Google wants to help you prepare the most popular dishes for US Independence Day with this special Google doodle. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Google clarifies that if you have a fast site, making it faster ‘won’t change things’ with your rankings specific to the upcoming Speed Update. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

As you know, Google has launched a new agency dashboard for Google My Business users who manage a lot of business profiles within Google My Business. The early feedback has been pretty negative thus far around the new agency dashboard…

There is this new tool at stopcraponthemap.com that looks for suspicious and fake reviews on Google Maps and tells you which one they think they are. “This tool looks for unnatural review patterns from Google users..

Posted by sherrybonelli Getting any local business to rank high on Google is becoming more and more difficult, but one of the most competitive — and complex — industries for local SEO are car dealerships. Today’s car shoppers do much of their research online before they even step into a dealership showroom.

Now you can get 16-months of Search Analytics data in the Data Studio, Search analytics API and the beta Search Console reports. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

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’s John Mueller said on Twitter that while self-referential hreflang is optional, it is also good practice to implement it…

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.