Google announced this week that what it has done in 2019 to combat Google Maps spam and violations. Google removed 4 million fake business profiles from Google My Business in 2019. It also removed 75 million policy-violating reviews from local profiles

John Mueller from Google posted a mindful and useful response on Reddit mostly around where to start with hreflang. He said “It’s easy to dig into endless pits of complexity with hreflang.” “My recommendation would be first to limit the number of pages you create to those that are absolutely critical & valuable,” he added.

Back in 2016 we reported that Google Maps ads can and do show a purple ad label next to the local listings that are ads.

Snapchat launched an ad unit that, rather than linking to a website, directs users toward calling or texting a business. The post Snapchat’s New Ad Unit Prompts Users to Call or Text Businesses via @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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…

Twitter makes it easier to stitch tweet threads together by quickly adding a new tweet to an old tweet. The post Twitter Makes it Easier to Append Tweets to Other Tweets via @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

In 2012, 2017 and 2018 Google said they do not use the BBB (Better Business Bureaus) rating of a business as part of its search ranking factors. Well, Google had to say it again, this time in 2020. Danny Sullivan of Google said on Twitter “No, we don’t use BBB ratings as a ranking factor.”

We report issues to Google in many ways, but did you ever wonder how Google reports issues with search internally? Danny Sullivan from Google shared an example of how he documents the issue for internal reporting and posted the example on Twitter.

In this episode of Marketing O’Clock, we talk about Google’s new microconversions, Facebook’s creator studio, and more. The post New Conversion Actions in Google Ads & This Week’s Digital Marketing News [PODCAST] via @shepzirnheld appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

This week I did the recap video from the United lounge in San Francisco airport.