Google: Clicks On Newsletter Emails Don’t Help You Rank Better In Search
Google’s John Mueller said that no, clicks on newsletter emails do not help your SEO or help you rank better in Google Search. He did add that “it’s good to have multiple separate sources of traffic to your website, and not everything needs to have an…
Google Search Opens Complaint Thread For Title Changes
Google has opened a dedicated thread where you can post examples of poor titles that Google has created in lieu of your HTML title tags. The thread asked you to include the the URL of the page, the title shown, the device type used and any additional f…
Daily Search Forum Recap: August 25, 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.
Google’s link spam update is finally done rolling out…
Google Search Console Performance Reporting Is Currently Stuck
This morning I’ve been noticing a lot of complaints about the Google Search Console Performance report being delayed and data not fully being represented. It seems to be a global issue and even John Mueller of Google confirmed there is an issue at the…
Google Confirms Titles Did Change To Not Use The Searcher’s Query
A week after Google made a change to the titles it produces in its search results, the search company confirmed it actually did make these changes. I mean, why didn’t Google just write about it when they first noticed it, did they think we wouldn’t no…
Google Posts Can Now Appear On Third Party Sites Without Your Knowledge
Google now has a notice when you add Google Posts in Google My Business that those posts can appear not just on Google properties but third-party sites. Claire Carlile posted a screenshot of Google notifying her of this and asked on Twitter “which thir…
Google My Business Products Approval Process
Google now may decide to review your Google My Business product uploads manually and approve or reject those. Usama Ali posted screenshots on Twitter of the this happening for his product uploads.
Google Continues Test Of People Also Ask & People Also Search For In Autocomplete
Last September, in 2020, we reported that Google was testing the people also search for in the auto-complete search suggestions drop down. Well, those tests have not stopped. Here are more examples from Brodie Clark from the past week or so.
Google Link Spam Update Took A Full Month To Roll Out
Google announced that the link spam update that initially began rolling out on July 26, 2021 is now done rolling out as of August 24, 2021. That is over a full-month of rolling for that update and two-weeks longer than Google initially said.
Daily Search Forum Recap: August 24, 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.
Google made 4,500 changes to search in 2020, that is up from 3…
Google Search Tests Carousels: Research, People Also Shop & Similar Products
Google is testing a number of additional carousels in Google Search. These carousels are titled “research,” “people also shop” and “similar products.” Here are screenshots and screencasts of these in action from those who spotted them.
Google Shopping Bug Leads To Huge Impression Declines
Google Ads seemed to have a bug last week with Google Shopping in some regions, like the UK, but I think others, where the shopping listings were not showing up. Some advertisers were claiming drops in their listings from showing up by over 90%, yes, …
Google Made 12.5 Changes To Search Each Day In 2020
We cover tons of Google changes here, from user interface changes to ranking changes – most of which Google does not announce or confirm. But yesterday, Google said it made 4,500 changes in 2020 to Google Search. That is 12.5 changes per day or over …
Google Keyword Planner Tool Not Showing Data
For the past 24-hours or so, the Google keyword planner tool within Google Ads has been broken. It is giving people errors and showing “no data” found responses.
COVID Change How You Do SEO? Poll Results
J Turnbull posted a poll on Twitter asking SEOs if COVID changed how you do SEO. Like any SEO poll, the results were somewhat mixed. But of the 259 responses (not a ton), 52.5% said no, COVID did not change how they do SEO.
Google Ads Campaign Set Up Redesign
Google Ads seems to have launched a redesign for the campaign set up form/wizard. The new interface moves the steps from the top to the left hand side bar, and takes you through a new step by step process to set up your Google Ads campaigns.
Google AdSense Auto Optimize: New Select Traffic, Block A Style & Block An Experiment
Google AdSense has added three new settings to Auto optimize feature in your optimization experiments. These new methods include select traffic, block a style and block an experiment.
Google Ads Product Carousel Tests Green Discounted Prices
Google is testing highlighting a discounted price in a green font in the Google Ads shopping/product carousel. This was spotted by Jackson Lo last week and he shared this screenshot of it on Twitter.
Google Ads Adds More Custom Columns For Reporting
Two weeks after Ginny Marvin of Google asked what additional custom column metrics you’d like to see in Google Ads, Google has announced the addition of four new metrics. They include Search impression share, Click impression share, Display impression …
Google Ads Conversion Value Rules For Smart Bidding
Google announced a new method for smart bidding controls named conversion value rules. Google now allows you to adjust conversion values based on characteristics like location, device, and audience.