Local SEOs Feel Google My Business May Be Killing Off Phone Support
A Local Search Forums thread has some Local SEO experts nervous and anxious about Google potentially phasing out their Google My Business phone support.
Joy Hawkins said:
I had a feeling this day was coming…
Google Maps Showing Two Packs Again?
Jennifer Sleg reported a case or two of Google showing a two-pack of local results as compared to a the three pack. We’ve seen it before with duplicate listings for very specific queries…
No Confirmation From Google On The Friday Google Update
Friday, we reported about a Google update or signs of a pretty interesting Google update. As the weekend progressed…
September 2016 Google Webmaster Report
It is that time of the month, here is our monthly Google webmaster report, where I summarize the most important webmaster/SEO related topics over the past month. If you missed the August report, make sure to scan through that to catch up…
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Web & Local Algorithm Updates, Real Time Index & AdWords Changes
This week in search got off to a slow start but ended with a bang. We are seeing early signs of a Google core search update. Also, it seems like the core local results were updated yesterday as well…
Google: Upset About Keyword Planner Changes? Use Forecasting Tool
A few weeks ago, Google restricted some users from obtaining full data from the Google Keyword Planner tool. Google said it was because of the abuse around it, but many don’t think that is a good excuse…
Google Stops Accepting Grantspro Applications, Premium Level AdWords Ad Grants
As many of you know, Google has an ad grant program where non profits can apply and qualify for up to $10,000 a month in free budgets in AdWords. There was also a program called Grantspro which offered up to $40,000 a month for premium level non profit…
Google Local Pack Results Algorithm & Ranking Update
Looks like we got a big update going on, this one in the Google local pack results. The local SEO community is going pretty hot…
Google My Business Adds Ability To Add/Remove Owners & Managers
Google quietly added the ability to add multiple owners to individual locations or business accounts in Google My Business. The new help article explains how to do it via desktop or mobile devices.
“Owners of listings can invite additional users to o…
Early Signs Of A Google Core Search Algorithm Update
It has been almost a month since we reported Google ranking changes, which is rare and it looks like many folks are seeing changes in the core web search results as of early this morning. This is unrelated to the major local ranking changes I reported…
New Google My Business New Access Map View
Google My Business quietly pushed out a new feature named “access map view.” It is basically a way to see all the businesses you manage within Google My Business on a map…
Google Analytics Bug Showing Not Set In AdWords Reporting?
Many many folks who use Google Analytics to track their Google AdWords campaigns are reporting that Google Analytics is not properly tracking and attributing their campaigns properly anymore…
Google AdWords Report Editor Adds Additional Data Points
Google announced on Google+ that they added some data availability to the AdWords report editor. The new data attributes include data for shopping and video campaigns, as well as labels and final URLs…
Google Updates Feed Rules For Merchant Center
Google announced in the Google AdWords Help forums that they have updated the Feed Rules to give you more flexibility…
Google Spam & Paid Links Reports Are Reviewed Manually By Googlers
John Mueller responded to a question on Twitter this morning says all paid link spam reports are reviewed manually by humans at Google, i.e. Googlers.
John wrote, “these are reviewed manually” when asked about the paid link report he submitted…
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The Google Mobile Friendly Label Is Now Officially Gone
As you expected, Google was going to drop the mobile friendly label. Well, as of this morning, the mobile friendly label is officially gone.
Here is a screen shot showing the before and after…
New Version Of The Google Merchant Center Live
Google announced a newly designed Google Merchant Center. The new design also brings in more updates and features.
Google said the new version “offers the same functionality you’re used to…
Google Android Now Allows For Apps Search For Personal Content
Late yesterday, Google announced “in app” search for App Indexing on Android. It allows developers to integrate their apps to let Google index locally personal content within the app, to be surfaced on search on Android devices…
New Google AdWords Account-Level Sitelinks
Google quietly announced on Google+ a new version of sitelinks named account level sitelinks. What this means is that sitelinks can show with any of the ads in your account automatically…
Google Structured Data Tool Supports Schema v3.1
Just a couple weeks ago we reported that Google will soon support Schema version 3.1 with their structured data testing tool. Well, it seems as of yesterday…