Choosing the right platform for your business website
Every business needs an online presence. Building a business website could be one of your most important decisions. But after that decision comes another question: Which platform should you choose to build your business site on? This depends on what kind of website you need, your resources, and your expertise. Define your website’s purpose Before […]
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Google Search Faster By About 60 Milliseconds
Google announced it is testing new pre-fetching methods that increase the speed (Largest Contentful Paint – LCP) of the first two results by 67 milliseconds and for the results after those by about by 9.5 milliseconds.
Google Ads Customer Match Lists To Have 540 Days Expiration Date
Google sent out notifications to Google Ads advertisers with upcoming changes to customer match lists. Google will set a new maximum membership duration of 540 days for customer match lists starting on April 7, 2025.
Reddit Blames Google Algorithm Change For Weaker Than Expected Growth
So after Google literally paid Reddit for its content and then ranked them incredibly well in Google Search and its search features, Reddit during its earnings call blamed Google’s search algorithm for not hitting its expected user growth.
Yahoo Search AI Answers Now Showing Link Sources
Initially, when Yahoo Search launched AI-generated answers, they did not contain sources or links. Now it seems Yahoo is adding “Learn more” links to these AI answer boxes in Yahoo Search.
Google Search Snippet Showing Future Date: Bug Or Feature?
Google Search is showing a snippet that has a date in the future. Normally the snippets have dates from the past; such as this content was found by Google X days or Y hours ago. But this one is now showing “in 7 days” from now.
Your Fast Track to Mastering Keyword Gap Analysis
Finding the right keywords can feel like navigating a busy train station. Which direction leads to your destination? What’s the most efficient route? Keyword Gap 2.0 is your express ticket to competitive insights.
Search Central Live is going to New York City
We’re excited to announce that Search Central Live is coming to New York City for the first time on March 20, 2025.
The Google Search team has organized events in the city several times, but this time we’re bringing our main Search event t…
Search Central Live is going to New York City
We’re excited to announce that Search Central Live is coming to New York City for the first time on March 20, 2025.
The Google Search team has organized events in the city several times, but this time we’re bringing our main Search event t…
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 12, 2025
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
The Google reviews bug seems to be fixed…
Is Google Image Search Down Ranking AI Images?
There is some chatter in the SEO community that Google Image Search may be down ranking, lowering the rankings, of AI-generated images, in favor of non-AI-generated images within the Google Image search results.
Google Publisher Center Changes: Automatically Generated Publication Pages
Google is making more changes to the Google Publisher Center, in March Google News will fully transition to automatically generated publication pages in March.
Bing Webmaster Tools Updates Date Selectors
Microsoft has updated Bing Webmaster Tools to make selecting the date ranges a lot easier in the performance reports. Now the date selectors are very quick to select, and not deeper inside a menu option.
Google Ads Posts Notice For Brand Guidelines March 2025 Update
Google has posted a notice in the Google Ads console reminding advertisers about the upcoming brand guidelines changes that are now slotted for March 2025. This change was communicated numerous times and the deadline has been pushed off here and there.
Google Tests Filters On Latest Posts Carousel
Google is testing adding filters to the latest post carousel. These filters can show recent posts, video posts, posts from Instagram, or Facebook.
12 Client Onboarding Tools To Scale Your SEO Agency
Looking for resources to scale your SEO agency? Check out this list of client onboarding tools to automate manual tasks.
Google Review Count Bug Fix Rolling Out
The big Google review count bug, that we first reported on Friday and that later Google confirmed on Monday afternoon, is now being fixed. We can now see review counts climbing again and many small business owners and local SEOs are reporting improveme…
Google: How To Tell If Google Sees Tabbed Navigation
Did you ever want to validate to see if Google or other search engines can see your tabbed (hidden in a tab) navigation or content? Well, John Mueller from Google listed some ideas on how to do so.
Advertisers: Google LSA Lead Quality Drops After Auto Lead Credits
There are a number of advertisers in the local space who are complaining that the lead quality has been worse than ever in the past few months. They blame the new automated ad credits system, which removed the method for advertisers to manually request…
Bing Tests Dropping AI Labels From AI Answers
Microsoft seems to be testing dropping the AI labels and other interaction features from the Bing Search AI Answers. Or maybe, Bing dropped its AI Answers for normal featured snippets – although, I doubt that.