New data from Google May 2020 Update shows contours of what is going on in the search results The post Google May 2020 Update: What We Learned via @martinibuster appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

For the past couple of weeks, Google’s local rankings in the local pack and Google Maps results have been very volatile.

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Google is letting businesses add links to their GMB listing that customers can click on to purchase gift cards or make donations. The post Google My Business Listings Can Link to Gift Card & Donation Pages via @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

You hear about sites that gradually see less and less traffic over many months and years from Google organic search. What does that mean?

Posted by Evan_Hall If you handed someone a blank sheet of paper and the only thing written on it was the page’s title, would they understand what the title meant? Would they have a clear idea of what the actual document might be about? If so, then congratulations! You just passed the Blank Sheet of Paper Test for page titles because your title was descriptive

Danny Sullivan of Google said on Twitter that if your web pages are ranking on the first page for its relevant queries, then that means you are doing things right. Danny said “being on the first page is a sign you are indeed doing all the right and great things to have good content.”

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 Ads has released an update to help local businesses trying to move inventory during COVID-19: a curbside pickup indicator. The post Google Ads Beta Testing Curbside Feature Pickup in Shopping via @SusanEDub appeared first on Search Engine Journal .