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What’s up with the unconfirmed Google search ranking updates in July?

Google’s Maverick update is still being talked about in the SEO industry but Google has yet to officially comment on it Between July 11 and July 18 the search industry picked up on somewhat significant volatility in the Google search results rankings. This was picked up by...
Posted On 14 Aug 2019
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‘Swipe to Visit’ has arrived on Google Images

AMP-enabled sites will display as previews on image search results. Google has launched “Swipe to Visit,” an Images search feature that displays a preview of an AMP-enabled website’s header after a user selects an image result. The user can then swipe up on the preview to load...
Posted On 31 Jul 2019
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Merkle: Google ad growth slowed, Microsoft gained with Yahoo in Q2

The Verizon Media transition helped propel Microsoft Advertising’s shopping ad growth among Merkle’s client base last quarter. Ad spend growth on Google search ads slowed while desktop spend on Microsoft Advertising had its strongest quarter in more than three years in the...
Posted On 24 Jul 2019
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What do you do if Google My Business doesn’t understand your business?

Pop-up shops, mobile by design, are legitimate businesses but Google has no easy way to help you find them. Without question, Google My Business (GMB) is the lifeblood of most local organizations that want to be found online. According to the most recent Moz Local Search Ranking...
Posted On 09 Jul 2019
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Be smart, advertisers. Here’s how to approach rising Google brand CPC

While we are at the mercy of Google’s auction systems in determining CPC, we can install safeguards to ensure increases are controlled. Branded keywords, or keywords that include the name of the advertiser bidding on those keywords, have long been a source of controversy in the...
Posted On 29 Jun 2019
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Google Search Console adds search within markup and copy with tweaking

Check out these two new features in Google Search Console. Google announced two new features for Google Search Console’s testing tools Monday. Within the Google URL testing tools, such as the AMP test, rich results test and URL Inspection tool, you can now search within your...
Posted On 25 Jun 2019
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RSA editing comes to Google Ads app

Negative keyword management is also now available in the Google Ads app. If you wanted another sign that Google is not backing away from responsive search ads (RSAs), even though they are still in beta, here’s one: you can now create and edit RSAs in the Google Ads app for...
Posted On 21 Jun 2019
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Google Adds Link To Lyrics Provider & Former Googler Blames Ranking Team For Confused Lyric Result

Yesterday, as expected, Google added a link to the footer of the lyrics box to show who they licensed the lyrics from. So now Google can fully say who they got this content from. But what I found even more interesting was how former Google search quality engineer, Brian White,...
Posted On 20 Jun 2019
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Google tests showing weekly site visits in automated ad extension

The extension is further highlighted with a people icon. Google has several types of automated extensions that can display in search ads — seller ratings, call extensions, dynamic sitelinks, etc. It’s currently testing a new version that highlights a site’s popularity. Spotted by...
Posted On 14 Jun 2019
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Google and Bing talk web spam and penalties

How Bing and Google do algorithm updates to improve their search results and how to deal with penalties.   SEATTLE — Frédéric Dubut, lead of the spam team at Bing and Fili Wiese, a former Googler who worked on spam and manual actions, spoke together on stage about algorithms...
Posted On 07 Jun 2019
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