Google AdWords Updates IF Functions & Default Values
Google quietly announced on Google+ that they made some changes to the IF functions and default values used for ad customizations. Google said “we’re making it even easier to customize these ads with IF functions and default values…
Gary Illyes: Report Companies Impersonating Google
Gary Illyes from Google was listening in on a conversation about folks calling me asking if I was Google. No kidding…
New Google Mobile-Friendly Test API
Google has announced they finally released the mobile-friendly test API, something webmasters have been asking for since the test has came out in November 2014.
Google said “the Mobile-Friendly Test API lets you test URLs using automated tools…
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Google Doodle For Fred Korematsu, American Activist Against Internment Of Japanese Americans
Google has a special and timely Google Doodle on the Google home page in the United States region for Fred Korematsu. Fred Korematsu was an American activist who fought against the the internment of Japanese Americans…
Google Tests More Carousel Features In Local Card
As you saw from last week, Google tested showing the local pack in a carousel interface. Now, Google is testing showing carousels within a single local card or result.
Google has had the carousel here, on and off…
Google Image Search Bug Didn’t Allow Enlarging Images
There was a massive bug with Google Image search for the past four days that prevented searchers from clicking on an image to see the enlarged version.
The complaints started flowing in on Thursday, January 26th…
Google Tips On How To Block User Generated Spam
Google posted a blog post on Friday named protect your site from user generated spam. It wasn’t a warning, such as…
Google News Removes Shareable Sections
Back in 2011, Google News launched badges and sharable sections – an idea I was not too fond of – but who am I…
Google AMP In Google News More Than Doubles, Hits 70% Of Results
The folks at RankRanger reports that Google News on mobile is now showing close AMP in the US results up to about 70% of the time.
They said that between January 26th and January 29th is when they saw the spike…
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Update, Layout & AdWords Tests, SEO & More
This week we covered a possible Google algorithm update. We also saw the Google Search Console label reports with data changes. Google said the site command isnât in any defined order. Google said AMP is not a ranking factor. Google said they wonât number future Penguin releases…
Google AdWords Ad Disapproval Notice Bug
Google has confirmed in a Google AdWords Help forum thread that there is a bug with some advertisers not being able to see why some of their ads are not approved. In short, when an ad is disapproved, it doesn’t show why…
The Google Dance Returns For 2017 At SMX West
Last year, after years and years of the Google Dance going on a hiatus, Gary Illyes and Nathan Johns, amongst others at Google, brought it back in 2016. It really acted as an olive branch from Google to the webmaster community and, in my opinion, was …
Google: We Try To Launch All Our Algorithms Globally Now
Back in the day, Google use to launch specific algorithms in different regions. Like with Panda, when it launched, it launched in English regions only at first. Then it was pushed to other language afterwards…
Google AdWords Also Testing Orange Ad Label
Google this week has been busy testing new colors for the ad label. Last year they went from yellow to green with the ad label. This week we spotted Google testing green outlined ad labels and also a black ad label…
Google Horizontal Scrollable Local Pack Ads
Google seems to be testing yet another format for the local pack ads. @SilverbackStrat shared a screen shot with me showing a local ad pack which looks like the AMP carousel. A horizontal scrollable set of cards that you can scroll or flick to get mo…
Bessie Coleman, First Female African American Pilot Very Own Google Doodle
Today on the Google home page in the United States is a special logo, aka Doodle, for Bessie Coleman. Bessie Coleman was the first female pilot of African American descent and was also the first African American woman to hold a pilot license…
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Google AdSense Stats & Earnings Reports Currently Broken Today
If you login to your Google AdSense account this morning, at least right now, you will see you have zero earnings. As you dig deeper, you will see Google is reporting zero pageviews, clicks, RPM, CPC, impressions and zero data across the board for all…
The Google Spinner In Search
you do a search in Google for [spinner], Google will show you an interactive spin wheel. This works…
Google Search Console Warnings For Infrastructure Updates
If you login to your Google Search Console account and view many of the reports in there…
Google Disabled 1.7 Billion Ads & Kicked Out 200 Publishers In 2016
Google released their bad ad report for 2016, telling us they “took down 1.7 billion ads that violated our advertising policies,” which was more than double the amount from 2015…