Google Local Listing With “Serves Vegetarian Dishes” Justifications / Label
Google is testing showing a justification (or label) for local restaurant listings within Google Search and Google Maps that says “serves vegetarian dishes” with a green leaf icon.
Link Building for Local Businesses — Whiteboard Friday
Learn about link building for your local business in this Whiteboard Friday with Amanda Jordan.
Google Search Ranking Volatility – Is It The End Of Reviews Update?
I am seeing some signs of some big Google Search ranking volatility and shuffling today. The core update just finished, so Google would say it is not the core update but the reviews update is still rolling out. Or maybe this new ranking volatility is…
Google Patent For SGE: Generative Summaries For Search Results
Google has a published patent named “Generative summaries for search results” which is believed to be the patent behind the Search Generative Experience launch we saw earlier this year. This patent was filed on March 20, 2023 and approved on Septembe…
Google Local Service Ads Add New Impression Metrics For Advertisers
Google has added a few new impression metrics for advertisers using the Google Local Service Ads platform. This was spotted by Ben Turner who wrote on X that he is “seeing impression share metrics in selected Google LSA accounts.”
Google Ads API 2024 Schedule
Google has published its tentative schedule for the Google Ads API release dates and sunset dates for 2024. Google publishes this annually in order to “bring greater clarity to your planning cycle,” the company said.
Google Now Doesn’t Allow E-Juice Products In Ads & Shopping Listings
Google has updated its dangerous product policy for both Shopping ads and free listings to list E-juice products as dangerous and thus not allowed to be advertised or listing in Google Shopping results, both paid or free listings.
Head Of Google Ads, Jerry Dischler, Steps Down After 15 Years
Jerry Dischler, who has been the head of Google Ads since 2020 and has been with Google for over 15 years is leaving the company. Replacing Dischler will be Vidhya Srinivasan who was the VP/GM of Advertising.
The Complete Guide to Becoming an Authentic Thought Leader
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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 29, 2023
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.
Google’s November 2023 core update is finally done rolling out…
Google November 2023 Core Update Finished Rolling Out
After just under 26 days, the Google November 2023 core update is finally done rolling out. It took almost two weeks longer to roll out than the average core update and rolled out during the huge shopping days on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, also ove…
Google Local Photos Results With Heart & Other Reactions
Google seems to be testing allowing searchers to “heart” a photo in the local search results. This can be a way for Google to learn if the images uploaded to the hotel listing is useful to searchers and maybe also help searchers interact with the Goog…
Google Ads Won’t Allow Personalized Ads For Consumer Finance In February 2024
Google posted a new policy update for Google Ads saying it won’t allow personalization of ads for consumer finance in the United States or Canada starting on February 28, 2023. Google said you won’t be allowed to target to audiences based on gender, ag…
GPT-4 Turbo Coming To Microsoft Copilot / Bing Chat
Microsoft will be bringing GPT-4 Turbo to Copilot, formerly known as Bing Chat. It is unclear when Microsoft will update its AI models from GPT-4 to GPT-4 Turbo, but we know it is in the works.
Google Adds Organization Structured Data With More Business Details Support
Google has yet again launched new structured data named Organization structured data. This new Organization structured data merged the old logo and URL structured data for your business but also adds new fields such as name, address, contact informatio…
Expanding markup support for Organization details, including Logo structured data
Since 2013, Google has supported logo structured data, which recognizes two Organization
fields: logo and url. Today we’re expanding our support for organizational information by
extracting additional administrative data such as name…
Expanding markup support for Organization details, replacing the Logo feature
Since 2013, Google has supported logo structured data, which recognizes two Organization
fields: logo and url. Today we’re expanding our support for organizational information by
extracting additional administrative data such as name…
Sneak Peek: The MozCon 2024 Speaker Line-Up
Looking ahead to MozCon 2024, we’re unveiling the first 15 speakers who will be taking the stage come June.
Most SEOs Say Google’s November Core & Reviews Updates Will Complete In December, Not November
The Google November 2023 core update and Google November 2023 reviews update are still both rolling out, and we have no estimated time of when they will finish rolling out. Both are well past their estimated two-week rollout period. I ran a poll yeste…
Bing Chat / Microsoft Copilot Mode Usage: Balanced 70%, Creative & Precise 15% Each
Mikhail Parakhin from Microsoft shared how often the different modes in Microsoft Copilot, formerly known as Bing Chat, are used. There is Balanced mode, creative mode and precise mode. Balanced mode gets 60-70% of the usages, whereas the other two mo…