results
Google is testing placing what looks like a banner ad in its own search results. It says “Shop all deals” and takes you to a query for “shop deals” but not with the original query you entered.
New Google Rich Result Test Paywalled Content Structured Data Check
Google upgraded the Rich Result Test now to support the validation of structured data for paywalled content. This means you can check live sites, any site, to see if they are implementing the paywalled content structured data properly and if Google Sea…
Google: Search Generative Experience May Link To Paywalled Content But Here Is How To Block SGE
Google has updated its paywalled content search developer documentation to explain that Google Search Generative Experience may link to content behind a paywall. Google wrote, “SGE overviews may include links to paywalled content as a way for people to…
Google Search Stop Showing Even Rich Results – Bug?
Google seems to have stopped showing rich results for event markup in the Google search results. The event lists are no longer showing up event URLs in the Google search result snippet.
Google Drops Favicon User Agent & Requires Googlebot-Image and Googlebot Crawling
Google has updated its favicon search developer documentation to remove the section for the Google Favicon user agent and to clarify that if you want Google to show your favicon you must allow both Googlebot-Image and Googlebot to crawl your pages.
Google Top Stories Tests “Mentioned In These Stories”
Google is testing another version of these “mentioned in” features. This one is in the top stories section and it is called “mentioned in these stories.”
Bing Webmaster Tools Comprehensive Performance Insights Reports
Microsoft Bing is now sending out new emails through Bing Webmaster Tools named “Comprehensive Performance Insights Reports.” These are reports that show you how your site is performing in Bing Search.
Google Business Profiles Adds Disabled-Owned & Indigenous-Owned Attributes
Google has added two new attributes for businesses listed in Google Business Profiles. These attributes are identifies as disabled-owned and identifies as Indigenous-owned.
New Google Graphical Choose Location For Search Results Overlay
Google is testing a new method to ask users to choose their location to better localize or personalize the search results presented to that searcher. This overlay says, “choose location for search results” and then offers an option for an “estimated l…
Search Central Live Singapore 2023
We’re excited to announce that
Search Central Live Singapore
is coming back this year again on November 22. As usual, the event is hosted by the Google
Search team and we’re looking forward to bringing together the commu…
Establishing niche authority: leveraging strategic content as a key differentiator
As Google continues to update its algorithms, the use of content has never been more crucial, and this article explains how you can use it to build authority
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PSA: Google’s Helpful Content Update Does Not Yet Find Hidden Gems
This is just a reminder that despite Google saying the helpful content update will one day be able to find hidden gems in its search results, it does not yet do that. We thought Google would launch it with the last helpful content update, but Google d…
Google Adds New Vehicle Listing Structured Data With Search Console Reporting
Google has new structured data markup for car dealerships, it is called vehicle structured data. You can use it to communicate to Google information about your new car listings for improved visibility within the Google Search results.
Google Bard With Side By Side Drafts
A couple of weeks ago, Bard posted that for some questions, it might show you two drafts side-by-side. I have yet to see that in action, that is until now.
Google Explore Section Coming Up Closer To Page Two Of Search Results
Google Explore is a section in the mobile search results that generally shows up after scrolling several pages of search results. Google at some point decides to give you a more news portal interface after you scrolled through five dozen search results…
Google Explore With Products
Google is now showing products within the Google Explore section. Google Explore is the section you see in mobile search after you continue to scroll through the search results.
Googlebot Crawls Using Pacific Time Zone While In US
Google has added a single line to its Googlebot documentation to say that when Googlebot crawls from within the US, it crawls using the Pacific timezone. Google added, “When crawling from IP addresses in the US, the timezone of Googlebot is Pacific Time.”