Google Posts open to hotels for update notices but not promotions
Hotels can now officially use Google Posts in their local listings but in a limited way.
Barry Schwartz a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry can be followed on Twitter here.
Hotels can now officially use Google Posts in their local listings but in a limited way.
Barry Schwartz | Dec 13, 2021 at 8:14 am ETGoogle will show local results on the left and a map on the right of those results.
Barry Schwartz | Dec 9, 2021 at 11:24 am ETThis is not a ranking change, this is just a change in how Google reports on your rankings.
Barry Schwartz | Dec 9, 2021 at 7:33 am ETRankRanger and Semrush provided us with exclusive data breaking down the two product reviews updates we had this year.
Barry Schwartz | Dec 8, 2021 at 8:49 am ETMicrosoft said this new feature will help searchers check store stock availability and choose to buy online and pick up in-store.
Barry Schwartz | Dec 6, 2021 at 6:50 pm ETThe change comes two years after the last redesign.
Barry Schwartz | Dec 6, 2021 at 4:01 pm ETGoogle is ending some election ads exemptions, adding new election ads serving options and changing verification requirements.
Barry Schwartz | Dec 6, 2021 at 11:15 am ETGoogle is working on a fix for the ad image upload feature in Google Ads Editor.
Barry Schwartz | Dec 3, 2021 at 8:27 am ETMake sure to update your healthcare client's Google Business Profile and website to ensure Google is showing accurate details.
Barry Schwartz | Dec 2, 2021 at 11:00 am ETThe update will take about three weeks to fully rollout, Google said.
Barry Schwartz | Dec 1, 2021 at 12:48 pm ETThis update surprised many, since it started to roll out on November 17th and continued rolling out over the largest online shopping period for the year.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 30, 2021 at 11:57 am ETIndexNow is an initiative by Microsoft and Yandex to push content to search engines that launched in October 2021.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 30, 2021 at 11:00 am ETGoogle has updated their help documents to say it finds a mix of reviews more trustworthy.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 29, 2021 at 10:50 am ETGoogle said because of some difficulties that some sites may have moving to mobile-first indexing, it has decided to not move those sites over yet..
Barry Schwartz | Nov 26, 2021 at 10:10 am ETBetween November 11th and November 17th, Googlebot slowed crawling on some websites.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 23, 2021 at 5:02 pm ETAfter months of testing, the lightbulb icon in the Bing Search results are live for all.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 23, 2021 at 1:03 pm ETThe results from this data showed that this rollout hit hard within the first 24 hours of the announcement and then slowed fast.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 23, 2021 at 8:13 am ETGoogle has rolled out a new look for Google Search Console aimed at improving accessibility and user experience.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 22, 2021 at 6:14 am ETThis is a new requirement for your logo structured data and if logo does not render well on white backgrounds, it may not qualify for inclusion in search.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 18, 2021 at 9:38 am ETHave you recently seen Google translate your snippets? Here is how to control it.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 17, 2021 at 2:24 pm ETWe have a new core update rolling out later today.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 17, 2021 at 9:02 am ETCheck out the new features in the updated version of Lighthouse, which has been released with the new PageSpeed Insights tool.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 17, 2021 at 8:42 am ETWill this tweet trigger some change at Google? Probably not - but it might be wishful thinking.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 17, 2021 at 8:09 am ETGoogle announced these changes weeks ago but it is now rolling out under a new URL.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 16, 2021 at 9:17 am ETKnowing which bot is really from Microsoft Bing and which is not can help you decide which rogue bots to block from your site.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 15, 2021 at 2:21 pm ETNew Google Merchant Center policy now allows you to list your at-home results or lab results and over-the-counter test kits in both free and paid Google Shopping.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 15, 2021 at 9:06 am ETThe bug was between 6pm PST on Friday Nov 12 through 3am PST Saturday, Nov 13.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 13, 2021 at 6:20 pm ETAfter numerous days where sites hosted on SiteGround were blocking Google from indexing, the issue has been resolved this morning.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 12, 2021 at 9:43 am ETThis rollout took about 8 days to complete - so check your rankings to see if you were impacted.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 11, 2021 at 1:13 pm ETIn addition to the URL type, you can now use the ImageObject type.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 11, 2021 at 10:59 am ETKnowing which bot is really Google and which is not can help you decide which rogue bots to block from your site.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 10, 2021 at 7:35 am ETAfter both Microsoft Bing and Yandex announce IndexNow, Google promises to give it a try.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 9, 2021 at 7:15 pm ETThe platform is making more data available that you can use to make informed decisions about your search campaigns.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 9, 2021 at 8:35 am ETThe job is based in Mountain View, California and you would work on helping keep the search results spam free.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 5, 2021 at 9:11 am ETThe rollout will be complete by the end of March 2022.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 4, 2021 at 1:45 pm ETGoogle is also rolling out more support for managing your business profile directly in Google Search and Maps.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 4, 2021 at 9:00 am ETThe rollout for this Google search algorithm update will take about a week.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 3, 2021 at 7:00 pm ETFor over four months, Google has been overcounting some of this data - make sure you communicate this to your clients when you send them your next batch of reports.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 3, 2021 at 8:09 am ETGoogle updated its video best practices SEO guide to say if you want a video to perform well in search, place it prominently on a dedicated page.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 3, 2021 at 7:58 am ETGoogle is piloting a program to allow some users to contact Google over Search Console domain verification and user management issues.
Barry Schwartz | Nov 2, 2021 at 11:40 am ET