Google AdWords Adds Campaign Groups & Performance Targets
Google announced on the AdWords blog two new features to help you track your AdWords performance, campaign groups and performance targets…
Google: Site Command Should Show Rich Snippets If Implemented Correctly
One of the more common technical SEO questions I see is why isn’t Google showing rich snippets for my site when I have implemented them correctly. So we know that Google often won’t show rich snippets if the site doesn’t meet a certain (undocumented) …
In Rare Interview Matt Cutts Talks About His Challenges At Google
It has been rare for Matt Cutts, the former search spam guardian at Google, who went on a leave a while back and was…
Google: The Weekend Update Was Not Penguin 4.0
Google’s John Mueller said a few minutes ago on YouTube Live around 5 minutes into the video that the weekend update rumors are not Penguin related. So he said you can “rule out” Penguin in terms of saying the Penguin algorithm was updated this weeken…
Google Search Console Search Analytics Report Stopped Updating
This morning, Google posted a new update to the data anomalies page for the Search Analytics report in the Google Search Console. In short, the search Analytics report has not yet updated since August 31…
Google To Test Webmaster Hangouts Over YouTube Live With Slides Q&A
As you know, Google scheduled their last few hangouts using Google+ Hangouts and now…
Google Penalized One Of Turkey’s Largests TV Networks, Acunn Media
Ilya Teker, an SEO Director iProspect, informed me on Twitter that one of the largest television networks in Turkey had their website banned and penalized…
Google Finally Publishes A Labor Day Logo/Doodle
I don’t think in Google’s history, at least that I can remember, has Google ever posted a Doodle, a Google logo, for Labor Day. They have posted small American flags but nothing more. Even dating back to 2004 and 2005…
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…