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Google Local Service Ads Seeing A Lot Of Fake Reviews

Google’s Local Service Ads are supposed to be screened, guaranteed, and reviewed by someone contracted by Google. But supposedly, the reviews in many Local Service Ads are filled with fake…

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Google Now Showing Three Local Service Ads Listings

Google is now showing three local service ads listings in both the mobile and desktop interface. Previously, Google has shown two local service ads listings, but as Len pointed out…

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Google Super Basic Video On SEO

Google’s Creators channel has released a super basic video on SEO and how to rank your content in Google Search. It covers four basic tips and makes it all sound…

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Google Search Trending Topics News Box On Mobile

Google Search seems to be testing a new “trending topics” section for some news queries in Google Search on mobile. This Trending Topics section lets you toggle and refine your…

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Google Search Timer & Stopwatch Stop Ticking

The Google countdown timer and stopwatch feature seem to have stopped working. It seemed the Google stopwatch stopped ticking on July 19th. This feature first came up in Google about…

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Google Tests “Reviews Aren’t Verified” Label

Google is testing a new label to notate that the reviews aren’t verified in Google Search and Google Map. The label is above the reviews in the local business listing…

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Google People Also Ask Back To Normal Levels

Ten days ago, we reported that the people also ask feature dropped down 30 percentage points in terms of how often the feature is shown in Google Search. Well, now…

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Google Local Pack Hours Filter By Day Of Week

Google Search’s local pack has for a long time let you filter the local results by hours of operation. But I am not sure when Google added by the day…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 20, 2022

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 is going…

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Google Tests New AR Prototypes – Watch Out Google Glass

Google announced it will begin testing new AR, augmented reality, experiences in the public with a limited number of Googlers and trusted testers. These include in-lens displays, microphones, and cameras,…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 19, 2022

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. We had another…

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Bing Tests Knowledge Panel Poll Tests

Microsoft Bing may be testing polls for the knowledge panels they display on the right panel. If you search for [joe biden], and scroll down the right side knowledge panel,…

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Think With Google Test My Site Portal Sunsetting

Google six years ago launched a new Test My Site portal in the Think with Google portal. Well, that feature is going away soon, in the next few months Google…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 15, 2022

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 had a…

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Confirmed: Google Ads Advertiser Console Delayed

So while Google Search is currently having massive indexing issues, the Google Ads advertiser console is having issues loading ad spend and other data. Google confirmed the issue saying “affected…

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Bing “See Your Ad Here” Spot

Microsoft is testing in Bing Search a link named “see your ad here.” I guess this is promoting Microsoft Advertising’s search ad platform to encourage advertisers to bid on those…

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Google Product Results Carousel With Highlights

Google Shopping results have shown top highlights for products some time but now it seems Google is testing showing the number of available product highlights in the carousel of product…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 14, 2022

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 Analytics 4…

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Google Popular Products Section Gains Videos

Google is testing adding a videos section to the popular products feature in Google Search. Personally, I do not yet see this, but Punit shared screenshots of this on Twitter.

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Bing Image Search “Shop For” Box

Microsoft has a new feature for Bing Image Search where it shows a “shop for” box in the results. When you click on the shop for section, it does not…

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Google Search Tests Get There, Weather & Map Cards

Google Search seems to be testing new location and destination cards in Google search. These cards show “get there,” “weather,” “map cards” and more features.

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Google My Business App No Longer Available

We knew that when Google rebranded Google My Business to Google Business Profile that Google will be doing away with the Google My Business App. And now that day has…

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Google Posts Now Expire After 6 Months

Google sent out email notifications to those who use Google Posts that they now expire after six months. Ben Fisher shared a screenshot of this notification on Twitter that read…

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Google Ads Updates Rules For Abortion Ads

Google has posted changes or updates for those who are advertising around abortion topics. These changes impact advertisers providing medication abortions or abortion pills.

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Google Tests Large Images In Search Ads Again

Google is once again testing showing very large images and a very large image in the search ads again. These Google Ads take up a lot of search result page…

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Huge Drop In Google People Also Ask

Google seems to be showing the people also ask feature a lot less often now on desktop. According to Semrush and RankRanger, it was at about 60% of queries showing…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 8, 2022

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. Check out the…

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New Improved Google Ads Location Targeting Options

Google Ads seems to have added new location targeting options for your campaigns that let you better control who is seeing your search ads in Google. The options let you…

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Google Ads Diagnostic Insights Now On Overview Page

Google Ads has added the diagnostic insights on the Insights and Overview page of the ad console. Diagnostic insights help you identify common reasons why your campaign may not be…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 6, 2022

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 has a…