Earlier this week, we reported that Google said we should expect a decline in the number of driving directions reported in the Google Business Profiles performance reporting tool. Well, the opposite happened
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Huge Increase In Google Business Profiles Driving Directions
The termination of the Appen search quality raters ignited speculation about AI versions to replace them. What’s really going on? The post About Those Google AI Search Quality Raters appeared first on Search Engine Journal
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About Those Google AI Search Quality Raters via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Having trouble convincing your executive or client to invest in PPC?
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7 Powerful Benefits Of Using PPC Advertising via @sejournal, @coreydmorris
Whether you’re a user or a marketer, Robin will explain to you what you should absolutely know about Large Language Models.
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What You Should Know About LLMs (As a User and Marketer) — Whiteboard Friday
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: January 25, 2024
Google is revamping its official SEO Starter Guide, streamlining advice for modern website owners, and simplifying complex topics. The post Google’s SEO Starter Guide Set For A Major Update appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Google’s SEO Starter Guide Set For A Major Update via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google’s John Mueller had a nice one-liner again on X; he said, “Nobody can guarantee you traffic, sorry.” This means you can’t say making X changes will result in Y traffic for sure. You can’t guarantee it he said.
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Google’s John Mueller: No One Can Guarantee Traffic
Google does not read or use the content within your HTML comments for Google Search or ranking purposes. Google’s John Mueller confirmed this once again saying, “Googlebot doesn’t understand your HTML comments.”
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Google Search Does Not Understand Content Within HTML Comments
It looks like Google is testing an update to the Google Business Profile design where Google shows new icons and a slightly updated layout from the old version. The new layout also seems to make the information a bit easier to see and click on from while on your mobile phone.
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Google Testing New Local Business Profile Designs With Icons
Danny Sullivan, Google’s Search Liaison, said that Google may soon target or penalize recipe collection pages using recipe structured data, when recipe structured data should be used on pages that list out the food item and include both ingredients and steps.
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Google May Penalize Recipe Collection Pages Using Recipe Structured Data