Wash Up Monday

Google Google displays ‘Get more reviews’ for local knowledge panels - They have changed the button for the local knowledge panel from ‘write a review’ to ‘get more reviews’ for businesses managers. So when you click the new button, it will then provide you a way to share reviews for your business, rather than taking you to write a…

Google Google removes live coverage help docs - They have removed the search help documents for the live coverage carousel. This was launched in 2016 by Google as a pilot launch. A spokesman from Google mentions that the documents are currently still very limited, which means that it doesn't make sense to have the documents public just yet. Google My Business…

Google Google local panel shows how many minutes from nearby landmark - On search, it now shows how far a specific location is from another nearby landmark. You can try this with hotel search results where it shows other local panels in web search. Google tests new featured snippets - On social media there has been screen shots of a…

Google Google tests out package tracking directly in search - They are testing an early adopter program that allows shipping companies such as FedEx, DHL, UPS, USPS and others to integrate their tracking data with the search company. This means that it would allow Google search engine to show the status of customers’ package directly within search, rather than showing a link…

Google BERT does not affect indexing - It was rolled out as a way for the search giant to understand queries better, this can impact how a site is ranked within Google search as Google might match the queries to the content slightly differently now. But, it does not impact how Google indexes the pages on your web site. So therefor,…

Google New top bidding signals with Google Ads bid strategy report - This new data is available in the bid strategy report, which shows you the top bidding signals. With these new signals, you can now include the following; Device type Location Day of week Time of day Keywords In order to see the signals, you will…

Google Google rich results shows Google Home & Smart Display - They have mentioned on social media that their rich results test now show you how your recipe mark up looks in Google Search as well as on Google Home devices and smart displays. You can see in the footer of this image that it shows a "preview in"…

Google Google Ads has new campaign types & cross-account features - The search giant has rolled out a new update for Google Ads. This update has many new features that includes support for new campaign types and updates to multi-account management. Below are some of the new features: Add/remove labels syntax in CSV import - You can now add…

Google Updates Google changes expandable featured snippet - As they have had the expandable featured snippets roughly over a year, they are now testing and trialling a new design and layout. The expandable featured snippet shows less content in the expandable element. Google Ads have added a new feature - You now see conversion by time, which means that not only…

Google Updates Google’s latest search algorithm update - Google has made the largest change to its search system since they introduced RankBrain by rolling out BERT. Thy have said that it will impact 1 in 10 queries in terms of changing the results that rank for those queries. So what is BERT? It is Google’s neural network-based technique for natural language processing (NLP)…