The Google Page Experience Update: User experience to become a Google ranking factor
Core Web Vitals metrics will start to impact rankings in 2021. Here is what you need to know.
Topic: Google
Common oversights that can impede Google from crawling your content [Video]
SEOs and developers shouldn’t over-engineer workarounds when basic, reliable solutions already exist, says Martin Splitt in this clip from Live with Search Engine Land.
Replay: What marketers need to know about Facebook Shops
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls Facebook Shops “the biggest step” the company has taken to unify e-commerce across its family of apps. Let's talk about that.
Google Ads credits for SMBs start rolling out
The $340 million program will phase in over the coming weeks.
How Google crawls and indexes: a non-technical explanation [Video]
Google’s Martin Splitt provides a simple summary of the processes that pave the way for ranking search results.
Core Web Vitals report replaces Speed report in Google Search Console: What you need to know
If you are looking for the speed report in Google Search Console, it is no longer named that.
New Google My Business features aim to help SMBs pivot and survive COVID-19
The new tools and capabilities mirror the expanding role of GMB as a gateway to both offline and online services.
Google is coming for Facebook budgets with Discovery ads, now available globally
Discovery campaigns are available to all advertisers globally.
Analyze retail category performance across Google Ads Search and Shopping campaigns
The cross-channel reporting is designed to help retailers and brands better understand and optimize ad performance across campaign types.
Google Assistant’s ‘confirm with voice match’ gives new meaning to ‘contactless payments’
Intriguing new feature could simply be a test or the future of shopping on the Google Assistant.
Blogging for Shopify: A unique SEO approach
Shopify stores may need to create blog content to rank for keywords that seem strictly transactional.
Replay: Experts discuss Google Shopping on Live with Search Engine Land
We talk about the big changes with free listings in Shopping, Smart Shopping Campaigns and more.
Let’s hope COVID-19 isn’t a ‘mass extinction event’ for small businesses
SMBs spend billions annually on digital advertising and marketing services.
YouTube Select: YouTube’s new premium advertising program adds connected TV targeting
Brand advertisers will be able to target TV screen viewing for the first time.
Google Search Console adds new guided recipes reports
Get your recipe markup in order with these new Google tools.
Google Discover performance reports data issue
You may see a significant decline in your Google Discover traffic in Google Search Console, this may be a reporting bug.
FAQ: All about Google Shopping and Surfaces across Google
A Google Shopping guide to free and paid listings and how to increase product visibility across Google.
Google May 2020 core update is done rolling out
It is now time for you to review your site to see if this May 2020 update had an impact on its Google rankings.
Replay: Foursquare, PlaceIQ CEOs join Live with Search Engine Land
Group discusses how brands and marketers can use location intelligence as they plot a way forward.
Google to sunset Gallery ads beta, focus on Image Extensions
Simple wins out. Image extensions and dynamic image extension betas will continue.
More missing Google My Business reviews appearing as publication speed picks up
Google is now posting user reviews and photos in all countries and the vast majority of business categories.
Google Search Console API to stop supporting HTTP and JSON-RPC requests
Many SEOs are still using these methods, so please check your implementations so they do not break.
Google Chrome to crack down on battery- and data-sucking display ads
The move follows other efforts to block "annoying" ads from loading on the browser.
Retailers can now link their PayPal and Google Merchant Center accounts
The integration makes it easier to get up and running with Google's free Shopping listings.
Don’t try to reinvent the SEO wheel, says Google’s Martin Splitt
Splitt addresses the most common indexing and JavaScript mistakes, why he doesn’t take ranking questions and shares why Google’s communications aren’t always as proactive as we’d like.
Google tests ‘Curbside Pickup’ badge for local Shopping ads
Local Inventory Ads gain prominence with "In store" mobile experience and "Curbside pickup" option.
Video: Limor Barenholtz on how SEO has changed over the years
Coder, hacker, web site tinker who loves SEO and Google algorithms.
Replay: Google’s Martin Splitt gets technical on Live with Search Engine Land
If you are having indexing issues with your HTML or JavaScript-based website, then you won’t want to miss this chat.
Google’s got a new Shopping ad test — and it’s a weird one
A Shopping ad is accompanied by a clickable text unit.
Google’s May 2020 core update was big and broad, search data tools show
This update was an "absolute monster" said Mordy Oberstein from RankRanger.
New Google ‘Rising Retail Categories’ tool exposes fast-growing product searches
This is the first time Google says it has provided this kind of data to the public.
Google is suggesting searches based on users’ recent activity
The suggestions surface for multiple intents for logged-in users.
Oops, LinkedIn temporarily drops out of Google Search
Even the biggest sites on the internet can have problems with their SEO and Google.
Less than essential: Why smart speakers are like smartwatches, not smartphones
The devices have reached 50% of US homes, but fallen flat as a channel
Is it an algorithm update or is Google adapting to new search intent? [Video]
‘The idea that what's happening with searcher behavior is not causing these shifts means that Google is in there writing that code for every intent, every day, and I can't believe that's what's happening,’ said Dr. Pete Meyers on Live with Search Engine Land.
Advertisers signal glimmers of optimism, start spending again
Despite numerous unknowns and continued challenges, many agencies and advertisers say they have shifted gears for the next phase.
Google Search Console now supports SpecialAnnouncement schema
The Rich Results Test tool now also supports SpecialAnnouncement markup.
Google surfacing more local COVID news content to satisfy massive search demand
Local news publishers have struggled to monetize spike in consumer interest.
Google May 2020 Core Update rolling out
This is the second Google core update of 2020.
Your sidebar featured snippet’s ranking didn’t change because of COVID [Video]
The new featured snippet variant was seen on 1% of all results pages containing featured snippets, said Olga Andrienko on Live with Search Engine Land.