Daily Search Forum Recap: February 2, 2023

No, your eyes aren’t deceiving you. This isn’t Twitter. It’s Google and they’re testing a new gold verification badge. The badge was noticed by Alex Kubica who posted about it on Twitter. Just saw a gold badge https://t.co/EL0nQcDhNu pic.twitter.com/Zsbc4oHShT — Alex Kubica אלכס קוביצה (@alexkubica_eth) April 24, 2023 Other advertisers noticed it, too. @rustybrick yellow check marks! is this new? pic.twitter.com/AGiP8pokG5 — Alex Melen (@amelen) April 24, 2023 What’s going on. Previously, we noticed a blue verification marker and a blue badge-like label, and now a […]

Goodbye Merchant Center, hello Merchant Center Next. Today at Google Marketing Live, Google officially unveiled a new, simplified version of Merchant Center, called Merchant Center Next. More than just the look and feel of Merchant Center Next will change. For example, products can be automatically populated from a merchant’s website. Why we care. This new change should remove the headaches from less technical folks struggling with feeds while also bringing better insights for those data-hungry retailers. The Insights within the Performance tab look promising, especially for […]

Google has updated the article structured data help documentation by removing the 110-character limit from the headline properties. It now says, “Consider using a concise title, as long titles may be truncated on some devices.”