Google Search Console Is Tracking Fewer Pages For Reporting
Google announced the other day that starting on April 12, 2020 it began tracking fewer pages for its reporting engine. Specifically for the AMP, Mobile Usability, Speed, all rich result reports. This was done to improve performance of the reporting sys…
Google Testing More How To Schema Rich Results Interfaces
Last week we reported Google was testing a variation of the how to schema interfaces, here is a similar test to what we saw last week. Brodie Clark shared these screen shots on Twitter that show a little arrow up to show the steps assigned to the snip…
Google Tests Black URL Under Snippet Title
Google is always testing, here is another one spotted this time by Andrea Cruz. In this one, Google is testing showing the URL, in black, but under the clickable title of the snippet. The current design should show the URL above the clickable title bu…
Google AdSense Removes iOS & Android Apps From App Store
Google warned us almost a year ago that it would be discontinuing the AdSense apps for iOS and Android. Google finally removed them and you can no longer download them from the the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. But if you have the app on your…
Free Google Shopping Rolling Out But You Might Not See Free Results Yet
Glenn Gabe on Friday spotted the free version of Google Shopping starting to show up in the Google Shopping results. I saw it as well and got Google to confirm it has started rolling out. But this morning, I am seeing the old paid version of Google Sh…
Google: Keep Redirects Live So They Are Reprocessed A Few Times
Google’s John Mueller has said before to keep your redirects in place for a year. John added that it needs to be kept live for “at least for a year” now, not around a year, so that you can ensure the redirects are “reprocessed a few times.” He said i…
Google: Do You Submit Your Content To Google Manually? Maybe Fix Your Site.
Google’s John Mueller said it again, if you need to manually submit your site’s content and URLs to Google then you probably need to fix your web site. He said on Twitter that you almost never need to use the submit URL feature in Search Console and if…
Google Ads Now Allows Some Online Pharmacies to Advertise
Google has updated its Google Ads policy to allow some online pharmacy services to advertise in Google Ads. Google wrote “in April 2020, Google updated the US and Canada country-specifics of the Healthcare and medicines policy to allow certified teleme…
Vlog #64: Mordy Oberstein On Quality Content Though Google Algorithm Updates & Are Featured Snippets Worth It
Mordy Oberstein, the Chief Marketing Officer at RankRanger, came to my hotel in Jerusalem to talk SEO. RankRanger is a toolset I reference a lot here around Google algorithm updates and tracking changes with Google. He started…
Google Ads Verification Program Required For All Advertisers
Google announced that is now requiring all advertisers “to complete a verification program in order to buy ads” on the Google Ads network. Google announced something similar last month, but now it seems to be activating this for all advertisers.
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After Testing; Google Launches Search Tips For Queries That Do Not Return Great Matches
After several months of testing, Google has launched the feature to show search tips when it does not display “great results” for your query. Google will show you a message that reads “it looks like there aren’t any great matches for your search.” Th…
Google Adds “Get Online Care” Links To Local Panel
Google is now showing a “get online care” and “see COVID-19 info for visitors” links to a medical or hospital facilities local listing in Google search. We knew this was coming but now it is visible for searchers.
Google Call Ads Supports Visit Website Link
Google Ads made a small tweak or two to the call only ads. First, call only ads are now known as call ads – Google removed the “only.” With that, Google also now has an option to show a “visit website” link in those Google call ads.
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Search Algorithm Update, Google Shopping Is Free, Question Hub & Search Tips For COVID-19
Today is the 8th anniversary of the Google Penguin update and we have a special theme at the Search Engine Roundtable. In the news, there looks like there was a Google search algorithm ranking update on April 16th. Google Shopping is now free…
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Google Search Console Inviting Publishers Into Question Hub
Yesterday we reported how Google launched a pilot in the US to expand the question hub feature. This is a feature where searchers can say the search results do not answer my query, let me type in my question manually for a content creator to look at a…
Google Has Free COVID-19 Posters For Your Business
Google is now offering free printable posters for your local business with messages related to COVID-19. The posters can be hung in your business door window and they range from messages about takeout and delivery and no contact delivery.
Google Easter Egg Scrolls Number Of Search Results – Marquee Tag
If you search for [marquee tag] in Google, you will see a new easter egg. The section that shows the number of results will scroll like a marquee board.
Google Can’t Help Its Internal SEO Team With Search Questions
Google’s John Mueller said in a recent published video that he is not able or allowed to help Google’s internal SEO team with SEO questions. In fact, he said he wasn’t able to help answer a redirect question that the Google SEO team wanted an answer on…
Google Shopping Is Free – Froogle Is Back, For Real This Time
Google announced some big news – Google Shopping is now free. That means you can add your products for free to the Google Shopping tab in Google Search. Google said “Beginning next week, search results on the Google Shopping tab will consist primari…