Google is now rolling out what it calls “site names” in the mobile search results. Site names more prominently show the name of the website, as opposed to just the URL, at the top of the snippet
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Google rolling out site names and updated favicon logos in search results
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This week, Google pushed out a revamped Google Webmaster Guidelines and renamed it the Google Search Essentials. Google also seemed to release an unconfirmed Google search ranking algorithm update
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Webmaster Guideline Now Search Essentials, Unconfirmed Google Ranking Update, Product Reviews Transparency &…
A handful of powerful targeting features will be removed in early 2023 according to a Google Ads help article.
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Google Ads to discontinue content targeting for YouTube conversion campaigns in 2023
Google has replaced the Google Webmaster Guidelines with the Google Search Essentials. The name change is Google’s ongoing efforts to remove the term “webmaster” so that these tools and documentation do not narrow the focus to just “webmasters,” but expands it to publishers, site owners, developers, creators, and so on.
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Google Webmaster Guidelines Is Now Google Search Essentials With Lots Of Changes
Google’s John Mueller said that pinging Google that your sitemap file has been updated can help Google index your new content quickly.
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Google: Pinging Sitemaps Help Get New Content Indexed More Quickly
Google announced at the Search On event that it would be adding a remove result feature in the about this result overlay in Google Search.
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Google About This Result Gains Remove Result Button
We all know that ranking well for competitive terms in Google Search is not as easy, or even a fraction as easy, as it was two decades ago. This is because of many variables including but not limited to Google’s algorithms getting better and there being a lot more competition.
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Just Because Ranking Top In Google Is Hard, It Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Succeed
Google seems to have launched or is testing a feature to have Google Search read details about a local business listing. This might be in only some regions, as I cannot replicate this in New York but I received a few reports from India about this feature.
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Google Local Panel "Hear About This Place" Feature In Some Regions
Retail is an ever-changing industry, but the last few years have been particularly disruptive.
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