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.” This is because the internet, web and search engines are always changing and so should your SEO. “The internet, search engines and how user search […]
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 ranking system. Google’s Search Liaison, Danny Sullivan, confirmed the change late on Friday saying, “we’ve long used “openness” as part of our local ranking systems, […]
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 the search bar is no longer at the top of the screen, but instead at the bottom. Eric Heiken sent me a screenshot of this […]
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 reveal an image grid section. If you don’t click on it, it won’t show the images. This was spotted by Khushal Bherwani who shared a […]
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 the bug and working on fixing the issue. There are several threads about the issue in the Google Business Profiles Forum with the complaints starting […]
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 ability to suggest an edit, learn more about the data and maybe claim the listing. Now Google brought back the share feature from 2017 within […]
For the original iTunes version, click here. 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 is no longer ranking as well in Google Search. Google said it has taken steps to combat what […]
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 details on why your business was suspended but now Google gives you a blue appeals button to fight back on that suspension. Molly Youngblood spotted […]
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 seems like that policy may be too overreaching and causing headaches for advertisers not even in the consumer finance space. PPCGreg showed an example on […]
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 Google forums. It is not uncommon for Search Console to run into these delays but I see a lot of recent complaints about this, so […]