Nine More Policies Added To Google Ads Strike Based System
In June 2022 Google will update the enforcement procedures for repeat violations with the addition of nine more policies in scope of the strike-based system. The three-strikes and your out policy system launched in June 2021 for Enabling Dishonest Beh…
Microsoft Bing Ethical Shopping Hub Now Available In The US
Last year, Microsoft Bing launched its Ethical Shopping hub in the UK. With Earth Day, Microsoft announced the Ethical Shopping hub is now available in the US and Canada. Plus Microsoft Bing updated the design of the listings on the shopping search res…
Fake DMCA Requests Using AI Generated Lawyers To Demand For Links
Here is a newish link scheme, well, not 100% new but parts of it is new. As reported by The Next Web, these link spammers are using AI to create fake lawyer profiles that are going around sending fake DMCA requests demanding a link to their site for th…
Google Video Search Results With Question Answered In This Video
Google Video results has a feature that says if the video answers your question in your query. Google will label video results saying “X question answered in this video.” Plus, it shows you the location in the video where the question was answered.
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Signed Exchanges Coming To Google Desktop Search For Some Sites
In the coming weeks, Google Search for desktop will soon support signed exchanges for some sites. Sites serving different HTML based on the user-agent header (i.e. using dynamic serving) will need to opt out by adding a meta tag to your page.
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 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.
Google URL parameter tool is officially no longer working. Google AdWords API is sunsetting tomorrow…
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Vlog #169: Larry Brauner On Search Ads For SEO Research, Searcher Intent Pages & Sharing Landing Pages
In part one, Larry Brauner and I spoke about growth versus brand marketing, reputation management, reviews…
Google Local Business Listing Deals Tab
Google is showing a “deals” tab on some local business listings. I am not sure if this is new or not, I know I covered deal labels in the local business listings but I am not sure if I saw a tab devoted to just deals?
It’s Gone: The Google Search Console URL Parameter Tool Is Now Offline
As expected, the Google Search Console URL Parameter Tool is no longer available. If you try to access it for a specific property, you get a message that reads “this report is no longer available here.” It links you to the announcement that the tool wa…
Google Business Profile Adds Products Performance Metrics
Google has added a section to the Google Business Profile Performance Metrics (formerly Google My Business Insights) for products. This section shows you how your products performed in Google Maps and local search. It shows you how many people viewed y…
Google AdWords API Shutting Down Tomorrow, April 27th
The time has come for the Google AdWords API to officially shutdown tomorrow, April 27th. Google warned us this would happen over a year ago and now the day has come where the legacy Google AdWords API will sunset and be fully replaced by the Google …
Google Maps Asking Local Guides To Update Old Reviews
It seems that the Google Maps team is asking some Google Local Guides to update older reviews they have left in the past. Tricia Clements posted a screenshot on Twitter of the Google Maps request.
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 22, 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 has introduced a new term, Google SpamBrain…
Google’s 2021 Web Spam Report: Hello Google SpamBrain
Google has published its annual web spam report and in that report, Google has named its machine learning based systems for spam identification with its own name – SpamBrain. SpamBrain is a new name but the technology, the AI, is from 2018, so SpamBrai…
Google Search Displays Larger Images Again On Desktop Results
Google Search is testing displaying much larger images again in the desktop search results. Here is a comparison of the normal image thumbnails in the desktop search results compared to the larger images in the desktop search results.
SEOs Want Featured Snippet & Indexing Coverage API In Google Search Console
A recent poll on Twitter by Brodie Clark shows that SEOs really do want both a featured snippets filter in the performance reports in Google Search Console and also an index coverage API. The poll also has a number of other requests but those are by f…
Google Video Search YouTube Channel Label/Icon
I am not sure if this is new because when I search for videos, I use YouTube directly. But in Google Video search, Google will label YouTube channel landing pages with a play button and without a timestamp because the link takes you to the channel and…
Google Search Scroll To Text For Sitelinks Live In US Search Results
Back in November 2021 Google began testing Sitelinks that support the scroll to text feature. Well, it seems like this is fully live in the US desktop search results, as Brodie Clark said on Twitter.
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Search Volatility, Google SpamBrain & Spam Report, Google Search Tests & Analytics Bugs
Before I start, just a reminder, this was pre-recorded and schedules to go live as I am offline today for Passover. That being said, it was a busy week with a lot of Google search ranking volatility this week…
Programming Note: Offline For Passover
This is a programming note that I will be completely offline for the last two days of Passover…