Google Ads New Affinity Audiences & Seasonal Event Segments
Google Ads launched two new features to target searchers, those new features include affinity audiences and seasonal event segments for in-market audiences.
Google Webmaster YouTube Channel: Search for Beginners
Google is adding another new series to the Google Webmaster YouTube Channel, this one is named Search for Beginners. “An animated series is coming soon, and we’re supporting multi-language learning with subtitles. Learn the basics of creating an onlin…
Watch Local SEO Experts Prank A Google Local Spammer
Blake Denman received one of those local Google spam calls while at PubCon and Joy Hawkins was with him. Greg Gifford recorded the call and shared the video with everyone. It is pretty funny.
Google: Twitter Not A Great Place To Submit Search Spam
John Mueller of Google said on Twitter that submitted search spam reports on Twitter is not a great thing to do. He said on Twitter “You’re welcome to submit a spam report if you feel that these aren’t being treated appropriately — Twitter generally i…
Google: When Disavowing A Link, All Associations Are Removed
When you disavow a link, any and all associations with that link to your page are removed. I kind of thought that was obvious, but John did field a question related to it the other day. He confirmed the associations with the link are removed when you…
Google: Redirecting A Domain To A Brand New Site Is Not A Site Move
Over the weekend, John Mueller of Google had an interesting back and forth with an SEO about a redirect. In short, it seems someone took an old domain, redirected that domain to a new domain, with completely different content on the new domain. The SE…
A Google Search Algorithm Update Rolling Out?
There are some signs of a Google search ranking algorithm update rolling out since over the weekend. It is early and I cannot check on it this Monday and Tuesday because I am offline, but this Saturday night and Sunday looks like a possible update.
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Programming Note: Offline For Simchat Torah
I will be offline completely for the holiday of Simchas Torah on October 21st and October 22nd, Monday and Tuesday. Any stories published here will be scheduled and written beforehand and not posted live…
Google Video Structured Data: Use interactionStatistic Instead Of interactionCount
Lizzi Harvey from Google posted an update to the video structured data page at Google. Now Google is recommending you use the interactionStatistic instead of interactionCount. Google will support both for some time, but if you are using interactionCou…
Bing Hiring A Core Ranking Program Manager
Want to work inside a search engine? Well, this might be your chance. Microsoft is hiring a Program Manager for Bing’s core ranking team. The job specifically AI Product Managers, who know a bit about machine learning.
Google Ads Now Adds Conversions By Time (Click Or Conversion)
Google announced it now lets you see conversion by time, that means you can not just see the date of the click that led to the conversion (even if it was a week later) but also the date of the actual conversion (not just the date of the click).
Google: Manual Actions Are Immediate But Take Time To Process In Search
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that when a manual action is removed, the site is immediately free of any manual actions. But, sometimes it can take time for search to process the manual action. He said however, the effects of that might take a b…
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Indexing Bug, New Snippet Controls Live, Linking Out, Google Ads, Bing Hires & More
This week, Google had yet another indexing bug with fresh content, yes…
Google Maps Not Showing Reviews For Some Schools
There are reports from some schools that they cannot display reviews from its parent body or others on Google Maps and Google My Business. Joy Hawkins said in the Local Search Forums “Reviews left for schools in Canada were not showing up yesterday bu…
Google Fixed Another Indexing Issue With Fresh Content
Yesterday at Search Engine Land I reported Google was having indexing issues. Google then ultimately confirmed the issue as “slight delays in indexing fresh content.” I reported the issue around 2:30pm yesterday, this was after hours of there being a…
Google: Structured Data Can Help Generate Actions For Google Assistant
Google posted a reminder or PSA yesterday that adding structured data can sometimes help Google automatically generate Actions for the Google Assistant. Google posted this on Twitter and said “Google can use your structured data to automatically genera…
Google: Buying Used Domains Is Like Buying Used Cars
Google’s John Mueller had a fun analogy when it comes to buying used domains and the potential issues they may have. He said it is like buying a used car.
Google’s Danny Sullivan: Journalists Should Link To Sources
Most people who write anything on the web complain that others who write, do not give credit where credit is due. So if you write something and I take your content without citing you or linking to you, that is not a good thing. But it happens all the …
Google Webmaster Conference To Happen In Zurich
Google is bringing its Webmaster Conference to Zurich on December 11th. I definitely cannot make this one, although, if timing was better, I’d fly out for it. But it looks like a great line up of talks throughout the afternoon.
Google’s New Snippet Controls Rolling Out In A Few Days With Changes To Google France
Google has given us a heads up that the new snippet controls it announced a few weeks ago will begin rolling out “in a few days” and “be fully live worldwide by next week.” This coincides with the European press publications changes in France, where G…