Google Local Inventory Ads Gain “Pickup Later” Feature
Google announced that it is expanding its local inventory ads to support the option for stores to show a “pickup later” option. So you can show when the item is available for pick up in the store.
Google: The Context Around Links Is Secondary But Anchor Text Is Primary
You know that many uses of anchor text on links around the web do not say much about where it is linking to. There are tons of “click here” links or other links that are not descriptive. Mihai Aperghis asked John Mueller of Google about the context a…
Google My Business SAB & Virtual Offices Guidelines Updated
Over the past couple of weeks Google has been making updated to its guidelines around service area businesses (SABs) and virtual offices in terms of their Google My Business use. Joy Hawkins documented a lot of the changes but here is a short summary….
SEO Mythbusting On SEO Community vs Google With Martin & Barry (That’s Me)
So I did an SEO Mythbusting video with Martin Splitt of Google way back last November. I posted the vlog I did with him minutes prior to recording this SEO mythbusting segment. They went well together.
Google Tests Open Results In New Tab Toggle
Earlier this week we spotted Bing testing a toggle switch to open links in new tab and now we are seeing Google test a toggle switch to open results in a new tab. Coincidence?
Wayback Machine Does Not Impact Your Google Rankings
Here is a new question I’ve never seen before – does being removed or I guess added to the Wayback Machine impact your Google search rankings? John Mueller from Google said no on Twitter.
Bing AI Autosuggest, People Also Ask, Intelligent Answers & More AI Improvements
The folks at Bing posted a blog post showcasing some of the “next waves” of improvements around their deep learning and artificial intelligence techniques that help improve Bing Search. Bing highlighted improvements to autosuggest, people also ask, in…
Google Local Panel Updates Section Gets Message Button
Google seems to have added a message button to the “updates” section of the Google Local panel view. So these are where you can add updates through Google Posts on local, but there is a message button there for a customer to ask you questions about th…
Early Signs Of A Google Search Algorithm Ranking Update On September 23rd
I am seeing signs both in terms of SEO community chatter and the automated tracking tools of another Google search ranking algorithm update. Unlike the last one, where all the tools were spiking but the community chatter was at the same level of the to…
Vlog #86: Martin Splitt Of Google On SEO Mythbusting & His History
Martin Splitt and I decided to make the interview very intimate, so we chatted a bit in one of the Google sleep pods at the New York office. This was a while back, in November 2019…
New Google Supported Shipping Details Schema Markup
Google announced yesterday that you no longer need to use Google Merchant Center to communicate your shipping details in the product search results. Now you can use new shipping detail schema markup to do the same thing.
Google Merchant Center Image Policy Enforcement Going On The Item Level
Google has announced that the image policy enforcement in Google Merchant Center is now longer going to be on the account-level and will switch to item-level disapprovals. So disapprovals will be on a more granular basis going forward.
Google Updates Document On How Reviews Impact Local Rankings
Google has slightly updated the document on the local ranking factors, specifically the section around how reviews impact local rankings. The change was from “will probably improve” to “can improve” local rankings in the document.
Google Doesn’t Rank Sites Hosting On Google Cloud Higher
Google’s John Mueller had to say after he disputed that cheap and shared hosting does not influence your rankings, that hosting on Google Cloud servers won’t give you a ranking boost. He said on Twitter “we don’t do anything special for hosting on Goo…
Bing Tests Open Links In New Tab Toggle
Bing Search is testing an open links in new tab toggle feature directly at the top of its search results page. Frank Sandtmann shared this with me via email yesterday and I was able to replicate it. But not everyone is seeing it, so it does seem like…
Google Tests More Spacious Search Results Again
Google is testing a search results layout and interface that is more spaced out and has more open white space. Google has tested variations of this over the years but here is a screen shot from Shalom Goodman that he posted on Twitter of this test happ…
Bing Gains Voice Search Option On Desktop Search
Bing announced it has added the ability to do voice search queries from the Bing desktop interface. The mobile interface had it for a long time, and Google had it on its desktop search since 2016. Heck Microsoft launched its voice search feature in 2…
Dual Stack IPv4/6 Does Not Give You A Google Ranking Boost
Google’s John Mueller was asked on Twitter if using a dual stack IPv4/6 setup give you some sort of Google Search or SEO ranking boost with Google. John said no, it does not. John responded saying “No. There’s no SEO effect for that. Make your site w…
Google Ads API Is Now Available To All
Google announced that the Google Ads API is now “generally” available to all advertisers and developers. I believe it launched last year but had some serious issues when trying to replace the Google AdWords API and Google had to revert it. Now it is …
iOS 14 Now Lets You Add A Google Search Home Screen Widget
With the release of iOS 14 last week for iPhones and iPads, you can now add home screen widgets to your device. So the Google Search app has added support for the a Google Search Home Screen Widget on iOS 14.