Fixed: Query Data Returns To Google Search Console Queries Report In Google Analytics
Earlier this month, we reported that there was a bug where the Search Consoles queries report in Google Analytics, specifically Universal Analytics 3, was missing all of its data after October 1st. Well, it is fixed and Google backfilled the data.
Daily Search Forum Recap: October 26, 2022
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.
A new zero click Google study puts it only at 25%…
New Zero Click Google Study Puts Zero Clicks At 25%, Not 65%
Marcus Tober at Semrush, a respected search marketing platform, published a new zero-click study that puts zero clicks across Google on average at 25% of all searches or 26% on desktop and 17% on mobile searches. No matter how you look at it, it is wel…
Google Ads Revenue Up Only 4.2% & Microsoft Bing Ads Revenues Up 16%
Both Google (Alphabet) and Microsoft (Bing) have announced earnings last night and both companies are down over 5% in pre-marketing trading after the news. Google’s ad revenue was up only 4.2%, while Microsoft’s search ad revenue, mostly from Bing, se…
Google Shopping Ads Overlay Carousel Testing Top & Bottom
Google is testing showing the overlay feature for its shopping ads, when you click the “view more” both at the top and the bottom. Here are GIFs showing how the overlay either pins itself to the top or pins itself to the bottom.
Bing Full Size Search Box In Bottom Right Of Search Results
Microsoft Bing is showing the search box in the bottom right corner, when you scroll down the search results page and your browser window is wide enough to fit it. Otherwise, Bing will show a floating magnifying glass to click on and activate your sear…
Google: Link Wheels Are Against Google’s Guidelines & Are Link Schemes
Google’s John Mueller said that link wheels are against Google’s webmaster guidelines, I mean search essentials, because Google would consider them link schemes and thus spam.
Google Site Name At Domain Level But Favicons At Domain and Subdomain Levels
Google has clarified its help documentation for the new site name markup and old favicon requirements about if they can be specified on the domain versus sub-domain versus sub-directory levels.
Google Search Has No Documented Limit For Length Of Site Name
Google has no documented limit on the number of characters for the site name as listed in Google Search. In fact, the documentation says “there’s no limit to how long a site name can be” but Google does recommend being concise with the name.
Is Google Showing Fewer FAQ Rich Results & Other Rich Results?
Google may be showing fewer rich results, specifically, FAQ rich results and possibly people also ask (although I think that is a bug with the tracking tools). RankRanger is showing a 3 to 4 point drop on the FAQ rich results displaying in Google Search.
Google Search Console Bug Mislabeled Many Rich Results Issues As Errors When They Were Warnings
Google has confirmed that it has relabeled many of the rich results issues in Google Search Console from “errors” to “warnings.” So you may see a bunch of errors being moved to the warnings side in the Google Search Console rich results reports.
Google Search Console Notices For max-image-preview
Last week, Google began sending new notices via Google Search Console about ways to enhance your images on Google. The notice talks about using the max-image-preview robots meta tag on all search-eligible images on your site.
Vlog #194: Greg Finn On Why Google Ads Will Decline
In part one, I do a lot of bantering with Greg Finn and talk about his history in the space and the growth of his agency, Cypress North. In part two we start to talk about his contributions to the industry, and then here in part three…
Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update On October 22, A Day After The Spam Update Finished.
So we had Google confirm that the October 2022 spam update finished Friday morning, the morning of October 21st. The tracking tools and chatter were somewhat mild but that makes sense for a spam update. But the day after, on Saturday, October 22nd, I …
Google: Doing SEO For The Google SEO Search Documentation
There is something super funny about listening to Lizzi and John from Google talk about the Google team doing SEO on the actual SEO help documentation. It is a fun listen to and I recommend you find some time to listen to this, no need to take notes, b…
Confirmed: Google Ads Issue With Call Ads
Google has confirmed an issue affecting call ads within Google Ads. Google said, “the issue is specific to call ads and is affecting a subset of users.”
Google Local Panel Tests Dynamic Search Refinement Buttons
A few months ago, we spotted Google testing a dynamic search bar refinement interface in the core search results. Well, now it seems Google is testing a similar variation for the local panel interface in Google Search.
Google Testing Explore More Visual Products Section
For the past several months Google has been testing a more visual product experience, a product grid that basically turns the search results into an e-commerce category page-like interface. Google is now testing an “explore more” grid format on top of …
Daily Search Forum Recap: October 21, 2022
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.
That was fast…
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Spam Update, Site Name & Favicons, New Sponsored Ad Label and More
The Google October 2022 spam update, the first spam update since last November, started and was completed within 42 hours, I have more on that in the video. Google also has rolled out a new Site name and favicon design for the mobile search results, wi…