Seen as a Pinterest competitor, it’s something potentially broader and even older To the extent that tech pundits continue to compare Google’s new Keen search and social discovery site to Pinterest, and users also think of it that way, it’s probably destined…
Category: Google
Google Ads will soon block ad targeting based on age, gender or interests of people under 18
In the coming months, Google Ads will be expanding safeguards to prevent age-sensitive ad categories from being shown to teens. With virtual school and other online childrens’ enrichment, more kids than ever are online. The sudden influx of online classes…
It’s not a bug; it’s a feature! The Google search term report glitch actually may have been a test; Monday’s daily brief
Plus, Facebook bans researchers looking into political ads Search Engine Land’s daily brief features daily insights, news, tips, and essential bits of wisdom for today’s search marketer. If you would like to read this before the rest of the internet…
Google now limits one ClaimReview element per page
Previously, Google’s guidelines allowed for multiple Fact Checks per page but that has changed. Google has updated its technical guidelines for Fact Check structured data saying that a page must only have one ClaimReview element and that multiple fact checks…
Google now shows why it ranked a specific search result
Google now list several of the factors it used to rank a result in the about this result section. Google can now list several of the factors or reasons why it ranked a specific search result in its search results…
Google local ranking changes in early May? Thank a bug
Google confirmed fluctuations seen in local rankings was a bug and says it fixed the issue. End of April and early May, the local SEO community were noticing a lot of ongoing fluctuations and volatility with the Google local search results both…
So Google gave you another year to prepare for the Cookiegeddon. Now what?; Thursday’s daily brief
And, 51% of local marketers say their business will hire more SEO staff this year. Search Engine Land’s daily brief features daily insights, news, tips, and essential bits of wisdom for today’s search marketer. If you would like to read…
How Google crawls and indexes: a non-technical explanation [Video]
Google’s Martin Splitt provides a simple summary of the processes that pave the way for ranking search results. The crawling and indexing processes lay the groundwork for search engines to rank results. Despite being fundamental aspects of how search engines…
Google events enhancement report updated to show more errors
You may see an increase in the number of errors in this Search Console report as a result of the reporting change. Google has updated its Google Search Console enhancement report for event structured data/rich results to show more errors. In short,…
Google page experience update will come to desktop pages
We will have time to prepare but overall, do not expect this update to be too drastic. Jeffrey Jose, a Google Product Manager, announced at Google I/O that while the Google page experience update is initially only going to be looking at mobile…