Google Search Console now lets you dive in to how well your news site performs in Google News and the Google News App.

Discover what makes a .STORE domain valuable for brands with online stores, plus SEO and branding tips when choosing your own ecommerce domain name. The post What Is a .STORE Domain? A Complete Guide to Branding an Online Store Perfectly via @JuliaEMcCoy appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google seems to be categorizing and labeling news articles in mobile search by intent, such as interviews or other intents. Valentin Pletzer shows a screen shot of this in action. I am not sure if this is new but it is interesting to see Google automatically assigning these labels to articles.

YouTube is turning post-roll ads on by default for all videos that are eligible to serve ads. The post YouTube Turns On Post-Roll Ads For All Monetized Videos via @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Since last March, March 2020, Google has been giving us a heads up about the Google Ads team doing some sort of verification for your Google Ads account. We learned a bit more in April but now I am seeing advertises getting emails from Google that says “start identity verification by February 6, 2021.”

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

Google Search Console’s Index Coverage report is receiving 4 updates to keep site owners better informed about indexing issues. The post Google Makes 4 Changes to Index Coverage Report via @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Here is episode 102 with industry vet Phillip Thune. Phillip Thune’s Deep History In Search: Phillip Thune is the current CEO of Textbroker and has been for over 10 years, but he goes back further in the search space including working for FindWhat in early 2000s..

Recommendations for the days leading up to iOS 14 adoption have been issued by Facebook, along with what to expect in results & measurement.

SEJ eSummit kicks off tomorrow.