We may be seeing more Google search ranking volatility start to get heated starting this weekend, through January 20th and 21st (and maybe today). Some of the Google tracking tools are having issues tracking these changes but some are not. But I do see a lot of chatter spike in the past couple of days.

Google has updated not just its site reputation abuse policy for clarification purposes, Google also updated the manual actions section for site reputation abuse. Again, these are just clarification changes, and as Google put it, “it include guidance from our blog post’s FAQ on site reputation abuse.”

For the past month or so, Google has been showing map pins on Service Area Businesses within Google.

Learn about the new AI feature on Google Maps that lets you ask detailed questions about places on your mobile device. The post Ask Maps Is Google Q&A’s AI Replacement: Here’s What It Means For Marketers appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Learn about the new AI feature on Google Maps that lets you ask detailed questions about places on your mobile device. The post Ask Maps Is Google Q&A’s AI Replacement: Here’s What It Means For Marketers appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

John Mueller of Google said that sometimes doing SEO can cause sites more problems with search and search rankings. Sometimes not doing SEO, might be better, John implies.

John Mueller of Google said that sometimes doing SEO can cause sites more problems with search and search rankings. Sometimes not doing SEO, might be better, John implies.

Google is testing an expandable brand store knowledge panel. So if you search for a brand like New Balance, Google will show a knowledge panel on the right with products, descriptions and so on but then if you click on the arrow button, it will expand and show you even more.

Google is testing an expandable brand store knowledge panel.

Google Business Profiles started to allow chat through texting and WhatsApp for businesses in international regions.