Google Test New Local Panel Ad: See What’s In Store
Glenn Gabe spotted and posted on Twitter a new format for the local panel inventory product ads. This one shows a “see what’s in store” search box to allow you to search the store in the local panel and then shows popular tags/categories of products i…
Google Tests New Expandable Sitelinks On Mobile
Google seems to be testing a new look for the sitelinks that expand, something Google has been doing for a few years now. But with the new tappable carousel sitelinks…
Personalized Duplicate Content
Minutes ago, I had someone ask me how they can make their “personalized duplicate content” search engine friendly. How can they SEO their duplicate…
Google Ignores Links To #
Do you use a hashtag or pound sign in your URL. For example the link URL is simply a hashtag or pound sign, one of these #. What should Google do with them…
Does Google Local Q&A Needs Moderation
Last week, Google pushed the local Q&A to all mobile browsers and it is getting some serious use. But in some cases…
Google Fixes Google My Business Insights Reports With Data Loss?
Last week we reported that the Google My Business insights reports for photos was largely delayed. Well, I looked this morning and it looks like the numbers are now only a couple to a few days delayed…
Google Shopping Tests Drill Down Into Store
Here is a new interesting Google Shopping ads test found by Josh Leibner and posted on Twitter. The ad format shows the product listing ads but they are grouped by store and then you can drill into each store’s listing by clicking on the ad…
Google AdWords Landing Pages Report With Mobile Friendly Click Rate
Google announced they have added a new Landing pages report that shows the mobile friendly click rate on those pages and the number of clicks. This report shows you which URLs in your account are mobile-friendly, which ones drive the most sales…
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Google Generally Finds & Crawls Home Page First
A webmaster asked Google’s John Mueller if Google always crawls the home page of the web site before other pages. The answer John gave was no…
Google My Business Insights Reports Delayed
It looks like the Google My Business insights, the analytics they provide to local businesses on how well their local listings are doing…
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Search Update, Mobile First Index, Search Console Changes & More
This week in search, I covered a Google search algorithm update that seems somewhat large. I also covered that Google is now more confident about their mobile…
Google Local Question & Answer Live In Mobile Browsers
Ten days ago, Google’s question and answer feature in the local results went live on Android devices. Well, now it seems to be rolling out to all mobile browsers…
Google: Blocking Images From Google Doesn’t Impact Core Web Search Rankings
Did you ever wonder that if you blocked your images from being indexed by Google would it impact your core web content from also ranking in Google…
Google AdWords Searches Card Helps Spot Search Trends
Google AdWords has a “card” on the new AdWords interface named “searches card” that aims at showing advertisers rising search trends. Specifically you can see which words your customers are using to search for you on Google.com, and refine your keyword…
Google’s John Mueller: Sure, DM Me For Private Support
A couple days ago I wrote how Gary Illyes from Google doesn’t do private webmaster support and then this morning, John Mueller from Google basically said the complete opposite.
Here is John’s tweet:
Sure…
Google Looking Into Speeding Up Data Search Console
Last week we reported Google was pretty delayed in their Search Console data, specifically about a week delay in the Search Analytics reports. Normally there is a two-day delay but even today…
Confirmed: More Data Coming To Google Search Console Soon
Earlier this month, Google’s John Mueller hinted about more data will be coming to the Google Search Console soon. This is coming with the new beta release of the tool…
Google Local Panel Can Show “Recently Opened” Label
Google sometimes shows labels in the local panel for businesses but one I never saw was a “recently opened” label. Thibault Adda spotted this for a query on [longhorn steakhouse oswego il] and shared a screen shot on Twitter…
John Mueller Of Google Teases New Feature & Deletes Tweet
This morning, a little before 4am, Google’s John Mueller posted a tweet that read “just saw some awesome launch previews — literally raising the bar. wow.” The tweet is uncharacteristic of John, it was almost like a tease. But then he deleted the tw…
Google Local Results Tests Extracting Some Reviews
Google is now testing extracting portions of the local reviews and placing them in the local listings for some queries. Tom Waddington, a Google Top Contributor…