Google Image Search Lens Tests Search, Text & Translate Options
In 2018, Google added a lens button to the mobile search image results. That eventually came to desktop as Google more tightly integrated Lens into Image Search. Now we are seeing Google test options for search, text and translate using Google Lens in…
Google Adds Business Profiles Managers Controls In Web Search
Google continues to move more and more business editing features and controls to the web search results and outside of the Google Business Profile Manager (formerly Google My Business manager). Now you can also manage the managers and those who have a…
Google Search Settings Not Sticking; Dark Mode Sees The Light
There are numerous complaints in the Google Search Community Forums that the Google Search settings are not sticking. The most obvious example is when you have the dark theme set and Google toggles you to the light theme. But other settings are not sti…
Refine This Search & Broaden This Search Now Live In Google Search
After the announcement in September at Search On and months and months of testing, the Refine This Search and Broaden This Search features are fully live in US English Google Search results. This is not to mean the Things To Know and Things To Conside…
Google to sunset Universal Analytics on July 1, 2023, in favor of Google Analytics 4
It’s time for search marketers to shake off the inertia and adopt Google Analytics 4.
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Google’s free hotel booking links arrive on Search and Maps
The expanded capabilities may be good news for hotels, but not so much for online travel agencies.
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Microsoft’s Automotive Ads get more placements, roll out globally
More placements may help businesses like car dealerships get in front of more potential customers.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: March 15, 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.
Reviews are dropping out like crazy from the local business listings in Google…
Google refine this search and broaden this search now live in search results
While the things to know and things to consider feature is not fully live yet.
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Reviews In Google Local Going Missing Recently
There are tons and tons of complaints over the past week or so of reviews not posting or going missing in the local maps business listings. In short, people are leaving reviews but they are not showing up in the local and maps interfaces on Google.
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Google Page Experience Update Metrics Can Be Split Into Sections Of Your Site
When it comes to the Google page experience update and its metrics, Google may in some cases split up the scores/metrics it has into different sections of your site. It might go by template type, like all category pages, all product pages or it might g…
Google rolls out Search Ads 360 integration for Google Analytics 4
The integration may help contextualize data to enable more efficient campaigns as well as time savings.
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Google Search Console URL Inspection Tool Not Fully Fixed Yet
Two weeks after Google first confirmed an issue with the Google Search Console URL Inspection Tool, it is still not fully fixed. I will say that while I do see random complaints about the tool erroring out, I have not seen it error out myself. But sti…
Google: We Don’t Use User Engagement As A Search Ranking Factor
Google’s John Mueller said again that Google Search does not use “engagement” as a factor for ranking or other purposes in Google Search. Google Search does not know if your web page has a high or low level of user engagement metrics and even if it did…
Google Hotel Listings Attribute For Free Or Discounted Accommodation For Ukraine
Google has added a new attribute for some hotel listings to specify if they offer free or discounted accommodations for people displaced from Ukraine. This is a special attribute titles “accommodation for Ukraine” in the Google hotel listings.
Save time on negative keywords using the lowest common denominator method
Want to dramatically reduce the number of negative keywords you need to maintain? Save time and money with this method.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: March 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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Don’t miss your opportunity to attend MarTech, online, March 29-30!
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Google Brings Back Pi Day Easter Egg Calculator
If you search for Pi Day in Google Search you will see a calculator come up that has the pie logo sparkling. When you click on that, it will search for pie all by itself.
Google: Hreflang Does Not Give You A Ranking Boost
Google’s John Mueller said again that using hreflang will not help you rank better and does not change rankings for your site. All it technically does it replace the URL that ranks already with the regionally appropriate URL in Google Search.