Google Shopping Ads With Negative Prices
Zac Stafford posted a screenshot on Twitter of his client’s ads showing negative prices in the Google Search shopping ad results. He said Google auto generated promotions using old codes with discounts greater than the product value.
Google Ads Editor Confirmed Bug With Image Ad Uploads
Google has confirmed a bug with Google Ads Editor version 1.8 and the image ad uploads feature. The AdsLiaison said on Twitter “the team is aware of a recent issue that may be impacting image ad uploads in Editor and is working to address it.”
Healthcare Providers Add Insurance & Languages To Google Business Profile
Google now lets searchers filter the local search listings for healthcare providers; facilities, doctors, etc by the types of insurances accepted and if they speak your language. So make sure, if you run search marketing for a healthcare organization …
December 2021 Google Product Reviews Update Rolling Out – What We See So Far
Google is rolling out yet another confirmed Google search ranking algorithm update – the second Google Product Reviews Update of the year. So if you were hit by the April 2021 Google Product Reviews Update, you may see improvements if you made the nec…
Google: Human-Readable List Of Links Like Sitemaps Not Always Necessary
Google’s John Mueller said for some sites, you can ignore the Google Webmaster Guidelines that says you should have “a page with a human-readable list of links to these pages (sometimes called a site index or site map page).” John said in some or prob…
60% Of SEOs Saw No Changes With The Google November Core Update
Marie Haynes posted another poll asking SEOs what they saw from the Google November 2021 Core Update now that the update is finished rolling out. Most, like 60% of the SEOs that responded said they saw “no obvious change.”
December 2021 Google Webmaster Report
What an insanely busy month we had with Google in November 2021! We had a big core update named the November 2021 core update, we had a spam update named the November 2021 spam update and Google said the page experience update is coming to desktop in …
Google: Our Product Experts Don’t Get A Ranking Boost Or Ranking Secrets
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that the Google Product Experts do not get access to any ranking or SEO secrets. Nor do these Product Exerts get any sort of ranking boost in Google Search for being a Google volunteer.
18 Years Covering The Search Industry
For the past 18 years I’ve been writing on this site, covering what you – the search marketers are chattering about. Today marks the 18th anniversary of the Search Engine Roundtable. I’ve been writing about search for over 40% of my life – which is wei…
New Google Merchant Center Competitive Visibility Report
Google Merchant Center seems to be rolling out a new report named the competitive visibility report. The competitive visibility report helps you understand your competitive landscape on product category level and take action to improve your visibility…
Google Doesn’t Index Parts Of A Page Separately Unless It’s Embedded Content
Google’s John Mueller said again that Google does not index parts of a page – like the header versus the footer versus the main area of the content. Google indexes it all and does not index a piece or part of it. But there is one exception, embedded c…
Google: URL Changes From A Year Ago Not The Reason For Your SEO Decline
Google’s John Mueller responded to an SEO asking if he should undo the URL site migration changes made a year ago to restore the traffic the blog had previously. In which John Mueller said that his guess is the “traffic change is unrelated” to the URL …
Google Chanukah Donuts Easter Egg On Pagination Bar
If you search for Hanukkah, Chanukah, Menorah and other related searches, you will not only see the annual Google Chanukah decorations but you may also see the pagination tool at the bottom of the search results turn into donuts.
Google Ads Performance Planner Gains Ineligible Campaigns, Suggested Changes, Secondary Metrics & Time Ranges
Google Ads has updated the performance planner to add some new features it says will help you better understand Performance Planner’s bid and budget recommendations. These updates include the ability to add ineligible campaigns, a suggested changes row…
Google: Links To Or From Small Or New Sites Is Fine
Google’s John Mueller gave his blessing to the links on or from new and small sites. John said that getting links from small or new sites is fine and doesn’t cause SEO problems. He also said that linking outwards to small or new sites is also fine.
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New Google Merchant Center Badge Eligibility Report
Google Merchant Center can now show you which products are automatically eligible for badges. Krik Williams shared a screenshoot showing off this new feature and Search Engine Land received confirmation from Google that this is indeed a new feature.
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Is Google Rolling Out The Expandable Snippet Carousel?
Tons of people are seeing the expandable snippet carousel in Google’s desktop search results. We first reported on this test back in August 2021 but now it seems like Google is rolling out this interface. I personally do not see it but tons are.
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Google: The November 2021 Core Update Mostly Done Rolling Out
Google’s Danny Sullivan said that the Google November 2021 core update is mostly done rolling out but not done yet. He said this yesterday at 12pm ET yesterday, November 29th.
Google Ads Upgraded Ad Extensions In Ad Console
Brett Bodofsky, a Google Ads specialist, shared a screenshot on Twitter of a new report tab that shows “Extensions “upgraded).” Then within each extension, you have the word upgraded next to each one, such as sitelinks, callouts, and so on.
Google: Only Pure Spam Or Adult Old Domains Can Be Problematic For SEO
Google’s John Mueller said when it comes to repurposing old domains that may have not been used but were being redirected elsewhere, it is fine for the most part. The only cases where it can cause SEO or Google ranking issues is if that domain was redi…