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More “Google Explore” Testing As The Dynamic SERP Feature Now Covers Topics, People, and Even Companies
In June of 2022, Mordy Oberstein first spotted a new SERP feature being tested called Google Explore. That’s where a feed of content shows up after a user scrolls through several pages in the mobile SERPs. It has a special treatment in…
Local Study: Review Recency Impacts Google Local Rankings
Another small study done by Joy Hawkins says that the recency of reviews does impact the rankings of those local business listings in Google Search and Google Maps. Like the previous studies, this was not really statistically significant but it is nice…
Bing Trending Or Top Picks For You & Google Also Nearby For Product Search Results
Here are some cute features spotted in both Microsoft Bing and Google Search around products. Bing is testing showing “trending for you” or “top picks for you.” Google is testing showing “also nearby” in the product listings as well.
Google Recommends Dot Over Commas Numerical Separators In Review Snippet Structured Data
Google has updated its review snippet structured data help documentation to recommend using dot separators in numerical review values over comma separators in numerical review values. Both dots and commas will work, but Google is recommending the dots …
Google Ads Data Missing From Looker Studio Or Google Sheets with GA4 API?
There are reports that in some cases you can be missing some of your Google Ads data and campaign information when you use the Google Analytics 4 API in conjunction with Looker Studio and/or Google Sheets.
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 14, 2022
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
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Vlog #197: Rick Mariano On Helping Clients Succeed Digitally Online & Hiring with Employee Retention
In part one with Rick Mariano we spoke about helping build LocalEdge to provide high volume digital marketing services at a low cost and then in part two we spoke more about using automation and the human touch…
Another Weekend Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update – November 11th – 12th
It seems as if I see more volatility signals on the weekends with Google Search than I do during the weekdays. We may have had another Google search ranking algorithm update, unconfirmed, this weekend, around November 11th and 12th.
Google Ads Paying Advertisers $100 To Enroll In Automatically Applies Recommendations
Google Ads is sending emails out to some advertisers offering to pay them $100 in Google Ads credits for enrolling in automatically applied recommendations. The response from the PPC community is almost all against doing this for any amount of money, …
Apple Search Engine Four Years Away, At Least
The Information wrote a piece that says Apple is at least four years or more away from building its own search engine – Apple Search. We have been talking about Apple’s quiet efforts in building its own search engine for many years now and to see they …
Google Business Reviews Going Missing After Suggested Edits (Scary Bug)
Google Business Profiles and business listings reviews are going missing, dropping out completely, again, but this time it seems to be related to automated suggested edits occurring on some business profiles.
Google Local Reviews Shows Number Of Reviews From Reviewer By Category
Last week I reported on how Google Local reviews can display how many reviews a specific reviewer left in a specific city. Well, Google is also doing this by category, how many reviews a specific reviewer left for the business category type.
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Update Maybe, Search Console Bugs & Mess, Google On AI Content, Google Ads Gets Buggy & More
We had yet another biggish unconfirmed Google search ranking algorithm update on November 4th and 5th. Google also removed the annotation about the search features bug and added a Discover performance report bug to the list. The Google Search Console …
Google Ads API v12 Updated Client Libraries & Code Examples
Google has updated the client libraries and code examples for the new Google Ads API version 12, which was released a couple of weeks ago.
Google: Some Old Links May Be Irrelevant (AKA Link Rot)
Google’s John Mueller said that some old links to old websites may be irrelevant links, at least from a Google Search and ranking perspective.
Google Confirms Hreflang Link Tags Don’t Need To Be Hierarchical
Google’s John Mueller confirmed I think again, that hreflang link tags do not have to be in hierarchical order. When asked about this, John said that “it doesn’t matter” on Twitter.
Google Ads Editor v2.2 Adds Asset Library Access, Easier Ad Scheduling, Improved Notifications & More
Google has released version 2.2 of the Google Ads Editor, this comes four months since version 2.1 was released in July. The new version gains quicker access to the Asset Library, easier ad scheduling, improved notifications, and more.
Bing Tests AI Chat Feature At Top Of Search Results
Microsoft is testing the AI chat bot feature at the top of the Bing Search results. We have seen the let’s chat feature from Bing for a while now but not at the top, featured snippet area.
Google Search Console API Delay Confirmed, To Be Fixed In Days
Google has confirmed a delay with the Google Search Console API being a bit more delayed than normal. Daniel Waisberg from Google said the “delay was caused by processing issues, and should be back to normal in the next few days.”