I/O announcements have some applauding and others shaking their fists

Posted on May 13, 2019 by gftshappy

Marketers continue to accuse Google of stealing their clicks.

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Local SEOs mixed, some peeved at idea of paying for Google My Business services

Posted on May 6, 2019 by gftshappy

They recognized the logic – but many had strong criticisms.

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Some cheers, a few sneers for Google’s URL solution for AMP

Posted on April 21, 2019 by gftshappy

Solution addresses one of the most prominent AMP criticisms, but its implementation doesn’t come without controversy.

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Google Posts can now highlight customer testimonials in some countries

Posted on April 20, 2019 by gftshappy

Let your customers highlight your business with a new form of Google Posts.

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Google tells some advertisers it will handle their campaign management

Posted on January 27, 2019 by gftshappy

In seven days, the email says, Google Ads reps will start making changes to advertiser accounts if advertisers don’t opt out.

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Google Search Console reporting bug drops some image search data

Posted on December 9, 2018 by gftshappy

Beware of another reporting glitch in Google Search Console.

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Some large search budgets are moving to Amazon, say agency executives

Posted on October 11, 2018 by gftshappy

A small survey of agencies found some advertisers are making large moves to Amazon advertising.

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Google Dataset Search: A new search service to find data from sciences, government, some news organizations

Posted on September 9, 2018 by gftshappy

Using dataset schema, you can mark up your data to get it included in the new Google Dataset Search engine.

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Google speeds up some searches by 2x with use of Service Worker and Chrome for Android

Posted on September 3, 2018 by gftshappy

Google’s pursuit of speed has led it to use Service Workers to make some repeated searches twice as fast.

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Google Posts added to local packs for some branded queries

Posted on August 16, 2018 by gftshappy

Google Posts normally only show up as an option within a local knowledge panel, but here it is showing up on the local 3-pack.

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