When messaging is set up in the GMB app, it doesn’t work for listings that belong to location groups in the dashboard. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Google is sending out a new type of alert from Google Search Console.

Posted by TheMozTeam This post was originally published on the STAT blog .

Google announced they now require fewer ad clicks to trigger the calculation of mobile page speed scores for an ad’s landing page. Google wrote “We’ve recently updated the mobile speed score algorithm to require fewer ad clicks in order to calculate a score.

Posted by BrankoK Too often do you see SEO analyses and decisions being made without considering the context of the marketing channel mix. Equally as often do you see large budgets being poured into paid ads in ways that seem to forget there’s a whole lot to gain from catering to popular search demand

Google’s John Mueller has stated that using hidden text to provide context to screen readers will not cause any problems. The post Google: Using Hidden Text for Screen Readers Will Not Hurt Rankings by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal

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

The other week we reported that Google by default has opted in all Google My Business listings to receive calls via the Google Assistant with their Duplex technology.

Google Ads is making it easier for users to find predefined reports for the dataset they’re viewing. The post Google Ads Makes Predefined Reports Easier to Access by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal