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.”
Google Removes Search Features Bug Confirmation & Replaces It With Google Discover Search Console Reporting Error
Google has done something unusual, it has removed one of the confirmed data anomalies notes about a search features bug, and added a new note confirming a bug with Google Discover logging resulting in a data drop in the Search Console Discover performa…
Mastodon Is Using Rel Noreferrer On Outbound Links Causing Visits To Appear As Direct Traffic In Google Analytics
Mastodon is surging with Twitter in chaos, but traffic from the social network will be hard to track. That’s because Mastodon is using rel noferrer on outbound links causing visits to appear as Direct Traffic in Google Analytics.
Google: Sites With Good Category Pages Don’t Need Internal Search Results Indexed
Generally, Google says you should never let Google index your internal search result pages. But John Mueller of Google said you shouldn’t even be considering going against Google’s advice here, if you have good category pages, you won’t even need to t…
Bug: Google Ads Disapproves Ads For Using The Word “Get”
Yesterday, a number of advertisers were asking why there Google Ads were being disapproved. The disapproval was due to the ad using the word “get” in the ad text and extension. It turned out it was a bug, a weird bug, that Ginny Marvin, Google’s Ads Li…
Google Can Pass PageRank From HTTP To HTTPS URLs With Redirects
Yes, Google can pass PageRank and other link signals from an HTTP non-secure URL to HTTPS secure URL through redirects. John Mueller from Google said this is how Google does canonicalization and that there is “no special “security dust” involved.”
SEO Tricks Make Browsing The Web For The Visually Impaired Really Bad…
John Mueller shared on Mastodon that he met with someone who relies on screen readers to consume the web. And he explained to him how old-school SEO tricks make reading the web using screen readers, well let’s just say, not pleasant.
Google Updates Help Documentation To Say Using JavaScript For Links Can Be Fine
Google has added a single “note” to the create crawlable links help documentation to say that links generated by JavaScript, where the link is visible, can be crawled by Google. Google added this line “Note that links are also crawlable when you use Ja…
Google: Work On The Larger SEO Issues Before The One Off Issues
Google’s John Mueller recommended the obvious (as I write this I am asking myself why write it but hey, sometimes the obvious needs to be reminded). If you have SEO work to do, do the work that is a larger problem before you do the smaller ones, like …
Google Local Finder Auto-Play Video Thumbnails
Google has recently, estimates are in the past few weeks, added auto-play video thumbnails in the local finder on mobile. Allie Margeson spotted this and posted a video of it in action on Twitter, which I will embed below.
Google: Child Elements Don’t Count Towards Sitemap URL Limit
Google has updated the sitemap section of the localized pages search help documentation to say that “Child elements don’t count towards the URL limit for sitemaps.”
Google Rewriting Your Titles Is Not A Sign Of A Quality Issue, Said Google
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that Google rewriting your page titles is not a sign of a quality issue with your page or site. He said, some pages have good titles, some have bad – that is just the web. I am sure my title here could be better, s…
Google Search Shopping Pre-Owned Green Leaf Labels
Google is showing a green leaf label that says “pre-owned” on Google Shopping results, which I guess are pre-owned. This shows both in the desktop and mobile Google Search shopping results.
New Google Merchant Center User Interface Being Tested
I am hearing some reports that Google is testing a new user interface for the Google Merchant Center. The new interface is not just some design changes but an overhaul of the way you use Merchant Center.
More From Google On AI Content – It’s About If The Content Is Helpful
Since the October Spam update and the helpful content update, many SEOs are saying AI-generated content is being targeted by Google. The answer, as I said previously, is not really. Danny Sullivan from Google said again, it is not about if a human or…
More Spend On PPC Than SEO, Twitter Poll
This should come as no surprise – but more people and companies spend more on PPC than on SEO. A Twitter poll from Lily Ray shows that but so does every other spending survey done in this industry.
Vlog #196: Rick Mariano On Automation and Human Touch For Marketing Account Strategists
In part one we spoke about how Rick Mariano has helped build LocalEdge to provide high volume digital marketing services at a low cost. In this next part…
Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update November 4th and 5th – Unconfirmed
Google has been busy, on Friday morning, November 4th, I began to see new signals of another Google search ranking algorithm update. Over the next 24 hours, those signals escalated and while Google has not confirmed there was an update, there are for s…