Google Tests People Also Ask Carousel On Desktop
A month ago, we reported how Google was testing a carousel for the people also ask feature on mobile searches. But today Google seems to be testing it also on desktop.
Did Google Boosts HTTPS Ranking Signal? Nope But More HTTPS Results In Top Ten.
Both RankRanger and Mozcast are showing a nice uptick in the number of HTTPS results in the top Google results…
Google Adds JSON-LD Breadcrumbs Support
John Mueller of Google confirmed this morning on Twitter that Google now supports JSON-LD format/schema for breadcrumbs.
Currently, the documentation for breadcrumb schema makes no mention of JSON-LD, but John Mueller said that will change…
The AMA With Google Brain Team Teaches Us Google Won’t Talk About RankBrain
As you know, Google hosted an AMA with the Google Brain Team yesterday on Reddit and I went through the 742 comments in the thread to pull out any references to search, RankBrain or rankings and honestly…
Google: You’ll Almost Never Restore Your Rankings To Previous State After Penalty
Google’s John Mueller said in a Google+ hangout this morning at the 8:09 mark that after you “recover” from a penalty, “it’s almost never going to be that we will just restore the previous state” of your rankings you had prior to the penalty…
Google: Sitemaps Don’t Help With Rich Snippets
In the Google+ hangout this morning a typical question around why isn’t Google showing rich snippets for my site when the tool shows everything is valid came up. A typical question and we know Google doesn’t show rich snippets for many sites because i…
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google BlogDash Penalty, AdWords Interface & Local Pack Ads
This week, I test out my new Mevo camera from LiveStream, let me know your thoughts. Google penalized the BlogDash network for link schemes. Googleâs new AdWords…
Google Tells Techmeme “Were Sorry” Regarding False Positives In Search Console
A couple days ago, I reported how the founder of Techmeme was complaining about the false positive errors on Google Search Console around hacked spam…
Google: No Problem Having Downloadable PDFs That Match Your Web Content
This isn’t a new topic, we covered PDFs and duplicate content before, but this morning John Mueller was more specific.
On Twitter John Mueller of Google said that if you offer a PDF download link that lets users download the web content they are looki…
Old Google My Business Business Hour Format No Longer Supported
In November of last year, Google posted that the old business hours spreadsheet format will no longer be supported. Well, that officially went through on on August 8, 2016. If you are using the old spreadsheet format…
You Can Now Opt Out Of Trending Searches In The Google Search App
Back in April, Google began showing trending searches in the autocomplete search box within the Google Search App. It is cool, but tapping in the search box to see trending searches, is not always that relevant and many searchers didn’t want to see it…
Bug: Google Search Console Links to Your Site Shows No Data Available
There seems to be a bug with the Google Search Console’s Links To Your Site report where many are saying it shows “no data available.” In fact, I am able to replicate it on many Google Search Console profiles I have in my account…
The New Google AdWords Interface Seen In The Wild
Google announced in March they are working on a new AdWords interface that will totally change how AdWords advertisers manage their campaigns and ads. It was suppose to roll out the following year but some are now seeing it live in their AdWords accou…
The Google Brain Team To Answer Questions On Machine Learning Tomorrow
Tomorrow, August 11th, Google’s Brain Team will be answering questions submitted in this Reddit thread on the topic of machine learning. It is an AMA, ask me anything…
Remarketing Lists For Search Ads (RLSA) Expands To Google Search Partners
Google announced quietly on Google+ yesterday that they have expanded Remarketing lists for search ads (RLSA) to Google search partners as an option…
Google My Business Insights: Search vs Maps & Direct vs Discovery Analytics
The Google My Business blog announced a new update to the insights, the analytics within Google My Business. The new features include the ability to see how people viewed your lists, i.e. from Google Search or from Google Maps. Also, you can see if th…
Google Confirms It Will Penalize BlogDash For Link Schemes
It is rare to see Google publicly say they are going to or have penalized a specific company or network but they did so earlier this morning…
Google My Business Insights Statistics Broken?
It looks like the Google My Business insights section, where you can see statistics on your Google Maps / Local listings…
Google Erroneously Warns Techmeme Of Hacked Spam Issues
Gabe Rivera, the founder of the awesome Techmeme site…
Google Testing New Review Stars Format
Google seems to be testing a new reviews stars format and user interface on mobile devices. The new format places the reviews summary below the snippet, as opposed to in the middle of the snippet…