Google now officially supports SeekToAction markup for videos on your site, so that you can use the SeekToAction markup to communicate the key moments (timestamps) Google shows for videos in Google Search. …
Year: 2021
Google Posts Now Work For Hotels & Hospitality Listings In Google
Nevena Ivanova shared a screenshot of her seeing that Google Posts are now working for her hospitality clients. Google Posts work on most Google My Business listings but hotel and hospitality is a different beast. I don’t think it works …
Google Math Solvers Rich Results Added To Performance Report Search Appearance Filters
Google has added yet another filter options to the Google Search Console performance report. This is under the “search appearance” filters that list over a dozen specific search result types or features. You can now see “Math Solvers” which is …
Google: Core Updates Can Impact People Also Ask (PAA) Results
Google’s John Mueller was asked if a core update can have the people also ask (PAA) results show up more or less often. John said yes, it can, just like it can with rich results and featured snippets. …
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 19, 2021
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today… …
How to Distribute and Promote Your Music on Deezer
Deezer is an absolute music streaming powerhouse, and an important global platform you should harness to promote your music. If you live outside the United States, you’re likely aware of that already. If you live in the U.S., you might’ve …
Google Tries To Clarify Google News Inclusion But Did It Help?
Danny Sullivan of Google published a blog post on Friday named answers to some common questions about appearing in Google News. Sadly, I honestly don’t think this will lead to less questions and frustration from new publishers and their questions …
Delete The Last 15 Minutes Of Your Google Search History
Google announced a new feature to quickly delete the last 15 minutes of your search history. So if you do something in search that you rather not let others see if they stumble on your search history, you can quickly …
Google My Business Support Hours Of Operation Details
Google My Business offers support options on their web site and now it may even show you the hours of operation for those support channels. Here is a screen shot from Usama Ali on Twitter showing this support feature. …
Google Hotel Search Ads With Images
It looks like Google is now testing shows image extensions in the Google Hotel Ads. Lluc B. Penycate, who follows the hotel space carefully in Google, noticed this and said this is the “first time seeing images in Google Ads …
Vlog #129: Richard Nazarewicz On SEO For The Wall Street Journal
In part one of my interview with Richard Nazarewicz with spoke more about his career and approach to SEO for a global news organization. In part two we got into a huge array of SEO topics… …
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 16, 2021
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 weekly video recap, hope you enjoy it and if you …
Google Ads Signal Label Indicates Optimized Targeting Is Enabled
Earlier this week, Brett Bodofsky spotted a label in the Google Ads demographics tab that said “signal.” He wasn’t sure what it was, and honestly, it seems no one else was either. So we asked Ginny Marvin of Google what …
Google Local Pack Without A Map – Bug Or Test?
Have you ever seen Google show a set of local pack results in the web search results but without displaying a map with it? Likely not. Well, Justin Moseback noticed it and shared some screenshots of this on Twitter. …
Google: Your Job As An SEO Is Not To Confuse Search Engines
As you know, John Mueller of Google has consistently preached out important consistency is when it comes to your web site for SEO purposes. He has said this numerous times. The purpose is for you not to confuse search engines …
Google: Forum Links Do Not Work For SEO
Google’s John Mueller again said that dropping links in forums for SEO purposes won’t help you rank better in Google. In response the the Reddit thread question “Is Forum Posting Still Work As Link Building Method in SEO?” John Mueller …