Hot on the heels of Google creating parent company Alphabet, Google has now released a new logo they feel better reflects the many facets and areas of Google. The Google still uses the same familiar color scheme that users know and love, but with a brand new typeface to go with it. Here is the […]
Google Deprecating Web Hosting via Google Drive… Finally
Google is deprecating discontinuing support for those who host websites on Google Drive, a little known feature that has been available for three years, but one that has definitely caused issues. “Websites” had been hosted via Google Drive with a googledrive.com/host/[doc id] address, but that left plenty of room for some confusion when it came […]
Google Expanding AdWords Home Service Ads
Google caused considerable interest when they began running Home Service Ads as a pay per lead beta test in San Francisco for both plumbers and locksmiths. It seems to be testing well, as Google has added several new service categories to the beta. The new service categories are house cleaner and handyman. It looks as […]
Google Adds New Weather-Related Search Features
Google has stepped up their game in the weather department by adding some new features for weather that show in the Google search results. First, Google is now showing weather information via Google autosuggest when people search for “weather ” in Google Search. The autosuggest shows the current weather information for the location searched for. […]
Google Chrome Restricting Autoplay Video to Current Tab Only
Google Chrome will no longer automatically play video in tabs that are running in the background. Autoplay videos will now be restricted to the active or current tab only. For users who love to open multiple tabs, it can sometimes be a game of hide and seek to try and determine which tab has an […]
Google Chrome to Begin Blocking All Flash Ads by Default
If you are still using Flash advertisements, either on your site as an advertiser, or on other sites as an advertiser, be aware that Google is making a new change that will disable Flash ads to everyone using the Chrome browser. The change will go live on September 1st. While this change is supposed to […]
Displaying Rich Snippets in Google Search Results Doesn’t Impact Rankings
As Google has been displaying more and more types of rich snippets in the search results, people have questioned whether having them displayed on a site in the search results meant the site had a ranking boost associated with it. And it is common to see the top ranked sites displaying them for many types […]
Structured Markup Does Not Affect Google Search Rankings
The question came up in today’s Google Webmaster Office Hours about how Google handles sites that use structured markup versus those that don’t, and whether sites that use it get any kind of extra ranking boost when it comes to Google’s search results. Google’s John Mueller confirms that they do not consider the use of […]
Google Can Display Large Featured Snippet & Expanded Knowledge Panel on Same Page
Google can display both a large featured snippet with image alongside a Google knowledge panel on the right side. What makes this most noticeable is that the featured snippet – with an image and a table – is very lengthy and is actually longer than the knowledge panel with the related projects in it. On […]
Twitter Adds Hearts to Their New Mobile UI Test
Twitter is testing a new look to their mobile Twitter UI… and it will likely drive you crazy…. For starter, stars for favorites are gone, and have been replaced with hearts. And it doesn’t get much better from there, especially for regular or longtime Twitter users. Yes, it definitely looks like they hired a teenage […]