Google may be the king of search engines. But even kings have their flaws. Despite its immense popularity, Google isn’t perfect. Google’s dominance in the search engine market and data monopoly raises serious privacy concerns among users. And those frequent …
Month: August 2024
Daily Search Forum Recap: August 14, 2024
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. The US is considering breaking up Google as a remedy to it being …
Google Search Console Only Shows 35% Of Your Data? It Depends, Says Google.
When Google announced the new Google Search Console recommendations, one of the examples of the recommendations was to bulk export your data because “Search Console only shows 35% of your performance data.” Now, this is not new, we knew Google …
Google Gemini Research: Web Search & Adds Link Citations
We keep trying to understand if Google Search will change, if it will just be AI Overviews or if the change will be more drastic. Well, Google demoed Gemini Research, where Google uses AI to do your research, by curating …
Google Hotel Listings Under Siege: Fake WhatsApp Numbers & Marking As Closed
I am hearing reports of some spammers or hackers hijacking some Google Hotel listings by marking some hotels as permanently closed and also changing the phone numbers to WhatsApp numbers. This can be a huge concern for many hotel operators, …
DOJ May Break Up Google: Separating Android & Chrome; Maybe Ads
US Considers a Rare Antitrust Move: Breaking Up Google, out of Bloomberg last night was the big business news from yesterday. How would Google be broken up? Well, they would diversify Android and Chrome and potentially try to force Google …
B2B vs. B2C: Key Differences & Marketing Tactics
Learn the differences between B2B and B2C to refine your marketing and drive more sales for your business.…
Apple Business Connect Adds Showcase Enhancements & Updates
Apple Business Connect has added a new feature named Showcase enhancements. A “Showcase” allows you to share up-to-date information with your customers, like seasonal items or promotions. Apple extended these showcases for longer periods and more characters.…
15 SEO Tips to Boost Organic Rankings & Traffic
Some of our top SEO tips include meeting search intent, improving site speed, and demonstrating E-E-A-T.…
Meta Robots Tag & X-Robots-Tag Explained
Meta robots tags tell search engine bots how to crawl, index, and serve your site‘s pages in search results.…
Daily Search Forum Recap: August 13, 2024
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today……
Google Connections For Knowledge Panels
Google can show the connections a person or entity have in its knowledge panel and break down those connections by category. In the example below, for Elon Musk, Google is showing the family connections, the work with connections and the …
Google AI Overviews With Tons Of Link Icons
We’ve all been complaining about the lack of citations and links in the new Google AI Overviews. Recently Google began testing icons for link citations in the AI Overviews and has been testing them on and off. Here is one …
Google Search Tests Mini Knowledge Panel Cards
Google Search is testing miniature, or smaller, knowledge panel cards in the Google Search results. Instead of showing the massive knowledge panel at the top, Google shows this smaller card at the top right of the search results, which leaves …
Google Deactivates Russia-Based AdSense Accounts, Final Payouts To Follow
Google has deactivated all Russian-based AdSense accounts yesterday and will issue July earnings will be disbursed between August 21 and 26. Google added it will attempt to disburse any remaining balance in your account, if you have met the cancellation …
Doc: Bing Was Faster Than Google In 2017
A Google document that came out of the DOJ trails said that back in 2017, Bing Search was faster than Google was specifically looking at mobile queries. The document was an internal Google document and went through 10 elements of …
Content Strategy Template [Free Download + Instructions]
Use our content marketing template to build a plan tailored to your business needs, resources, and goals.…