There are some reports of the reviews left on some Google Local Service Ads that say those reviews are being hijacked. In a sense, the reviews are being taken from one local listing and placed on another. Mike Blumenthal shared these details on Near Media and on X. He showed how this local business get […]
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Google Search Central Countdown 2023 Microsite
Google launched a special page on its Search Central portal with a countdown of 2023. This page has these hidden doors that contain resources that they found interesting or were otherwise noteworthy to the Search Central team in 2023. You can access it over here but you should check it out daily to see what […]
Google Search Adds Vacation Rental Structured Data, Rich Results & Reporting
Google has announced it now supports new structured data for vacation rentals, which adds rich results to the Google Search results for vacation rental listing pages. With that, Google also announced a new Google Search Console and an updated Rich Results testing tool for this structured data. Keep in mind that Google had a data […]
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Core Update Done Followed By Intense Search Volatility, New Structured Data, Google Ads Head Steps Down & 20 Years Covering Search
Google’s November 2023 core update finally finished rolling out this week, and it was the longest core update rollout. Then, a day later, we saw more intense Google search ranking volatility and chatter. Google added new organization structured data and also added a new profile page and discussion forum structured data, both with Search Console […]
20 Years Covering The Search Industry
20 years ago tomorrow (December 2, 2003), I started this blog aimed at archiving some of the best discussions within the search marketing community. It has now been 20 years that I’ve been writing on this site, covering what you – the search marketers are talking about from within the search community. Tomorrow marks the […]
Google Discover Showing Older Content Since Follow Feature
Typically, Google Discover shows content that is less than a day old, but it can show content that is weeks, months, or even years old. However, typically, Google will show more recent content in the Discover feed. Well, that may have changed with the new Google follow feature. Glenn Gabe, who is a very active […]
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Core & Reviews Update Not Done, Google Simple Search, Date Issues, Follower Counts & More
This week was much slower than the previous weeks, and yes, the core and reviews updates are not yet completed, and Google has no estimate for us on when they will be completed. Google seems to be testing a “Simple Search” feature. Google may still be getting the dates it shows for some search results […]
Google: No Estimate For Completion Of November Core & Reviews Updates
Many of you are wondering when the Google November 2023 core update and Google November 2023 reviews update will be completed. Normally these updates finish about two weeks after they start but now the core update is 22 days since it started and the reviews update is now 16 days since it rolled out. I […]
Google Ads Bug Sends Notice To Some Advertisers That Their Ad Accounts Were Suspended
Right before the Thanksgiving holiday season and right before the big holiday shopping season, with Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Google Ads sent emails to some advertisers telling them their ads are no longer running and their accounts were suspended. This was a technical issue, a bug, with the Google Ads system and Google said […]
Google Merchant Center Automatically Creating Promotions Based On Your Site
Google Merchant Center has been automatically creating and applying promotions to some of your products over the Black Friday holiday season. The truth is, Google has been doing this for some time, but more are noticing this now because there are a lot of discounts going around this season. In fact, the new Merchant Center […]