The four distinct types of indexing problems and how to identify them. The game has changed. On average, 15-20% of your URLs are not indexed by Google. This is on top of partial indexing issues for pages that are actually indexed. Partial indexing is when your URL is indexed by Google but some of the […]
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The face mask ban comes amid a rise in false claims around coronavirus prevention and price gouging. Google is cracking down on advertising for face masks during the coronavirus epidemic. The company began banning ads for face masks on Monday. Applies to all face mask advertising. The ban applies to all advertisers, including those who […]
This should help sites that were mistakenly removed from Google search rectify the issue sooner. Let’s say your site was flagged by Google search as having a security issue, be it malware or maybe your site appeared to be hacked. Google is now testing a feature to let you request that Google review the site […]
Google improves its live TV and sports search features. Google announced it has added a feature to Google Search to help searchers find live sports games and live TV shows. Google has had TV listing schedules since 2013 and made numerous improvements to that search feature over the years. Watch it live. But now, Google is bolstering how […]
A new attribute allows you to exclude products at the country level. If your Google product feeds are set to show products across multiple countries, there’s a new feed field to give you some more flexibility. You can now use the shopping_ads_excluded_country attribute to keep some products from showing in certain countries you’re targeting, Google announced this month. That […]
The API is backward compatible and there are currently no changes in scope or functionality. Google announced it has been working on upgrading the API for Google Search Console. Although Google said “the API is backward compatible and there are currently no changes in scope or functionality,” there are some changes you should be aware of. The changes. Google said […]
CEO Sundar Pichai has informed employees that eligible jobs will continue remotely through June 2021. As the coronavirus pandemic forced companies to send workers home, many wondered when things would return to normal. As initial measures to contain the pandemic seemed to make headway, companies began setting target dates to return to onsite work. Google […]
The cross-channel reporting is designed to help retailers and brands better understand and optimize ad performance across campaign types. New Google Ads retail category reporting allows retailers to see product category performance across Search and Shopping campaigns. The reports show performance across a set of pre-defined product categories based on labels Google “uses to categorize the words […]
This new support is mentioned in the Google help documents but does not seem to be live yet. Google updated the help document for the performance report within Google Search Console to say you can use regular expressions to filter the report results. Google wrote, “If you choose the Custom (regex) filter, you can filter by a regular expression […]
Google is expanding the use cases of its ‘Duplex’ AI tool. The Google Assistant/Duplex may soon be calling local businesses to check for inventory availability. This notification appears on a support page mostly about appointment booking through Duplex: “Google Assistant will only call you when a customer wants to book an appointment or when it needs to […]