Google's local advertising update takes effect on November 21; from that date, any business without a Google Business Profile cannot run Local ads.| uSERP
Google has partnered with Kairos Power to use small nuclear reactors to create the power it needs to run its AI data centers. Google said that by partnering with Kairos Power, it will have its first reactor before 2030 and more by 2035. AI tech needs a new power source Tech companies are increasingly looking […]| uSERP
Google updated its restrictions on business profile violations. Now, if you get caught using fake reviews or breaking other policy violations, you may be sanctioned. Google drops the hammer on fake reviews Some Google updates make headlines, others quietly come into play. Google’s latest business profile violation update is the latter, but it could have […]| uSERP
Google’s search advocate, John Mueller, has reaffirmed that heading hierarchy has little SEO impact and that fixing it will not improve your website rankings. Is heading element order necessary? In a recent Reddit discussion, Muller debunked the belief that Google considers heading orders necessary for SEO. The person asking wondered if using heading elements in […]| uSERP
Google’s search advocate, John Mueller, was at hand to provide helpful advice to a Redditor whose site was experiencing fluctuations they believed were significant, saying not to overreact to minor fluctuations when analyzing site performance data. Mueller advises on traffic fluctuations Search Engine Journal writer Matt G. Southern picked up on the Reddit conversation between […]| uSERP
A recent study by Newzdash shows that AI Overviews now appear in only 3.9% of search results, a steep decline and a new low since the rollout in May 2024. The Study Newzdash conducted their 9-week study to track 10,000 trending keywords across various news categories. Here’s their reason for the study: The results show […]| uSERP
Google began rolling out its highly awaited August 2024 core update on August 15. Google says the update will demote SEO-focused content and promote smaller independent websites that create helpful, high-quality content relative to searches. Full rollout completion is expected within a month. What is the Google August 2024 Core Update? The August 2024 Core […]| uSERP
A new report shows that traffic to publishers from Google Discovery is increasing but decreasing from Google Web Search. Newsdash is back in the news with its latest Google report, which analyzes over 8 billion clicks from numerous news publishers (to see where their traffic comes from) by comparing 2023 and 2024 Google Search Console […]| uSERP
John Mueller, a Senior Search Analyst at Google, has been addressing concerns about websites not recovering from a ranking drop after the September 2023 Google Helpful Content update, despite the completion of the March 2024 Google core update. Mueller recently said: “While recoveries are still possible, some things take much longer to be reassessed (sometimes […]| uSERP
In a recent conversation on X, Google Search Liaison stated that blocking specific content from showing up on Google Discovery is impossible. The confirmation illuminates Google’s crawling limitations and the gray area between content that’s great for organic SEO but forbidden in Google’s News and Discovery guidelines. Good for organic but bad for Discovery Matt […]| uSERP
Google’s senior search advocate, John Mueller, responded to questions about why Reddit content outranks credible websites and expert advice. The conversation occurred on LinkedIn, where an SEO expert asked John why Reddit content from an anonymous user outranks a named author and how Google sees this as credible content. Why do Redditors rank higher than […]| uSERP
Elizabeth Tucker, a 15-year former data scientist at Google and now Director of Product Management, appeared on Google’s Search Off the Record podcast, where John Mueller (Google Search Advocate) and Lizzi Sassman asked her how Google measures search quality. Tucker’s revelations on whether Google search quality is improving and how it quantifies search quality and […]| uSERP
New data shows Google has significantly reduced how often AI Overviews results show on search queries, down from 84% to 15%. As widely reported over the past weeks, Google’s AI Overviews got off to a rocky start, inducing mockery for providing incorrect and sometimes crazy answers like bathing with a toaster or gluing cheese to […]| uSERP