Google Datasets Search – Searching Large Dataset Databases
Yesterday, as everyone is reporting, Google launched Google Dataset Search. A way to search datasets from environmental and social sciences, government, and ProPublica-style news organizations. The cool thing is this is all powered from the datasets …
Google: You Can Place Your Company Reviews From 3rd Parties On Your Web Site
Google’s John Mueller said he doesn’t see an SEO problem with taking reviews left about your company on Google Maps, Yelp and other third party web sites and copying some of them or all of them to your own web site to showcase them. He said the one th…
Google Search Ranking Update Brewing? Early Signs Of Algorithm Shifts.
I am seeing super early signs of a Google search algorithm update brewing right now. There is some early limited chatter as of early this morning in the forums and on social media. Some of the automated tracking tools also are picking up changes, whil…
Google Doubles Speed Of Some Search Results Via Service Workers
Google has doubled the speed of searches done on Chrome for Android through a technology named Service Workers. This lets Google cache repeated searches and serve them up twice as fast to some searchers.
Google Did Not Turn 20 Years Old Just Yet
A lot of sites are reporting Google has turned 20 years old, but the truth is, Google has not yet officially turned 20. Google officially celebrates their anniversary on September 27th, although they have done it on September 7th before.
Google Tests Expandable Top Stories List View
Google is testing a way to load more stories in the top stories section where Google shows a list view versus a carousel. Of course, with the carousel look, you can swipe left to right through stories but with the list view, you are only given so many…
Google Search Console Is Out Of Beta But More To Still Come
Yesterday we reported that Google began directing users by default when they login to Google Search Console to the beta version instead of the old version. Well, several hours after we reported that, Google announced Google Search Console is now out o…
New Google Search Console Adds Live URL Inspection Tool & Manual Actions
As you know, Google has graduated the Google Search Console out of beta and with that, added a new live feature for the URL Inspection tool and also brought in the manual actions section into the tool. Google also cleaned up the side bar navigation to…
Google Displays AMP Icon Within Story Image
Google is showing the AMP icon in the carousel within the story image, as opposed to outside of the story image. You can still see both versions depending on the type of snippet you are looking at.
Google Search Console Now Defaults To BETA Version
When you go to the main Google Search Console home page at google.com/webmasters and click the sign in button, you are now taken to the new BETA version of the Google Search Console. You are no longer defaulted to the old version of the Google Search C…
Google Ads Restricts Third-Party Technical Support Providers
Google announced late Friday that they will begin restricting ads from third-party technical support providers due to an increase in misleading ad experiences. Google will roll out a “verification program” to validate these technical support providers…
Google: If You Want Your Images To Rank Then Use Alt Text
Google’s John Mueller said this morning on Twitter that if you want your images to rank in Google Image search, it is extremely helpful to Google if you add alt text to your images. The advice itself is not new, it dates back over 10 years ago but thi…
Google’s John Mueller: “Why Not Put A Date On It”
As you all know, I am a huge fan of dates on articles and blog content. I even suggested Google should penalize pages that do not put dates on articles. Google has not gone that far, yet – but John Mueller seems to be a fan of dates on articles as wel…
Google Posts Labor Day Logo For Third Year In A Row
Three years ago today, Google posted their first Google Doodle for Labor Day. For some reason, Google never posted Labor Day logos in the US, that was until a few years ago. And today would be the third year in a row that Google has posted a Labor Da…
Google Shopping Ads “See More” Button
PPC Chat on Twitter posted a screens hot and video of a new treatment to Google Shopping ads on mobile search. Google is showing a “see more” button that when clicked, drives the searcher into more products within Google Shopping.
Google Dance Zurich Takes Place On September 21st
Google is hosting their very first Google Dance Zurich event on September 21, 2018. Google has been hosting many international Google Dance events outside of the main GooglePlex location recently. This one takes place at the Google Switzerland office…
Google Ignores A Lot Of Edu Links
Google’s John Mueller said that Google ignores a lot of links on EDU TLDs because they are more often link spam targets. Google said there is a misconception that EDU links are more valuable, hence why they are more of a spam target and thus why Googl…
Google Tests “Relevant History” In Search Results
Google is testing showing searchers a section in search called “relevant history.” It seems to show your past searchers that are relevant to the search you just triggered right now. This feature brings awareness to Google storing your search history.
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September 2018 Google Webmaster Report
Here is our monthly Google Webmaster report with the big ticket item being the Google Medic Update coverage, with some other updates this past month as well. Google launched a link report in the new Google Search Console, updated some reporting and la…
Revert: Google Search Settings Now Back To Normal
Yesterday we reported that the Google Search Settings page updated and removed the setting to define how many search results you want to see on a page. Well, it looks like the search settings page has been put back – Google reverted the change. At le…