Google Search representatives often tell us to use the feedback link when we see something that is off or needs improvement with Google Search. Well, what happens when you use that feedback link?…
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Google To Drop Reviews On School Business Profiles
Google will stop showing reviews and ratings on school listings in Google Search and Google Maps. Google Business Profiles said, “Starting April 30, 2025, your school’s associated Business Profile will no longer allow reviews and ratings.”…
SEMrush
How to Find Question Keywords (& Target Them Effectively)
Question keywords are questions people type into search engines to find information, answers, or solutions.…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: April 10, 2025
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today……
Brian Dean - Backlinko
4 Best SEO Reporting Tools (Free & Paid Options)
SEO reporting transforms raw data into actionable decisions. It shows clients and teams exactly what’s working — and what isn’t.
But here’s the painful truth:
You can waste hours each month collecting data from various platforms. Like copying numbers from …
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Google AI Mode Tests Anchor Text & URL Base Links
Google is testing various link formats in AI Mode. Initially Google launched AI Mode with those tiny paperclip links, but Google, like they’ve done in AI Overviews, is testing in AI Mode, anchor text links and URL links within the …
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Google Search Analytics API Hourly Data For Past 10 Days
Google has finally rolled out API access to its 24-hour data feed of Search Performance data. And it is two days more than we expected, with Google giving us this hourly data for the past 10 days, not the initial …
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Google Letting Merchants Manage Brand Profiles
Google sent out emails yesterday through Google Merchant Center inviting some brands to manage and edit their brand content on Google Search. I suspect this is the visual brand profile ads/pages but I am not sure.…
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Google Tests More From Retailer Expandable Product Carousel
Google Search is testing a new expandable carousel that says “more from” a specific retailer. When it loads, it loads more products in a carousel beneath the search result snippet from that retailer.…
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Google Ads PMax Campaigns New Lifecycle Goals & Image Controls
Google announced a number of new goals and image controls that are now available on Google Ads Performance Max campaigns. Google added customer lifecycle goals and reporting and additional image controls.…
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Google Search Ranking Volatility Kicks In April 9th & 10th
It’s been about a week since we reported on an unconfirmed Google search ranking update and well, now I am seeing multiple signs of an unconfirmed updates of sorts. I am seeing the third-party tracking tools showing volatility and I …
SEMrush
What Are URL Parameters? A Guide on How to Use Them
URL parameters are bits of information added to URLs after a “? “ symbol to filter or organize content.…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: April 9, 2025
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today……
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Google Knowledge Panel AI Overview With Reference Links
Google has been using AI to write parts of the knowledge panels for some time now. But now it seems, when Google does that, it will show references and link cards, like it does in the AI Overviews.…
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Google Business Profiles Performance Messaging Clicks Report
Google seems to be rolling out a new metric in the Google Business Profiles performance report for “messaging clicks.” This was a feature we had in the old Google My Business reports in 2020 but it went away. But now …
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Google Business Profiles API Showing Driving Request For SABs?
I am hearing reports that Google is showing driving direction request data on the Google Business Profile API for Service Area Businesses (SABs). SABs do not get a directions button, because those addresses are hidden in Google Search and Google …
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Google Discover Coming To Desktop After Years Of Testing
We’ve seen Google test showing Google Discover on the desktop home page for years now but Google has now confirmed it will be bringing Discover to its desktop Google.com home page in the future. When that will happen exactly, I …
