Vlog #206: Mark Saltarelli On What We�re Missing With Marketing, Structuring Campaigns and CRM Data
Mark Saltarelli and I spoke about his history and about B2B digital marketing in part one…
Weekend Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update – Saturday, January 14
Just a couple of days after the December 2022 helpful content update and link spam update finished, we are now seeing another update, an unconfirmed update that seemed to have hit on Saturday, January 14th.
Google Unlikely To Increase Request Indexing Quota In Search Console
Google’s John Mueller said that Google Search Console’s URL Inspection tool to submit a page to be crawled would probably not see the quota increase anytime soon. He said on Mastodon, “given how much junk we get submitted there, I don’t see us increasi…
Google Business Profile Image Server Rejected Upload Bug
Late last week, Google Business Profiles had a bug where uploading images to your business profile would fail. This was reported first by Tim Capper on Twitter on Thursday and the issue continued in through the weekend.
Google’s John Mueller: More About Head Section & JavaScript
Last week we reported on a comment made by John Mueller of Google about the head section of your HTML and why you should keep it clean. John, on Friday, posted a Mastodon thread explaining more about the head section and how search engines interact wit…
Google Business Profiles Attribute Details Beta
Google Business Profiles seems to be testing, beta testing, the ability for businesses to add more details, to “say more about” their business attributes.
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Helpful Content & Link Spam Updates Done, Linking To Sellers, AI Content & Apple Business Connect
This week, the December 2022 Google helpful content update and link spam updates are finally complete after a long, long wait. There was a lot of movement on Wednesday…
Google’s Helpful Content & Link Spam Updates Done Rolling Out On January 12th
After a long slow and paused rollout, Google has said that both the December 2022 helpful content update and December 2022 link spam update are now done rolling out. Google said both completed rolling out on Thursday, January 12, 2023.
Google Sponsored Label In Product Listing Results
Google is now testing the Google Ads sponsored label in the product listing results within the more products section in an additional result. I cannot replicate this, but Saad AK spotted it and posted two videos of this in action.
Does Google Conduct Link Buying Sting Operations? They Don’t Need To.
A Reddit thread asks if Google engages in link-buying sting operations where they will pretend to want to buy a link and then use that to penalize the network. John Mueller of Google responded by saying “I get sent offers all the time, to an official …
Google Knowledge Panel Recent Images Carousel
Google has a “recent images” photo carousel for some knowledge panels. For example, Google had this for a search on the [golden globes] last week, where it shows photos from the event that were recently taken and published.
Local SEOs: Check Your Photos In Your Google Maps Pin Overlay
Mike Blumenthal dropped a simple but thoughtful local SEO tip that all businesses should do some time in the near future. Just check the featured photos that Google selected to be displayed in your Google Maps pin overlay.
Register for the Search Central Virtual Unconference en español 2023
¡Hola! The Search Central Virtual Unconference en español 2023 is now open for participant
registration. All sessions will be conducted in Spanish. If you speak Spanish and are
interested, be sure to register before February 1! Come meet the community, exchange ideas,
and have fun together.
Google Says Writing SEO Case Studies Are Quite Challenging
Google has this SEO case studies and success stories page since 2019 and they have updated it a few times, I believe, since. Recently, someone Mariachiara Marsella asked John Mueller if Google can add new case studies.
Apple Business Connect: Manage Your Business On Apple Maps
Apple has reannounced its toolset for businesses to manage their business listings on Apple Maps. It is now called Apple Business Connect, previously named Apple Places and prior to that Apple Maps Connect.
Google Reiterates Guidelines On AI Written Content After Bankrate AI Content Writer Gains Attention
Over the last few days or so, Bankrate has been gaining a lot of attention in the SEO space. They are using AI to write a lot of content and not hide it. With that, Google’s Search Liaison, Danny Sullivan, responded to the SEO community about Google’…
Google Search Tests Trending Stories From Country/Region
Google Search is testing displaying news stories for users in a specific country or region, from a specific country or region. Google titles this section, “Trending stories from country/region” and then shows the country or region as the header.
Google: Keep Your HTML Head Section Clean
Google’s John Mueller said when it comes to your HTML head section, you want to ensure that section is clean and tight. If possible, you don’t want it to have broken syntax because it can break other parts of the page and make it hard for Google to re…
Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update Kicking Off Or Tail-End To Helpful Content & Link Spam Updates?
I see signals, both in terms of SEO chatter and some of the Google Search tracking tools, of more volatility in the Google Search results. The volatility is algorithm update levels and can either be a new Google search ranking algorithm update or it c…
Google: Linking To Multiple Providers In Product Reviews Might Give A Small Ranking Boost
In Google’s fifth release of the product reviews update, Google added that linking to multiple sellers is part of the overall algorithm. Alan Kent from Google said yesterday on Twitter that when all else is equal, “linking to multiple providers might …