Breaking news: When AMP goes through the roof

Columnist Barb Palser says many big news stories are now consumed primarily in AMP format.

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What are the risks for businesses that are getting fake reviews on Google?

Creating fake reviews might seem like a great way to boost your business’s local profile, but columnist Joy Hawkins warns that the consequences far outweigh the benefits. After all, you’re not just violating Google’s guidelines — you’re breaking the l…

AdWords mobile extensions get major upgrades with tappable sitelinks & more visible content

New changes to sitelink extensions will bring more usability to mobile, while also providing more real estate to the non-interactive extensions.

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Not ad creep: Images labeled ‘Product’ in Google Images part of new badges markup

The “Product” badges have the look of an ad, but are powered by rich markup schema.

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This script creates Google Slides with AdWords data to automate your presentation-making

Last week, Google announced they had added the Google Slides API as an Advanced API to AdWords scripts. Columnist Frederick Vallaeys explains how this functionality can be used to append AdWords data to a Google Slides presentation.

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Featured snippets: How much do you really know about them? [QUIZ]

Think you’re an expert on featured snippets? Then put your money where your mouth is and take this quiz, created by columnist Stephan Spencer!

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Google testing list format for AdWords enhanced sitelinks

The test displays four enhanced sitelinks with a smaller font size used in the links.

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Google’s big, new tech launch had lots of SEO #fails

Google’s new recruiting management tool, Hire, has a beautifully designed website. But columnist Nate Dame points out that they don’t seem to be following their own SEO best practices.

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Meet the fake news of the online marketing world (that Google loves!): Review sites

Move over, fake news. Columnist David Rodnitzky takes a look at fake facts about online marketing vendors and why Google’s SEO algorithm isn’t separating the fake review sites from the real ones.

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@Dr_Pete, let’s make a bet on HTTPs sites on Page 1

I would easily take this bet. Today, tomorrow and twice on Sunday. Now, I wasn’t at MozCon, and I didn’t see Dr. Pete’s preso. Just the Twitter stream. So even knowing how Twitter and games of telephone can distort someone’s thesis, I would STILL take this bet. And the reason why is simple, people always […]

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Study of 4 million Google searches charts the CTR payoff that came from eliminating right-side ads

Click-through rates for ads at the top of desktop results have increased significantly in the year since Google got rid of text ads in the right rail, a new study shows.

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