Wash Up Monday

Google Updates Google local panel adds ‘see other locations’ link - The search giants have added a link in some of the local knowledge panels, this includes the hotel ones that say "see other locations." When it comes to viewing a specific location, the ‘other locations link’ lets you click a link to see different…

Google Updates Safer to use absolute URLs with canonical tags - When it comes to implementing canonical tags on your website, Google recommendS to use absolute URLs instead of relative URLs. As this will help ensure Google has interpreted them correctly. Google fixes bugs in search console - Google said that they fixed over 50 bugs…

Google Updates Google tests like and dislike buttons on hotel search result photos - The search giants have been testing like and dislike buttons in their hotel search results, specifically on photos. You can either like or dislike a photo within a specific hotel search result. Google’s image algorithm uses page authority and image placement -…

Google Updates Google instant apps in mobile search results - On Android devices, when you search Google, you may see a link for instant apps. This is when Google lets you try apps without installing them. Typically you would see these links in the Google Play store to try out the app before you install it…

Google Updates Google tests relevant history in the search results - The search giants are testing the ‘relevant history’ in the searcher results section. The feature will show your past searches that are relevant to the search you just are looking for currently. The relevant history feature will bring awareness to Google storing your search…

Google Updates Google search console reports removes anonymous queries - There has been huge drops in the Google Search Console reports when using the query filter starting after August. The search giants posted on their data anomalies page that they have removed what they call "anonymous query." They said that, now they are omitting anonymous query data because…

Google Updates Google Fixes Video Carousels To Show Them Less Often - A few weeks ago, the search engine giants Google, began showing more and more video carousels in the search results. It got to a point where publishers were disappointed due to the videos, this is because it was leading to less traffic to…

Google Updates Google Ads mobile app - Google is beta testing their new upcoming mobile app for Google Ads. They have mentioned that with the beta Google Ads mobile app, you can manage your ads on the go. The search giant is looking for roughly 1,000 beta testers in the upcoming weeks Google Search Console index…

Google Updates Google link operator is no longer supported - Some are still asking about the Google link operator, but there was an official announcement that the Google link operator is no longer working. This was confirmed back in January last year that Google no longer supports this search operator. ‘Recently viewed’ in Google Local search panel…

Google Updates Hotel search tests price insights - Google is testing new features every other day with their hotel search results. You may now notice price insights that basically aims to tell you if you are getting a good deal or not at that hotel. The deal itself is based on the price for that…