New Google User Interface Updates: Refine Layers, Mini-Carousels, Shopping Toggle, Mortgage Calculator & More
There are just so many Google user interface tests that are going on now, some are live, some are being tested, I don’t have enough time to put them into their own stories. So let me document some of them below, not all of them. In summary, the ones I…
Google Duplex Bookings Tested In Mobile Search
Google is testing bookings using Google Duplex, but I have yet to see how it looks as a user when they use Google search to book a reservation. Thibault Adda shared screen shots of this being tests on an Olive Garden in Florida.
Genius: We Caught Google Red Handed Stealing Our Lyrics
The Wall Street Journal reported that Genius, the lyrics web site, has said they caught Google literally red handed stealing lyrics from their web site without any attribution or payment. Google denies it and says they license the lyrics from a third…
Google: We Do Not Prioritize Portal Web Sites In Rankings
Google’s John Mueller said Google does not give priority to a portal web site over a static web site in its search rankings. John Mueller from Google said on Twitter “No, portals are not prioritized,” when asked if Google favors portals.
Google Posts Tests “Related To Your Search” – Showing You Relevant Google Posts
Claire Carlile posted a screen shot on Twitter of Google showing a new section to display Google Posts in a Google local panel. The new section is named “related to your search” and seems to show Google Posts that are more relevant to your search quer…
Google Tests Hotel Search Box Without Local Identifier
Sergey Alakov posted on Twitter screen shots of Google showing the hotel finder box but without putting in the location of the searcher. So you searched for [hotel] and Google asks you to enter in the location of the hotel you are looking to book and …
Google: Core Update Is Not Like The Panda Algorithm
Danny Sullivan from Google said on Twitter over the weekend that the Google core updates are not like the old or new Google Panda algorithms. He said “the core update isn’t like Panda of old (and no, it’s not like Panda of new, either).”
Google On Why You Can’t Fix Core Update Issues Or Can You?
We all know that Google has said numerous times that you cannot fix core ranking algorithm updates. But John Mueller from Google this morning said in a webmaster hangout that there is a reason for this – he said it is not just one thing to fix but man…
Reports Of Google Traffic Loss After Implementing FAQ Schema
A month ago, Google launched their FAQ schema which essentially gave you a way to markup your FAQ content and Google would show those FAQs in the search results snippets. Well, as expected, it seems to result in less traffic to your web site. Which may…
Google Officially Launches New Search Menu Bar With Icons
After a few months of testing, Google has officially launched the new icon based top menu search bar on desktop search. So instead of it just showing text for the search categories or verticals, i.e. news, videos, images, maps, shopping, finance, etc -…
Google Top Stories Full Coverage Button
I am pretty sure the “full coverage” button for the Top Stories section is new but it is not exactly what was demonstrated at Google I/O a few months ago. Glenn Gabe spotted this yesterday and I can replicate it – where Google shows a larger Top Stori…
Sudden Spike In Google Search Console Errors & Google My Business Suspensions
I am hearing reports of two separate increases or sudden spikes across both Google Search Console and Google My Business. Some are reporting that within Google Search Console there has been a sudden spike in errors within the error reports. And some a…
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Core Update News, Icons In Search Bar, Bing Bulk URLs, Google Conferences & My New Vlog
This week I am testing out a new camera, not sure if I will use it for this format but I will for the new vlog. Google finished rolling out the June 2019 core update on June 8th…
Google SEO Myth Busting Video On Web Performance
Google’s next SEO mythbusting video is on the topic of web performance. The video is with Google’s Martin Splitt and Samsung’s Ada Rose Cannon. They talk about web performance and usability topics around mobile, rankings and much more.
Bing Adds Batch URL Submissions To Webmaster Tools API
Bing announced yesterday that you can now batch submit up to 500 URLs per API request, so do 500 URLs in a single API request – instead of an API request per URL. The 10,000 URL limit per day still applies but now you can submit more URLs in a single …
Signs Some Googlers Care When Sites Get Hurt In Google Rankings
One of the things I see a lot from the SEO community is that they think Google employees, Googlers, do not care when a site has to cut staff or go out of business because of a Google update. While that may be true for some Googlers, most Googlers I’ve…
Google: Using Tag Manager For SEO Is Fine?
In December 2017, Google told us to avoid using Google Tag Manager for SEO experiments or SEO solutions. In fact…
Search Engine Roundtable Vlog – Searching The Roundtable Files – Need Your Help
I am attempting to start a new vlog series on the topic of SEO and SEM where I interview you – the SEO/SEM community about topics on SEO/SEM. I think I am going to call it Searching The Roundtable Files Vlog or something like that (if you like it or di…
Google To Pre-Announce Future Core Search Algorithm Updates
Danny Sullivan from Google said Google “probably will” pre-announce future Google core updates. He said this on Twitter when asked if Google will “be pre-announcing broad core updates again?”
Google: Links & Title Tags Matter To Ranking
Guess what – in 2019 – it turns out that links and title tags still matter to doing well in Google’s search results. We had John Mueller from Google said links matter for PageRank and thus building trust. Gary Illyes from Google say that HTML title t…