Google added neural matching in local search, which is why many are seeing local ranking changes in the past month. Google has now confirmed the numerous reports of a local search update that began in early November. The update is related to Read More
A deep dive into BERT: How BERT launched a rocket into natural language understanding
Get the full backstory of the algorithm’s evolution and how BERT has improved human language understanding for machines. If you have been keeping an eye on Twitter SEO over the past week you’ll have likely noticed an uptick in the Read More
Google Search Console adds Video Enhancement, Video Appearances Performance reports
Google has new reports to help you with your videos in Google Search and Discover Google has announced two new reports within Google Search Console. These reports help you understand how well your videos are performing in Google search and Read More
Noticeable drop in reviews showing in Google search results
It has begun, Google is showing fewer review stars in its search results. Numerous Google search tracking tools are all reporting a drop in the number of search results that display the review rich results, the stars under the search Read More
Reservations, AR navigation coming to Google Maps
The new features are aimed at making Maps a hub for travelers Google Maps users will soon be able to view their flight and hotel reservations directly from the mobile app and use augmented reality to direct them as they Read More
New Google Shopping program enables customer photos to show with their product reviews
The feature is rolling out now and available through a handful of reviews partners. Users can click to see customer photos included with their reviews in Google Shopping. Image: Yotpo. Google Shopping is bringing customer photos to the product reviews sections Read More
Early data around the Google June 2019 core update shows some winners, losers
This Google update that began rolling out on Monday seems like it was pretty big and the scary part, it isn’t done rolling out yet. The pre-announced Google June 2019 core update that started rolling out this past Monday is starting to be felt Read More
Google’s indexing bug is back – new content not being indexed
It’s back, Google isn’t able to index new fresh content right now. This morning, Google fixed a bug that affected its ability to index new content. Well, right now, that bug is back. New content not being indexed. Try finding content from large news Read More
Google’s web crawler Googlebot now runs on the latest version of Chromium: Why that’s a good thing
Googlebot has been upgraded and should now be able to crawl more modern web sites with less of an issue. Google announced the launch of a new version of its web crawler Googlebot on Tuesday at the Google I/O developer conference. Googlebot Read More
Does Google owe us more than just an apology over de-indexing?
Do we deserve more transparency from Google? Do we deserve more than just an apology? There is an ecosystem in the world of the Internet. You have the content producers, you have advertisers and you have people searching for content. Read More