Google confirmed a search ranking bug, a “very narrow issue,” as Google called it, that affected a “small number of websites” where those rankings would drop out of the Google Search results over the weekend and then reappear during the weekdays. Google’s statement. A Google spokesperson told Search Engine Land this issue has already been resolved … Read more
Google has quietly started testing placing headlines within the ad copy description text in live ads. Advertisers were not given prior notice about the ad copy variation experiment, and the uncertainty about the potential expansion of this test to more accounts has led to frustration within the community. Why we care. Changing the rules without … Read more
Recent findings by SEO professionals suggest that Google has recalibrated its local search algorithm, placing more emphasis on a business’s listed hours of operation as a key ranking signal. According to Joy Hawkins of Sterling Sky, the trend became noticeable after the November 2023 core update, leading to businesses that appear as closed being significantly … Read more
Google is retiring four rules-based attribution ****** for all properties in Google Ads and Google Analytics in mid-October 2023: First-click. Linear. Time decay. Position-based. The ****** listed above will be removed from both the Analytics user interface and Admin API. Why we care. If you’re using these ****** in Google Ads, it will affect you. And … Read more
Google has confirmed reports of an ongoing technical issue causing delays in indexing newly published web content. In a post published to X on Thursday evening, Google’s Search Liaison announced that the company is actively working to identify the root cause of the problem. However, Google didn’t provide an estimated timeline for resolving the issue. … Read more
Quality is a critical factor influencing nearly every aspect of search, according to a recent discussion between John Mueller and Gary Illyes of Google’s Search Relations team. During the recent “Search Off the Record” podcast, the two delved into quality’s role in everything from crawling and indexing to ranking. While quality content doesn’t guarantee high … Read more
Google’s John Mueller offered advice about the use of Google Sites for SEO, downplaying the usefulness of Google Sites for SEO. Google Sites Google Sites is a website creation service offered at sites.google.com/new with a signed-in Google account. The site is hosted website builder that’s free and published under a sites.google.com domain although one can … Read more
Google has confirmed an issue with indexing content from news publishers and surfacing that content in Google News. Google said it is working to fix the issue but the issue may result in a decrease in traffic from Google News. Google’s statement. Google posted a statement in the Google Search status report saying, “There’s an … Read more
May 2, 2018 | Posted by Shay Harel Get set to explore another wild month on the Google SERP as the search engine continues its trend of both confirming algorithm updates (with what is perhaps some ambiguity) and making major changes to what the SERP and its features look like. April, in particular, … Read more
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