Google now has a notice when you add Google Posts in Google My Business that those posts can appear not just on Google properties but third-party sites. Claire Carlile posted a screenshot of Google notifying her of this and asked on Twitter “which third party sites would posts appear on?” Here is a screenshot of
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Google now may decide to review your Google My Business product uploads manually and approve or reject those. Usama Ali posted screenshots on Twitter of the this happening for his product uploads. Google posts a notice that “your product is being reviewed.” Google adds that “it may take up to 30 minutes. Product will be
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Google announced that the link spam update that initially began rolling out on July 26, 2021 is now done rolling out as of August 24, 2021. That is over a full-month of rolling for that update and two-weeks longer than Google initially said. Here is Google’s announcement that it is done rolling out: And we’re
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Last September, in 2020, we reported that Google was testing the people also search for in the auto-complete search suggestions drop down. Well, those tests have not stopped. Here are more examples from Brodie Clark from the past week or so. In fact, I get numerous people sending me these examples every week, so Google
In today’s world, we get more than a handful of emails each day. From friends and colleagues to discounts from our favorite stores, our inboxes can easily get cluttered. While some of those emails get opened, we can’t deny that most are just marked as read or, even worse, moved to trash. So put
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Has your organic search traffic plummeted in recent months, and you can’t figure out why? While it’s very unlikely these days, negative SEO could be the culprit. But before we talk about detecting, deflecting, and fighting negative SEO, let’s make sure we understand what it is… Negative SEO is when a competitor uses black-hat tactics to attempt
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Here is an old photo from 2017 of two people together, one holding a clear Google umbrella inside a building. Isn’t there a thing about not opening an umbrella inside? Anyway, here is that photo from Instagram. This post is part of our daily Search Photo of the Day column, where we find fun and
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J Turnbull posted a poll on Twitter asking SEOs if COVID changed how you do SEO. Like any SEO poll, the results were somewhat mixed. But of the 259 responses (not a ton), 52.5% said no, COVID did not change how they do SEO. 21.6% said COVID did change how they do SEO and 22%
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Google Ads seems to have launched a redesign for the campaign set up form/wizard. The new interface moves the steps from the top to the left hand side bar, and takes you through a new step by step process to set up your Google Ads campaigns. Andrea Cruz was the first to notify me of
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Google is testing a number of additional carousels in Google Search. These carousels are titled “research,” “people also shop” and “similar products.” Here are screenshots and screencasts of these in action from those who spotted them. I should note, this is my fast way of catching up from my week on vacation, so sorry for
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