Google Search adds new spam policy: Policy circumvention
If you find ways to get around Google's spam measures, Google may take action on your content, site or account anyway.
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Google publishes document on more notable ranking systems
Google also lists the algorithms that are no longer being used for search rankings.
Don’t fall for fake ownership requests for your Google Business Profile
There are reports of an increase in fraudulent ownership requests, so be careful.
Google launches new search, shopping and maps features
Multisearch for food, Google Lens translation, AR beauty and shoes, Maps live view search and more.
Google Search Console adds Shopping tab listings feature
This gives you more details on your product snippets, merchant listings and the shopping tab listings.
Google’s Panda algorithm evolved into the Coati algorithm
At SMX Next, Google revealed that, years ago, the Panda algorithm was replaced with an updated algorithm called Coati
SMX Next Day 1 kicks off today with Google VP of Search H.J. Kim
We get into the mindset of the people who write the Google Search ranking algorithms.
Google now recommends using dots for decimal numbers in your review snippet structured data
Commas will continue to work but Google is specifically recommending you use dots over commas.
Report: Google Business Profiles bug causing reviews to disappear
A bug with automatically applied suggested edits leads to some businesses seeing all their reviews vanish from Google.
Google Search Console reporting bug with Discover performance report
This was a reporting bug on October 23rd and did not impact the actual search results.
Links may be less important to the Google Search ranking algorithm in the future
As Google better understands how the content fits in within the context of the whole web, links might not be as necessary.
Google fixed a bug with some search features that may impact your site’s visibility
Between October 18th and October 28th, Google Search had a bug with top stories and other search features.
Google adds Google Lens button to home page search box
Google rarely changes its desktop home page but today it did.
Google Search adds new coupons, side-by-side deals and price insights
Right before the holiday shopping season, Google added new search features to help searchers find deals.
Google’s 2010 and 2018 page speed algorithms were replaced by core web vitals
Yep, it is all about the Page Experience update and core web vitals when it comes to Google's ranking alogrithms.
Google Analytics v3 Search Console report query data restored
After about a month, Google has finally fixed the bug where query data was not showing in Universal Analytic's Search Console query report.
Google Search Console mislabeled structured data errors as errors
This was a reporting issue only and did not impact the Google search results.
Google October 2022 spam update done rolling out in less than 48 hours
The update started on October 19th and was completed less than two days later on October 21st.
Google releases October 2022 spam update
This is a global update that may take several days to fully roll out.
Google Ads label is now a bold black text Sponsored label
Google said this it to make the ad label more distinguishable from the organic search results.