Google has given us an update on the big Google search algorithm update. It will take a few more days to fully roll out. On Wednesday, Google said it had begun rolling out a broad core algorithm update for search results. Today, we learned that the update is still rolling out and will continue to […]

Google is now rolling out a new look for the local panel in the mobile search results. The new look goes from the blue interface with text buttons to a white interface with rounded buttons. Here is the new look you might be able to see now when you search for a local business on […]

Mordy Oberstein from RankRanger has reported that the Google mobile search results interface has seen a dramatic increase in the number of image thumbnails displayed in the mobile search results. In fact, according to RankRanger data, there was a 183 percent increase on July 13, 2018 — from 15.7 percent of all mobile page one […]

Google today is remembering the life and contributions of the German conductor Kurt Masur. He was known as “one of the last old-style maestros.” He worked as a conductor for almost 60 years between the years of 1955 and 2014, retiring the year before he died at the age of 88 on December 19, 2015. […]

When Google confirmed the Google update from the weekend, Danny Sullivan explained that it was a “core update” that happens only several times per year, versus the Google statement around Google doing updates several times per day. Those daily updates are called “focused updates.” Here is how Danny put it, “We do some type of […]

The role of search is expanding and diversifying at an accelerating pace. In the age of assistance, search is everywhere and embedded within a range of home devices and smartphones. You can search from more places than ever before, through voice, image or text. A report by Brightedge (my company) reveals that 57 percent of […]

In May of this year, many small businesses lost a number of Google reviews. A month later, Google provided my colleague Mike Blumenthal a statement that confirmed the reviews were not coming back: We do not allow anonymous reviews today and we’ve removed legacy anonymous reviews. The reviews removed were old reviews from anonymous profiles […]

Not only does your Google My Business listing increase your chances of showing up in the Google Local 3-pack, but when your business is searched for by name, Google often shows a Knowledge Panel that displays detailed information about your company. These details are pulled directly from your GMB listing, as well as from information […]

The Fourth of July is tomorrow, but Google has uploaded its Independence Day doodle on the Google US home page a day early. The doodle showcases some of the most-searched-for recipes broken down by state. Google used Google Trends to build this year’s doodle. When you click on the play button on the doodle, you can drill […]

Google said it can take many months for Google to reclassify a web site that was classified as being adult, to not being adult anymore. Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter “these things take quite a bit of time to be reviewed and re-evaluated by our algorithms, usually it’s on the order of months.” He […]