Google: Reconsideration Requests Can Take A Week To A Few Months
A question that comes up often in the SEO world is how long does it take after one submits a reconsideration request in Google Search Console to get a response. It can vary and earlier this year we seemed to have some backlogs there but John Mueller o…
Google Duplex Live For Some Haircut Appointment Bookings
VentureBeat reports that Google made the Duplex technology live for some haircut appointments, for barbershops, salons, etc. This way Google can help businesses that are shorthanded, at least with making appointments.
Google Sports Scores Stop Working In The US Yesterday
Yesterday, Google had another bug – this one was not with indexing or ranking but live sports scores. I assume there was some sort of disconnect between the data provider for some of the sports scores and Google search.
Bing Webmaster Tools Now Supports Arabic & Hebrew Languages
Bing Webmaster Tools now supports languages that go from right-to-left, like Arabic and Hebrew. Fabrice Cabal from Microsoft Bing wrote on Twitter “If you didn’t notice yet, Bing Webmaster Tools is now also available in Right-To-Left languages as Arab…
Another Google Webmaster Virtual Conference Coming February 2021
The next Google Webmaster virtual conference is already being worked on by Martin Splitt and Google friends. Martin said it is expected to happen in about four months from now, in February 2021.
Google My Business Adds More COVID-19 Health & Safety Checks
A month ago, we reported how Google My Business added new health and safety attributes for businesses to add to their local listings. It seems google has been expanding the number of attributes for these businesses.
Is It Google Search Ranking Updates Or Instability Over Bugs?
Over the past week or so, the search tracking tools have been showing a lot fluctuations, volatility and instability. We know Google has had a number of bugs that it is still actually working on resolving. All of that can cause volatility in the sear…
Vlog #89: Ed Bernstein On Challenges Of Doing In House SEO & Mapping The Competitive Search Landscape
Ed Bernstein, the IT Director at Active Ventilation Products, came out to the ballpark to get on the vlog. He built his first web site in 1994, the same year my company built its first web site – although I was 14 years old then…
Google Tests Bubble Design For Search Tools Bar
Google is testing using the bubble design for the search tool bar. The search tool bar is what is by the search bar, that let’s you filter your search results by search vertical, like Google News, Google Images, Google Maps and more.
Google My Business Online Classes With Zoom Integration
A month ago we reported that Google My Business is adding video conferencing integration to “connect in real-time, with video.” Well, it seems we are now seeing more details about that now in Google My Business, where some businesses can offer online …
Google Explains How Autocomplete Predictions Work
Danny Sullivan from Google posted another big how does search work piece on the Google blog. This one was named how Google autocomplete predictions are generated. And yes, it explains how those autocomplete search suggestions and predictions work.
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Google Search Tests See Results That Mention Filter Box
Google Search is testing a new search feature that lets you filter the search results by pages that also mention specific words. Google adds a box to the right of the search results page that lets you check off those words and then Google will highlig…
Google Tests Bolder Black Border Around Search Bar
Google has been busy with tests in the past 24-hours or so, here is another. This one is a bold black border around the search bar. Shalom Goodman shared some photos of this in action on Twitter but I cannot replicate it.
Bing Tests Mouse Over Favicons In Search Result Snippets
This is a cute user interface test from Bing, where when you hover your mouse cursor over the title of a search result snippet, it then shows the favicon of the site on the left of that title.
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Indexing Bugs Status, Web Stories In Google Discover, Bing Changes Logo & Name
This week, I posted the monthly Google Webmaster Report, catch up quick there. Google shared more details on the canonicalization issue and mobile-indexing issues…
Web Stories On Google Discover Are Towards The Top Of The Page
When Google announced that Web Stories will be shown on the Google Discover feed, the announcement said the Stories carousel will be “at the top of Discover.” But it is not at the top, it is towards the top as Vamsee Jasti from Google clarified.
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Google’s Gary Illyes Explains What Caffeine Does
Google released the next the next Search Off the Record podcast, which was actually recorded at least two months ago, Gary Illyes from Google broke down what the Google caffeine index and system actually does.
Google Ads Simplified Locations Report Hiding Some Location Data
Ginny Marvin broke down the issues with the new location data report in Google Ads. She said on Twitter “Simplified strikes again — what the Google Ads Locations report does and doesn’t show now.” Here is what is up and what you need to know.
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Google’s Change Of Address Tool Is A Setting Toggle, Not Status Check
Earlier this year, Google updated the change of address tool but maybe the new tool makes things a bit less clear? When it launched, it seemed clear to me. But when you do a site move, it will tell you “this site is currently moving to…” And that w…
Google AdSense Channels Changes
Google has made a few changes to how channels work within Google AdSense. In short, it is more integrated with the reporting section. Here is the list of the changes: