Is Google Dropping Live Wait Times In Local Panel?
Last November, Google started showing live wait times at some venues and locations. But that may have slowly gone away. Nicholas McDonough posted
Google: Closed Job Listings Can Result In Manual Action Penalty
Google’s new guidelines around Job Postings and listings requires that you remove any job postings on your web site that have been filled. If you do not remove the listing…
Chrome Tests Google Search Suggestions With Explore On Start Screen
As I reported yesterday at Search Engine Land, Google has confirmed they are testing a new start screen on their browser, Chrome…
Google Analytics Asks Customers To Set Their Own Data Retention Policies
The other day, Google emailed their Google Analytics customers with a long email about GDPR and data retention controls. They told their customers that they need to…
Add Google Search Console To Your Google Shortcut Menu
Folks were asking John Mueller about Google adding the ability to add a link to Google Search Console in the Google menu, the 9 dots at the top right of any Google page. The truth is…
Google: Not All Content Is Relevant To All Users In All Locations
Google’s John Mueller responded to someone on Twitter who was upset that his content ranks well in India but that same content doesn’t rank well in the US based Google results. John said that not all content is relevant to all users in all locations……
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google More Results Button, Search Console Updates, GDPR & More
This week was thankfully not as hectic as the past several weeks, but we did see a new feature officially launch…
John Lincoln – The Search Community Honors You
This is part of the say something nice about an SEO/SEM series – feel free to nominate someone over here.
John Lincoln is 34 years old and lives in San Diego…
Kristine Schachinger – The Search Community Honors You
This is part of the say something nice about an SEO/SEM series – feel free to nominate someone over here.
Kristine Schachinger lives in Las Vegas…
Google Search Console Performance Report Gets Search Appearance Filters
Google announced on Twitter that the new version of the Google Search Console has added a filter and comparison toggle in the Search Performance report (similar to the old Search Analytics report) for “search appearance…
Google Tests Image Search Interface With Image Hover Over?
Honestly, I am not sure if this is new, it might be how image search works in this specific country but in short, a user posted on Twitter a screen shot of viewing the Google image search results that is different than how I see it…
Google Search Console Now Notifies You Of Social Media AMP Page Issues
Barry Adams posted on Twitter that he got a notice from Google Search Console about an AMP issue…
Google Launches “More Results” Button, Drops Next Button & Ads Load Beneath Organic Results
Earlier this week we reported Google expanded the more results button test to more users, well…
Google Cache 404 Error Does Not Impact Your Search Rankings
John Mueller from Google said on Reddit that if your cache link in Google returns a 404 error, that it doesn’t mean your rankings will be hurt in Google. John said “that can happen…
Christian Rudolf – The Search Community Honors You
This is part of the say something nice about an SEO/SEM series – feel free to nominate someone over here.
Christian Rudolf is 45 years old lives in Stockholm, Sweden and has been in the SEO game since 2005…
Google Shows Save Button On Local Panel On Desktop
Last August, Google began displaying a save button on local panels on mobile search results. Now, some are seeing the save button on the desktop version of the local panels as well. Personally…
Google Checks Links On Desktop Vs Mobile Before Switching To Mobile First Indexing
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter yesterday that before Google moves a site from desktop-first indexing to mobile-first indexing, they do look to see the links on…
Alexander Nix Google Knowledge Panel Shows Photo Of Donald Trump
All day yesterday, if you went to Google and searched for [alexander nix] the current, but suspended, CEO of Cambridge Analytica, a photo of Donald Trump would show up as his photo in his knowledge panel. This was all day yesterday…
Google: RSS Feeds Don’t Help Your Site Rank Better
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that RSS feeds do not help your web site rank better in Google or Google News. He technically said “no” to the question for a “a news website…
Omar Sharif Google Logo For The Egyptian Actor
Today on Google’s home page is a special Google logo, Doodle, for the Egyptian actor…