Google added deeper insights for those who use merchant listings to see how well their merchant listings are performing within the Google Image Search tab. A new search appearance filter…
Now that Google is encouraging publishers to use proper lastmod dates in their sitemap files, what happens if your lastmod date is incorrect and shows the wrong date. Gary Illyes…
Google seems to be testing categorizing or organizing the search results on the search results page. This is something Google announced it would do at Google I/O and also something…
Apple held its WWDC event yesterday and while I found Craig Federighi’s helmet used for jumping out of the airplane in the Apple skydiving suit to be super entertaining, Apple…
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Google’s Search Liaison responds to the idea of CTR for ranking and to suggestions of connections with the HCU The post Google’s Statement About CTR And HCU appeared first on…
Apple unveils ChatGPT integration, sparking concerns about search, discoverability, and closed ecosystems. The post Apple’s AI Push: ChatGPT For Everyone, But At What Cost? appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google’s Search Console now provides ecommerce sites data on product listing performance across Google’s shopping surfaces. The post Google Gives Merchants New Insights Into Shopping Search Performance appeared first on…
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 Search Liaison…
The Google Search Liaison, Danny Sullivan, gave a more specific comment to specific signals and elements mentioned in the search leak, well above and beyond what is mentioned in the…
Last week we reported that Googlebot will pretty much halt crawling and indexing websites using its desktop crawler and just crawl using its smartphone crawler (which caused a lot of…
John Mueller from Google responded to a question on Reddit about the likelihood of fixing just 10 pages out of 20,000 pages on a site, how that might help that…
Google paused Google Business Profiles restatements for the locksmith industry but has now resumed those requests and is working through the backlog now. Google paused them early last week and…
Google is currently working on fixing a bug that prevents the product variant structured data from showing rating stars in the search. This bug was spotted by Jarno van Driel…
Google is once again testing showing five local results, a five-pack, instead of the typical 3 local results, a three-pack, in the search results local results section. Google tested this…
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Google’s John Mueller answers whether a May 2024 ranking drop was caused by ten problematic webpages The post Google: Can 10 Pages Impact Sitewide Rankings? appeared first on Search Engine…
Hope you are all having a nice relaxing weekend because it seems like the Google Search rankings were super volatile again this past Saturday. I am seeing a spike in…
Google fixed a longstanding issue with site names not showing correctly in the search results when inner pages were ranked The post Google Quietly Fixed Site Names In Search Results…
Google reveals the internal decision-making process for public disclosing incidents that affect search, crawling and indexing The post Google On How It Manages Disclosure Of Search Incidents appeared first on…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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Google had some more intense search ranking volatility this week, both on June 1st and also around June 5th. Google said white-labeled coupon sites would be penalized by its site…
Google has placed a notice at the top of the Google Search Console removal tool that says, “Cache updates are no longer available.” It added that you “can still request…
Google has removed the How-to enhancement report from Google Search Console. When Google stopped showing how-to rich results in the search results, it said it would keep the reports “for…
In addition to the shop deals top bar we spotted earlier, now we are seeing reports of Google Search testing a shopping search filter bar at the top. This makes…
Google Image search is testing the ability to pinch to zoom, to expand the details on a specific image within the mobile interface. So instead or in addition to clicking…
In March 2023 Google began testing a new design for the Google Ads advertiser console. Google announced that it will start to roll out this new design to all advertisers…
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Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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There has been a tremendous amount of confusion around the news that Google will stop indexing sites that are completely inaccessible via a mobile phone after July 5th. Google will…
Google has updated its coupons FAQs in the original Google March core update blog post to clarify which sites would be hit by the site reputation abuse policy. Google wrote…
Google Merchant Center seems to be testing a whole slew of new analytics for the Merchant Center console. The data itself is not new but the UX is, and I…
Microsoft sent emails to some Microsoft Advertising advertisers to let them know that if they have run an import from Google Ads to their Microsoft Advertising account, going forward, Microsoft…
Google Ads has released a major version release for the Google Ads API, version 17. Version 17 includes preparation for resource usage policy changes, page size changes, batch reporting changes,…
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Google published a case study showing how adding structured data and improving crawlability nearly doubled the amount of clicks to the site The post Google Case Study Shows Importance Of…
At MozCon, Rand Fishkin shared recommendations based on purported Google leaks, sparking skepticism and debate. The post Rand Fishkin At MozCon: Rethinking Strategies Amid Google API “Leak” appeared first on…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
I am seeing signs of yet another intense Google search ranking update and intense ranking volatility yesterday and into today, June 4th and 5th. Many of the tools are showing…
New data from BrightEdge shows that Google is showing far fewer AI Overviews than it did when it first launched them as a beta under the Search Generative Experience. Google…
