Google Business Profile Suspension Emails Add Appeal Option
Google has added to the new Google Business Profile suspension emails the ability to make an appeal request, right from the email. The latest update was that the emails showed details on why your business was suspended but now Google gives you a blue …
Microsoft To Bring Deep Search To Bing Chat / Copilot But It Is Way Too Slow Now
Microsoft is working to bring its new Deep Search feature to Copilot, formerly known as Bing Chat. The issue is, (1) Deep Search is only available to a limited number of searchers in Bing Search and (2) it is way too slow to bring it to a chat interface.
Google Local Notice When Review Posting Is Turned Off
At the beginning of this year we covered the updated posting restrictions guidelines for Google Maps where Google said they can turn off posting for a particular place. Well, we are now seeing an example of that in action, where Google is testing the r…
2024 SEO and Marketing Predictions from Moz
The SMEs at Moz bring you their predictions for what to expect in the year ahead in SEO and marketing. We’re talking search, AI, sustainability, economics, SERP features, and more.
Most SEOs Think There Will Be Another Google Algorithm Update Before 2023 Ends
Most SEOs believe Google will push out another confirmed algorithm update before the end of the 2023 year – so within the next few weeks. I ran a poll on X asking SEOs “Do you think Google will push out another confirmed update before the 2023 year en…
Google: You Can Publish Both PDF & HTML Formats
Google’s John Mueller said it is fine to publish some content in both PDF and HTML formats. He said both “can be shown independently in the search results.” If Google sees them as duplicates, in some cases, Google may just show the HTML version in its…
Google Ads Step-By-Step Guide To Business Operations Verification
Google Ads will make it easier to complete the business operations verification. Google will add “a step-by-step guide to complete business operations verification, clarify reasons for failing business operations verifications, and add example scenari…
The Google Groups Search Ranking & Visibility Boost Is Now Dropping
A couple of weeks ago, I reported about that Google Groups was seeing a very big ranking and visibility boost. Well, it seems to have caught Google’s attention, the rankings of Google Groups seems to be declining and their visibility in Google Search h…
Google Tests Shaded Tiled Product Results Grid
Google Search and its shopping results have been pretty wild over the past year or so and Google keeps on testing new features in this area. Now we are seeing reports of Google shading and tiling product results in the search interface.
How to Reach Your First $10k Month as an SEO Freelancer [Free Templates]
Discover the key strategies to thrive as an SEO freelancer. Apply these tips to achieve consistent $10K months and long-term success in SEO freelancing.
Google To Rename “Parasite SEO” In Near Future
There has been a bit of controversy over the name parasite SEO in the industry and Google itself doesn’t like the term either. So they said they will be renaming parasite SEO to some new term in the near future.
Google: About The Source Information Doesn’t Mean You Rank Better
There was a complaint on X from a publisher who said Google is not showing details in the “About this site,” “About the source” section in the Google Search results for their site. Danny Sullivan, Google’s Search Liaison, responded that not having info…
Google: Video Is Not The Main Content Of The Page Error Spike
There has been a surge in complaints from site owners and publishers who are seeing the “Video is not the main content of the page” error in the video indexing section of Google Search Console. This should come as no surprise to many of you who read he…
Bing Chat / Copilot Now Testing Notebook Feature
Microsoft Copilot, formerly known as Bing Chat, is currently testing a notebook feature and hopes to fully roll out that feature in a “few weeks.” This began testing when Microsoft announced a bunch of Copilot features and the Deep Search feature, a w…
Google Shopping Results Listings Membership Extension?
A month ago we reported that Google Shopping results had a space for joining membership programs from stores. Now Google is showing these in some shopping listings (not ads) as extensions or rich results of some sorts.
How Will SGE Impact Your Organic Traffic?
Zach discusses Google’s Search Generative Experience, including a step-by-step template that will allow you to estimate the traffic losses or gains your site may experience.
Vlog Episode #252: Dave DiGregorio On The Sports Trading Cards Market
In part one with Dave DiGregorio we spoke about his journey from working in sports memorabilia to getting into SEO. Then, in part two we talked about some local pack reductions, diversifying your local SEO efforts, the services feature, and the amaz…
Google: We Have Taken Steps To Deal With Parasite SEO & More To Come
On Friday, Google’s Search Liaison, Danny Sullivan, said that the search company has taken steps to deal with the parasite SEO problem. He also added that the specific change with the upcoming helpful content update is still not live yet but Google di…
OpenAI On ChatGPT GPT-4 Getting Lazier
OpenAI responded to the complaints that ChatGPT’s GPT-4 is getting “lazier.” The AI company responded to X saying, “we’ve heard all your feedback about GPT4 getting lazier! we haven’t updated the model since Nov 11th, and this certainly isn’t intention…
Google: SGE Does Not Show You Google’s Search Ranking System
Danny Sullivan, Google’s Search Liaison, said something that is probably somewhat obvious to many of the readers here, that SGE is not able to tell you how Google’s search ranking systems work, what scores or ranking factors it does or does not use, or…