You might want to be a bit careful about what you tweet about, because Google has made tweets front and center in the search results for both personal names and company names. Google now displays tweets in real time for a wide variety of searches now. While tweets have been appearing in mobile search results […]
Archives for August 24, 2015
Referral Spam Hitting Google AdSense Publishers Too
It seems as though those annoying Google Analytics referral spammers have a new target – your Google AdSense account. Last week I noticed that there were some new sites that popped up under the “Sites” report that show all domains that ads are displayed on. Semalt has been the largest referral spammer in Google Analytics, […]
Google Showing GMB Categories in Packs & Local Search Results
Google is now showing Google My Business primary categories in some Google local search results, both in pack listings and in the expanded map listings. Brian Barwig was the first to notice the difference, although looking back on some screenshots, it does appear in a few of them. However, because of the nature of the […]
Google Adds Script for Search Tools Filters in Search Results
Google has made a slight adjustment to their search results, using a script to show the “Any time” and “All results” filters when clicking on “Search tools” filtering options. It replaces the usual line “About xxx,xxx search results (o.x seconds)” at the top of the search results when it is clicked. Here it is in […]