Get To Know Google’s Before: and After: Search Operators
Introduced in 2019, the before: and after: search operators help you find webpages that were published during a specific time period. The post Get To Know Google’s Before: and After:…
Introduced in 2019, the before: and after: search operators help you find webpages that were published during a specific time period. The post Get To Know Google’s Before: and After:…
An SEO asked Google’s John Mueller if it is okay or even a good idea to publish blank or empty pages so Google can find those URLs? John Mueller said…
Microsoft Advertising now requires advertiser identity verification to ensure that customers see ads from trusted sources, which improves customer experiences, the company said. “As part of this program, advertisers will…
Google is holding an SEO meetup, a NYC Search Central meetup, on June 27th at 4:30pm, at the Google New York office. I believe this is a 3 hour event,…
I found a super interesting question on Twitter the other day where someone asked, would it be possible for Google Search to use Microsoft Bing’s index when Google has no…
We have seen Google tests various labels for its Google Ads in search, including “Ads,” “Sponsored,” and of course “Advertisement.” But now we are seeing the full written out “Advertisement”…
Just when you thought the Google core update was done, we have been seeing big tremors this week that make us question if it was really done. Google product reviews…
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Instagram will soon begin testing a full screen redesign of its main feed. The post Instagram’s Main Feed Is Going Full Screen appeared first…
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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…
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If you search for some brands like Nike, Adidas, etc, you may see Microsoft Bing show a coupon element in the search result snippet. This seems to be an organic…
Google is testing hiding the local pack within a locations tab that expands when you tap on it or the arrow down. When it expands, it shows you the full…
Google seems to be testing a new format for featured snippets in the search results. This new layout has multiple answers, from multiple sites/sources in a card view at the…
Google is testing a new local widget for businesses owners to help them maintain their Google Business Profile. The widget is named “profile strength” and it shows up in the…
Google is testing a frequently asked questions section in the Google News tab in Google Search that is built out trending searches related to this story. I am not sure…
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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 Search Console…
Facebook plans to turn its main feed into a ‘discovery engine’ for video content, according to an internal memo sent to employees. The post Facebook To Restructure Main Feed Around…
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There is a complaint in the Local Search Forums from a local SEO saying that Google has emailed businesses of the local SEO with a message that they automatically turned…
Google has pushed out three Product Reviews Updates, the latest being in March 2022. There was some confusion on if that March Product Reviews Update was more global in nature…
The folks over at RankRanger have begun to track how often the Things To Know box show up in the Google Search results. It turns out, based on their data,…
On April 1st we caught Google testing a scrollable right side panel for related images. Well, it seems like that test was not just for images but also for other…
You probably all know the answer to this question, since we covered this countless times. But John Mueller of Google made a super short official Google from Google saying some…
Google has just announced that it updated its reports in Search Console to show if an error is invalid or valid in terms of it being an issue for Google…
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TikTok shares the second installment of its Path-to-Purchase Report, a study showing TikTok’s impact on purchase journeys – from discovery to consideration to post-purchase evangelism. The post Research Reveals TikTok’s…
Here’s how it works: If the answer to both questions is “yes,” then SEO is probably worth it for you. This is because SEO increases your chance to rank high…
Google holds over 85% of global desktop search traffic and gets billions of searches per day. Google’s advertising revenue through Google Ads was $209.49 billion in 2021, the majority of…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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Google’s John Mueller was asked on Twitter if 301 redirected links pass full credit or not. John responded that “I wouldn’t see it as “full credit or not”, but rather…
Google seems to be testing a new section titled “explore.” In this section you can find articles about the topic broken into subject topics of sorts.
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Microsoft Bing seems to be testing a new local pack design. This new design is more minimalistic right off the bat, and when you click on one of the local…
Google Search is testing a filter button for shopping related query refinement. I personally do not see this but Saad AK posted a screencast of this, showing a filter button…
Google AdSense launched a new labs feature named AdSense shopping links. Google said with these AdSense Shopping links, AdSense will add shopping links to the content of your eligible pages….
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Google, TikTok, and other tech giants reportedly agree to revisions of EU’s anti-disinformation code, which will have companies share more information with the European Commission. The post Google, TikTok, &…
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 interviewed Josepha Haden Chomphosy, Executive Director of WordPress at WordCamp Porto. Find out what she has to say about current and future WordPress developments. The post The Future Of…
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Google has recently added new information around Vary: Cookie support in the signed exchanges Google Search help documents. This comes shortly after Google decided to bring support signed exchanges for…
You probably get these emails all the time from a third-party Google Ads rep asking you to make adjustments to your campaigns, specifically to increase budgets and to go all…
Twitter, sometime over the past week or so, has removed the nofollow attribute from its links. This is unusual for a number of reason, the largest is that Twitter had…
Google is removing the legacy Google Search Console messages on August 1, 2022. If you try to access the old messages console Google has a warning at the top that…
As you remember, the Google May 2022 core update officially started on May 25th and officially ended on June 9th. But like we said initially, we felt it started or…
In part one, Alcides Aguasvivas is a co-founder of Pix-l Graphx spoke to me about how he started him firm 18 years ago while in college. In part two we…
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John Mueller answers the question of whether there’s a ranking effect from the use of a Content Delivery Network (CDN) The post Does Using A CDN Improve Ranking? appeared first…
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Poor reviews on Google make your “digital storefront” look bad. Take action quickly to remove spam reviews and know what to do if you can’t. The post How To Delete…
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Google processes more than 8.5 billion searches every day. That’s more than 100,000 searches per second, thousands of which could lead a user to a purchase. It’s no wonder, then,…
LinkedIn is launching a free tool called Business Manager that’s designed to simplify the marketing efforts of B2B professionals. The post LinkedIn Launching Free Tool For B2B Professionals appeared first…
Choosing a domain name is an important step for launching a website, so it’s important to make the right choice. The post Is There Ranking Power In Keyword Domains? appeared…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Google Ad Manager receives eight changes and tweaks in a recent update including integration with Google Analytics 4 (GA4), optimized pricing, and more. The post Google Ad Manager Gets 8…
We see Googlers over the years downplay, nullify and even mock some SEO metrics. They’ve done this with third-party tools and their own tools – heck, that is why they…
At Google I/O we caught a super early glimpse of the video page indexing report. Well, now some of those who are part of the beta group in Google Search…
Google’s John Mueller was asked if there is an SEO benefit to hosting on a CDN, a content delivery network. The short answer is no, as long as your host…
It seems like there is another set of reviews going missing or being removed by Google in the Google Maps and local listings. Joy Hawkins noticed an increase in complaints…
This week, we had a lot of vocality around the Google core update and it has officially completed rolling out yesterday…
There is currently a trending issue in the Google Web Search Help forums with complaints around the Google Search App not letting searchers to save images to their devices anymore.
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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…
Last year, Google began tightening controls around financial products and service ads in the UK. Well, now Google is expanding those policies to more regions starting with Australia, Singapore and…
There is currently no safe mechanism for European publishers, or any publishers outside of the US, to block US based users and also not block Googlebot or Google from your…
Google’s John Mueller was asked at the 1:20 mark in Friday’s Google hangout about serving two or more HTTP result status codes. If you serve two more more, which does…
Google has announced this morning at 3:44am ET that the May 2022 broad core update is now done rolling out. Google said “The May 2022 core update rollout is now…
Google announced that version 11 of the Google Ads API is now available. Version 10.1 was released on April 27, 2022 and version 10.0 was released on February 9, 2022….
Google confirms the core update it began rolling out on May 25 is officially complete. Now you can get an accurate assessment of the impact. The post Google May 2022…
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