Google To Remove Your Personal Medical Records From Search Results
Bloomberg spotted an update to Google’s removal policies noticing Google added a new item they are willing to remove from their search results – your personal medical records. Google added they will remove “confidential…
Google AdWords Editor Version 12.0 Now Available
Google has announced version 12.0 of the new AdWords Editor. It comes with a design refresh and a bunch of new features. The new features include the ability to manage campaigns at scale, including custom rules, faster account downloads…
Google Test My Site Updated To Show Visitor Loss Metrics
Google has updated the Test My Site feature in Google with a new user interface and design, plus they are bold enough to show you how many visitors you are losing because of your slow site speed and how you compare to competitors…
Google: Those Spammy Links Aren’t Benefiting Your Competitors
I often see SEOs, webmasters and site owners complaining that their competitors are building spammy links, buying links, doing PBNs and more and yet their competitor ranks well and is doing excellent in the Google results…
Google: There Was No Fred Update From Our Point Of View
In this morning’s Google hangout with John Mueller, John said “from our point of view there was no Fred update.” This is after they officially did confirm the Fred update a couple months ago…
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Update Underway, EU Fines, AdWords Features & Danny Sullivan Retires
It was a busy week in the search industry. First update, there was a Google algorithm and search update over the weekend that Google wonât yet confirm. Google said there was no Fred update, at least the name of it…
Canadian Court Rules Google Search Results Can Be Scrubbed Globally With Legal Order
Not sure if you saw this news where a top Canadian court ruled that the lower courts can force Google to remove content from their search engine globally…
Google Updates Structured Data Developer Docs
Google has updated many of their structured data developer docs yesterday. Aaron Bradley spotted it and posted about the changes in detail on Google+.
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Not Seeing Google Posts In Your Google My Business Console?
Last week, Google launched Google Posts to all Google My Business customers worldwide. The issue is, it isn’t available for all business categories, including hotel categories…
Google AdWords Tests Button To Auto Create Ad Headlines
Google AdWords is testing a new feature to help advertisers create ad headlines for their ads. There is a checkbox in the ad creation page within AdWords that reads “create a second ad with headlines in reverse order…
The Worst Thing About SEO Is…
There is a thread at Reddit discussing what the worst thing about SEO is. John Mueller of Google posted about it on Twitter saying the thread seems to imply that the worst thing about SEO is SEO…
Google: Search Algorithm Does Not Look At Google Analytics Data
Google again said they do not use Google Analytics data for their search ranking algorithm. Gary Illyes from Google had to say it again…
Google: Use 301 Redirects When You Have A 1:1 Replacement
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that you should use a 301 redirect really only when there is a one to one relationship between the URL you are redirecting from and the URL you are redirecting it to…
Googlers Submit 20-50 Search Result Complaints Per Day
You all know about the “send feedback” link on the footer of the Google search results page. You can go there to submit your two-cents to Google about the quality of those search results…
Google Won’t Confirm The June 25th Update; It’s “Just Random Chatter”
As you know, we are now at a point where we strongly believe there was a Google update over the weekend after tracking the update for about 24-48 hours…
Google News First Redesign In 7 Years; Massive Complaints
Google News announced they have pushed out a new redesign for their Google News site last night. It has been seven years since the last major redesign and that time it didn’t go too well.
In this new design…
Huge: Google Fined $2.7 Billion By EU Over Anti-Competitive Search Results
Google has been officially fined by the EU $2.7 billion over their shopping search results and how the company gives an “illegal advantage to own comparison shopping service.” Meanwhile Google said they “respectfully disagree” and will consider an app…
Hint: Google To Display More Featured Snippets; Maybe Expand In Other Languages?
Google has been expanding their featured snippets over the past year or so, not just in the US but also in the EU. In a video hangout with Google’s John Mueller…
Google Tests Detailed Search Refinements: By Material, Type, Brand & More
Google is testing even more detailed search refinements in the core web search results. I personally cannot replicate it by the folks at Glass Digital posted on Twitter examples of the refinement options at the bottom of the search results for queries …
Danny Sullivan, The Father Of The Search Industry, To Step Away From Search
By now, most of you heard the news that Danny Sullivan is stepping away from covering the search industry after 21 years of devoted service to our industry. He told me the news several months ago and I’ll be honest…