If you searched for a business on Labor Day, you may have noticed that Google has begun adding an alert to their local knowledge panel alerts under the “hours” listing for businesses. Google adds “Labour/Labor Day might affect these hours” to the local knowledge panel when people are searching for local businesses over a holiday […]
Using AdBlock With Chrome Results in Non-Skippable YouTube Ads
If you use Chrome and have noticed that all your YouTube video ads are suddenly non-skippable, you are not alone. Users with AdBlock enabled are suddenly discovering that YouTube is seemingly only serving non-skippable ads. The notion of non-skippable video ads isn’t new on YouTube, but it definitely isn’t the default method. Most videos come […]
Google Doubles Medical Conditions in Knowledge Panels & Adds Features
Google Google expanded their medical results earlier this year to bring detailed and verified medical information into the knowledge panel for commonly searched for medical conditions. Google is now enhancing this even further by doubling the number of medical conditions available via knowledge panel by adding more commonly searched conditions. This will bring the number […]
Bing Ads Launches Android App
Bing Ads has finally launched a version of their Bing Ads app for Android users. They released an iOS version earlier this year and many had been anxiously waiting for an Android version of the app. The app is similar to the one for iOS, for those familiar with Bing Ads for iOS. It supports […]
Google Testing New Expandable Local Knowledge Panel
Google is testing a local knowledge panel that starts collapsed and requires user interaction in order to expand it and see the additional details – details that are normally displayed by default. Here is an example for a search for “Internet Marketing Ninjas” with a collapsed knowledge panel. When expanded, it shows details like a […]
FTC Targeting Videos Without Proper Endorsement Disclosures
The FTC has begun targeting companies for videos created without proper endorsement disclosures, following their recent crackdowns on fake reviews and tweet promotions without proper disclosure. The FTC cited Machinama for accepting payment to create videos promoting XBox One and games, without disclosing the fact they had been paid by Starcom MediaVest Group, an agency […]
App Interstitial Warning Doesn’t Target Cookie Warnings or Other Pop-Ups
The new change Google is making to remove the mobile friendly tag and mobile ranking boost to webpages that show users an app interstitial – or app install box that covers most of the screen – does not impact other types of pop-ups or interstitials… at least not yet. This change is specific to those […]
Workaround for Search Queries Report in Google Search Console
For those who prefer the old Search Queries report in Google Search Console will be in for some disappointment – it appears Google is removing access to the old search queries report in favor of the new Search Analytics which launched earlier this year. Fortunately, for those who love the old search queries report and […]
Google Adds Quotes to Knowledge Panels for Famous Individuals
Google has been adding quotes to the top of their search results recently in knowledge boxes. Now they have also been added to the knowledge panel for well known individuals in the search results. Google seems to include a sampling of quotes to include in their knowledge panel for individuals, and they do display when […]
Pages With App Interstitials Won’t Get Mobile Friendly Ranking Boost
Google is officially adding app interstitials to the mobile friendly test, a month after I spotted Google’s plans to add the change. This means that webpages that serve users an interstitial when they click through from the Google search results will be impacted by this change. App interstitials will begin showing as an error in […]