Googleâs results got more personal with Search Plus Your World In 2012, Googleâs search results were radically transformed as a new âSearch Plus Your Worldâ format began rolling out. Google started mixing together content from the web with content that had been shared with you privately into a single set of listings. Search Plus Your […]
Last week Google updated its Help Center to include a new vertical: Dentists. The change was first noted by Matt Casady who wrote about the update on Local U. Carrie Hill posted about it on Twitter. Great new vertical in LSAs! Jump on this one before your competitors do! https://t.co/8Wjupycczf â Carrie Hill (@CarrieHill) January […]
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Between the roll-out of the helpful content update and the emphasis of E-E-A-T on every query and search result, Google is clear about the significance SEOs should place on good, valuable content in 2023. Given that, Iâd like to break down the approach, process, and resources my team uses to tackle content this year. Iâm […]
Microsoft and BigCommerce just announced a new partnership called âMicrosoft Ads and Listings in the BigCommerce Marketplace.â The new collaboration enables BigCommerce merchants in the US, UK and ANZ to directly integrate their stores and reach Microsoft Advertisingâs audience of more than a billion people. What BigCommerce says. Seamless partner app integrations like Microsoft Ads […]
Many great articles have exposed the seedy underbelly of Local Services Ads spam and fake reviews. Thereâs one on Search Engine Roundtable regarding fake reviews and another on Search Engine Land where Len Raleigh talked about location spam, reviews, names and ads. I recently learned from a client that the dark hole goes a little […]
If youâve racked up awards or accolades for your business, youâre not wrong in wanting to show them off. Your achievements signify youâre doing a few things right, so why wouldnât you display them on your website? The key is to ensure you donât look too company-focused or braggy â after all, a cardinal sin […]
AdWords Managed Accounts get shared negative lists across accounts In 2017, Google added the ability to create and share negative keyword lists across accounts for Managed Accounts. This was welcome news for advertisers who had been adding the same lists of negative keyword accounts manually or using a script to automate cross-account negative lists. For accounts in […]
Intent research vs. keyword research In 2020, FrĂ©dĂ©ric Dubut of Bing told us: âKeyword research are probably going to become slowly obsolete and youâll need to switch to intent research as a practice.â Barry Schwartz asked Googleâs John Mueller about Dubutâs statement. Hereâs what Mueller said: âThereâs probably always gonna be a little bit of […]
The Spam Clock in 2011, startup search engine Blekko launched a spam clock that estimated 155 million spam pages had been created since Jan. 1 of that year. Blekko said 1 million spam pages were being created every hour. How bad was Googleâs spam problem then? Big. But as Danny Sullivan pointed out at the […]
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