The Google Keyword Planner Bug Fixed, Again
We’ve been covering more keyword planner bugs here within the Google AdWords system that Google algorithm updates in the past couple weeks, which is unusual.
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Google May Show Local Pack & Map At Bottom Of Web Listings
Daniel Thomason posted in the Local Search Forums a screen shot of Google showing a local pack with a map at the bottom of the Google web search results. Normally the local pack goes at the top…
Google Lowers Image Search Box In Web Search
Mozcast posted on Twitter that Google seems to have lowered the image search box that shows up for many search queries in the web results. Mozcast wrote…
Google AdWords Extends Expanded Text Ads Deadline To January 31, 2017
Google announced they have given AdWords advertisers more time to convert over from the standard text ads format to the expanded text ads format that went live in July but has been in testing since April.
Now you have until January 31…
Google AdWords To Kill Off Campaign Experiments
In February, Google launched campaign drafts and experiments for AdWords and then also pushed it out for display ads. Well, it didn’t last long…
Bing Ads App Now Supports Bulk Campaign Editing
Bing announced on the Bing Ads blog that the new Bing Ads mobile app now supports the ability to do bulk editing of your Bing Ads campaigns. You can now enable or pause the statuses of multiple campaigns, ad groups, ads…
New: Google Schema For Courses
Google has added a new search based schema markup to the developer documents. This one is a search Rich Card results format specifically for courses. Aaron Bradley spotted this first and posted it on Twitter…
Google Does Have A Launch Date For Penguin 4.0
In about one month it will be a full two years since the last official Google Penguin update, aka Penguin 3.0. We think Google is close to launching Penguin 4.0, the real time version, because they are working on an announcement for it…
Google Doodle Celebrates Yma Sumac, Peruvian Soprano
Today on the Google home page is a Doodle, a special Google logo, for Yma Sumac. She was a Peruvian soprano, known as the “The Peruvian Songbird.” She was “one of the most famous proponents of exotica music,” Wikipedia writes…
Another Big Google Keyword Planner Bug Requiring Active Campaigns?
Many of those trying to access the Google AdWords Keyword Planner Tool this morning are being presented with an error that they cannot use the tool because they need to have one active campaign.
The error reads “to use Keyword Planner…
Google AdWords Adds Multiple Account Access & Management
Google AdWords has added a feature that lets you sign in with one account and quickly switch between different AdWords accounts without using the MCC (My Client Center). Google is calling it “multiple account access and management…
Google Search Console API Gives Access To Property Sets
In May, Google Search Console announced property sets, which lets you combine several properties into one profile and see the aggregate Search Analytics data for all the properties you have combined in one set.
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Even More Google Algorithm & Ranking Update Chatter
A week ago Friday, September 2nd, we reported on a Google algorithm update, which turned out to be seen by the vast majority of SEOs and webmasters out there. Now I am seeing some more early chatter…
Google Promises AMP Pages “Expanded Exposure” In Mobile Search Results
In a blog post this morning on the Google Webmaster Blog, Google decided to define “What is AMP…
Google Review Snippets With The Reviewers Name
Google is showing the reviewers name on some of the rich snippet reviews. One good example is when you search for [iphone 6 review] and the reviews that come up list the person who wrote the article…
Google Tests “Helpful” Button In Google Reviews
Google is testing a “helpful?” button in the Google reviews listings. When you go to a local listing and click to browse the reviews, some are now seeing under each individual review and thumbs up with a “Helpful…
Google AdWords Keyword Planner Modifying Your Keywords
If you try the Google Keyword Planner tool today you might run into a surprise where the tool is not always showing you the data for the exact keyword phrase or word you plugged into the tool…
Google Maps Now Hiding Addresses From Listings
When you do a search in Google Maps for a local business, let’s say [dentist nyc] or something like that, Google will show a listing of matches on the left hand side of the maps…
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Update Feedback, Widget Links Penalty & More SEO Topics
This week in search, we talked about some non statements from Google on that weekend update. Google did tell us it was not Penguin, so we should rule that out. Google reminded us that they can and will penalize links by widget makers. Google has penalized Turkeyâs largest network…
Google: The Increase In Crawl Errors Are Nothing To Worry About; Just Hungry Crawlers
Over the past week or so, some webmasters have been reporting an increase in crawl errors. It is mostly documented in…