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As you scroll through the local listings in Google Maps, Google may show you web results at the bottom. Brian Barwig spotted Google displaying web search results in the Google Maps local search results listings for an individual business. Brian, a local SEO, said “we are noticing...

The 2011 American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) “e-business report is out. Google, Bing and the entire “Internet Search Engines & Portals” category seems to have done well. In particular Bing and Ask improved significantly over last year. Facebook’s report card, on the...

Combat spammy inbound links, affiliate hijacking and scraping content to avoid negative impacts on your rankings. Soccer great Mia Hamm said, “It is more difficult to stay on top than to get there.” True in sports, that sentiment also can be true in SEO. Any website in the...

Looking for ways to gain an advantage in paid search? Columnist Kevin Lee has some ideas to increase Quality Score metrics and surpass your competitors. As you are no doubt aware, Google recently added additional reporting and transparency to the Quality Score (QS) metric that’s...

Huawei has signaled it is willing to meet any demand the Swedish government may impose to avoid being banned from the country’s 5G networks. Huawei is under increased pressure globally as multiple countries implement bans and restrictions on the Chinese telecoms firm. While the...

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has accused Amazon of illegally firing an employee advocating for better working conditions. On the heels of news the NLRB accused Google of illegally spying on and firing employees, not to mention its firing of Timnit Gebru, Amazon is...

Video search results now include channel, upload date and view count details. Bing has upgraded its video search experience, adding larger thumbnail images and additional information for each video result, as well as moving “related searches” inline with the original search....

A new FAQ page answers questions about ranking, various site architectures, AMP and more. Google has published a list of frequently asked questions regarding Core Web Vitals, the company’s set of performance metrics pertaining to user experience, and the upcoming Page Experience...

The social media marketing week in review: A round up of news and announcements you may have missed. Why Pinterest moved beyond CTR to understand ad engagement Source: Pinterest Relying on a straight click-through rate metric to understand how ads are resonating has its...

Sometimes it is a good idea to keep it simple with your web pages. Though web browsers are becoming more and more advanced, that doesn’t mean you should build websites that you know only the latest web browsers support, nor should you build websites that GoogleBot, Google’s web...