This past week the top ranking factors for local search in 2017 were revealed. Google has been implementing efforts to turn Image Search into a shopping destination. Search results for blogs have received a facelift. Lastly, a new trick was discovered which will make it easier than ever for site owners to submit URLs to Google’s […]
Google’s Mobile-First Index Not Coming This Year, + More in This Week’s SEO & SEM News Roundup
This week Google announced it will be retiring its ‘Trusted Stores’ program and introducing something that’s arguably better. Google launched a new accreditation program for mobile sites. The search giant is cracking down hard on fake Google Maps listings. Google has put new measures in places to thwart fake news. It’s gotten slightly more difficult […]
Reclaim Your GMB Listing, Exact Match is No Longer Exact Match, + More in This Week’s SEO & SEM News Roundup
Google has made some changes to mobile search which will give users one-tap access to the exact type of information they’re looking for. Several updates have been rolled out to paid search, which also includes ads on YouTube. It’s now easier to reclaim ownership of a Google My Business listing. In another update from Google […]
Google Gets Serious About Offensive and Inaccurate Content, + More in This Week’s SEO & SEM News Roundup
This past week Google announced it’s going to start getting serious about making sure searchers won’t land on content that’s either upsetting, offensive, or inaccurate. On that note, Google is also increasing its efforts to ensure ads do not appear against controversial content. Also in display ad news, Google is starting to add location extensions […]
New Mobile Page Speed Benchmarks, + More in This Week’s SEO & SEM News Roundup
Do you know how to properly close down your site for a day without doing any damage to search rankings? Google does, and this week the search giant gave its official recommendations on exactly what you should do. Google continued to roll out updates related to Google Assistant this week — the company’s AI-powered voice […]
Google Assistant Coming to Many More Devices, Site Search Shutting Down, + More in This Week’s SEO News Roundup
This past week Google doubled down on some of its new services while announcing it will be retiring one of its legacy services. The company is taking new measures to combat piracy and hurtful comments on the web. Gboard has been updated with a sorely needed feature. Google’s virtual assistant is coming to more devices, […]
A Google Algorithm Update Occurred on February 7th, + More in This Week’s SEO & SEM News Roundup
This week evidence was revealed that an unofficial but significant Google algorithm update occurred in February, Google gave its official recommendations on how to hire an SEO consultant, the search giant is now offering up “fun facts” in search results, Google’s iOS app received an update, and Bing Ads has improved its audience targeting capabilities. […]
Google Dominating Mobile, Updates to Local and Mobile Search, + More in This Week’s SEO & SEM News Roundup
This week we learned more about the impact of Google’s mobile interstitials penalty, Google has a commanding lead of the mobile search market share, updates were made to local search, and Bing released a couple of updates for both paid and organic search. Full details about each of this past week’s top stories are included […]
Auto-Sync Google AdWords With Bing Ads, + Much More in This Week’s SEO and SEM News Roundup
This week, enhancements were made to search across all platforms. Google Maps search for iOS and Android received unique updates, and mobile search on Android is running a new test. In paid search news — Google made some notable changes to YouTube advertising, and syncing AdWords with Bing Ads has become easier than ever. Lastly, […]
Google Not Giving Up on Google+, Matt Cutts Resigns, + More in This Week’s SEO News Update
This week, a longtime Google employee confirmed his resignation from the company, Google announced plans to revive a failing product, and some tests involving AdWords and YouTube have been discovered which could end up being permanent fixtures of search results. More details about each of these headlines are included in this week’s SEO news roundup. […]
