Archive for January, 2023

Google Search Console Video Indexing Report Improves Thumbnail Indexing Issues

2023/01/20

As of January 19, 2023, Google has updated the video indexing report in Google Search Console, which now reports on thumbnail indexing issues more accurately. The result may be that you see reassignment of “Missing thumbnail” issues to more specific issue types, Google said.

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Alphabet to lay off 12,000 roles across various product areas, levels, functions, and regions

2023/01/20

This morning, Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai announced their decision to lay off 12,000 employees and contractors, or approximately 5% of their total workforce. In an email to staff, Pichai said “I have some difficult news to share.

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Google Search Local "Join Waitlist" Button (Not New)

2023/01/20

The other day we reported on the newish check wait time button and now we are seeing a “join waitlist” button as well. I guess this gets you on the list to be seated at a restaurant.

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Google Search Tests Order Online Button At Top Of Snippet

2023/01/20

Google is testing the “order online” button from the bottom of the search result snippet to the top of that snippet.

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New Google Maps Posting Restrictions For User Generated Content (Reviews, Photos & Videos)

2023/01/20

Google has posted a new help document for posting restrictions around user-generated content in Google Maps. This is specific to reviews, photos, and videos users may update to Google Maps.

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Duda Announces WooRank Integration via @sejournal, @martinibuster

2023/01/20

WooRank integration into Duda adds powerful SEO auditing and optimization tools The post Duda Announces WooRank Integration appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Google Explains Why The Affiliate Programs Spam Documentation Were Removed

2023/01/20

Last October, Google revamped its Google Webmaster Guidelines into Google Search Essentials and one part of that was to consolidate the previous pages on thin content and affiliate programs into the overall documentation. Lizzi Sassman from Google explained a bit more on why this was done.

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Elevate B2B Marketing News: Business Sector Tops Trust Barometer, Digital-First Changes CX, Top Brand Challenges, & Google’s AI Plans

2023/01/20

2023 Edelman Trust Barometer: Business is only institution viewed as ethical, competent 62 percent of global respondents in Edelman’s annual Trust Barometer have said that they place the most trust in businesses, topping the 59 percent achieved by second-place category non-governmental organizations (NGOs), achieving top marks for both competency and ethical factors, according to data from the newly-published survey. PRWeek Gartner Survey: 84% Of Leaders Cite Customer Data & Analytics As ‘Very Or Extremely Important’ For Achieving Goals 84 percent of both B2B and B2C leaders have noted that they consider customer analytics and data as very or extremely important in reaching 2023 organizational goals, while 80 percent have highlighted the importance of increasing digital channel effectiveness — two of several findings of interest to B2B marketers contained in recently-released report data.

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GPT-4 Is Coming: A Look Into The Future Of AI via @sejournal, @martinibuster

2023/01/20

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman comments on expectations for GPT-4. An overview of hints of what GPT-4 may offer. The post GPT-4 Is Coming: A Look Into The Future Of AI appeared first on Search Engine Journal

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