Google Shows Personal Search Filter Tab To Some Users
Eoghan O’Sullivan posted on Twitter that he is seeing the “personal” tab back in the Google search results, at least in his mobile Google search app…
Introducing the Search Engine Land Community Corner
New feature to highlight the search marketing community launches today with this week’s group of SEOs honored by their colleagues at Search Engine Roundtable.
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Google Manufacturer Center for product data expands scope, launches API
A new API, more countries and knowledge panel visibility give brands more incentive to use Google’s product data management tool.
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SearchCap: Google snippets increase, Google local Q&A, local services on Google Assistant
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
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Google Assistant Helps You Find Local Service Providers: Electrician, Plumber, Cleaner, etc.
Google Assistant can now give you local results for service providers like electricians, plumbers, house cleaners and other local services you might need in your home or business. Google said this is rolling out to the Google Assistant, Google Home……
Matt Cutts Wanted Google To Treat URL Underscores As Separators
Last night, former Google executive said on Twitter that he tried to get the Google engineers to treat underscores in the URLs as separators, just like how they used hyphens as separators in the URLs. He said it never happened…
Matt Cutts Dislikes How Google Links To Search Results
Matt Cutts, former Google executive and star amongst the SEO community, posted on Google+ how he is not happy with how Google is linking to the “10 blue links,” the core Google search results.
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Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Event Penalty, Speed & SEO, Audiobooks & New Google Finance
This week in search, I covered a Google warning about using incorrect event markup on your pages…
Google officially increases length of snippets in search results
Company says change is meant to provide more descriptive snippets.
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Merkle: Black Friday, Cyber Monday sales from Google paid search up by double digits YoY
Phone sales from search ads continue to play a significant role for retailers.
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Google Local Questions & Answers now rolling out to desktop search
Searchers and businesses can now search on desktop to add questions and answers to the new Google Q&A feature.
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Why Googlebot May Be Hitting Bot Blocker URLs
Many sites use bot blockers like Distil Networks to stop scrapers from stealing their data. The challenge for SEOs is that sometimes these bot blockers are not set correctly and can prevent good bots like Googlebot and BingBot from getting to the content, which can cause serious SEO issues. Distil is pretty adamant that their […]
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8 simple ways to utilize a blog to improve SEO results
Is your blog living up to its full potential? In this beginner-level how-to, columnist Joe Goers explains several ways to utilize your blog for SEO gains.
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Four brand-building activities that lay the foundation for SEO
Columnist Brian Weiss explains why a strong brand is necessary to ensure that your SEO efforts can reach their full potential.
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4 digital marketing challenges faced by franchises (and how to overcome them)
One of the biggest challenges facing a franchisee’s growth is their ability to execute a winning digital marketing strategy that is unfettered by a franchiser. From poorly managed PPC campaigns to duplicate content between franchises, let’s take a closer look at how you can overcome many of the most common franchise marketing challenges.
Google brings local lead generation to Google Assistant and Google Home
The company taps HomeAdvisor and Porch to provide local contractors through a multistep voice-driven interaction.
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Google facing $1 billion in potential liability with UK class action
The case stems from bypassing the cookie-blocking settings on the iPhone’s Safari browser in 2012.
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Ask Yoast: Using a TLD as part of your brand?
Branding plays a vital role in the success of your business. We’ve written about branding several times on this site, for instance, the 5 tips on branding and Low-budget branding for small businesses articles. Your domain name should also be a part of your brand. But should you buy one of those fancy new TLDs […]
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Designing a Page’s Content Flow to Maximize SEO Opportunity – Whiteboard Friday
Posted by randfishControlling and improving the flow of your on-site content can actually help your SEO. What’s the best way to capitalize on the opportunity present in your page design? Rand covers the questions you need to ask (and answer) and the go…
Google Assistant Now Recommending Local Services – Particularly Their Own
Today Google has announced on their blog that the Google Assistant will now start helping you find local service providers. In the U.S., this feature will start rolling out over the coming week, so help is just around the corner. In many cities the Google Assistant will suggest providers that have been prescreened by Google … Continue reading Google Assistant Now Recommending Local Services – Particularly Their Own →