SEOs Using Google Indexing API Claim Pages Removed Days After Being Indexed
We know the Google Indexing API should be used for just job postings and live-streaming content. If you use it for other content, it just won’t do what you want. A Black Hat World thread seems to confirm that it doesn’t work for other content types.
How we fought spam on Google Search in 2022
Every day, we’re discovering, indexing, and serving billions of web pages, and a significant
portion of pages we discover are spam. In 2022 we launched multiple updates to our systems
to thwart these attacks and ensure a spam-f…
Programming Note: Offline For Wednesday & Thursday
This is a programming note that I will be completely offline on Wednesday and Thursday for the last days of Passover, that is, April 12th and 13th. Any stories and videos published here will be scheduled, written beforehand, and not posted live…
Google Ads Tests Identify Verification For Business Name & Logo In Search Ads
Google recently brought the business name and business logos to desktop search ads after bringing them to mobile search ads last October. Now, Google posted an update saying, “a subset of advertisers may qualify to voluntarily submit their identity ve…
Google Bard Adds Google It Related Topics & Release Notes Page
Google has pushed out another feature for Google Bard. When you click on the “Google it” button, it now doesn’t take you directly to Google Search, but rather it gives you related topics to click on to see search results for those topics. Google is als…
Google Ads Testing Another Verification Badge Style
A couple of weeks ago, we spotted Google testing a verified Google Ads badge in the Google search ads snippet. It was a round blue icon, this one is more of a badge or shield-shaped verification icon, but also in blue.
Google: No SEO Reason To Delay Release Of Thousands Of Pages
Google’s John Mueller was asked if it makes sense to publish 8,000 new pages at once or slowly publish them over time. Like, would publishing them all at once cause some of SEO issue with Google Search.
Google: Don’t Judge Links Based On The Type Of Site They Come From
Google’s John Mueller does not want you to make generalizations about links. Links from news sites or sites from Germany, or sites from really good-looking SEOs (bad joke?) are not necessarily worth more or less than links from other types of sites.
Keeping up with the fluidity of the modern consumer
Getting omnichannel targeting right in a complex, digital-first world
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Vlog #218: Igal Stolpner On Moving From Tel Aviv To New York & Starting His Own Niche SEO Agency
I’ve known Igal Stolpner for a long time now, he was doing SEO at Investing.com while based in Israel for over a decade…
Bing Chat May Support Third-Party Plugins Soon
We know that OpenAI’s ChatGPT supports third-party plugins and soon, Bing Chat may also support third-party plugins. Mikhail Parakhin, the CEO of Bing, was asked about the topic and he said “Stay tuned,” as if it is coming soon.
Google March 2023 Broad Core Update Impact Local Rankings?
Did the Google March 2023 Broad Core Update impact local search rankings? That is the question many local SEOs are asking in the Local Search Forums.
Google Will Use Generative AI In Search
The Wall Street Journal has an interview with Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, on AI, the future of search and all this Bard and AI stuff. In short how AI might impact the future of search.
Google Ads To Deprecate Non-Last-Click Rules-Based Attribution Models: First Click, Linear, Time Decay & Position-Based Attribution Models
Google announced that it would deprecate non-last-click rules-based attribution models in Google Ads and Google Analytics starting in July 2023 and then completely by September 2023.
Google: We Learn How To Crawl Your Site’s URL Patterns
Google’s John Mueller said when it comes to sites with pagination and large site’s faceted navigation, Google will learn how to crawl it. He said on Twitter, “we do try to “learn” useful URL patterns for sites.”
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Unconfirmed Google Update, Bard & Bing Chat Upgrades & More SEO & PPC Search News
Note I recorded and wrote this recap on Wednesday but scheduled it to go live on Friday morning, and I am offline for Passover. I posted the monthly Google Webmaster report…
Google Local Finder With Blended Query Results
I don’t know if this is new (sorry Mordy) but Google is showing this blended local finder result set that seems to bridge two or more different but similar queries in the same set of results and then Google shows a line of text on what the local result…
Google Tests Slider Buttons For Product Result Thumbnail Images
When you see product results in the Google Search results, sometimes on mouse over, the images will rotate when there are more than one product image available. Google is testing giving searchers the ability to click to the next image, as opposed to t…
Google Local Search Tests New Placement For Request Quote Buttons
Google is testing new placements for the request a quote feature in the local search results. I am not sure how new this is, but Joy Hawkins, a local SEO expert, said it was new, and I trust her.
Google Local Pack Displays Booked Reservations
Google has let you book reservations within the local pack and via Google Assistant for a while now. But what may be new is that Google may show you if you have already booked reservations in the local pack, if you booked those reservations using the r…