Make sure to check out the new site name structured data documentation. Google is now rolling out what it calls “site names” in the mobile search results. Site names more prominently show the name of the website, as opposed to just the URL, at the top of the snippet. With the site name, Google also […]

Now you can debug your image license markup in the Rich Results test tool or in Search Console. Google has added support for image license metadata for licensable image label to both Google Search Console reports and the Rich Results test tool. Google said on Twitter “we are happy to announce support for Image License structured data in Search […]

Google is also limiting reporting data to the last three years. Google has launched a new AdSense reporting page, the company announced Tuesday. The new Reports page will be rolling out in phases and it could be up to two weeks before it reaches all publishers. The new AdSense Reports page (top) and the old one that […]

The company is investing heavily to address the dominant online to offline use cases, including buy online, pickup in-store. Responding to user behavior and its own evolving search query data, Google continues to build bridges between the digital and physical worlds. Just a week ago, the company introduced new shopping features that help consumers more easily find […]

Google said it is fixing the issue and there is no action you need to take. If you have been following our newsletter, you would have seen us reporting on unconfirmed cases of indexing issues around URLs that seem to be dropping out of the Google index. We suspected canonicalization issues with Google and we were right, partially. Google […]

Another Google outage is reported and advertisers are scrambling to figure out what’s going on. Update. The issue has now been resolved. Google is facing a slew of issues today affecting the Ads API, Impression Share, Auction Insights, and Ads Manager. What Google says. Google has just reported an issue with the API, rendering it inaccessible for […]

The update can take up to a couple weeks to roll out, so keep an eye on your Google visibility over the next week or so. Google has started to roll out the new helpful content update that it pre-announced last week. As a reminder, Google’s helpful content update is a sitewide signal. It targets […]

This was first launched for the Google local business results in July 2020 and now is supported by Google Merchant Center. Google announced that black-owned businesses can now also show a special label or indicator in their product and shopping results within Google Search. The label reads “identifies as Black-owned” and shows in the product listing results […]

Are you feeling spooked by a mysterious rise in ad spend? Columnist Pauline Jakober takes a look at what you can do in AdWords to solve the mystery. It’s almost Halloween, and what could be scarier than wasted ad spend? Even the most experienced PPC managers can be mystified when a paid search account experiences […]

The missed call log will remain available to businesses for 45 days. Google is testing a new feature in Google My Business called “call history.” It’s designed to help businesses see and respond to missed calls coming from Google Search and Maps. It’s opt-in and currently available to “a select group of businesses in the […]