In this week’s video, we cover how Google said they try not to overlap search algorithm updates but then announced the rollout of the fifth product reviews update before the core update was done. We also dug into the product reviews…
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google’s Overlapping Algorithm Updates, Product Reviews Update, Confusing HTTPS Report & Google Ads Serving Bug
Google’s John Mueller said Google Search will de-duplicate its search results based on almost duplicates. John said this on Twitter the other day when asked about canonicalizing international URLs.
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Google De-Duplicates Search Results Based On Almost Duplicates
The best practice for meta descriptions goes beyond using keywords. This is how to impress search engines and and site visitors. The post How To Create Awesome Meta Descriptions appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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How To Create Awesome Meta Descriptions via @sejournal, @BrianHarnish
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Microsoft Bing is testing background colors for the sitelinks section of the search result snippet. I am not sure I like this look but it does indeed make the sitelinks stand out a lot – what do you think?
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Bing Tests Colored Sitelink Boxes
Google’s John Mueller and Ginny Marvin said that both on the organic search side and paid search ad side, Google does not guarantee clicks will lead to conversions.
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Google Search & Google Ads Do Not Guarantee Conversions
Did you know that in some countries, like Germany, if you report a review as being fake or spam, Google will email the reviewer about the objection and see if they respond? Mike Blumenthal spotted that in a Google Business Profile help thread.
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Google Asks German Reviewers If They Object To Reported Reviews Being Removed
Ginny Marvin, the Google Ads Liaison, posted last night that Google Ads has an issue where some ads may not be served. “Google is aware of an internal issue impacting ads serving,” she wrote.
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Google Ads Bug May Prevent Some Ads From Serving
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Google Europaallee Space Looks Stunning…
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It’s the biggest mystery and controversy of Google’s search ranking algorithm.
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The biggest mystery of Google’s algorithm: Everything ever said about clicks, CTR and bounce rate