Google On Product Reviews Update: Content Should Add New Information To Body Of Knowledge
There has been a lot of talk about the Google product reviews update and what content ranks well and what content does not rank as well since these updates. Alan Kent from Google offered a nice line on what content stands out for the product reviews u…
Mark Cuban Upset With Google Ranking Fake Shark Tank Endorsements
A few weeks ago, Mark Cuban (who needs no introduction), went to Twitter to complain about how Google is ranking fake Shark Tank endorsements. Mark was not too happy with Facebook either about it. But Danny Sullivan from Google responded saying he wi…
Google Adds Troubleshooting For Title Links & Valid Page Metadata Help Docs
Google has added a new help document for the use valid page metadata and also added a new section to the title link help document with troubleshooting. These additions were made this morning, May 10, 2022.
Google’s Digital Marketing Certification Course SEO Advice Includes Word Count & Keyword Density
Google offered its official Google taught and backed digital marketing certification and courses, as we reported about a couple weeks ago. Guess what SEO advice and recommendations Google offers in this course? Yep, having more than 300 words on a pa…
Bing “See Results For” Search Feature On Left Side Bar
Microsoft Bing is testing the “see results for” feature on the left hand side. The same place we saw the “on this page” feature that would jump you to the right part of the page. The “see results for” take you to a new query and do not keep you on the …
Recap Of The Google Search Central Unconference 2022
Google hosted the 2022 edition of the Search Central Virtual Unconference on April 27, making it the third global Google Unconference and fourth such event so far (counting the Japanese one that took place a few weeks earlier).
New Google Business Guidelines For Virtual Food Brands & Delivery-Only Businesses
Google has added new local business profile guidelines for virtual food brands and delivery-only food brands. This would be for businesses that re-package a local restaurant’s food but technically does not have its own location or business in that area…
Google On Copying Your Own Content To Repurpose On Other Sites
Google’s John Mueller talked about how Google may perceive the practice of using your own content you already wrote on one site, and then copying it over to another site or two, with some tweaks to fit that site. Is this considered plagiarizing conten…
Another Google Search Console Crawl Stats Data Gap
Google Search Console’s crawl stats report has a data gap, a missing day, of metrics again. This has happened numerous times, often this is fixed by itself after a few days. So I would check back in a few days – I doubt Google is missing data, it just …
Vlog #172: Lior Krolewicz On PPC Software & Issues With Google Ads Automation
In part one with Lior Krolewicz is the founder and CEO of Yael Consulting, a marketing consulting company, we spoke about the IDF and how paid search has changed. In part two we spoke about his company…
Google Mother’s Day Weekend Search Algorithm Update (May 6th – May 8th)
I am seeing signs of a possible Google search ranking update that kicked off late Friday, May 6th and has really spiked this morning – May 8th – also Mother’s Day in many regions. There is both a lot of chatter in the SEO forums and many of the tools …
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 6, 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.
Google is doing away with some video and image sitemap extension tags…
Google To Deprecate Some Video & Image Sitemap Extension Tags
Google announced on August 6, 2022 it will no longer support some of the video and image sitemap extension tags. These specifically impact the caption, geo_location, title and license tags or attributes within image sitemaps and category, player_loc[@a…
Google Ads Tests Quick Help Beta
Google Ads is testing a new help feature named “Quick Help.” It is currently in beta and those who see it can access it by looking for the hovering help icon at the bottom right corner of the Google Ads console.
Google: Duplicate Content Issues? Then Focus On Adding Value.
One of the oldest and still most talked about SEO topic is duplicate content. While there has never really been a duplicate content penalty, Google does not want to rank to 5 identical pieces of content in the first five positions in Google search. So…
Google Maps Business Redressal Form Adds “Business Doesn’t Exist” Option
Google has added a new option in the Business Redressal Complaint Form under the “Identify the content on Google Maps that you claim might lead to fraudulent activity” drop down. The new option is “this business doesn’t exist” and the local SEO communi…
Google “More About” Search Carousel
Google has a carousel in both desktop and mobile search that leads with “more about.” For example, for a query on [apply business loan] you will find a carousel that reads “More about small business loans” with stories to publishers and government web…
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google May 1st Algorithm Update, Moz Removed From Google Search, Google Ads Safety Report, New In Microsoft Advertising & More
This week in search, we had another unconfirmed Google search ranking algorithm update that touched down in a big way on May 1st with a lot of weirdness the week prior. Moz’s home page was removed from Google Search for a 12 hour period after…
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Google Ads Customer Match Lists Will Work With Smart Bidding & Optimized Targeting
Google sent some advertisers emails saying “beginning Q2 2022, campaigns using Smart Bidding and/or Optimized Targeting will be able to use all Customer Match lists in your account to enhance your ad campaign performance for your goals (e.g. conversion…
Google Blocked 3.4 Billion Ads, Restricted 5.7 Billion Ads & Suspended 5.6 Million Advertisers
Google has published its annual “Ads Safety Report” and disclosed that it has blocked or removed over 3.4 billion ads for violating its Google Ads policies, it restricted over 5.7 billion ads, suspended over 5.6 million advertiser accounts, and removed…