Google is now showing products that businesses add through the Google Business Profile manager directly in Google Shopping search results. I wasn’t sure if this is new, but it seems most local SEOs think it is, so I am sharing it here. This was spotted by Colan Nielsen who posted this example on Twitter. He […]
Since the Google February 2023 product reviews update on February 21st, we’ve been seeing some pretty big swings in the search results – a lot of volatility, more than the norm. And that continued through the past weekend. As a reminder, we reported on very large fluctuations on March 1stspikes on February 25th and now […]
Google is testing a few interfaces for the Google Posts and updates in the local interfaces. One is to overlay the Google updates in the images for the business listing and the other is to show a “more posts” button in the Google Posts overlay in Google Search. Khushal Bherwani noticed the Google updates/posts text […]
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that it is an SEO myth to say you can use the nofollow attribute on links to hoard your links. He said, “You don’t hoard anything when you make links nofollow.” “It’s a common SEO myth,” he added. Some feel they can control how Google passes your link equity […]
Google announced it is testing a new design to help improve the workflow of advertisers in the Google Ads console. Google said it is “testing new designs to improve how the product is organized and make things easier to find—while continuing to provide the same tools and solutions you rely on to grow your business.” […]
This week we saw a lot more volatility from the Google Product reviews update, one last weekend and the other around March 1st. I also posted the big Google webmaster report for March 2023. Bing AI chat now lets you set the tone of the responses. Bing Chat also launched version 96, which improves hallucinations […]
Google’s John Mueller spoke a bit more about when you should update the date in the lastmod tag in the XML sitemap file. He said on Twitter if you are “providing something new for search engines that you’d like reflected in search,” then update the date, if not, then don’t. John said, “Are you providing […]
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter, “when it comes to web pages in Google Search, hashtags are just words, they have no special meaning or effect.” So if you are big into #hashtagging everything, Google will consume it as just content on the page. Here are those tweets: I’m not sure where you mean; when […]
Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Google Ads is nothing new. For years, the platform has been replacing manual processes and introducing AI to improve the performance of its clients’ ads. Examples of this are Smart Bidding, Responsive Ads, and various other improvements implemented on the platform to understand the target audience of campaigns and deliver better […]
I am seeing a much bigger spike in chatter within the SEO community this morning around another Google search ranking algorithm update. It might be related to the ongoing Google February 2023 product reviews update or it might be something new. Right now, the tools and the chatter within the community are pretty extreme. The […]