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Make sure not to miss the new more visual changes in Microsoft Bing Search, the new Google My Business reports and the Google Ads mobile app notifications.
Microsoft Bing updates recipe results, similar looking items, expandable carousels, infographic panels and local answers design.
Google automatically calculates the price drop based on changes to your structured data over time.
With a new, modern experience, Google says the redesign is easier to read and use.
This year we're offering topic-specific events that offer attendees guided learning paths for becoming sharper marketers.
Every business is unique in its own way and schema markup can help convey that in Google search.
Even a pandemic couldn’t slow down developments in the search industry. Here’s our recap of the year’s most important stories and news.
Neeva and You.com seek to pick up segments of users overlooked by Google, and with shifting user preferences and increased governmental scrutiny, there might be an opportunity.
After the SEO backlash around Google announcing it would deprecate the tool, Google decided to migrate it instead.
PAAs now appear in 9% of brand knowledge panels. Here's how they're different and why you need to optimize answers for brand-focused questions.
Topics include the Page Experience Update, FAQ schema, request indexing tool, diversity and much more.
What manufacturers and retailers need to know to take advantage of product Knowledge Panels in search.
Google’s recent updates provide SEOs with more freedom to focus on users instead of bots.
PAA boxes appear in nearly half of all searches. Here’s how they work and how SEOs can use them to their advantage.
The rebrand includes new logos, and Give with Bing is now available in seven markets.
Intelligent answers and semantic highlighting are also rolling out to more markets.
Multiple indicators suggest Apple may be stepping up its search efforts.
Google just added new search development documents for this structured data type.
Turn your local business profiles in the search results into portals that can deliver customers right from your listings.
Google keeps upgrading this tool to add more and more structured data support.
It seems like there won't be any formal presentations, instead, expect an open dialog between Google and attendees.
Your own site, Wikidata, third-party mentions and business databases can expand your Knowledge Graph entries in Google and Bing.
Now you can debug your image license markup in the Rich Results test tool or in Search Console.
Google’s decision to deprecate the testing tool in favor of the Rich Results Testing Tool isn’t sad because of nostalgia, but because this feels like a downgrade masked as an improvement.
Before adopting, SEOs need to consider how long a new feature may be around for, the cost of implementation and maintenance, and whether increased visibility leads to increased revenue.
Google is deprecating the old Structured Data Testing Tool.
The Wikipedia-sourced info boxes mean users may not have to leave the platform to look up entities.
Use these new reports to see how well your recipe markup is performing in Google Search.
Get your recipe markup in order with these new Google tools.
The Rich Results Test tool now also supports SpecialAnnouncement markup.
The elements are there, now all Google needs is near flawless execution.
And, expert SEOs discuss a Google Search Console feature that would ease their anxieties in this clip from Live with Search Engine Land.
Technical SEO Chris Long discusses the benefits of schema, MREIDs and markup for e-commerce category pages and more.
How to get your products eligible, make your listings more competitive and measure traffic from Popular Products.
SEO expert Joe Robledo explains how to assess where you stand and how you can win, with featured snippets.
A discussion about the impact of new search behaviors, changing websites and algorithm updates on the massive shifts they're seeing.
A last reminder to switch to schema.org markup before April 6 to maintain rich result eligibility.
In less than a month, the SERP has shifted from brand results to one focused on the coronavirus outbreak.
RankRanger says the people also ask shows for 40% of queries, it use to show up for 52% of queries.