Why Do Our Search Rankings Drop On Weekends? via @sejournal, @rollerblader

Google has accidentally removed legit, policy-abiding reviews submitted by Local Guides from Google Maps. Google acknowledged the issue and said it is working on reinstating those reviews over the next few weeks. What happened. According to Google’s Local Guides Connect blog, Google said they are “constantly improving our moderation system to keep policy-violating content off the map.” With those efforts, Google said its “protections took down more than expected policy abiding reviews from a set of Local Guides.” Google added that they “acknowledge that this change […]

Daniel Waisberg of Google asked on Twitter how would you use the data, if Google let you export more data from Google Search Console. Daniel wrote “Many people ask Google to expand the limits for exporting *Search performance data* (not talking about index coverage here). How would you use the extra data to improve the web?”

Google has launched a new look and feel for the Google Trends portal. This update brings a new look, with real-time trends on the home page, updated hourly with links directly to publishers’ news articles, the company announced. What it looks like. Here is a screenshot of the top portion of the Google Trends home page from this morning: What is new. Here is what appears to be new with the revised Google Trends. Real-time trends are now on the home page. These trends are updated […]