Google has added a new feature to their local maps – Google will now show an area that a festival is in a map. Emily M. Yetzer shared this screenshot showing a local festival showing on Google Maps when nearby Ribfest in Chicago. It appears it shows it not when someone is searching specifically for […]
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Google SEO & Using Age Verification Gates
Sites that require some kind of age verification gating system, such as you see on alcohol sites or some video game sites, can be a complicated thing when it comes to SEO. On the one hand, those sites are required by law to ask someone’s age before viewing the content on the site. But on […]
Google Adds Upcoming Hotel Deals to Hotel Knowledge Panel
Google is testing a new type of sponsored alert in their hotel knowledge panels, this time as an alert that there is a great deal at that particular hotel during particular dates, alerting searchers that the hotel they are looking at may have better deals if they chose alternative dates. Here is what it looks […]
Google AdWords Launches Structured Snippets Globally
Google AdWords has quietly launched their structured snippets for AdWords ads globally. Google has added a new interface option to allow for structured snippets in a large number of languages, up from the limited number of the languages it was available in. AdWords structured snippets are the line of text ad copy, that starts with […]
Bing Adds Expandable Featured Snippets to “See Full Answer”
Bing has added a new type of featured snippet to their search results, and site owners likely won’t be very happy with this one. Bing will display a usual sized featured snippet, but instead of requiring a clickthrough to the actual publisher’s site for more details or information, Bing is offering a new “see full […]
Google Officially Stops Using DMOZ as Snippet Source in Search Results
In a move that should come as no surprise to SEOs, Google has officially stopped using DMOZ as a source for sites and pages in their search results. DMOZ closed earlier this year, meaning Google no longer had an updated outside source – beyond the webpage itself – for pulling snippet information when the webpage […]
Google Soliciting Feedback for Local Pack Results
Google is testing a new feedback feature in their local packs, allowing searchers to give feedback about the specific results that are being shown – or not shown – in the local pack. For local SEOs, the feedback form includes the usual expected feedback options, but with an very interesting addition – an option for […]
Google Adds Local Restaurant Search Suggestion to Top of Search Results
Google has added a new alert to their search results, suggesting that people use Google search to find local restaurants, going so far as suggesting a search query to do so. And most mysteriously, it shows up for completely unrelated – and non-local – queries. Here is what it looks like: As you can see, […]
Bing Adds “People Also Ask” To Their Own Search Results
Bing is now adding “People also search for” drop down box features in their search results. And their implementation is identical to the one Google added to their own search results. The “People also search for” shows collapsed in the search results. Here is what it looks like: It displays in the second half of […]
Use Fetch & Render for Most Accurate Google View of Webpage
A question came up on Twitter regarding how Googlebot sees a page and whether the fetch and render within Google Search Console is the most accurate or if using the cache view from within the Google search results is more accurate. John Mueller answered, and he said that fetch and render will be the closest. […]