January 2025 Google Local Ranking Update (Unconfirmed)
There are reports of a major local search ranking change with Google Maps and Local Search results. The reports of this local search algorithm update started to funnel in over the weekend, with some saying they saw local listings rankings drastically c…
Google Discover Feed Showing More Sources For Stories Within Cards
Google is showing now sometimes showing more than one source for a story in the Google home page, Google Discover, feed. This can show up in a carousel format or a stacked format, just beneath the main story in your Discover feed.
Google: URLs Provide Minimal Additional Signals For Search Engines
The topic of URLs for SEO and ranking is one that has been around since search engines first existed and 25+ years later, it is still a popular topic. Google has said time and time again that keywords in URLs don’t offer a significant ranking boost for…
Google: Core Updates Do Not Impact Site Name Changes
Google said that core updates should have no impact on a site name in the Google Search results being updated or changed. When asked, John Mueller of Google wrote, “That shouldn’t be related to a core update.”
Blank Screenshot In Google Search Console URL Inspection Tool May Be Fine
Did you ever run the Google Search Console URL inspection tool, and click on the view crawled page link, and then see a blank screenshot under the screenshot tab? It might not be an issue, says Gary Illyes of Google. As long as you see the HTML you wan…
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 3, 2025
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Google says you do not need a blog in 2025…
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google New Years Ranking Volatility, 2024 Algorithm Updates, Gemini In 2025 & More
It’s the new year and why should that mean that Google Search calm down at all, in fact, it has been heated all holiday season, through New Years. I posted the 2024 Google algorithm update infographic. I also posted the January 2025 Google webmaste…
Google What People Are Saying Expandable Carousels
We’ve seen various flavors of the what people are saying sections in the search results before. We’ve even see Google use AI to return results within them. But it seems this expandable carousel format is live in the mobile Google search results now.
Google Ads API Does Not Currently Support Placement Exclusions For PMax
The Google Ads API currently does not accept or support placement exclusions for Performance Max campaigns. This is also the case even if specified at the account level, Michael Cloonan, a Google Ads API specialist, wrote.
Google: Adding Country Codes To URLs Won’t Help For SEO
Google’s John Mueller said that simply adding country codes to your URLs won’t result in “any change at all” for regional ranking reasons. He added, changing your URLs will result in “temporary fluctuations” because of the URL change but it won’t help …
Google: Startups In 2025 Don’t Necessarily Need A Blog
A Redditor posted a question asking if startups in 2025 need a blog. This was posted in the SEO section of Reddit, so John Mueller replied by just saying “no.” I guess a startup does not “need” a blog for SEO purposes, it is not a requirement.
Bing Tests Arrow Buttons For Sitelinks Like Google
Bing is now testing placing these arrow buttons, in a circle button format, next to the sitelinks. This is something Google has been testing on and off for some time in their search results as well.
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 2, 2025
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
I posted the big Google webmaster report for January 2025, the past month was so insane…
January 2025 Google Webmaster Report
Talk about a busy month – the last 30 days has been pretty wild. We had the November 2024 core update finish in December, then we had a new December 2024 core update start and finish, while also having the December 2024 spam update start and finish in …
Google Search Console Screenshot Is What Google Search Sees
Google’s John Mueller was asked if the Google Search Console screenshot feature in the URL Inspection Tool is what Google Search sees. John responded saying, “For the most part, yes” and then added some caveats.
Google Local: Places People Are Talking About
Google seems to be testing a new local search feature that is categorized as “Places people are talking about.” It shows you local restaurants with social media information, like posts from Instagram and Facebook, in a carousel format.
Edit Images With AI In Google Ads Asset Library
Google Ads launched a new beta to let you edit existing images in your Google Ads asset library. This was previously in Product Studio but according to Menachem Ani, a Google Ads professional, this is new to the Google Ads asset library.
Google Ads Leads From Messages Beta Conversion Goals
Google Ads has a new conversion goal that is in beta named “leads from messages.” Conversion goals labeled as account default will use data from all of your campaigns to improve your bid strategy and campaign performance, even if they don’t seem direct…
Google & Bing Search Team Activity On New Years 2025
Every year I report on how some Google representatives are active within the SEO communities, offering SEO support and encouragement of sorts, to the SEO community. This year is no different and we have numerous Googlers and Microsoft Bing representat…
Daily Search Forum Recap: December 31, 2024
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Why should New Years eve be any different…