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Google SGE now uses photos and reviews from Google Business Profile listings
Google has updated the Search Generative Experience to use Business Profile data for its AI-snapshots.
Is Google Search showing fewer sitelinks
Google use to show as many as six sitelinks in its search results - now it seems to show at most four. Maybe this was a layout change to vertical sitelinks?
Google officially displays years in business in local pack
After several months of testing, Google has officially launched this new label that shows how many years your business has been in operation.
Video: Kevin Doory on difference between traditional SEO and local SEO
He also shared some fun tips on Google My Business.
Google officially throttling Keyword Planner data for low spending AdWords accounts
Not a big AdWords spender? You may notice a lack of data in your Keyword Planner account.
Report: HTTPS URLs Have No Discernible Ranking Benefit In Google Currently
In August 2014, Google announced that they would give a small ranking boost to HTTPS with the new HTTPS ranking factor. Now that it is a few weeks later, many are wondering how much of an impact does HTTPS URLs actually have on rankings. The answer according to SearchMetrics is none currently. Marcus Tober of […]
Apple’s App Store Search Engine Now Considers Misspellings & Typos
Sarah Perez at TechCrunch reports Apple has updated their App Store search engine to help with misspellings, typos and other “fat-fingered” searching mistakes. Sarah said she has “sources” that have confirmed these “App Store search engine changes went into effect a few weeks ago.” One example I can personally attest to is when someone searches […]
Google Glass Gets Universal Search: News, Video, Sound Results & More
Google is giving Glass a taste of universal search results. The latest software update for Google Glass is out, and this one offers a significant expansion of the device’s search capabilities. Google sends out one major software update to Glass owners each month. The latest is known as XE9 (XE stands for Explorer Edition, the […]
Google News Showing Web Site Results For Some Navigational Queries
Google News is now showing the top web search result listing in the news results when the query has navigational intent. For example, if you search Google News for [ask.fm] at the top of the search results page, you will see a search snippet and link to their web site. Clicking on the link takes […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 5, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Google’s Matt Cutts Awarded Patent On Detecting Hidden Text & Hidden Links A new Google patent was awarded today named Systems and methods for detecting hidden text and hidden links. The […]
Web Spam Archive Tool Saves Google’s Live Spam For More Than Just Recent Results
One of the more interesting aspects of Google’s recently released “How Search Works” interactive infographic were the live examples of spam that were recently removed. The features allows users to see live spam that was recently removed (once they clicked through the disclaimer that offensive material may be included.) Just 4 days later our own RustyBrick (the […]
Google’s Matt Cutts Riffs On J.C. Penney, Panda Update & Other SEO Topics In Live Webchat
Google’s Matt Cutts confirmed this morning that Google has lifted J.C. Penney’s SEO penalty, that the Panda update will continue to rollout internationally and offered numerous SEO- and search-related tips in a live webchat on the Google Webmaster Central YouTube Channel. More than a thousand viewers tuned in but, for those who weren’t able to […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 14, 2010
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Voice Search Adds Personalization Traditional search on Google is already personalized (and has been for some time), and now the company has announced that its Voice Search service can also […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 26, 2010
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Mobilizes Place Pages for Android Devices Today Google announced upgraded Maps for Android, with the addition of a new mobile version of Places (not to be confused with the Android […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 17, 2010
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google May Finally Disclose AdSense Split … If You’re An Italian Newspaper, That Is How much money does Google keep for itself from AdSense ads that publishers carry? Unless you’re a […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 7, 2010
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Facebook’s “Posts By Everyone” Feature: Do People Realize They’re Sharing To The World? It’s kind of crazy. I’ve been playing with Facebook’s “Posts By Everyone” search feature recently, and many people […]
Is Google Maps Getting Flickr Photos?
Our own Barry Schwartz spotted this today on Google Maps: A search for rustybrick includes a link to see Flickr photos displayed on Google Maps: Clicking on that link leads to a fairly lengthy list of photos imported into Google Maps via the Flickr API. The photos are all from a Flickr feed that includes […]
Google Still Working On Making Blog Search More Relevant
It has been almost three months since Google Blog Search began indexing full text of the page and, since then, there have been numerous complaints from searchers and webmasters. The majority of the complaints are that Google Alerts are coming up for irrelevant or outdated blog results. In addition, many blogs are no longer indexed […]
Google SMS Search Is Down … For The Count?
Search Engine Roundtable reports today that Google’s SMS Search service isn’t working: When you send a search term to 466453, Google quickly replies that your query “did not return any results.” Barry Schwartz used “Lakers” and “RustyBrick” as examples to show what’s happening: The SER report says Google is looking into the problem, but the […]
SphinnCon Israel 2008 Recap
Photo from Yos SphinnCon Israel 2008 is now complete, and I wanted to share the coverage I found for the conference. SphinnCon is a networking event series from Search Engine Land’s parent company, Third Door Media. I hosted the first ever event in the series in Jerusalem, Israel.
Flickr Adds Picnik Web Based Image Editing Features
The Flickr Blog announced that the integration of the expected Online Photo Editing software from Picnik is now complete. Meaning, you can now edit your Flickr photos directly on the web with a click of a button. Personally, I am very excited about this feature and hope to utilize it often. Here are screenshots of […]
Live Blogging: SMX Social Media – Extra! Extra! The Social News Sites
The third session at SMX Social Media is covering topics such as Digg, Netscape, Reddit, Newsvine, and social news sites. Neil Patel from ACS, Chris Winfield from 10e20 and Tamar Weinberg from RustyBrick are the speakers for this panel. There is also coverage at Search Engine Roundtable and Search Engine Journal and aimClear Blog.
Google Adds Local Reviews In Search Results
The Google Blog announced that when you conduct searches at Google.com for local specific information, you may get local reviews and business comparisons. For example a search on pizza 10010 returns three results, all with five stars, from pizza restaurants in NYC. Here is a screen capture: