Google Mobile Friendly Label Goes International
The mobile-friendly label in the Google mobile search results is now available in all languages.
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From Novelty To Foundational Product: The Evolution Of Google Maps
Until Android came along Google’s most important product after search undoubtedly was Google Maps. I know it sounds heretical to say this but in some ways Maps is more strategic to Google than search today. That’s because Google Maps bridge the physical and digital worlds and because…
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Glimpses Of The Future: 10 Fringe SEO Predictions For 2015
It’s that wonderful time of year when blogs and social media are cluttered with predictions of what the new year will bring. Whether it’s Social Media Predictions for 2015, How SEO Will Change in 2015, or the catch-all Digital Marketing Trends in 2015, it’s all been done – many…
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Google Testing Scrollable Google Answers In Mobile Results
Google is testing a scrollable version of their answers box within the mobile search results. Mitchell Haw from Ignite Visibility spotted this and posted a screen shot of it on their blog. The new answer box has various pages of answers for your query….
Thanksgiving Recipe Searches Peak Thanksgiving Day, Making November Biggest Month For Recipe Queries
Tis the season for too many cooks in the kitchen, and many of them started searching for Thanksgiving Day recipes all the way back in September. According to Google Trends, every holiday results in a spike for recipe search queries, but Thanksgiving dr…
Google Launches Mobile Friendly Test Tool
Wondering if your site will qualify for Google’s new mobile-friendly labels or be ready for a potential mobile-friendly ranking boost? Google has a new tool to help. The new tool is at google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly and it basically gives you a pass or fail grade. Either it tells…
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Google Is Experimenting With Special Ranking For Mobile-Friendly Sites
Google already penalizes sites that provide a bad experience to mobile searchers. Now the company has confirmed that it’s testing with what seems like a boost for those providing a great experience. Google said today that it is experimenting with giving sites that have earned its…
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Google Officially Launches “Mobile-Friendly” Labels In Mobile Search Results
After months and months of testing, Google has just officially launched the mobile-friendly label in the mobile search results. In an effort to help mobile searchers know which sites they may click on are mobile-friendly versus which ones are not, Goog…
AdWords Now Shows Up To 3 Business Locations In Google Mobile Search Ads
Google has made an update to AdWords location extensions that allows multiple locations to display in mobile search ads. When several business locations are nearby, users may see up to three locations in an ad. The extensions can display the street address and distance from the user’s current…
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What’s Ahead For Paid Search?
As SERPs become more intuitive and in-app ads increase, the nature of paid search is changing. Columnist Mona Elesseily discusses how such shifts can shape the future of paid search.
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Google Redesigns Maps, Adds OpenTable Reservations, Uber Estimates
Google continues to evolve its Maps for mobile. It has gone well beyond the rudimentary local search and navigation product it once was and become an increasingly sophisticated local discovery tool with and array of content types and improved functionality. Now Google has made Maps more…
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Google Mobile’s Flash Warnings Now Rolling Out To More Languages
In July, Google began labeling the mobile search results that had results from Flash enabled sites with mobile warnings. The warning cautioned mobile users from clicking to the site, by showing a notice that reads “Uses Flash. May not work on your device. Try anyway | Learn more.”…
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Mobile Usability Reports Come To Google Webmaster Tools
Google announced a new feature available in Google Webmaster Tools this morning for tracking your mobile usability issues. The new report is named the Mobile Usability report and it is available at google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-usability within Go…
Google Testing A New Mobile Friendly Design Using Material Design Format
Google is testing a new mobile design interface, using the design principles from “material design,” that Google themselves has been heavily promoting. The new interface was first noticed by SEER Interactive and later by Android Police and Google Operating System shows how this is not a…
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Beat Google’s Mobile Experience Algo (And Help Mobile Searchers) With These Two Tools
Columnist Bryson Meunier notes that Google will soon consider mobile user experience as a ranking factor. Use these tools to prepare your site!
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Teens Embrace Voice Search, Many Adults Feel “Like Geeks” Using It
According to a voice search study commissioned by Google, the most smartphone-obsessed teens are using voice search every day. However many adults feel self-conscious or embarrassed when they talk to their smartphones. The study found that 45 percent of US adults said they felt “like a…
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Google Continues Testing Mobile Friendly Notices In Search Results, This Time With Text Version
Two weeks ago, Google began testing mobile-friendly icons in the mobile search results, next to sites that were mobile-friendly. Maybe giving a carrot to sites that adopted good mobile-friendly web site practices? Yesterday, Google tried the opposite a…
Google Non-Mobile Friendly Icon Being Testing In Mobile Search Results
Google is testing a new icon in the mobile search results that symbolize when a search result links to a page that is not mobile friendly. The icon is a mobile smartphone with a slash through the phone. Here is a picture from @malcolmcoles: This is com…
Google Upgrades Conversational Search On Its Mobile Apps
Conversational search on Google’s mobile apps got an upgrade today, as the company announced a few new voice commands that are specific to travel planning. Basically, the app is smarter about knowing where you are (at a hotel, for example), letting you complete actions by voice (i.e., making…
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Nokia’s Here Maps Come To Android Phones (Sort Of)
Nokia’s Here Maps, which power maps on Windows Phones, has released a beta version for Samsung Galaxy Android phones. It’s not available through Google Play, though presumably it will be in time. Nokia’s hardware/handset division was sold to Microsoft but Nokia retained the Here…
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