Google announced that it will stop serving the Google URL Shortener, so any URL that was set up to redirect using goo.gl, which Google stopped supporting adding new ones back in 2019, will also stop serving.
Gary Illyes from Google said in the latest Google SEO office hours that using a ccTLD and the localized language on your page and website does help you rank a little better in the localized/regional version of Google. So if you want to rank better in Google in Korea, using a ccTLd such as .kr helps a little and using Korean text on your page helps even more.
Google’s John Mueller laid out a few ways to determine if your SEO team is doing the actual work they promised to deliver. While trusting your SEO team is important, John said you can also do the following to ensure the SEO team is doing their job.
Google Merchant Center Next now finally supports supplemental feed/source support. Google promised us this would come early this year, but it didn’t happen until early Q3 of 2024. That being said, feed rules still do not seem to be supported yet by Google Merchant Center Next and that was also promised by now.
Google is testing showing a button in some local panels, some Google Business Profiles, that reads “Search Products With Camera.” This seems to be related to Google Lens and the new multisearch features.
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Google’s Gary Illyes confirmed that Google Search will show preference to country code domain names in the search results The post Google Confirms Ranking Boost For Country Code Domains appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
How do we know what is and what isn’t a Google ranking factor? In this episode, Will reveals four testing ideas relating to the Google API leaks to help answer that question
Google’s Gary Illyes answered a question about hierarchical headings and what it means for ranking purposes The post Google Clarifies H1-H6 Headings For SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
Google’s John Mueller shares tips on checking if the SEO company you hired is actually doing the work they promised. The post Google’s John Mueller On How To Verify An SEO Agency’s Work appeared first on Search Engine Journal .