Google now can show you a Merchant Center with Google Business Profile status dashboard in the search results. This is similar to how Google shows your local business profile in search, also similar to the Search Console dashboard and Google Ads summary box in search.
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Google Merchant Center View Products Search Dashboard
Google Search now shows a carousel at the top of the search results for hotel results. Previously, Google showed a list view and only showed the carousel inside the hotel pack.
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Google Hotel Search Results Carousel At Top
Google’s John Mueller confirmed that the GoogleProber and the GoogleProducer (which we covered here) are both legit Googlebot user agents and crawlers.
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GoogleProber – Confirmed Google User Agent
Chris Long asked a poll on LinkedIn, asking “How important is the Yandex leak for SEO?” He had 517 responses and by the responses, it seems like most SEOs don’t find the leak too important. Only 11% said it is “extremely important” and 16% said it is “important.”
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Poll: How Important Is The Yandex Search Ranking Factors Leak?
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Microsoft Advertising has updated its platform with several new features, including automated bidding and last-touch attribution, in-market audience segments, and conversion tracking enhancements. The post Microsoft Advertising Launches Audience Segments For Valentine’s Day appeared first on Search Engine Journal
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Microsoft Advertising Launches Audience Segments For Valentine’s Day via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
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Google Swanky Rooms
Should you choose an XML or HTML site map? Determine whether your site needs them and create one with the help of top recommendations. The post What Is A Sitemap
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What Is A Sitemap? Do I Need One? via @sejournal, @tessabonacci
Google Buzz launches In 2010, Google revealed its latest attempt to create a social network and compete with Facebook and Twitter. And they called it Google Buzz. Buzz was tied to two main elements – Gmail and mobile
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This day in search marketing history: February 9
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We’re seeing multiple sources and reports that Twitter is down for users across the globe. BREAKING – TWITTER DOWN GLOBALLY : Most users on Twitter are currently unable to tweet — issue is prevalent across the world
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Twitter is down, globally
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. Microsoft demoed its new Bing experience with co-pilot, ChatGPT and I got to say…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: February 8, 2023