Google Shares Insights into Indexing & Crawl Budget via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Mark Zuckerberg announced today that you can now buy products from small businesses and track those orders in Instagram chat.  How does it work. You simply send a message to a qualified business you’re interested in buying from. The business initiates a payment link, where you’ll be able to purchase, track the order, and ask follow-up questions. Meta Pay will also be enabled for an easier check-out experience.  Early tests. Jaw Surf tested the feature to sell their custom hand-made surfboards and fins. Owner Joshua Weisfeld […]

Did you know that in some countries, like Germany, if you report a review as being fake or spam, Google will email the reviewer about the objection and see if they respond? Mike Blumenthal spotted that in a Google Business Profile help thread.

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…