The New Google Partners Program Is Here
After a lot of saga, postponements and changes, Google has finally launched the new Google Partner program details. Google also launched a new Premier Partner status for the top 3% of partners.
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 2, 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 Ads revenues were up 32% and guess what, so was Microsoft Advertising…
Google Mobile Search Tests Colorful Magnifying Glass In Search Bar
Google is testing making the black/gray magnifying glass in the search bar of he mobile search results page a bit more colorful. Well, the magnifying glass has the Google colors with red, green, yellow and blue.
Both Google Ads & Microsoft Bing Ads Revenues Up 32%
Last week, Microsoft reported earnings and yesterday Google (Alphabet) reported earnings and both companies showed a 32% increase with their advertiser revenues…
Google Ads Will Consolidate Advertiser Identity & Business Verification
Google Ads will consolidate the current advertiser Identity verification and Business operations verification programs under a unified Advertiser verification program to provide a simplified and improved advertiser experience in March 2022.
Google May Share Your Google Discover Likes Anonymously With Publishers
You know how you can like the Google Discover stories Google puts in your Google home page feed by clicking on the heart icon? Well, did you know that Google may share those likes with publishers, anonymously?
Google Local Pack Listen & Translate Feature
Google seems to be testing a feature to help searchers listen to how to pronounce a company name with a microphone icon. Google is also testing in that local pack a “translate more” link.
Google Ads Can Auto Apply Recommendations & New Recommendations For Discovery Campaigns
Google Ads can now automatically apply recommendations at scale, also Google Discovery campaigns now support recommendations and Google added more tools for your video ad campaigns.
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 1, 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 said it does not count links on the domain name level…
Google: We Do Not Give Full Weight To All Links
Google’s John Mueller said that not all links are given full weight and does not pass the full signals it can potentially pass. Instead, Google might not pass any weight from the link or might pass partial weight from the link.
Google: We Don’t Count Links On Domain Level
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that Google Search does not count links on a domain level. John is basically saying that each link counts for itself and that each URL counts for itself, the links don’t add up to some overall authority metric tha…
Google Ads Performance Max Data To Come To Data Studio In Very Near Future
Ginny Marvin, the Google Ads Liaison, said that in the “very near future” the Google Ads team will be adding support to have Performance Max data to Google Data Studio. Obviously with Smart Shopping campaigns and Local Campaigns being replaced by Perf…
Google Help Doc Goes Deeper On SafeSearch With Troubleshooting Section
Google has put together a new help document on SafeSearch where it merged a bunch of content into a single page around this topic. It also added content around how SafeSearch works and a new section for troubleshooting that adds some details.
Google Merchant Center Adds Auto-Tagging To Free Listings
Google Merchant Center announced that auto-tagging is now available for free listings on Google Shopping. “Auto-tagging for free listings is now available in your Merchant Center account,” the search company wrote.
Reminder: Some Google Ads Search Terms Report Query Data Being Removed Tomorrow
As a reminder, Google Ads will be removing some query data from your search terms report on February 1, 2022. Google warned us of this change in September 2021 and tomorrow is the day where historical query data that was collected prior to September 1,…
Google Search Console Launches URL Inspection API
Google this morning launched a new API for Search Console – the URL Inspection API. This API lets you programmatically interact with the URL Inspection Tool that you would manually interact with within Google Search Console, but with code. SEOs and d…
Breadcrumb & HowTo Google Search Console Errors Reporting Changed
Google has said it changed the error and issues reporting in Google Search Console for Breadcrumbs and HowTo structured data. This may result in new errors, warnings and issues or changes to the severity of the issues already reported by Google in Sear…
Google Penalizing News Publishers With Manual Actions For Discover & Google News
About a year ago, Google first introduced guidelines around manual actions for Google Discover and Google News. In the past week, I have seen numerous news publishers, both large and small, receive such manual actions.
How Does Location Of Internal Links On A Page Matter For SEO & Google Search
Google’s John Mueller said the location of internal links, links you place on your website to other parts of that same web site, does not necessarily matter if they are in the body content, footer, header or other sections on the page. The content, th…
Google: No One Infected By Untitled Search Spam Issue
Danny Sullivan of Google said that no one was infected by the search spam issue around untitled documents. He said this is a spam issue, not a malware issue and “no one is infected with anything.” Sullivan added that the spam team is already on the i…