Google Knowledge Panels Gets Small Update For Newsy Topics
It looks like Google is rolling out a small update for knowledge panels in the mobile search results with more card-like results and a larger card at the top and also summary cards.
Vlog #229: Amy Toman On Helping Small Businesses Succeed In Google Local Search
In part one we learned about Amy Toman and her love for small business. We dug more into that love in part two and also spoke about helping small businesses with local optimization, even with low budgets. Plus…
Microsoft Wants Bing On CarPlay & Android Auto But Does Apple Or Google?
It seems Microsoft would love to have the Bing app on Apple CarPlay and Google’s Android Auto. Technically, it does not seem to be an issue with Microsoft Bing making the app work on CarPlay or Android Auto. It might be an issue with Google and Apple a…
Google: Word Count For SEO & Google Rankings Is Not A Thing
The Google Search Liaison, Danny Sullivan, posted another PSA last week on Twitter, saying word count is not a thing again. He said, “Reminder. The best word count needed to succeed in Google Search is … not a thing! It doesn’t exist. Write as long o…
Google: New Web Sites Homepages Should Get Indexed
Gary Illyes from Google on the last Search Off The Record podcast said that for brand-new websites, their homepages should be indexed without a problem. If not, then the site has a bigger issue. Plus, the Google’s John, Martin and Gary spoke more about…
With A Few Days Left Are Search Marketers Ready For GA4
This coming Friday, June 30, 2023, will be the last day Google Analytics’s Universal Analytics 3 collects new data. The deadline is not being pushed off and you either switch to GA4, Google Analytics 4, find some alternative analytics package or not t…
Microsoft Advertising Policy Updates Coming July 1st
Microsoft Advertising sent out emails to its advertisers about changes to its advertising policies that start off next week on July 1st.
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 23, 2023
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.
Google’s search results exploded this morning in terms of volatility but still…
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Heated Search Results, Using AI For SEO, INP Report, Bing Chat & Google Ads Updates
This week we saw the continues heated and incredibly volatile Google search results continue throughout the whole week, and then it exploded this morning. Google’s Gary Illyes said we should avoid using LLMs and AI for diagnosing SEO issues. Gary also…
Google Search Ranking Volatility Exploding Today – Where Is The Confirmed Algorithm Update?
So it’s been well over a week of incredible volatility within the Google search results. Pages have been bouncing all over the place, rankings are jumping and then last night and today we are seeing even hotter temperatures from the Google tracking too…
Bing Search Within Search Results By Selecting Text To Search
Bing Search now lets you select text within the search results page and search for that selected text. I believe Bing was testing this for a while, and so has Google Search, but now it seems to be live.
Google Selling Google Domains Won’t Impact Your SEO Or Google Rankings
I have seen some folks in the SEO industry suggest that there will be some sort of search ranking and SEO impact with the sale of Google Domains to Squarespace. I just wanted to clarify this sale should have zero impact on your Google Search rankings …
Google Business Profile Dashboard Now With Red Dots To Unread Items
Google has added red dots to the unread reviews, messages and other items on your Google Business Profile web search dashboard. If Google thinks you have not seen a new review, it will mark the reviews icon with a red dot until you click on it and rea…
Google Issues PSA Saying 302 Redirects Are Fine
Google’s John Mueller went to Twitter and Reddit to issue a PSA saying, “302 redirects are fine.” Yea, we covered the 302 versus 301 topic countless times over almost 20 years here, so here is the 2023 version. 302 redirects are just fine to use, acc…
Google’s Gary Illyes: Don’t Use AI & LLMs To Diagnose SEO Issues
Gary Illyes from the Google Search team said on LinkedIn that you should avoid using LLMs and AI for diagnosing potential SEO issues or other issues with your site. Gary wrote, “don’t use them for diagnosing potential issues with it.”
Google Pushes Non-Last-Click Rules-Based Attribution Models Deprecation Date To Mid-July
Google has pushed off the date when data-driven attribution (DDA) will be deprecating. It was supposed to be this month, but it was pushed to mid-July, so a month later.
Google Merchant Center Timeout & Crawl Issues Bug?
I am hearing reports of issues with Google Merchant Center, specifically DNS issues, timeout issues, 404 issues and other crawl issues being reported by Merchant Center when there are no real issues.
Google Ads: Upgrade From Dynamic Search Ads To Performance Max
Google Ads is asking advertisers to “upgrade” from dynamic search ads (DSAs) to Performance Max (PMax) campaigns. Many PPCers think that DSAs will not last and will ultimately be replaced by PMAx campaigns and this is just one of the first steps to that.
Google Ads Automatically Created Assets For Performance Max Campaigns
Google Ads seems to be testing the Automatically created assets setting for Performance Max campaigns. And Google Ads is replacing the “Final URL expansion” setting for some accounts, as well.
Google Analytics 4 Adds Google Ads Conversion Credit Selection Eligibility
Google Analytics announced that you can now select which channels are eligible to receive conversion credit for web conversions shared with Google Ads. The default channel is Google paid channels, but you can select Paid and organic channels.