Recent changes to organic sitelinks cause major drops in impressions in Google Search Console
Google released sitelink updates that caused impression and average position drops in Google Search Console. Merkle SEOs Melody Petulla and Kyle Blanchette dive into what happened, how to check your site and what it means for SEO.
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Google App now organizes cards into 2 categories: interests & upcoming events
The latest round of Google App updates also include a card that lets users choose specific topics of interests to personalize app content.
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Google adds holiday decorations for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa & Festivus searches
Holiday-themed imagery has been added to search results, including a Festivus pole for those who prefer to air grievances this time of year.
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Among latest AdWords Editor updates: Convert text ads to responsive ads
Version 11.7 of AdWords Editor also includes additional support for Gmail and YouTube ads.
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Ad extensions for the entire decision journey
How can you use ad extensions to move potential customers further down the sales funnel? Columnist Mona Elesseily shares some tactical advice.
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SEO trends to prepare for in 2017
What’s on the horizon for search engine optimization (SEO) practitioners in the coming year? Columnist Pratik Dholakiya shares his predictions.
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Black Friday Report: Retail search ad spend shifted from text to shopping ads on desktop
Desktop spend across 2,500 popular product queries increased just marginally over the holiday weekend compared to a year ago.
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New features may be coming to AdWords Responsive Ads
Some accounts are now requiring a square image.
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SEO & Redirecting A Site To A Domain With Unrelated Content
Jen Slegg’s post on Google’s Updated Site Move Recommendations for Webmasters is timely in that we are working on multiple large domain migrations at moment – tis the season I guess. As I have often said, redesigning a website and migrating the domain at the same time is the SEO equivalent of diamond cutting. There are […]
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How Google is tackling fake news, and why it should not do it alone
What can Google do to combat fake news? Columnist Ian Bowden illustrates some ways the search giant can tackle — and already is tackling — this problem.
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How brands can win with omnichannel discovery
Omnichannel marketing is quickly becoming the norm in a multi-device world, and columnist Adam Dorfman explains the steps business can take to begin developing an omnichannel location strategy.
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Google’s shift to mobile-first: mobile moments that matter
Columnist Jim Yu outlines Google’s long march toward a mobile-first index and explains why optimizing for mobile devices is no longer optional.
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Creating Google doodles that ‘Surprise & Delight’: 5 Questions with Doodler Sophie Diao
Offering a behind the scenes glance at the doodle team in action, Diao shares what she appreciates most about her work.
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What is an exact match domain (EMD) and why does Google want to punish them?
In which we describe what an exact match domain (EMD) looks like, how they can manipulate search rankings and why you should avoid them.
How do our biases impact PPC performance?
With experience comes wisdom, but columnist Brett Middleton believes that search marketers can sometimes limit themselves by clinging to old habits.
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Five most interesting search news stories of the week
Welcome to our weekly round-up of all the latest news and research from the world of search marketing and beyond.
Ad customizers just got a whole lot more powerful
Columnist Frederick Vallaeys discusses the new capabilities of ad customizers in AdWords, explaining how you can use them to serve better, more relevant ads.
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