How Overstock weathered some really bad times in SEO and came out ahead in the long run. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Posted by MiriamEllis Last time I counted, there were upwards of 35 components to a single Google Business Profile (GBP). Hotel panels, in and of themselves, are enough to make one squeal, but even on a more “typical” GPB, it’s easy to overlook some low-lying features. Often, you may simply ignore them until life makes you engage.

Martin Splitt had a chat with his colleague at Google Dion Almaer the Director of Web Development Ecosystem about SEO and the future of the web. It was an interesting high level chat that talked about PWA/desktop site/AMP, tools, web components and virtual scroller compatible and assistant devices. Oh and we finally found out that it is iced tea in that pitcher

Some folks when they login to their Google My Business account and click on a business to manage will see a more visual and image friendly interface. I am not seeing it myself but I am seeing numerous reports of the new design.

Google’s Martin Splitt revealed the company is working on ways of bringing Search Console data to third-party platforms. The post Google is Bringing Search Console Data to Third-Party Content Platforms via @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google has launched what they are calling place topics. Place topics use data based on reviews to provide concise information on what customers highlight about your business

This week, Google made big news by announcing they are working on making the Robots Exclusion Protocol a real standard. With that they announced they will no longer support unsupported features including the noindex…

A Google engineer says changes have been made to the search algorithm in response to real-life crises. The post Google’s Algorithm Adjusts Itself When a Real World Crisis is Occurring via @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Position-based impression share metrics are now available.