Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Local Update, Hit But Core Update, Losing Relevance & Google Local Changes
This week in search, Google confirmed that there was no major local search ranking update recently. I believe my site, the Search Engine Roundtable…
Google to sunset Gallery ads beta, focus on Image Extensions
Simple wins out. Image extensions and dynamic image extension betas will continue.
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Google Maps Update for Data Studio: What It Is & How to Use It
What Happened?
You Can Now Use Google Maps in Data Studio Visuals
On May 1, 2020, Google announced that you now have the ability to add Google Maps to Data Studio reports. They’ve taken the familiar maps interface and made it available to let viewers see your data in a whole new geographic dimension.…
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More missing Google My Business reviews appearing as publication speed picks up
Google is now posting user reviews and photos in all countries and the vast majority of business categories.
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Reintroducing a community for Polish & Turkish Site Owners
Google Webmaster Help forums are a great place for website owners to help each other, engage in friendly discussion, and get input from awesome Product Experts. We currently have forums operating in 12 languages.
We’re happy to announce the re-opening of the Polish and Turkish webmaster communities with support from a global team of Community Specialists dedicated to helping support Product Experts. If you speak Turkish or Polish, we’d love to have you drop by the new forums yourself, perhaps there’s a question or a challenge you can help with as well!
Current Webmaster Product Experts are welcome to join & keep their status in the new communities as well. If you have previously contributed and would like to start contributing again, you can start posting again, and feel free to ask others in the community if you have any questions.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Posted by Aaseesh Marina, Webmaster Product Support Manager
Przywracamy społeczność dla właścicieli witryn z Polski i Turcji
Fora pomocy dotyczące usług Google dla webmasterów są miejscem, w którym właściciele witryn mogą pomagać sobie nawzajem, dołączać do dyskusji i poznawać wskazówki Ekspertów Produktowych. Obecnie nasze fora działają w 12 językach.
Cieszymy się, że dzięki pomocy globalnego zespołu Specjalistów Społeczności, którzy z oddaniem wspierają Ekspertów Produktowych, możemy przywrócić społeczności webmasterów w językach polskim i tureckim. Jeśli posługujesz się którymś z tych języków, zajrzyj na nasze nowe fora. Może znajdziesz tam problem, który potrafisz rozwiązać?
Zapraszamy obecnych Ekspertów Produktowych usług Google dla webmasterów do dołączenia do nowych społeczności z zachowaniem dotychczasowego statusu. Jeśli chcesz, możesz wrócić do publikowania. W razie pytań zwróć się do innych członków społeczności.
Do zobaczenia!
Autor: Aaseesh Marina, Webmaster Product Support Manager
Google Search Console API to stop supporting HTTP and JSON-RPC requests
Many SEOs are still using these methods, so please check your implementations so they do not break.
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Google Tests Boxes With Shadows For Search Result Snippets
Google seems to be heavily testing a new search results interface. Outlined search result snippets with a shadow effect. So the snippets that are boxes in, look a bit raised off the web page.
Risk-Averse Link Building – Best of Whiteboard Friday
Posted by rjonesx.Building links is an incredibly common request of agencies and consultants, and some ways to go about it are far more advisable than others. Whether you’re likely to be asked for this work or you’re looking to hire someone for it, it’…
Compare ad management tools for Google Shopping, Amazon, and more
Digital commerce advertising is experiencing dramatic growth and change. Learn about the latest trends, opportunities and challenges.
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How search giants are helping spread COVID-19 awareness
SignatureWEB’s SEO Director takes a deep dive into how major players like Google, Bing, Facebook, and the other giants have promoted COVID-19 awareness and combated misinformation.
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How to Use Optimization Score to Stay Ahead of Your Competition
What is Optimization Score
Optimization score, fondly referred to as ‘Optiscore’ at Seer Interactive, surfaces relevant optimization recommendations and estimates the impact of their implementation on various campaigns & account’s performance. Optimization Score runs from 0% to 100%, with 100% meaning that your account is optimized to perform at its full potential. …
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The old marketing playbook isn’t enough during COVID [Video]
Experimentation and fresh data are needed to identify opportunities as consumer behavior adapts to the unfolding pandemic.
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Branding for SEO : A way to fight against Zero Clicks SERPs
Is it possible for a business to win against “Zero Clicks SERPs”? Nicolas Vargas shares detailed pointers and examples of branded search for SEO.
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WordPress Google Sitemaps Integration Getting Closer
Last June we reported that Google was looking to build directly into WordPress the automatic generation and submission of XML Sitemaps. This way when you publish content, and you didn’t set up an XML Sitemap, the XML Sitemap file will be done automati…
Google My Business Reviews Backfilling Now After Reviews Halted For COVID-19
Google suspended displaying new business reviews in Google Local/Google My Business in March. Well, now, Google seems to be showing new reviews and backfilling old reviews that were submitted between now and then.
How Google Searches Spell Britney Spears – There Are Almost 600 Different Ways
John Mueller from Google shared a document from Google published in 2011 that showed how many different ways and how many different users spelled Britney Spears in Google search back then. There were 593 different spellings according to Google’s spelli…
Google: Pinterest Minimal Textual Content Can Still Rank Well In Google
Google’s John Mueller responded to a tweet asking why Pinterest ranks so well in Google search when the Pinterest pages have little to no textual content on the pages. John Mueller from Google said “sometimes images, even with minimal textual content,…