Google To Close The Door On Garage Door Spam
As you know, Google said they would investigate the complaints around Google Maps spam with garage door installation and maintenance companies. Well, Danny Sullivan from Google said “we should see some improvements” around this in the “very near futur…
Google: Landscape Orientation For Web Sites Does Not Impact SEO
Google’s John Mueller said that “there is no effect in regard to SEO for Google” when it comes to if a site or page supports landscape orientation. Yes, it does matter if the page is mobile-friendly and has content on mobile-first indexing, but if you…
Google Updates The How Google Search Works Doc
Google has made several changes to the how Google search works document within its help center. The changes include how Google crawls both desktop and mobile, it has a new section on JavaScript, it talks about your CSS, scripts and image files and has…
Google Search Console Insights BETA – Deeper Integration With Analytics
The other week I reported how Google is sending out emails about Google Search Console and Google Analytics integrated reports. Well, I’ve now seen this through an anonymous source and it is pretty cool. It is called Google Search Console Insights and …
Google: Random Or Unrelated Links Aren’t Necessarily Bad
Google’s John Mueller was asked if one should disavow random or unrelated links pointing to his site. The question was “if a domain has a lot of irrelevant links that are not related to the service the site offers would you suggest to disavow or conta…
Vlog #73: Chris Sherman On Growing Two Authorities In Search Marketing News & Conferences
Chris Sherman has been serving the SEO and SEM industry since the super early days, from Search Engine Watch and Search Engine Strategies to Search Engine Land and Search Marketing Expo…
Google Ads Tools: Test My Site, Feeds In App, Deep Linking & Ad Destination Report
Google announced a bunch of new or updated tools from the Google Ads side yesterday. These include an updated test my site portal, feeds in app campaigns and deferred deep linking, deep linking expansions and a new ad destination report.
Google Expands Business Messages In Search & Local
Google announced it has expanded the business messaging features it launched in Google Search and Google Maps. This service can now be integrated with your customer service platforms and Google added smart replies, visual product carousels, and unique…
Google: One-Percent Of Australian Queries Are News Related
In May of this year, Google said on the Google Australian blog that “in the last year, news-related queries accounted for just over 1 percent of total queries on Google Search in Australia.” Google said this represents
“a very small part of this cont…
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Unconfirmed Update, Disqus Indexed, Structured Data & EAT & Google Analytics With Search Console
I got my normal camera back and with it, we went to London – again, let me know your thoughts on the camera and if you want a specific background. I covered two Google algorithm updates…
Google: Structured Data Does Not Help Us Trust Authority Or Expertise Of Content
Google’s John Mueller said again that using structured data does not give Google something that it can rely on for saying a page or piece of content is correct, trustworthy and authoritative. Google’s John Mueller said in a recent Google hangout at th…
Google Maps Adds Large Button To Support Local Businesses
Google Maps has added a large button on some map interfaces asking you to support your local businesses. The button says “support local businesses” and lets you the explore those businesses. When you click on it, it takes you into the explore nearby fe…
Google Tests New Fonts For Search Results Page
Google seems to be testing new font styles for the search results pages. Here is some screen shots of the current font that I see, followed by screen shots from some folks on Twitter noticing a new font style.
Google Tests Star Rich Results With Only One Star Icon
Google is testing showing just a single star icon for the star rich results, even if the rich results should show multiple stars. This was spotted by Vlad Rappoport and here is the screen shot he posted on Twitter.
Google To Sunset Google Partners Acceleration Program
Google is sending out emails that it will be sunsetting, discontinuing, the Google Partners Acceleration program on June 30, 2020. The email says “We are sunsetting the Acceleration program. The program will officially end on June 30, 2020. This is wh…
Google Will Automatically Delete Your History Over Time
Google announced yesterday that instead of just giving you the option to set your deletion settings to happen, it will do so for you. Instead of defaulting to not deleting your Google history, Google will set your search data to delete after 18-months,…
Google: You Cannot Control Where Google Crawls You From
We know Google almost always crawls from the United States of America. But sometimes Google can send out its army of bots from other regions. You can not explicitly request Google to crawl from a specific region or location. Google does this on its o…
Google Maps Street View Adds Icon To Launch Business Knowledge Panel
Thibault Adda noticed that now when in Google Maps Street View imagery, and you are looking at a specific business, you might get an icon that you can click on to trigger the launch of the local business knowledge panel. This makes a lot of sense and …
Google Local Panel Box With “Service Update” Box
Google is testing showing a “service update” section in the Google local panels for some businesses. It seems to be a section to update searchers around COVID-19 changes to the business hours or services, like dine-in or curbside and takeout options fo…
Political & Social Commentary Or Personal Rants Not Allowed On Google Posts
Google updated its Google Posts content policy with a fun new policy line. It reads “Google My Business is not meant to be a forum for general political, social commentary, or personal rants. Content that does not meet this standard will be removed.”
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