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Edible Arrangements was seeking damages from Google for selling its name via search ads. The court didn’t bite. The Supreme Court of Georgia has rejected an attempt by Edible Arrangements to sue Google for theft, conversion, and racketeering. This legal fight dates back to 2018,...

Want to resume searching for topics you did days or weeks ago? Google Chrome’s new Journeys feature makes it easy to do. Google Chrome has added a new feature called Journeys that makes it easier for users to revisit topics they searched for days or weeks ago. What is...

Alphabet announced revenue of $75 billion in Q4 of 2021. Of that, $61.2 billion came from Google advertising. Alphabet, parent company of Google, released its earnings report yesterday for its fourth quarter. In it, we learned Google search advertising revenue increased 35%...

The issue started on January 24 and is still ongoing, so please note this in your reports. Starting on January 24, 2022 and currently still ongoing, Google said there was a “logging issue” with Google “Search data for images” which may result in a drop in the number of clicks and...

Google has unveiled a dedicated ‘Desktop’ section in the Page Experience reports of its Search Console. Google had already rolled Page Experience for mobile, but is now adding the feature for desktop, and will soon use it as part of its desktop ranking system. We’ll begin using...

The Shops section shows three to ten retailers based on their organic search rankings. Google has launched a “Shops” section in the mobile search results, a company spokesperson has confirmed to Search Engine Land. The Shops section shows three retailers (but can be expanded to...

Google Business Profiles now let’s you mark a product as special to pop it to the top. Google Business Profile, formerly Google My Business, has a new feature in the products section that lets you mark a product as “special.” After you mark a product as special, that...

Many SEOs have reported being unable to access Google Search Console. We are seeing a large number of SEOs reporting that they cannot access Google Search Console right now. It seems like it might be an issue in some regions; e.g., some users on the west coast or other regions....

This is not a ranking change, this is just a change in how Google reports on your rankings. Google, on December 9th, has updated the news performance report in Google Search Console “to make it more accurate,” the company said. This update may result in a drop in the number of...

Merchants no longer have to manually figure out which badge is being applied to each of their items. Google Merchant Center is now automatically showing retailers when their products are eligible for badges, a Google spokesperson has confirmed to Search Engine Land. Available...