Google is now sending emails to business owners when a Google Business Profile information edit was rejected. The email subject line says “A recent information edit was rejected,” and then it tells you more details on why and allows you to read the policy and then appeal the decision.

For the past week or so, news publishers from Brazil have not been happy with Google. It seems that Google Discover is broken for a lot of Brazilians, showing irrelevant content to users and searchers, and not showing content from the typical publishers based in Brazil.

We’ve seen variations of Google’s popular products section in the search results show both article and video content reviews. But now we are seeing another format for it, one that even links to laptop reviews from 55 years ago, a good ten years before the Osborne 1 hit shelves.

Faceted navigation enhances ecommerce UX but poses SEO risks. Learn how to manage filters without harming crawl efficiency or indexing strategy. The post Ask An SEO: How To Implement Faceted Navigation Without Hurting Crawl Efficiency appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Google is testing a new ad groups interface for the Google Ads Search campaigns console. This seems to be a simpler interface with fewer options than the current version.

Jerry Dischler, the almost 20 year Google executive, is reportedly leaving Google a year and a half after he stepped down from that position. Jerry Dischler was involved in a lot of the Department of Justice negativity around Google’s ad business, which may or may not be related to him stepping down in 2023 and now reportedly leaving Google in 2025.

Six years ago, Google dropped some of its search tools date filters and then added new operators for before: and after: that let you filter content by specific dates. Well, six years later, that feature is still in beta.

A study analyzing Google vs ChatGPT traffic finds Google keeps users on its site longer, but sends the most traffic overall. The post Google’s Walled Garden: Users Make 10 Clicks Before Leaving appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Google has expanded its Quality Rater Guidelines to help identify more deceptive SEO tactics and misleading web content The post Google’s Updated Raters Guidelines Target Fake EEAT Content appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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. Google is testing replacing the local pack in the search results with AI Overviews…