This is the first interview I did after New York went on lock due to COVID in March – hence the lack of the haircut. Kevin Lee came to my home to do an outside vlog interview, socially distant, to discuss SEO and SEM…
Google officially launches ‘licensable’ image label and filter in Image search
Google’s “licensable” badge in Image results is now out of beta. Google also changed the “Usage rights” search filter to let users search for images with creative common or other licenses to address concerns about digital images being commodified and used for free. Licensable badge. Google began testing the badge in February after working with…
Google Search Console Dataset Report Warnings May Spike
If you use dataset structured data then you may see a spike in warnings in your Google Search Console enhancement report for those datasets. Google said it is now reporting warnings for any Dataset object that is missing the recommended property “creator.”
Daily Search Forum Recap: August 28, 2020
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web…
Search Buzz Video Recap: SEOs Brace For The Next Google Core Update, Search Console Updates & New Structured Data
I did this video from my home office desk location, I figured I’d change it up a bit. This week, SEOs are beginning to brace themselves for the next big core update – it can be out any day now. Google has a new way to report false positives…
Is Google prepping to phase out ETAs?
This story is developing. Some search marketers reported Friday that the “Text ad” option is not available from the Ads dropdown for Search campaigns in the Google Ads interface. Instead, the ad options from the Ads dropdown are limited to Responsive search ad (RSA) and Call ad. Frederick Vallaeys, CEO of Optmyzr, is among those…
[Updated] Is Google prepping to phase out ETAs?
This story is has been updated with a statement from Google. Several search marketers reported Friday that the “Text ad” option is not available from the Ads dropdown for Search campaigns in the Google Ads interface. Instead, the ad options from the Ads dropdown are limited to Responsive search ad (RSA) and Call ad. Frederick…
Google: Crawling Bandwidth Benefit To Using jpeg vs webp But Minimal
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter there is maybe a small bandwidth savings when it comes to GoogleBot crawling your site when you use webp over jpeg image formats. But then you would only see that difference when the site is a “very image-heavy site.” So normal sites probably wouldn’t really see any bandwidth savings…
UX & SEO: Why They Go Hand in Hand
Though marketers don’t always think of SEO and UX together, they are really two sides of the same coin. Both are integral for anticipating and fulfilling your customers wants and needs. So we thought we’d give a shoutout to SEO’s best friend UX. The value of UX has been studied by Forrester in a report…
See how visits to retail, grocery, workplaces are trending by area with Google Mobility Reports
Google’s COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports show how visits and length of stay in various place categories have changed compared to a baseline period before the pandemic. The reports, which are published on an ongoing basis, illustrate movement trends over time with respect to geography (including country, state and county) over a six-week period, with the…