Programming Note: Offline Wednesday For Yom Kippur 5783

This is just a programming note that I will be 100% offline starting Tuesday night (October 4th) through Wednesday night (October 5th) for Yom Kippur. I am not scheduling any stories on Yom Kippur...

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Report: Unusual Spike In Google Business Profile Insights Traffic

There are some reports that in some industries, like the auto dealership industry, there is a bug with Google Business Profile insights reporting. There shows a large and unaccounted-for spike in traffic from Google Local and Google Maps for some of these businesses in these Google reports.

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Google Search Console Performance Report Missing Data On September 21st

Google has confirmed that some data may be missing in the Google Search Console Search Performance report on September 21, 2022. If you log in and view that report, you should see an annotation on that day, that explained more.

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Wild Google Ranking Swings With Google Algorithm Updates

With all these different Google search ranking algorithm updates over the past several weeks, it has been a very busy time for SEOs. While most sites probably don't see huge swings. Glenn Gabe documented a site that didn't just see one big ranking change but several!

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Google: Anything That Talks About Link Juice Should Be Ignored

Google's John Mueller said it again, he said on Twitter "anything that talks about "link juice" should be ignored." Instead, he said you should "go and make awesome websites with content that's useful and inspirational to real people."

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Large Google Exercise Ball

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Google Pier 57 Event With Large Games

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 30, 2022

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.

Google is testing "more like this" star feature...

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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Core & Product Reviews Update Done, Local Search Ranking Bug Fixed, Search On Event Recap & More

Google has finished rolling out both the September 2022 core update and product reviews update on Monday, September 26th - yes, there is a lot of confusion. Google fixed a bug with the local search rankings and service area businesses. Google had its big Search On event...

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Google Tests Shady Design For Product Panels

Google is testing another design for the product panels in Google Search. This new design shades the boxes for some of the products and reviews, etc. It also moves some of the filters around.

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Google Search: When A Brand Becomes More Popular Than The Meaning Of The Word

There are some brands that have generic names that have become more popular than the actual meaning of the word. In those cases, Google Search may rank or show information about the brand over the meaning of the word.

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Google Testing Things To Know On Right Search Panel

Google is testing the placement of the Things To Know section on the right-side panel. Typically, you find these within the main search results in the middle portion of the search results.

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Google: Page Speed Issues Wouldn't Lead To Your Site Being Removed From Google Search

Google's John Mueller said that your site or page would not be removed from the Google Search results over page speed issues. He was asked about this on Twitter and said no, page speed won't lead to your site on the basis of page speed.

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3D Chrome Google Sign

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 29, 2022

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

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Google Really Wants You To Avoid Changing URLs Just For SEO Reasons

Google's John Mueller has put down some strong language against changing your URLs for SEO reasons alone. He basically said in most cases, changing URLs will have a negative impact on SEO and that you probably should not change URLs just for SEO reasons.

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Google Ballroom Dancing

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 28, 2022

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

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Google: There Is No Percentage To Measure Duplicate Content

Google's John Mueller asked if there was some sort of percentage people can use to determine if their content may be considered duplicative or not. John said there is none and he asked how would you measure such a thing.

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Google Chicago Tumblers

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 27, 2022

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

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Google Wood Room Area

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 26, 2022

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

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Vlog #190: Marguarite Humphrey's Career & Challenges Of Working With Large Franchises In Search Marketing

Marguarite (Maggie) Humphrey worked at Cypress North as an intern back in 2019, then went to DAC for a few years...

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Google Local Search Ranking Bug Fix Rolling Out

A couple of weeks ago we reported on a possible Google local search ranking update that turned out to not be an update but rather a bug. Well, that bug seems to be fixed or being fixed now and rankings are beginning to return for these local service area businesses.

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