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Christmas is in five days and today Google has launched its Christmas decorations for Google Search. As an FYI, Google launched the Chanukah decorations on December 3, 2023 but now…

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Google has documented how it Google handles sites with a high proportion of non-consensual explicit imagery. Google updated its spam policies and the Google ranking systems guide with links to…

Gary Illyes from Google explained when he thinks it makes sense to use a hierarchical versus flat structure for your website. In short, he said larger sites might benefit from…

Here is a wild bug in Google where the Google Ads description is just about 90 words. The limit Google Ads has for description is 90 characters, not 90 words…

Over the past few months or so there has been a lot of complaints both from the SEO community and the general internet community about the quality of the Google…

Google’s Ginny Marvin confirmed that Google Ads is testing placing ad headlines in your ad descriptions. This was spotted by advertisers, Anthony Higman who posted on X a screenshot showing…

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Google’s John Mueller said in the last Google SEO office-hours from December 2023 that there is no such thing as perfect SEO. He said, “in fact no SEO is perfect.”

Google is now testing a new label, in text format, that reads advertised identify verified or identify verified on individual Google Ads in the search results. Previously we saw blue…

Google is testing a new design and layout for its medical and health-related results in the mobile search results. The new design looks like some other user interface tests we’ve…

A common question I hear from new SEOs is why Google is not taking action against the spam I reported to them. A competitor or site is ranking well because…

With all the Google Shopping try on features, it looks like Google is rolling out a sparkle animation feature for the Google Image shopping search results. It shows you the…

Google announced additional integration support between Google Analytics 4 and AdSense. Google originally added integration in June 2023 between GA4 and AdSense but now “if you’re using GA4 subproperties or…

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

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…

Earlier this month we covered a report from Sterling Sky that said the Google Local search ranking algorithm now uses if a location is open as part of its local…

You’d expect that the Google search ranking volatility would calm as we get closer to the holiday break, Christmas timeframe. But no. Google’s search ranking volatility is ever so heated,…

Google announced late on Friday that starting on February 1, 2024, it will start to enforce the consent management requirements for Google Search Ads publisher products, such as AdSense for…

Google Merchant Center is beta testing a new score card to help merchants understand how their browsing experience score is doing. This card is called “Browsing Experience” and it shows…

Google can now show video labels or indicators to some news stories in the top stories section of Google Search. The video label is added under the snippet on the…

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

The Google search results have been very volatile the whole past week, and most SEOs think Google will confirm another algorithm update before 2023 comes to a close. Google Groups…

Google has added to some listings in the local panel in its search results a “Share” button within the three dots in that listing. Previously, the three dots had the…

There is a bug with the Google Business Profile agency dashboard where owners and managers cannot accept new invites. The issue started a few days ago, Google is aware of…

Google is testing an image box that you can click on and expand to reveal images. Google’s mobile search results can show an image link, that if you click on…

Google is testing placing the search bar at the bottom of the Google Search App. This might be an Android only test right now, but some users are noticing that…

A couple of years ago, Google added a filter to its shopping search results for “get it by” a specific date. Now with the Google Search results getting more e-commerce-like,…

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

For the past few days or so it seems that the Google Search Console API has been delayed. There has been complaints about this on social media and in the…

A couple of weeks ago, Google introduced a new Google Ads policy saying it won’t allow personalization of ads for consumer finance in the United States or Canada. Well, it…

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…

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…

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…

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…