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John Shehata is the Global Vice Present of Audience Development Strategy & CRM at Condé Nast. John also founded NewzDash.com, an SEO software toolset for news publishers. But more importantly, John is a 20+ year SEO vet that has a deep passion about news SEO. We spoke for a pretty long time but the conversation […]

Google is testing displaying a magnifying glass that overlays on the right bottom section of the mobile search results. When you scroll through the mobile search results, this magnifying glass icon shows up that you can click on to refine your query. This was spotted by Vlad Rappoport and he shared the screenshot with me

Google has updated the look and design of its pride signage at the Google New York City office. It use to be rainbow pride colors for the Os, but now Google made them more stylistic. Here is the new logo, but you can see the 2020 and 2019 versions here to compare. This photo was

Microsoft Bing added (not sure how new this is) a feature named “explore this page” to its search results. When you click on the arrow to explore the page, an overlay box comes up in the search results showing you the topics you can find on that page. I spotted this via Twitter, and here

I was expecting as of this morning that I’d see significant signals that the Google June 2021 core update has landed. But at the time of posting this, I am not seeing “significant” signals of this, but I am seeing some less significant signals. Many, not all, of the tools are showing volatility and some

If you search for [seo] and look at the knowledge panel on the right, you will see a section that says “Monthly cost: $2819 per month.” That links to an SEO company’s SEO packages page but it makes it looks like the monthly cost for SEO is that fee, no matter what firm you hire.

In 2019, Google My Business added the ability for businesses to create short names – i.e. short URLs – for your Google business profile in Google Maps or Google Search. Well, Google said it will no longer allow businesses to create or edit their short names anymore. Google updated its help document to say “Important:

It was a pretty busy week, with Google releasing a new core update after not having one is about six months. This core update is named the June 2021 Core Update and Google said part two of this update will rollout next month, the July 2021 core update. I spend a lot of time going

Google seems to be testing a bunch of variations and adjustments to the local panel in the mobile search results. Amy Toman posted a few examples on Twitter, both video screen casts and screen shots. The “see all” link versus “more about company” button: Found another one. ???? pic.twitter.com/4E6JTgrKg7 — Amy Toman ???? (@BubblesUp) June

Google has launched a new label in the local search results, both the local pack in Google Search and in the Google local results in Google Maps. The new label reads “new on Google” with an announcement speaker blue icon. Here is a screenshot I was able to replicate myself: This was spotted first by