Paying for GMB features would be a handy new revenue stream for Google, but how it manages trust features – and spam – in a pay-to-play model is the real concern. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

3 tips for measuring quality from nearly 20 years of link building. The post 3 Ways to Measure Link Quality by @martinibuster appeared first on Search Engine Journal

I have seen numerous reports of Google showing very weird search results, or lack there of, followed by a message that reads “Hmm… the results for your search don’t seem very relevant.” It just seems like some weird bug, a possible plugin that is impacting the Google search results or something else

Google published an agenda of which sessions they think would be most relevant and useful to SEOs and webmasters. This is in addition to watching the keynote, which by the way Martin Splitt says it well worth watching if you are an SEO

Today at Google I/O, the company announced features in Google Search that utilize Google Lens and augmented reality (AR). The post Google Brings Augmented Reality to Search Results by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google is making Googlebot evergreen, meaning it will be continually updated every time a new version of Chrome comes out. The post Google Will Keep Googlebot Up-to-Date With the Latest Version of Chrome by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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

Google has plans to upgrade search results with more complete news coverage as well as podcast indexing. The post Google to Improve Search Experience for News and Podcasts by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Google launched a new portal named How News Works on Google. This is similar to the How Search Works portal Google launched in 2013 and revamped a couple times but now for news.