Google Tests New Top Stories Layouts Again
Google is once again testing new layouts for the top stories section of the Google Search results. This includes not just the box carousel at the top but also double deckers, large image story with smaller image stories, and more variations.
Google Image Search Tests Latest Section For New Images
Google Image Search seems to be testing a new feature to group images by type of search filter. Here is a screenshot from Mordy Oberstein showing a new section for “latest” images. Google added a latest filter to image search in 2017 but now Google is…
Google AdSense Deactivating Accounts For Inactivity Again
Google is once again deactivating accounts for inactivity. Google AdSense sent out emails last week to AdSense publishers and YouTube publishers saying your AdSense account has been deactivated due to inactivity.
Google Ads Experiments No Longer To Require Drafts Requirement
Google seems to be rolling out a new Google Ads experiments workflow that drops the need to use campaign drafts. George Nguyen reported this at Search Engine Land with the help of Dario from the Marketing O’Clock and it seems to be something Google is…
December Google Product Reviews Update Is Lit
As you all know, Google launched a new algorithm update on December 1st named the December 2021 product reviews update. Since then, the tracking tools have been off the charts showing insane levels of volatility and that volatility has continued throu…
Google’s John Mueller Offers Jurassic Park SEO Advice
John Mueller of Google gave a nice one liner of SEO advice using the movie Jurassic Park. He said on Twitter “It’s a bit like Jurassic Park. Technically, you can do a lot of things. But should you?”
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Core Update, Google Product Reviews Update, Google Mobile First Indexing, Algorithm Hell & 18 Years
An insane week to end an insane month of Google changes is how to sum up this SEO video recap. Google finished rolling out the November 2021 core update on Tuesday afternoon, November 30th. So you know, 60% of SEOs said they didn’t see changes with t…
Google Search Localized Language Carousel, Despite Language Of Query
Praveen Sharma shared a screenshot of a new carousel in the Google mobile search results that shows localized language content based on the location of the searcher, despite the language of the query entered. In this example, Praveen’s query was in Eng…
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 …