Google Images Notice: Memes About Groups Of People Might Be Disturbing or Hurtful
For the past several months Google Image search has been showing a notice for some meme related queries. The notice reads, “Memes about groups of people might be disturbing or hurtful.” It comes up for many queries and again is not new, it has been aro…
Google Search Tests More Product Image Snippet Variations
We’ve covered product images within the search result snippets many times but here are even more variations where Google is showing up to several images across the snippet in the search results, but sometimes as few as three.
The two parts of E-E-A-T Google hasn’t told you about
Explore how notability and transparency complement Google E-E-A-T and how to integrate these elements seamlessly into your digital strategy.
Google promotes Liz Reid to head of Search
Cheenu Venkatachary is also replacing Pandu Nayak as lead of search quality and ranking. Cathy Edwards is moving to the Long-term Bets team.
Google Ads Report Editor exporting zeros; Google is investigating
Google is investigating the exporting issues with Google Ads Report Editor.
Google Search Ads 360 gains retail media capabilities
Google said this will increase efficiency and scale for retail media with self-service.
Official: Google Replaces Perspective Filter With Forums Filter
A month ago we saw Google test a new search filter for “Forums.” This would filter the search results just to show results from forums, like Reddit, Quora and maybe some of the forums I cover here. Well, now Google has officially made the switch where…
Google Showing Fewer Sitelinks Within Search
Both Semrush and SimilarWeb’s RankRanger tool are reporting that Google is showing fewer sitelinks within the Google Search results. In fact, it seemed to have dropped over 10 percentage points. The drop started on Thursday, March 14th.
Google to replace perspectives filter with forums filter
The perspectives carousels, clusters and traditional web page listings will remain.
Link devaluation: The hidden threat of SpamBrain
Learn why buying links could be a recipe for disaster as Google tightens its grip on spammy SEO tactics.
Google Image Search Results Testing Like Button
Google seems to be testing a like, thumbs-up, button on image search results. The thumbs-up icon is near the share and save button and below the image, description and visit button.
Google Merchant Center Product Studio With Themed Templates Including St. Patrick’s Day
Google Merchant Center has added new themed templates to the Product Studio. The new theme was for St. Patrick’s Day, which is coming up this Sunday. But Google will soon add Easter, Spring, and Mother’s Day themed templates to the Product Studio as well.
Google People Also Search For Trending Icons
Google is placing trending icons on some of the people also search for people in the knowledge panel. We’ve seen various forms of this and I don’t think this is specifically new, but I don’t think I covered this specific example.
Google SGE could cost publishers $2 billion in ad revenue
The Search Generative Experience could cause search traffic to drop by up to 60%, leading to a decrease in digital ad revenue.
Google’s March 2024 core update: 5 things you need to know
Google’s March 2024 update is a game-changer, with many sites impacted by algorithmic changes and deindexed from Google Search.
How to identify and rank for ‘hidden gems’ in SEO
With Google’s increasing focus on surfacing first-hand knowledge and personal perspectives in search results, optimizing for “hidden gems.”
Are we becoming less curious about SEO?
There was a time when SEOs loved to second-guess Google algorithms. What happened?
YouTube unveils 4 new features, including Tagged Product error notifications
YouTube has introduced a series of updates aimed at helping creators better monitor and manage their content.
Google unveils new ad tools and updates for mobile app developers
Google is introducing a series of updates to help advertisers “enhance creativity, diversify revenue and make data-driven decisions.”
Google updates its page experience docs to clarify ranking signals
Core Web Vitals are a ranking signal but not other page experience signals.