Google is now running AdWords ads to advertise their Home Service Ads. Navolutions was the first to spot the ad. What is noteworthy is there are no other paid ads at the top of the page, nor are there any Home Service Ads being displayed, despite many being available. And the local 3-pack wasn’t present […]
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Google Finally Showing AMP Results in Chrome for iOS
When Google AMP first launched, many found it ironic that AMP results would not show up in Google Chrome or the Google Search App for iOS users. While AMP results showed in the news carousel in Safari, Google was only displaying regular non-AMP news carousels in Chrome and GSA on iOS. This has finally changed. […]
Opera Adds Ad Blocking Capabilities to Browser
Opera has come out swinging in the war against online advertising. The browser has added a brand new feature in the latest version of Opera that will block ads from being displayed, via the browser itself, rather than by a third part addon or extension. They also say they are the first browser to add […]
Results in AMP Carousel Can Also Appear in Regular Google Search Results
If you have been concerned about your AMP pages being buried far along to the right in an AMP carousel, and potentially missing out on traffic, you shouldn’t be too concerned. Pages that appear in the carousel can also appear in the regular non-AMP search results. John Mueller was asked about AMP pages in this […]
Google Adds Icons for Quick Facts in Medical Knowledge Panels
Google has fancied up their popular medical condition knowledge panels by adding colorful icons next to some of the most important things that searchers should know. When doing a search on desktop, the knowledge panel for some medical conditions has been dressed up with some brand new icons for important quick facts in the search […]
Google Considering Manual Actions on Fake App Interstitials Like Yelp Uses
If the fact some sites have been getting their mobile friendly tags in the search results along with the associated ranking boost, despite still serving what is essentially an app interstitial, it appears that Google is looking into taking action….manual action. I covered the issue at the beginning of January, showing how Yelp is serving […]
Google’s Tips for Troubleshooting AMP Errors
If you have been seeing some AMP errors show up for some of your WordPress posts, compliments of the wildly popular AMP WordPress plugin, Tomo Taylor, the AMP Community Manager at Google has posted some great troubleshooting tips for publishers yesterday. It was in response to a publisher who was still seeing hundreds of AMP […]
Google Transitioning All Official Blogs to Googleblog.com from Blogspot
Being able to spot official Google blogs just got a bit easier. Google is now transitioning all of their official blogs away from Blogspot URLs to new blogs on the Googleblog.com domain. There has been confusion over the years about whether some blogs are truly official blogs or not, and there are also many non-official […]
Google Removing PageRank From Google Toolbar
If you are still one of the Google PageRank devotees, you may have noticed that your Google PageRank is suddenly showing as not available…. or it will be shortly. Google is removing the publicly shown Google PageRank from being displayed. For some Google toolbar users, the visible PageRank has already been removed, although it may […]
How SEO and PPC Can Work Together to Maximize ROI
SEO and PPC have always been very conflicting ideologies. On one hand, you have a precise profession where every cent counts (PPC), and, on the flip side (SEO), more is better with no regard to logic. Who cares about conversion rates when you get 10x the traffic as a PPC campaign? Am I right, my […]