Google has officially launched their new mobile friendly test to all users. This coincides with the recent increase to Google’s mobile friendly ranking boost this month. The new mobile friendly test actually started showing up earlier this month to some users. But it is now in the process of rolling out to all users. The […]
New Mobile Title Tag Lengths for Google Search Results
Last week, Google shook things up by increasing the width of the search results, and increasing the length of the title tags showing in the search results with it. Google has also expanded the increased title tags to the mobile search results as well, and they have been expanded significantly more than in desktop. Google […]
Manual Actions & Reconsideration Request Bug in Google Search Console
There is a known bug in Google Search Console that is making it difficult for those with manual actions – or suspected manual actions – to either file a reconsideration request or see the manual action within their account in the first place. There seems to be two issues with manual actions, depending on where […]
New Google AdWords Carousel Within Ad in Search Results
This is a very interesting mobile test, and one I know advertisers will be eager to test out. This regular mobile AdWords unit seems to be more like a product carousel, but with rentals instead of regular products. And it looks absolutely amazing. There were a total of four listings. Here is the view when […]
Google AdWords Testing New Olive Green AdWords Ads Tag
Google Adwords is testing yet another color of green in their AdWords ads. This time, it is an olive green shade for the “Ad” tag and the URL line in Google AdWords. Here is what the new color looks like: And here is another one, submitted in the comments below from Javi. This green is […]
Google Search Console New Integration in Google Analytics
Google Analytics now allows webmasters access to many more of the metrics shown within Search Analytics in Google Search Console with the various data within Google Analytics, including things like bounce rate and conversion data. This is an update to the much more limited version of Google Search Console data in Google Analytics, for those […]
New Title & Description Lengths for Google SEO in Search Results
If you haven’t given your title and description meta tags some love lately, it might be a good thing you procrastinated… there are new title and description lengths in the Google Search Results. Google has increased the width of the search results for nearly all users (although they could roll it back at any time). […]
Google AdWords With Wider Ads at Top of Search Results
It took about half a day, but Google AdWords ads have just started showing up using the increased width of the search results. Google increased the width of the regular search results column from 500 pixels to 600 pixels wide. But Google AdWords were still displaying as if they only had the 500 pixel width […]
Google Local 3-Packs Are Wider & With Detailed Business Info
When Google began launching their wider search results, one of the sections of the search results to also get wider was the local 3-pack. But in addition to the new width, they are also the more detailed style of local packs, something Google has been going back and forth between over the past year or […]
Google’s New Mobile Friendly Algo Boost Now Live in Mobile Search Results
The increase to Google’s mobile friendly algo ranking boost is now live in the search results. Pages that are mobile friendly will now receive an additional ranking boost in the mobile search results. This is the first time Google has increased the boost since the original one last year when the mobile friendly algo launched. […]