Archive for February, 2022

Not New: 15% Of Search Queries On Google Are Still New

2022/02/18

Here is a not new piece of data, 15% of the searches Google sees each day are new.

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Google testing questions and answers in the Google Maps interface

2022/02/18

This feature first launched in 2017 in the local panel and Google appears to be testing it in Google Maps.

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Core Web Vitals: What Next?

2022/02/18

The promised page experience updates from Google that caused such a stir last year are far from being done, so Tom takes a look at where we are now and what happens next for the algorithm’s infamous Core Web Vitals.

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Google Quickly Processing Discover & Google News Manual Actions

2022/02/18

A couple of weeks ago we reported that Google was sending out its first batch of manual actions (Google penalties) to news publications for Google News and Google Discover policy violations. Well, I am happy to report that Google is processing and even removing some of those manual actions already.

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Some Recent Weird Google Search Interface Bugs

2022/02/18

Over the past couple of days, I’ve seen a few recent complaints about weird interface bugs in Google Search. To be honest, I know some of these are browser extension related and thus not a Google bug, but an extension changing the Google Search interface. But I found them interesting and wanted to share them – in case you see them yourself

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Daily Search Forum Recap: February 17, 2022

2022/02/17

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

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Google And The Right To Be Forgotten via @sejournal, @brockcooper1

2022/02/17

Learn how the Right to be Forgotten works, which allows people to request URL delisting on Google, but only for certain countries. The post Google And The Right To Be Forgotten appeared first on Search Engine Journal

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Could 57% Of North American SMBs Still Lack An SEO Strategy? via @sejournal, @mirandalmwrites

2022/02/17

A recent survey of 600 SMBs shows 57% do not have an SEO strategy – and 23% have no plans to create one this year. The post Could 57% Of North American SMBs Still Lack An SEO Strategy? appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Google Business Profiles New Business Calls API

2022/02/17

Google has launched a new API to retrieve call history data from your Google Business Profiles, you know, when people click call this business from Google Search and Google Maps. They named it the “My Business Business Calls API” – shouldn’t it be named the “Google Business Profiles Business Calls API” instead

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Google confirms Standard Shopping campaigns will remain available

2022/02/17

This will come as a relief to advertisers that still rely on Standard Shopping’s manual controls and capabilities — especially as Google Ads continues to release more automated products.

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