Google is testing displaying a business profile listing in an overlay interface within the web search results instead of taking you into the Google Maps interface. So when you click on a business listing in the local pack, instead of taking it into Google Maps to view more details on that business, Google is testing […]
I am starting to see early signs of a possible Google search ranking algorithm update touching down this morning, April 3rd. The automated tracking tools are not picking it up yet, but I am seeing some chatter from SEOs who are up already checking their traffic. The first place I spotted this chatter was in […]
Google Business Profiles seems to allow some restaurants to copy a menu that it thinks it pulled for that restaurant from another source and use that copied menu to start to build your own menu in Google Business Profiles. Lluc B. Penycate spotted this feature the other day and posted about it on Twitter asking […]
Google has extended the Google Ads Government documents and official services policy for several weeks, from March 31, 2023, to May 24, 2023. This was previously announced in late January, and we covered itbut now Google made two changes to that announcement. The two changes include: Extending the enforcement date from March 31, 2023 to […]
Google finished rolling out the March 2023 broad core update on Tuesday, and it took about 13 days to roll out. Microsoft said they are exploring sharing ad revenue from Bing Chat with publishers through the Microsoft Start program. Microsoft executives also mocked Google for Bard’s lack of citations and said Bing Chat is better. […]
Google Search seems to be testing a new product carousel titles “products gaining attention.” I assume this carousel shows products that are being viewed or clicked on more often than they were previously, but I am not sure. This was spotted by Khushal Bherwani who shared a few screenshots of this on Twitterhere is one, […]
It looks like review spammers are using ChatGPT and other AI tools to generate fake reviews. These reviews are being posted in Google Business Profile local listings and causing a headache for small businesses. I spotted this via the Local Search Forum but it was also posted on the Review Fraud website recently as well. […]
Several weeks ago, Google enabled the ability to export your Google Search Console data in bulk, automatically, to Google’s BigQuery. Now, Google announced that you can do this across multiple properties in Google Search Console into a single Google Cloud project. Google said on Twitter“Following feedback from the community, today we’re updating bulk data exports […]
the Google March 2023 Broad Core update finished rolling out yesterday morning at about 10:30 am ET. It took 13 days to roll out, kicking off on March 15th at 10:30 am ET and completing on March 28th at 10:30 am ET. Please note that the website shows it started later in the day but […]
Google updated the Core Web Vitals report in Google Search Console on March 27, 2023. The update may have resulted in a change in the number of URLs in your Core Web Vitals report, the search company wrote. Google wrote, “You may see a change in the number of URLs in your Core Web Vitals […]