Google Search Console’s Index Status Report In Is Broken
Gary Illyes from Google has confirmed on Twitter that the index status report within the Google Search console is “broken right now.” So Google is aware of the issues but the index status count may not be accurate for you…
Google AdWords Campaign Groups; Track Goals Across Campaigns
Google AdWords is testing a new feature named “campaign groups.” Campaign groups let you set and track goals across multiple campaigns to track their impact on a shared or “common goal.”
Ariana Wolf first shared this finding on Twitter and shared thes…
Google AdWords Call-Only Ads Automatically Showing Business Name In Headline
Josh Leibner posted on Twitter that the Google AdWords call only ads is now automatically pulling in the business name into the headlines of the ads. I tested this myself and it seems to be legit…
Once Again; Google Testing Image Thumbnails In Mobile Search Results
Google seems to be testing, once again, image thumbnails in the web search results when on mobile.
Dan Smullen posted on Twitter a screen shot of him seeing image thumbnails in the mobile search results for a search on [green car]…
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Keyword Planner Restrictions, AMP Tests Live, Moz Layoffs & More
This week in search, I covered the significant changes to the Google keyword planner tool and how they are restricting the data being shown…
Google Explains Why They Made Changes To Keyword Planner
Earlier this week I reported that the Google keyword planner tool has restricted access to the tool to only those with active paying campaigns above a specific threshold. I was waiting for Google to say why and their answer is what I expected…
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Google AdWords Device Bid Adjustments Hitting AdWords Advertisers Now
I know we covered about three weeks ago that AdWords device bid adjustments from Google was starting to roll out. But the announcement about it rolling out and when it actually starts to roll out and hit advertiser’s dashboards are two different thing…
Google AdWords Beta Opportunties Tab: Account Health Score For Search
Google AdWords has this opportunities tab that shows advertisers suggestions on how to improve their campaigns. Google is beta testing a new feature there named “account health score for search.” This was first spotted by Chris Whyatt at the Receptio…
Rand Fishkin Tells Us When & How To Interpret Google’s Statements
Much of what I cover here are the statements made by Google. Some in the community have issues with how Googlers respond to SEO related questions. Some have issues with how those statements are interpreted. And some have issues with how one interpre…
Google AdWords Enables Campaign Drafts & Experiments For Display Ads
In November 2015, Google beta tested what eventually went live in February known as campaign drafts and experiments for AdWords. It basically is a way to “propose and test changes to your Search Network and Search Network with Display Select campaigns…
Google Confirms They Are Rolling Out The New AdWords User Interface To Users
Last week we reported folks were seeing the new AdWords interface in the wild. Well it is not just a few advertisers seeing it, Google keeps on rolling it out to more and more advertisers. The shocker…
This Googlers Jokes About The HTTPS Ranking Signal
Roberto Bayardo, a research scientist at Google, who works specifically on computational advertising, joked on Google+ that his web site no longer ranks on the first page of Google for [bayardo].
He said shortly after that maybe he needs to go HTTPS t…
Moz Fires 28% Of Staff Including The Community Team To Realign With Search
Many of us have really good friends and colleagues at Moz. In fact, I’ve known Rand Fishkin since before there was a Moz/SEOMoz…
Google Trends Updates Design & Features Earlier This Month
Earlier this month both @johndefeo and @Honhaar posted on Twitter that Google Trends updated their design and features. Honestly, I barely use the tool, so I had to wait for Google to tell me what changed…
Bing Ads Upgraded URLs Now Supported
Bing Ads announced they now have added support for “upgraded URLs.” Upgraded URLs lets you separate the destination URLs from your tracking parameters…
Google Schedules Last Few Webmaster Hangouts Using Google Hangouts
As you all know, I am a big fan of the Google webmaster hangouts mostly done by John Mueller. We learn a lot of new tidbits from there and also start a bit of controversy after covering things he may or may not mean to say…
Google: Rel Canonical Not Supported For Images
Here is a quicky, just in case you didn’t know. Google doesn’t support the rel=canonical tag for redirecting images from one URL to another.
Not Provided Count Hits Over 96% Since Google’s HSTS Switch
Earlier this month, Google went HSTS with Google.com, which means it is hard to get to a non-HTTPS version of Google search…
Google AdWords Ad Preview Tool Lets You Share This Result
Google added a new feature to the Google AdWords ad preview tool that lets you share the result with your colleagues.
After you run a search in the tool, there is a new button at the top right that says “share this result…
Google Showing AMP Errors In Desktop Search Results To Site Owner
Jon Henshaw posted a screen shot of Google showing him and only him a message in the desktop search results that his pages have AMP implementation errors. He spotted the error when doing a search and noticed that in the snippet…