Google may require double verification for some business profiles
Google updated its help documents to say that it may require you to verify your business with an additional method.
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How to use Google Business Messages to talk to your customers
Google’s Business Messages is one of the best ways to connect with your customers and future customers.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: March 1, 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.
IndexNow has grown more support over the past week…
TikTok videos can now be 10 minutes
The maximum time for TikTok videos has increased. Users can now upload videos up to 10 minutes long.
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Google URL inspection tool bug leading to errors for some
Google is working on fixing the issue to resolve these errors.
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IndexNow Added To Duda, All In One WordPress & Rank Math SEO Plugins
Last week, Microsoft Bing announced over the course of three days that IndexNow gained support from Duda (a sponsor here), the All In One WordPress plugin and Rank Math SEO Plugin. This brings support for IndexNow to millions of sites, up from well und…
Google Does Not Use Disavow Files To Target Link Networks
Google’s John Mueller said again that Google does not use the link disavow files for discovery of spammy link networks. He said on Twitter “usually problematic link networks are easier to recognize in other ways. I don’t think the disavow tool would b…
Google: One Site Won’t Always Rank Above Another Site
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter “it’s never that site A always ranks above site B.” He was asked if Medium articles always rank better than articles found on LinkedIn and John said no. He added “there’s no special search ranking for any particula…
Survey Says Google Will Remain Dominate In 10 Years
Greg Sterling, a search industry analyst (amongst other things), posted a poll on Twitter asking where will Google be in ten years from now. The vast majority of responses said Google will still be dominate in 10 years from now, while only 13% said it…
Google: CSS Colors Are Not A Google Ranking Factor…
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter “we generally don’t use color as a factor.” He then added “but CSS tweaks can include a lot more than just color changes.” We know that making site changes can impact your rankings but John has said numerous times…
Google removed App campaign placement data from Ads and AdWords API reports
To view these reports, Google recommends referencing the App Campaigns Brand Safety Placement report within Google Ads instead.
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Want to speak at SMX Advanced? We want to hear your ideas
Here’s what we’re looking for in SMX Advanced session pitches and tips for submitting a compelling session proposal.
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Microsoft Advertising extends Shopping campaigns to more markets
The company also announced global availability of its Marketing with Purpose attributes, a pilot for multi-asset Audience Ads and greater support for Google Import.
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Google brand SERPs: Why you must dominate People Also Ask
It’s time to pay attention to People Also Asked questions asked around and about your brand in Google’s SERPs. Here’s why.
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Google Blocks Search Ads From So-Called Donetsk People’s Republic & Luhansk People’s Republic
Google has posted a new legal requirement policy that blocks search ads related to what is going on with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The policy says that entities and individuals who are restricted cannot create or use a Google Ads account or have G…
3 ways to optimize internal linking
Poor internal link structure can end up harming your site’s rankings. At SMX Next, Jonathan Epstein showed how marketers can prevent PageRank loss with better internal linking.
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Etsy sellers to pay 30% higher transaction fees beginning in April
A “considerable portion” of the revenue from the fee increase will be reinvested into the marketplace, Etsy says.
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Google Tests Search Bar Filters & Options On Top Right Side
I am seeing multiple reports of Google placing the search bar filters, you know, the bar that says “all, videos, news, images, more, etc” which is normally placed under the search box, is being tested on the right hand side of the search box. It doesn…
PSA: Google Top Stories Eligibility For All Pages, Not Just AMP Or Good Page Experience Scores
This is just a reminder, since I covered this back last April but I forgot myself, there is really no top stories eligibility requirements in Google Search anymore. It use to be that you needed to have AMP pages to be eligible in top stories on mobile….
Google Internal SEO Experts Hosting SEO Workshop – Is That Okay?
David Mihm pointed out on Twitter that Google is hosting a partner workshop event named “Drive Traffic to Your Website with SEO.” The interesting bit is that the workshop says it is “hosted by one of Google’s internal SEO experts, this workshop will gi…