Have you ever seen Google show a set of local pack results in the web search results but without displaying a map with it? Likely not

Google is testing, I think again, showing a Google phone number, instead of the actual business’s real phone number, in the business local listing in Google Search. In this example, Google is showing both numbers actually but lists the Google number first.

As you know, John Mueller of Google has consistently preached out important consistency is when it comes to your web site for SEO purposes. He has said this numerous times

Google’s John Mueller again said that dropping links in forums for SEO purposes won’t help you rank better in Google.

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. I posted the weekly video recap, hope you enjoy it and if you do…

Google shares five insights that can help site owners better understand how news appears on surfaces like Google News and Google Search. The post Google Shares 5 Insights Into Appearing in Google News appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Earlier this week, Brett Bodofsky spotted a label in the Google Ads demographics tab that said “signal.” He wasn’t sure what it was, and honestly, it seems no one else was either. So we asked Ginny Marvin of Google what it means and she said “it indicates optimized targeting is enabled.”

Google has confirmed the July 2021 core update is ‘effectively complete’ rolling out but what does that really mean. We saw spikes for the July core update on July 2nd and July 9th and maybe even on the 12th

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