Google My Business App For iOS Available For Download
After a serious bug with the Google My Business App for iOS that started mid-last week, the new updated version is now available for download in the Apple App iTunes Store.
Google submitted the fix before the weekend after removing it from the app sto…
Google: Log File Analysis Is So Underrated
I remember the days of prepping before client meetings by scouring through tons of log files to tell the client how much traffic they were getting from their web site. This was pre-Urchin analytics days. It was painful but truth was…
Would Google Launch Penguin 4.0 With Gary Illyes & John Mueller On Vacation?
Despite telling John Mueller of Google that I wouldn’t cover this, I now have to cover it…
Event When Former Googlers Reports Spam, It Takes A Long Time To Be Removed
Last week, I spotted former Googler Natalie Glance, who worked at Google as an Engineering Manager for almost 8 years, post on Google+ about spam in the Google search results.
Her former colleague, Todd Underwood from Google…
Google Issues Mass Unnatural Outbound Links Penalties Over Weekend
Google has issued a large number of unnatural links penalties over the weekend…
Google Submitted A Fix To Apple Over Google My Business App Bug
Last week we reported that Google’s update for the Google My Business iOS app caused a serious bug that didn’t allow iOS users to open the app. Google quickly pulled down the update and removed the app from the app store…
Google: Mixing Mobile Friendly Types (i.e. Responsive, Dynamic Serving & Seperate URLs) On One Site Is Fine
Google’s John Mueller said in a live Google hangout on Google+ at the 13:05 minute mark that serving multiple types of mobile friendly options on a single site…
Google Local Guides App Add Name Bug Slows Local Reviews
The Local Guides, Google’s most trusted and frequent users of the Google Maps/local business reviews, are complaining that the Google app for them to leave reviews of places they visit is buggy…
Google Completely Drops In-Depth Articles
I am not sure if this is a bug or not but Dr. Pete Meyers from Moz reported on his Mozcast features tool that in-depth articles are completely gone as of this weekend.
Pete verified the data manually and said there is no sign of them at all…
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: April 8, 2016
This week in search, we may have spotted Google testing an updated algorithm for 12 hours, some say Penguin…
Google’s New Nearby Ad Format Looks Like Free Results
It looks like Google has released a new format for the local ads. When you search for [oil change] in Google on your mobile device…
Google Removes My Business iOS App From App Store After Serious Bug
Yesterday, Google pushed out an update to the iOS version of the Google My Business app. But as I reported at Search Engine Land that after I downloaded it, it froze out and wouldn’t let me us it. Now when I try to access it…
Google: We Tests By Redirecting A Small Percentage Of Traffic, Not Setting Up Test Sites
In a live Google hangout with John Mueller this morning on Google+, John said that Google doesn’t set up test sites for the most part to test and experiment with the search results…
Google’s John Mueller On How They Handle 301, 301, 307 & Other Redirects
Google’s John Mueller promised a couple weeks ago that he would dig deeper and document how Google handles the various types of redirects. Last night he posted those details on Google+. If you forget…
RankRanger: Google Featured Snippets Expand To More European Search Results
A month ago, Pete Meyers from Moz asked if featured snippets are on other Google search results outside of the US. Gary Illyes from Google responded on Twitter saying he believes it is only available in about 10 additional locales…
Former Googler On Why Do Some Google Manual Actions Seem Automated
Often we will see Google issue out mass manual actions for link schemes or other webmaster guideline violations. We see it often when Google slaps a big link network or something of that nature…
Google Sitar Logo For Pandit Ravi Shankar
Today on Google’s home page is another special Doodle, Google logo, for the 96th birthday of Pandit Ravi Shankar. The Doodle shows a Sitar, a plucked stringed instrument used mainly in Hindustani music and Indian classical music…
Google Sending Recommended PageSpeed Update Available Notifications
Google is sending out new Google Search Console notifications for pagespeed related topics. The notification being sent out reads “Google has detected that your site is currently running PageSpeed
Google Showing Site Owner; Your Page Is Not Mobile-Friendly In Search Results
Jennifer Slegg noticed on one of her older sites that Google is showing a notification directly in the mobile search results for the site that the site is not mobile friendly. The message Google shows in the snippet is “your page is not mobile-friendl…
Google AdWords Shopping Adds Product Status & Effective Max CPC Reports
Google announced they added two new Google AdWords reports specific to managing your shopping campaigns. The two new reports are named product status reporting and effective max CPC reporting
There is now a new product status column…