Bing is stepping up their game in local travel by adding reviews from TripAdvisor into their search results when people search for specific hotels and attractions. Here are some examples for hotel searches. And here is an example of a theme park also showing the TripAdvisor reviews. It is worth noting that when these TripAdvisor […]
Archives for August 2015
Google Adds Snippets to Movie Review Knowledge Cards
Google recently made a change to include movie review scores in their knowledge cards at the top of the search results. They have now expanded those cards to include not only the ratings but also quotes from the reviews themselves. You can then click to expand and see more critic reviews. Here is another one, […]
Bing Showcases Yelp Reviews in Search Results
If you are looking for reviews of a restaurant or business, Bing has you covered as they have added a new Yelp review box to their search results which highlight Yelp reviews when you search for “<business name> reviews” in Bing. Here is how it looks when you do a search for “<restaurant name> reviews.” […]
Google Displays Both Related Questions & Featured Snippets in Same Search Result
We have seen a huge increase in the number of Related Questions showing up in the Google search results, the drop down with the “People also ask” in the box header. But now that we see more of them, we have noticed they often have a chance to also show up with featured snippets in […]
Server Go Down? How Google Handles Rankings & SEO After
Having a website go offline is one of the top concerns for nearly every webmaster. Not only do you have the fact you are losing traffic to your site and causing your visitors to go to your competitors instead, there is also the very real issue of how it affects your Google rankings. The question […]
Use a 503 Status Code for SEO Reasons When Taking Website Offline
If you have to take down your website for any reason, such as to do backend maintenance that requires a site be taken offline or if you are re-doing an entire site after it has been hacked, it is important to use a 503 server status code for SEO reasons. Using a 503 server status […]
Google Adds Movie & TV Show Review Ratings to Knowledge Panel
A new feature has popped up in the Google knowledge panel that shows reviews given by the leading movie and television review sites, which displays on the right hand side of the search results in the Google knowledge panel. There are a couple different ways that Google displays them in the panel. Here is the […]
Yahoo Product Listing Ads With Added Filters in Search Results
Yahoo is testing a pretty unique version of their Yahoo Shopping Ads in their search results. While the ad unit features the usual thumbnails and products, it also allows you to click through options to “shop by brand” and “shop by price.” Here is another example with the option to “shop by category.” And this […]