Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Search Ranking Tremors, December Was Volatile, Sex Toy Companies In Search & New Years Is Here
The week between Christmas and New Years is general slow and it was but we did have some Google search ranking jolts and tremors this week…
Google Ads Now Has Asset Library
Google Ads is rolling out or now has the Google Creative Studio’s asset library feature directly in Google Ads. I believe Brett Bodofsky was one of the first to share this on Twitter and George Nguyen confirmed it with Google a couple weeks ago.
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Google: No Difference In SEO Value Between Nofollow, UGC Or Sponsored Link Attributes
Google’s John Mueller confirmed what it has I believe said before, that there is not difference in terms of SEO value between the three link attributes. Google supports nofollow and also UGC and sponsored link attributes. In terms of the difference in…
Google Search New Years Confetti Again & New Years Eve Doodle
If you do a search in Google Search for [new years] related keywords, Google will bring back the confetti easter egg from last year. Google by default will throw down some confetti and then let you also add more confetti to the mix by clicking on the c…
Google: We Can Handle Really Long HTML Sizes Unlike Bing
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter when it comes to really long HTML file sizes, Google can handle it – and you should not worry about it. The question came up when someone shared a screenshot of Bing Webmaster Tools giving a notice that the “HTML …
Google’s John Mueller Pays For Screaming Frog
How is this for an unpaid endorsement of your SEO product – John Mueller of Google said that he pays for a license to Screaming Frog. He said this on Reddit, where someone was asking how can he convince his boss to pony up for that license.
Daily Search Forum Recap: December 29, 2021
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.
This month, the month of December…
Google Search Console Announcements Bar Test
Google Search Console had this new bar at the top of the Search Console interface with announcements. It showed three types of announcements; informational, minor issue and major issue announcements. These showed up in blue, yellow and red respectivel…
Google Ads Exclude Placements Coming To Smart Shopping Campaigns?
Google seems to be testing a feature to exclude unwanted placements in Smart Shopping Campaigns within Google Ads. ADworld Experience posted this on Twitter but it is not clear if it works or if this was some sort of slip up from Google.
Semrush: December The Most Volatile Month For Google Search Of 2021
According to recent Semrush data, this month, the month of December, was the most volatile month of the year and probably Google history. Here is a chart Mordy Oberstein of Semrush shared showing how December soared amongst the rest of the months in 2…
Counterintuitive SEO Recommendations Thread
A couple of months ago, Aleyda Solis posted a thread on Twitter (I was waiting for a slow week to post it here) asking “what’s the most counterintuitive SEO recommendation/implementation you’ve done that actually made sense in the context you were work…
December 27 & 28 Google Search Ranking Algorithm Jolt On?
Around December 27th and 28th we may have a Google search ranking algorithm jolt or quick tremor. I highly doubt Google pushed out something over the holidays, this last week of December. But it might just be some weird change that jolted the search re…
Bing Search Santa Hat Video Play Button Easter Egg
If you go to Microsoft Bing and conduct a search that triggers a video preview box to show up, there may be a little holiday easter egg for you. A Santa hat on the play button of the video that wiggles when you hover your mouse cursor over the video.
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Google Product Reviews Update Likely Will Expand To Other Languages
Google’s April 2021 and December 2021 product reviews update only targeted English language content. But John Mueller of Google said he suspects it will roll out to other languages in the future. He actually thought it did already but no, it did not….
Google Business Profile Products “Mark As Special” For Top Placement
Google Business Profiles (formerly Google My Business) seems to have added or is testing adding a new check box for products. There is an option named “mark as special” that will show that product at the top of the page in Google Search.
Poll Results: Did SEOs Work Over The Christmas Holiday Break?
With all the changes and updates Google made recently, I wondered if some SEOs felt they couldn’t take off over the Christmas weekend holiday. Google gave us permission to take off but did you? It seems like most of you did based on this very unscient…
Google Ads Past Violations Can Limit Your Ads
Shaun Elley posted a screenshot of one of his ads in Google Ads showing a status of “eligible (limited) policy (past violation).” This seems to mean that an ad you once had was disapproved because of a past violation but now that ad is not longer disa…
Google Search Console’s Link Report Not A Priority For Google
Google’s John Mueller was asked on Twitter why the pipeline to get data into the link report within Google Search Console seems slower than most the other reports. In short, John said that links is not an area they think SEOs should focus too much on a…
Google: Most Of Google’s Search Algorithms Work For All Languages But Not All
Did you know that most of the search algorithms Google launches work across all languages? There are exceptions, like when Panda first launched and the product reviews update and some others. Some launch first in some languages, like the English langua…
Google Keeps Track Of Algorithm Changes But It’s Hard To Use Even Internally
Alan Bleiweiss, a smart and fun SEO, asked John Mueller of Google if Google has a “Google Book of Secrets” where it stores all the algorithmic changes it makes in a single location. The short answer is, yes, Google does store all the changes it makes b…