Google: Page Size Is Not A Ranking Factor
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter, “Page size is not a ranking factor.” Meaning Google does not have anything specific signal that says page sizes of X to Y get a ranking boost or decline.
Google February 2023 Product Reviews Update Done Rolling Out
The Google February 2023 product reviews update finished rolling out yesterday afternoon on March 7, 2023. It took 14 days to rollout this expanded language version of the product reviews update that kicked off on February 21, 2023.
Google Now Says Google Discover Impacted By The Helpful Content Update Since October 2022
A few weeks ago, I reported that Google has updated its help documentation to specify that Google Discover visibility can be impacted not just by the core updates but also specifically by the helpful content update. I asked Google when this changed an…
Google Local Service Ads Gains More Service Types
Google announced yesterday that Google Local Service Ads now supports 70 service types across five new categories. The categories include education, people care, pet care, wellness and health care.
Google Ads Performance Max For Travel Goals Available Globally Soon
Google Ads announced that Performance Max for travel goals will be available globally over the next few weeks. Performance Max for travel goals helps hotels create ads in multiple formats and in one campaign reach more travelers across Google properties.
Bing Chat Showing Unique Referrer In Edge Sidebar For Analytics
We all want to see how much traffic the new Bing Chat feature will send us and we know Bing Webmaster Tools will eventually add it. But how about analytics? Well, there are signs Bing Chat is adding some tracking variables for analytics software.
Google Business Profile Products Show In Google Shopping Results
Google is now showing products that businesses add through the Google Business Profile manager directly in Google Shopping search results. I was not sure if this is new, but it seems most local SEOs think it is, so I am sharing it here.
Google: Hyphens In Domain Names Not Considered Low Quality
Google’s John Mueller was asked if having hyphens in your domain name, like www.my-site-goes-here.com, can cause ranking issues in Google Search. John Mueller said no, domains with hyphens are not seen as low quality by Google algorithms.
Google Search Tests More To Ask & Other Alternatives Of People Also Ask?
Google may be testing replacing the “people also ask” with a “more to ask” box. I am unsure if this is just a headline change or if there is any functional difference.
Google Explore In Search Adds Local Results
Google Explore is that weird feature you get when you keep scrolling and scrolling through the search results. Then Google hits you with this explore feature to expand your query in a very visual way. Well, it seems like Google added local listings to …
Google Datasets Search Results Now With More Button
Google announced last week that Google Search “now makes it easier to search for datasets” by showing “more datasets” and explore more features for datasets within Google Search.
Search Central Community in 2022
The Search Central Community is an online forum where site owners can help each other
troubleshoot issues around their site’s presence on Google Search, discuss various Search
updates, and share tips on improving their site’s visibi…
Vlog #213: Sam Michelson On Pricing Your Digital Marketing Services
In part one, we spoke about who Sam Michelson is and his business development techniques. In part two, we dove into CRM software and how they use it, including looking at a new piece of software for partner management…
Google Search Ranking Fluctuations Continue Through The Past Weekend
Since the Google February 2023 product reviews update on February 21st, we’ve been seeing some pretty big swings in the search results – a lot of volatility, more than the norm. And that continued through the past weekend.
Google Reminds Employees: “Bard Is Not Search”
Jack Krawczyk, the product lead for Bard at Google, told Googlers at an all-hands meeting, saying, “I just want to be very clear: Bard is not search.”
Google On A Site With A Long History Of Spamming – Can It Rank Again?
Google’s John Mueller was asked about a domain name purchased several months ago but still does not rank well in Google Search. John explained that the domain has a “long and complicated history.” “It’s going to be hard to convince search engines that it’s something very different & unrelated to what was done in the past decades,” John added.
Google Updates Reviews Guidelines For Personal Information & Fake Engagement
Google has made a couple of updates to the Google Maps User Contributed Content Policy around prohibited and restricted content. Specifically, Google updated the definition of personal information under the Civil discourse section and fake engagement u…
Google Blue Highlights In Featured Snippets Live
After many months of testing, Google has launched the highlights in the featured snippets within the Google search results. Google seems to have gone with the blue highlights, not the yellow, as we previously reported on both styles.
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Product Reviews Volatility, Bing AI Chat Updates, Google Bard & AI, Google Ads and More
This week we saw a lot more volatility from the Google Product reviews update, one last weekend and the other around March 1st. I also posted the big Google webmaster report for March 2023. Bing AI chat now lets you set the tone of the responses…
Google On Moving Domain To Temporary Domain & Then Back To Original Domain
An SEO is in a situation where a site needs to move from www.domain.com to new.domain.com and then a few months later back to www.domain.com. John Mueller of Google was asked if they should use 302 redirects but John said, no, use 301 redirects.