In Google’s fifth release of the product reviews updateGoogle added that linking to multiple sellers is part of the overall algorithm. Alan Kent from Google said yesterday on Twitter that when all else is equal, “linking to multiple providers might get a small boost.” Reminder, Google wrote on this product reviews update, “include links to […]
Do you know that many factors equally contribute to giving you a restful sleep? Some of these are; ● Tidiness in the room ● Comfortability of the bed, mattress, and pillows ● Level of mentality, stress levels ● Lighting in the room ● Breathing patterns Since you can control all the external factors, your breathing […]
This week, we learned that Google’s Panda update at one point in time evolved into what was called the Google Coati update. Google also had another weekend update last week. Google Search Console added a new shopping tab with more streamlined Merchant Center integration. Google said they now recommend dots over commas for review snippet […]
To start things off, I quickly covered the monthly Google webmaster report. Google also had some big unconfirmed update on or around October 28th. Google confirmed a search bug with top stories and search features starting on October 18th through October 28th. I provided one example of one site that got slammed by the Google […]
A new study from Sterling Sky shows that putting keywords in the local reviews on business listings does not help improve the local listings ranking in Google Search. The study said, “it does not improve rankings.” In short, the study put reviews with the keyword phrases “fresh cut Christmas trees” and “Christmas trees” in the […]
There are numerous reports of Google doing some mass pruning and removals of reviews from the local maps results, from Google Business Profile listings. This is done every now and then, it is unclear if this is a bug or some new filter being applied to already approved reviews. Jason Brown posted a chart in […]
Google has updated documentation on writing product reviews, which helps guide buyers as to how your product differentiates from competitors. This helps the user to choose the best purchase option that meets their needs and is within their budget. But how will this impact e-commerce and consumer behavior? The consumer is the one who dictates […]
This week, Google pushed out a revamped Google Webmaster Guidelines and renamed it the Google Search Essentials. Google also seemed to release an unconfirmed Google search ranking algorithm update. Google told us that the product reviews update primarily works on a page-level basis but not always. Google added three examples of what types of pages […]
Google’s Danny Sullivan told us that the Google product reviews update primarily evaluates product review content on a page-level basis, but not always. Danny added “for sites that have a substantial amount of product review content, any content within a site might be evaluated by the update.” Danny wrote on Twitter “the product reviews update […]
This week, I posted the monthly Google webmaster report, an excellent place to catch up on the past month in SEO. Glenn Gabe shared some wild charts showing how Google’s various search algorithms can’t make up its mind about on-site quality. Google Search Console’s queries report in Google Analytics UA3 is not passing query data. […]