Google Ads Automatic Upgrades To Performance Max For Local Campaigns
Google Ads announced that Google will start the process of automatically “upgrading” accounts to Performance Max for Local campaigns. Automatic upgrades will gradually progress and finish in September for most advertisers.
Google Search Tests Popular On Twitter Box
Google is testing a new title for some of the Twitter carousel results in Google Search. I guess if something is trending on Twitter, Google will label the Twitter carousel as “Popular on Twitter.”
Google Deprecates International Targeting Report In Search Console
Google has announced on Twitter that it has deprecated the International Targeting report in Google Search Console. Google’s international SEO advice has not changed with this but the International Targeting report will no longer work going forward.
Google Adds “View All Business Profiles” In Web Search Results
As Google continues to migrate off of the old Google My Business manager to the web search interface to manage your business, Google keeps adding subtle but more features. Now, when you search [my business] in Google, Google will show you a link to “Vi…
Google Core Web Vitals Report Adds URL Level Data For Examples URLs
Google announced on Twitter it has added URL-level data in the example URLs within the Google Core Web Vitals report. Plus Google added that it made some textual changes to the report “to make it clearer.”
Google Search Cannot Interpret Your Poem
Do you write poems, creative texts, abstract thoughts, and the like and are wondering how Google Search can and will rank that type of content? Well, John Mueller of Google was asked about that and he said “Search engines don’t interpret your poem.”
Google: Beauty Blog With Financial & Medical Advice A Bit Sus
Google’s John Mueller was asked if mixing topics on a single blog is a bad idea. John implied that yes, it is, at least for users. John said on Twitter “if you’re giving financial & medical advice on a beauty blog, I suspect users are – probably rightly – going to find that a bit sus.”
Google Tests New Local Service Ads UX
Google is testing a new layout and user experience for the Local Service Ads. This interface has the local service ads on the left and when you click on one, the box expands to the right with all of the details on the business.
Google Ads: No Plans For Ad Customizers Using Location For Responsive Search Ads
Google’s Ad Liasion, Ginny Marvin, confirmed on Twitter last week that there are no plans to add support ad customizers for responsive search ads, not now and not in the near future.
Daily Search Forum Recap: August 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.
Many SEOs don’t seem too concerned about the upcoming Google helpful content update…
Vlog #186: Jill Fecher On Creating Your Own Job Description At A Digital Marketing Agency
Jill Fecher is the Chief Growth Officer at Cypress North and we spoke about her work history and her previous experience in traditional media. We spoke about how she joined Cypress North and why she joined that company…
Poll: Many SEOs Say The Content They Produce Is Helpful & Not Concerned
As you know, Google will soon roll out the helpful content update and it has some SEOs and site owners a bit on edge. But a recent poll Aleyda Solis posted on Twitter shows that almost 50% of SEOs feel the content they produce is helpful and are thus …
Google: API Not Impacted By Search Console Indexing Label Bug
Last week we reported that Google Search Console had an embarrassing bug where it was reporting pages as being indexed, when those pages were not indexed by Google Search. The good news is that the URL Inspection tool API was not impacted by this bug,…
Google Search Console Video Index Report Now 100% Live
A month ago, Google started to slowly roll out the video index report within Google Search Console. Now that rollout is complete, Google announced on Twitter this morning.
Google Maps: Your Review Isn’t Posted Email
Google Maps is now notifying reviewers when their review isn’t posted. The email says “your review isn’t posted” and explains why. In the case below, Google said its moderation systems and processes considered the review to be fake.
Google: Just Because You Didn’t Write It, Doesn’t Mean Google Won’t Count It Against You
Google’s John Mueller explained that Google doesn’t really care who wrote the content on your site and saying someone else wrote it and you did not write it won’t save you from ranking issues related to the quality of that third-party content.
Google Helpful Content Update, New Product Reviews Update, Search Console Bug & Fix, Plus More
This week we covered the new big Google update that is coming next week named the helpful content update, I dig deep into it. Google has been talking about content issues for a while, so it is not surprising. Google will then launch its fifth product …
New Google Helpful Content Update To Change SEO Much Like Panda Did
Google has announced a new big search ranking algorithm update named the helpful content update – yes, Google named it that. This update will start to roll out next week and will target content that is, um, not helpful to humans and people.
Google To Launch Fifth Product Reviews Update Just Weeks After The Last Update
Google has announced it will be launching the fifth Product Reviews update in the coming weeks, which would be just a few weeks after Google finished rolling out the last product reviews update, the July 2022 product reviews update, on August 2nd.
Google: HTTPS Is Not A Requirement To Rank In Google Search
Google’s John Mueller was asked if Google still ranks sites that are on HTTP (not over HTTPS), i.e. insecure sites. John said yes, being on HTTPS is not a requirement to rank in Google Search he explained.