Google Explains Why Google Does Not Crawl & Index Every URL
John Mueller of Google wrote a very detailed and honest explanation on why Google (and third party SEO tools) do not crawl and index every URL or link on the web. He explained that crawling is not objective, it is expensive, it can be inefficient, the…
Merchant Center can now be linked to Google Analytics 4
You can now see your conversions from free product listings by connecting your Merchant Center and Google Analytics property.
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Microsoft Advertising updates reporting dashboard with recent reports, real-time previews and more
The new reporting dashboard is aimed at streamlining workflows by making reports easier to customize and access.
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11 conspiracy theories about search, Google and Big Tech
From your phone is spying on you to Google manipulating ad auctions, here are some of the juiciest conspiracy theories.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: March 21, 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.
There was yet another unconfirmed Google search update this past weekend…
Google Ads Editor version 2.0 supports Performance Max campaigns
The update also includes support for custom actions and action triggers, conversion goals, shared audiences and more.
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Google Business Profile Emergency Help Attributes
Last week sometime, probably around the same time Google added the hotel attributes for Ukraine refugees, Google added new “emergency help” attributes to Google Business Profiles. The attributes include accepts donations, employs refugees, needs volunt…
Run In Parallel The Old Google Analytics UA Tracking Code With New GA4 Code
With Google Analytics rushing folks on Universal Analytics to set up Google Analytics 4, many are asking if they should run both UA3 and GA4 code at the same time. The answer, in my opinion, is yes, at least until UA3 stops tracking.
Google Merchant Center Integration Live For Some In Google Analytics 4
Some are saying they now see under the Google Analytics 4 property settings where it lets you link Google Analytics with other Google products – an option to link with Google Merchant Center. I personally see it and according to Charles Farina, this i…
Google: Site Moves With Redirects In Place Only For 3-Months Is Too Short
We know that Google for several years has been telling us we need to have redirects in place for a year or so for Google to have the site moves stick. But how many months is too few, too little? John Mueller of Google said that three-months for a redi…
Google: Machine Or AI Generated Content Still Not High Quality
For the past several years, Google has been saying that when machine generated or AI generated content becomes high quality, it might be something that Google allows within its search webmaster guidelines. Well, in 2022, that day is still not here – y…
Vlog #164: David Melamed On Search Spam’s Long Term Search Success & Can Others Compete With Google
In part one of my interview with David Melamed…
How your ad position and CTR impact conversion rate
Learn how to use your keyword ranking and click-through rate data to improve the performance of your paid search campaigns.
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Spring 2022 Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update
Google may have started to release another Google search ranking algorithm update starting Friday, March 18th through today, March 20th. This is an unconfirmed update but unlike the last one we reported, we have both chatter from the SEO community and …
Daily Search Forum Recap: March 18, 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.
Google won’t be making Google Analytics 4 a search ranking boost…
Google Tests On These Lists In Local Listing
Google seems to be testing a feature in a local listing for a venue that says which lists, if any, these venues are on. Often you see websites that have lists of topics like, ten best places to take your kids in a specific location and things like tha…
SMS Messaging Support Returns To Google Business Profiles?
When Google first launched messaging within Google Business Profiles (formerly Google My Business), it was done through SMS, text messaging. Then Google removed the SMS portion and just added it to both the mobile app and the web interface. Now, Googl…
Quality: Site With Quality Issues Switched Domains, Saw Temporary Google Ranking Boost & Dropped Again
On last Friday’s hangout with Google’s John Mueller, Ankit Dalal, an SEO, asked about a site he is working on and what the issue it has with rankings. In short, the site was not ranking well, so they migrated the site to a new domain and the rankings c…
Google: Google Analytics 4 Won’t Be A Search Ranking Boost
Sometimes when Google wants to encourage site owners to take action, they might give us a ranking boost for implementing it. They did it for HTTPS, mobile friendly design, page experience and many more. But when it comes to encouraging folks to switc…
Google Search Movie Reviews Panel Goes Full Width
Rajan Patel, the VP of Engineering at Google, confirmed with me that Google has rolled out full width movie reviews. So when you search for a movie name and add on “review” to your query, Google will show a full width review panel in web search.
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