Microsoft, in its monthly update, announced that it will be moving (or “upgrading” as they call it) smart shopping campaigns to Performance Max within the next couple of months. Microsoft…
Google has fixed an issue with site names not appearing for some internal pages, this has been an issue since December 2023. I checked some examples, and they are indeed…
Google News seems to be testing placing a header above news sources in the Google News follow interface, that says “how these stories are ranked.” I personally cannot replicate it,…
Google has updated its discussion forum structured data help documentation to clarify that SocialMediaPosting markup is also supported. Google did say that SocialMediaPosting should be used for sites that are…
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Google’s AI disrupts organic SEO; search scientist suggests pivoting strategies to commercial queries, local SEO, and better content. The post SEO In Crisis? Moz Search Scientist Warns Of Challenges Ahead…
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Ecommerce marketing is the process of making potential customers aware of your online store and generating sales. Using channels like search engines, social media, blog content, and email. When you…
Research by BrightEdge offers new details of which verticals experience more Google AI Overviews in search results The post Google AI Overviews: New Research Offers Insights appeared first on Search…
Whether you’re a solo business or a team, the right digital marketing tools can increase sales. And with artificial intelligence (AI) being added to almost every other software product, you’re…
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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 fixed the…
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Google said it will not index sites that are not accessible on mobile devices after July 5, 2024. “If your site’s content is not accessible at all with a mobile…
Google seems to be adding a people also ask like search refinement/expander for the popular products on Google Search. Below the popular products section there is this section that shows…
Last week, Google emailed its Google Ads and Google Analytics users with a heads-up about new privacy laws coming to some states in the United States. This involves topics around…
Just last week we reported that chat is going away from Google Business Profiles. Well, Google may be adding native SMS and WhatsApp messaging support for your Google Maps business…
The Google Search Console link report now seems to be fixed. As we reported last week, we saw a decline in links being reported by the tool, followed by a…
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SEO professionals can change their browser’s user-agent to identify issues with cloaking or audit websites on different devices. Learn the process here. The post How to Change User Agents in…
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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. There was a…
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What an absolutely wild month in Google Land – between the Google Search API leak, the intense ranking volatility in May, and AI Overviews launching and all the hoopla around…
Danny Sullivan, Google’s Search Liaison, said on X, “you or anyone who shares constructive feedback about our results should not feel like we’d be upset with them.” He went on…
A bunch of SEOs are now experimenting with how they can show up in the Google AI Overviews, not just remove themselves from AI Overviews. Cyrus Shepard posted a “mini…
Google seems to be testing renaming Google Discover to maybe Google Home or maybe Google Browse. I mean, it is not shocking Google would renamed Discover to something else. Discover…
As a reminder, Google has reiterated that when Google receives a search spam report, it does not take direct action against the violation or violating site. Instead, Google uses that…
ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS means the browser is stuck in a redirect loop & the page can‘t be accessed.
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Google has been super volatile over the past several weeks and now I am seeing even more volatility touch down on the first day of June, this past Saturday. It…
Discover the importance of header tags in web design and SEO. Optimize content structure and improve search rankings with these best practices. The post How To Use Header Tags: SEO…
Generally speaking, low-competition keywords are search terms where you likely don’t need many backlinks to rank on the first page of Google (backlinks are one of the most important ranking…
AI Overviews are Google search features with AI-generated summaries that draw from a range of sources.
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Google addresses concerns about AI overviews, while continuing to claim they lead to higher user satisfaction and more clicks. The post Google To Limit AI Overviews For “Nonsensical” Queries appeared…
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This was one heck of a week with Google’s search ranking data features being leaked…
Google’s Head of Search, Liz Reid, wrote a blog post last night named “AI Overviews: About last week.” She basically said that overall the vast majority of the AI Overviews…
For instance, here’s a popular SEO guarantee: And another possibly too-good-to-be-true guarantee: Not to mention this oh-so-safe and completely risk-free guarantee offering a “huge amount” of “naturel” backlinks 🙄 Sarcasm…
This morning, I was doing some news queries and noticed that, sporadically, the Google News tab was not returning results for some queries. I thought it was just me and…
Google is now showing a newish “shopping ideas” carousel within its search results. It can show up for a variety of queries and gives you a less promotional version of…
Google has added a “see also” section to some knowledge panels over the past few weeks. I think it is similar to the “people also search for” and related features…
Even after the Google search API data leak, even after it was confirmed by Google, still 10% of SEOs will continue to trust Google statements going forward. The wild thing…