Bing Ads is testing a brand new credibility extension. The goal of the extension is to highlight well known brand names and highlight it in the search results. Here is what it looks like: Because display URLs can sometimes be confusing about whether it is the real brand site or not, this extension showcases official […]
Archives for November 2015
Google AdWords Launches Holiday Snippets & Texts
Last week Google started letting business owners set holiday hours and this week the presents continue but this time in the AdWords sphere. On Tuesday they announced on their Google+ Page that people can subscribe to receive via SMS promotions related to Black Friday, Cyber Monday and general Holiday deals. Clearly this is a test […]
Bing Ads Editor for Mac is Coming
One of the biggest complains we hear about Bing Ads is surprisingly the lack of support for having a Bing Ads Editor for Mac users. And we can finally announce, Bing Ads Editor for Mac is on its way! Bing Ads made the announcement at Thursday’s Bing Ads Next event, which brought industry experts and […]
Bing Launches Mobile Friendly & Blocked Resources Testing Tool
While Bing has been showing when sites are mobile friendly, they haven’t had a tool for webmasters wanting to test their sites… until now. They have announced the launch of a brand new mobile friendliness testing tool. Bing is currently checking for the following when determining if the page is mobile friendly or not. Viewport […]
Google AdWords Testing Location-Based Store Reminders
Google AdWords is testing a new feature where they will remind you when a business for a particular ad is nearby, after interacting with a new “Remind me when I’m nearby” feature in their ad in the search results. It is called Location-Based Store Reminders. Here is how the new feature appears within an AdWords […]
Google Testing Larger Recipe Descriptions in Search Results
Google is testing an enlarged version of their recipe results, such as this one including 5 lines of description, plus additional lines for site links. These are regular recipe results, using the recipe schema markup, but Google is displaying a much longer description than the usual two lines we see in most recipe results. They […]
Google Search Analytics Updating Once Again
The Search Analytics in Google Search Console is slowly updating once again. Search Analytics last updated on November 3rd and had been stuck there for days. Late yesterday, data showed up for November 4th, and as of this morning we now see data from November 5th. So it is slowly updating once again. It is […]
Google Begins Sending Warnings for SSL Certificate Issues
Google is now sending out warning letters to webmasters when they have an issue with the secure certificate on their site. Here is what the warning looks like: The new warning letter has [ WNC-60700 ] for an issue number. This seems to be one of multiple types of warning letters for SSL issues, although […]
Google Looking for App Developers for Research Study
If you are an app developer – and don’t mind signing a non-disclosure agreement – Google is looking for those willing to participate in a research study next week. The sessions take place in either New York or San Francisco, although you can also attend remotely via Google Hangouts with a video camera, speaker and […]
Google Now Shows Severity Rating for Blocked Resources in GSC
John Mueller has announced on Google+ that they have added a great new feature to Google Search Console – a new severity rating for any blocked or unreachable resources on a webpage. Here is how it looks: It shows the severity of the issue – Low, Medium or High. According to Mueller, the rating is […]