On Google’s 21st birthday, a look back in time
Revisit a 1999 interview with Google co-founder Larry Page by Search Engine Land's Chris Sherman.
Topic: Google
Keywords Everywhere tool goes paid on Oct 1
‘The only other option would have been to shut it down,’ developer says.
Google won’t pay French publishers copyright fees, will limit content in search results instead
Publishers will need to give explicit consent to Google to show more of their content, says the company.
Video: Wil Reynolds on the importance of data with search campaigns
Give back to your community and obsess over your data, those are two of the many tips given by Wil in this interview.
Google’s new snippet settings give webmasters control over their search listings display
Google adds max-snippet, max-video-preview, max-image-preview and more to the nosnippet snippet controls
Getting started with Google Tag Manager
Here's how you set up a GTM account, create your first tags and triggers, and use the platform to streamline your tracking setup process.
Nextdoor in new deals with directories to monetize local search
Nextdoor is trying to ramp up revenue growth as it heads toward a likely IPO.
In a victory for speech, EU’s top court sides with Google in right to be forgotten case
A decision in favor of French regulators might have set a difficult precedent.
Google September 2019 core update to roll-out later today
Google has pre-announced that a new core update is rolling out sometime later today, are you ready?
YouTube ‘Video Reach’ campaigns let advertisers upload multiple videos for single campaign
Ford reports the new offering reduced campaign costs by more than 20% compared to its previous YouTube campaigns.
Google Search Console speeds up data in performance reports
Google also updated the export to let you choose the timeframe of the export.
TripAdvisor says it blocked or removed nearly 1.5 million fake reviews in 2018
Most of the fake reviews that are submitted (91%) are "biased positive reviews."
Store visits now available for Google Ads smart bidding optimization
Now smart bidding can take foot traffic and online conversion actions into account.
Search Ads 360 rolls out auction-time bidding for Google Search campaigns
It enables access to Google Ads' Smart Bidding capabilities.
Breadcrumb structured data reports now available in Google Search Console
The new report can help you debug issues with breadcrumbs displaying in the search results.
Google explains why syndicators may outrank original publishers
How to ensure your syndicated partners don't outrank you in Google.
Google can crawl AJAX just fine
No special action necessary for webmasters.
Video: Dr. Pete on why tracking Google ranking updates is important
The creator of Mozcast talks about his work and passion for tracking Google search changes.
Noticeable drop in reviews showing in Google search results
It has begun, Google is showing fewer review stars in its search results.
Microsoft Advertising’s product, similar audiences now available to more advertisers
The retargeting and prospecting audience solutions are now in open beta.
Google search adds key moments for videos in search
It is live, the "in this video" timeline feature in search is officially live and works for English YouTube videos.
Yoast 12.1 adds custom favicons to the mobile snippet preview
Also introduces more schema filters and matches Google’s search font size on desktop.
You can’t advertise that: The big list of prohibited ads across social and search platforms
To get ads approved in a timely manner, brands need to know what content is allowed, what’s restricted and what’s prohibited. we put together this cheat sheet to help.
Which local citation sources matter now?
An informal poll of local SEOs yields some answers -- and disagreements -- about spending time on citations.
Report alleges Amazon manipulating search results to boost its products, profit
The company said to give its own products “preferential treatment in search.”
Google Search Console adds Datasets to enhancement reports section
Check out this new report within Google Search Console and if you don't see it, do not panic.
Google cracks down on some review rich results
If your review rich results in Google search disappear, here is maybe why.
Google tests “in this video” search feature
How cool is this new Google search feature that breaks down the sections of the video you are watching.
Subdomain leasing and the giant hole in Google’s Medic update
In today's Soapbox, a warning about the hack in low-authority medical advice with content mirrors and "buying guides" slipping through Google's algorithm.
BrightLocal launches ‘Local RankFlux’ Google local algorithm tracking tool
The tool is designed to help SEOs and businesses more easily track local algo changes.
Google now gives more preference to original reporting in search
Google has updated its algorithms to show more original reporting in search and Google News results.
Meta robots nofollow gets the hint treatment too
Robots won’t support the new UGC and sponsored link attributes, says Google’s Gary Illyes.
Yes, you can add JSON structured data to the body of your pages
Head or body, Mueller explains that Google can read both just fine.
Short reprieve: Google gives accelerated ad delivery an extension
Accelerated delivery will phase out starting October 7.
Yelp introduces ‘Connect’ and new Waitlist features for restaurants
Connect is a publishing tool not unlike Google Posts, but with differences.
What really matters in Google’s nofollow changes? SEOs ask
Who benefits, who will implement the new attributes and how much change should sites expect?
Video: Mel Carson on the early days of the search industry
Mel is one of the nicest and most caring people in the search industry - you should all get to know him.
Search used when brands are unknown, but it’s direct navigation for existing customers
A new survey from Yext explores what content sources are more trusted and what's at stake in not paying enough attention to third party platforms.
SMX Overtime: Your questions answered about Google penalties and their impact on websites
SMX London attendees asked SEO expert Fili Wiese a wide-ranging number of questions about penalties, indexing, crawling and more.
Content accuracy is not a ranking factor
Google’s Danny Sullivan explained that its systems rely on topic relevance and authority to rank content.