Google Texting Businesses To Validate Google Business Profile Information
Google may be sending text messages to business owners to verify that the information they have listed in their Google Business Profile is accurate and up-to-date. This text comes from a confirmed Google phone number, but some local SEOs are worried th…
Google Now Supports 50 Countries For Return applicableCountry Property
Google has noted that it now supports 25 more countries for the applicableCountry property within the new return policy information to the Product structured data documentation. Now Google supports 50 countries for this property.
Google April 2023 Reviews Update Done Rolling Out
The Google April 2023 reviews update finished rolling out yesterday afternoon on April 25, 2023. It took 13 days and two hours to roll out this expanded reviews update, which goes beyond products, that initially kicked off on April 12, 2023.
Is Google Search Rewriting More Titles Again?
Some SEOs are seeing Google rewrite more of their titles to something shorter and maybe less descriptive than they would prefer to display in the Google search results.
Google Search Update Fixes Some Problematic Site Names
Google has released an update to fix some, but not all, of the problematic Site names in the Google search result listings. This comes days after Google asked for feedback from folks who noticed the site name that Google listed was incorrect or not wha…
Bing Chat Reduces Disengagement By Over 3X For Most Egregious Category
Microsoft has reduced the number of disengagements in Bing Chat by over three times for its most egregious category, said Mikhail Parakhin, the CEO of Microsoft Bing.
Google Ads Revenue Flat While & Microsoft Bing Ads Revenues Up 10%
Both Google and Microsoft reported Q1 2023 earnings last night, and so far, Wall Street seems to be happy with the results. But if you look, Google’s ad revenues were flat (slightly down) year-over-year, while Microsoft Bing Ads were up 10% year-over-…
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 25, 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 Ads had a latency issue with the advertiser interface and API…
Google Tests Grid Format For Local Results In Mobile Web Search
Google seems to be testing a grid-like format for local results in the mobile web search results. We see these grid formats primarily for product and shopping search results, but I don’t think I’ve seen this for local search listings.
Google Ads Tests Gold Verification Badge
Google Ads is also testing a gold verification badge or label in the search results. We saw a blue label and then a blue badge-style label and now we are seeing the label in gold.
Bing Adds Site Name & Favicon To Search Result Snippets
Microsoft Bing has seemed to add the site name and favicon feature to its search results. This is similar to what Google launched first on mobile last year and then on desktop earlier this year.
Google Ads Latency Issues & Errors With Advertiser Interface & API
Google Ads has been having more than normal latency issues causing errors within the advertiser interface and the Google Ads API. This started yesterday evening and is continuing through this morning.
Google Ads Tests Show Similar Button
Google Ads seems to be testing a “show similar” button in the product carousel of sponsored listings. When you click on the “show similar” button, you are presented with a new dynamically loaded carousel that shows more products like the one you were …
Vlog #220: Igal Stolpner On International SEO With AI Translated Content & Competitive Analysis
In part one, we learned about who is Igal Stolpner, and in part two we dive into the topic of international SEO. Now we dive deeper into this topic and dig into AI-translated content and Google Maps and local results…
Google Reviews Update Heats Up Again
Google’s April 2023 reviews update is now just almost two weeks since it started rolling out, and while the update seemed to have started slow, this past week, we’ve seen some significant movement and volatility. This weekend was no exception and we ar…
Google Search Wants You To Report Inaccurate Site Names
Google’s John Mueller posted a new form asking you to submit feedback to Google about when the site name Google shows in search is not what you’d expect it to be. The form was posted a few days ago, so if you have not submitted any issues you’ve found…
Google Documents Its Three Types Of Web Crawlers
Google has updated its Verifying Googlebot and other Google crawlers help document to add a new section describing the three categories or types of crawlers they have. They have their Googlebot crawler, special-case crawlers and user-triggered crawlers.
Bing Chat Better At News / Sports & Google Bard Can Code, Plus More AI Updates
Google and Bing announced more updates for Google Bard and Bing Chat. Google said Bard can now code, and indeed it can. At the same time, Bing Chat announced a few updates, including being better at showing information on news and sports, amongst othe…
Microsoft: Bing Chat To Show Referrer Analytics Data In Coming Weeks
It is hard for site owners, content creators, and marketers to know how much traffic and visibility they get from Bing Chat. But that might change soon, as Fabrice Canel from Microsoft said they will soon pass referrer data and show clicks and impressi…
Search News Buzz Video Recap: New Google Search Engine, Magi, April Reviews Update, Page Experience, Helpful Content, FAQs & Generative AI Ads
What a busy week, we had Google confirm it is working on an all-new search engine that uses AI and Bard. There is no ETA for when that will go live, but in the coming months…