Google Search More Button Showing In Different Colors
If you do a search in Google that triggers some of those answer cards that have a circle “more” button, you may see Google show the button in one of many colors. I’ve seen orange, green, brown, gray and others.
Bing Now Supports SpecialAnnouncement Schema
Bing announced that is now supports SpecialAnnouncement schema. Bing said “Bing may consume case statistics from government health agencies at the country, state or province, administrative area, and city level that use the schema.org markup for disea…
Google Does Not Penalize For Weird Brand Or Product Names
Google’s John Mueller said Google does not penalize pages for having weird product or brand names. John said on Twitter “Companies & products use all kinds of weird brand names.” So when someone asked if Google might lower those rankings, he said “No, I don’t think that would make sense.”
Is Google Bringing Back Magnifying Glass To Searches Related To Section?
Google is now testing showing a magnifying glass icon next to the search related to phrases. Google had this magnifying glass in 2018 and previous years but removed them. Google is now testing adding them back.
Google Changelog For Google Search Developer Documentation
Lizzi Harvey from Google created a single page to follow the major updates made to the Google Search Developer documentation. So now you can just scan this page over here and see what updates she and her teammates made to the Google Search Developer d…
Google Suspends Local Reviews & Q&A During Coronavirus Outbreak
Google has suspended accepting and posting reviews and Q&A on local businesses during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Google posted in its help document “New reviews, review replies, and new Q&A will be unavailable during this time.”
New Bing Microsite For Bing’s URL & Content Submission API
Bing posted a new microsite or portal just for the two newish APIs that allow you to submit URLs for indexing to Bing and also to submit your content for indexing to Bing. The new portal is at bing.com/webmasters/url-submission-api.
Google Search Console Sends Out Notices Of Event Markup Issues
Friday, Google began sending out notices via Google Search Console of event markup issues. This comes after Google released new supported markup for events for labeling them as virtual, postponed or cancelled.
Google Says It’s A Myth That It Prioritizes AMP Pages In Google Search
Google’s Martin Splitt said it is a myth that Google prioritizes AMP pages in Google search. We know AMP is not a ranking factor for Google, but is it really a myth that some AMP content cannot see better placement in Google?
Google Allowing Restaurants Add Delivery Available Or Takeout Available To Business Name
Google is making a rule exception to what you can use in your business name for some restaurants. You can write in your business name that your restaurant has “delivery available” or “takeout available.” This is just for the time being, and is normal…
Vlog #56: Max Prin on Technical SEO & PWAs
Max Prin is the head of technical SEO at Merkle and I pulled him aside at TechSEO Boost to have him talk to me about SEO.
He moved from France to Boston in 2011 and his first job was to create content for SEO purposes…
Google Says It Should Continue To Improve The Search Results
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that he feels Google should continue to try to improve the search results even during the coronavirus outbreak. “There are lots of great sites that deserve to be shown where relevant, if we can,” he added.
Google Knowledge Panel Displaying A Large Video
Here is a screen shot of Google showing a large video in a Google knowledge panel. Brian Freiesleben spotted this and posted about it on Twitter, it comes up for a query on [ps5]. Google has shown videos on local knowledge panels prior, but not sure …
Google Ads Has A New Ad Policy Appeal Process
Google announced a new way to appeal policy issues within Google Ads. Instead of going through support, you can now request appeals to ad policy issues a new way. You can make these requests via Google Ads.
Google Won’t Hide News Behind Paywalls
Many are now frustrated that when they are searching for news around the coronavirus and COVID-19, often after they click on the result, a paywall comes up on the news site asking to pay to see the story. Danny Sullivan from Google said Google wouldn’…
Google Ads Restricts Targeting Some Government Documents & Official Services
Google announced that Google Ads has a new ad policy starting in May it will no longer allow ads for documents and/or services that can be obtained directly from a government or a delegated provider. This policy goes into effect on May 26, 2020.
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Search Buzz Video Recap: Google & Bing Algorithm Updates To Continue, Google Ads Policy Appeal & Page Speed Changes
Firstly, I hope everyone is doing well. There was a possible Google search ranking update this week, it was not confirmed. 58% of SEOs prefer that Google does not do algorithm updates during the coronavirus outbreak…
Google Spring Season & Fall Doodles 2020
Today is the first day of Spring in the northern hemisphere but no, doesn’t really feel that way – I am sure you all feel similar. It is also the first day of fall in the southern hemisphere. Google has hot air balloon Doodles for both.
Google Handwashing Doodle For Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis Tomorrow
Tomorrow, March 20th, Friday, Google will be posted a hand washing video Doodle recognizing Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis, widely attributed as the first person to discover the medical benefits of hand washing. The Doodle shows a video of how to properly wash …
Google Stops Displaying Almost All Top Right Featured Snippets
Google has virtually stopped showing featured snippets in the top right position of the search results page. There are some exceptions but for the most part, in virtually all cases, Google is no longer showing the top right featured snippets.