Google “See Results About” Goes Missing On Mobile Search
On August 17th, Google seems to have removed the “see results about” disambiguation search feature from the Google mobile search results. They still show on desktop but on mobile, it is gone.
Did Google Remove The Maps Review-Gating Policy?
Chris Silver Smith noticed how Google has updated its Google Maps contributed content policy and removed a line that prohibited review-gating. The line that was removed was “don’t discourage or prohibit negative reviews or selectively solicit positive…
Google Promotes Search Console Insights In Some Google Accounts
Molly Youngblood posted some screenshots on Twitter showing how Google is pushing her to check out Google Search Console Insights with a little banner that reads “New: Get insights about your site content.” When she clicks on her account icon, it bring…
Microsoft Advertising RSAs Deadline Extended Again, This Time TO February 2023
Microsoft Advertising has extended the deadline to move from Expanded Text Ads to Responsive Search Ads once again. Instead of it being August 29, 2022, Microsoft is now pushing the deadline off to February 1st, 2023. This is another five months!
Sub-Reviews: Google Local Reviews By Category & Attribute
Google is asking some Google Local Guides to leave sub-reviews about a single business listing. So Google might ask the local guide about the restrooms in the restaurant or the if the place is dog friendly.
Google Local Business Structured Data Doesn’t Support additionalType; Instead Use An Array
Google has clarified on its Local Business structured data help documentation that when you want to specify multiple types in Local Business structured data, specify them in an array and do not use additionalType, that isn’t supported.
Daily Search Forum Recap: August 29, 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.
So far, at least by the time I wrote the story…
Vlog #187: Jill Fecher On Podcasting & Agency Business Development
In part one, we learned about Jill Fecher, Chief Growth Officer at Cypress North. We learned about her past history in marketing, why she joined Cypress North, what she does there…
Google Helpful Content Update Seems Weak & Slow To Roll Out So Far…
Google announced the helpful content update on August 18th and it officially started to roll out on August 25th. I thought this update would hit hard and fast, but so far, and I know it has only been a few days since it officially rolled out, it has b…
Google Helpful Content Update Feedback Form
As you know, the Google helpful content update started to roll out on Thursday, August 25th. Google has opened up a feedback form for you to leave Google URLs of sites that you think shouldn’t have been affected or other feedback.
Google Tests Quick Read & 5 Minute Read Label In Search Results
Google is testing a new label in the search results to tell searchers what is a quick read or a page that takes less than five minutes to read. I love this, Google is showing a searcher that they can scan through a piece of content quickly.
Google: Soft 404s Do Waste Crawl Budget
Google’s Gary Illyes said on the latest Search Off The Record podcast that soft 404s, pages Google thinks are 404s but return a 200 server status code, do waste crawl budget. However, 404s or 410s do not waste crawl budget, Gary added.
Google: Adding Video Structured Data Won’t Make Your Video More Prominent
Google’s John Mueller said that adding video structured data to pages with videos on them will not make that video more prominent on that page. This comes from a video indexing issue notice in Google Search Console.
Daily Search Forum Recap: August 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.
It’s been a long week, with being on vacation…
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Helpful Content Update Live, Search Console News, Google Ads Local Campaigns Auto-Upgrades
Google has begun rolling out the helpful content update on Thursday…
Google Business Profile Tests Captions On Business Photos
Google is testing allowing business owners add captions or descriptions to photos they upload to their business profiles. Mike Blumenthal spotted this in a Google Business Profile Help thread and also posted about it on Twitter.
Bing Tests People Also Ask In Carousel UX
Microsoft Bing is testing a carousel format and user experience for the people also ask. Normally we will the people also ask in a list view, but the carousel test gives you the question and answer immediately.
Google Says Cloaking Affiliate Links Does Not Gain You Anything
Google’s John Mueller was asked about the pros and cons of cloaking affiliate links. John responded on Twitter saying, “I don’t think you gain anything by cloaking the affiliate links, it just adds complexity. You can use a DB-driven setup without cloa…
Google Search Conversations & Discussion and Forums
Google has had these discussion carousels for the past couple of years. Now Google also spotted a “conversations” box and also a “discussions and forums” box in Google Search.
Google Local Service Ads To Allow You To Exclude Areas
Google Local Service Ads is testing and may eventually launch a new user interface to allow businesses and advertisers to exclude their ads from showing in certain areas.