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Local data accuracy becomes critical at a time like this. Yesterday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai posted about all the things that Google is doing in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Among, them Google Search and Maps will show if a place or business is temporarily closed. This...

It wants to ensure “all content that appears in the Business Profile is relevant, high quality, and appropriate.” Earlier this month, Google called attention to changes in its Google My Business photo and video guidelines, announced last year. The company is letting...

As the coronavirus spreads, Japan is now encouraging companies to have their employees telecommute in an effort to contain the virus. According to Reuters, “Japan has 160 cases of infections from the disease known as COVID-19, as well as 691 discovered on board the Diamond...

Google updates the app that embodies its commitment to local search. Google Maps is probably the company’s second most important product after Search. One of the more remarkable things about it is: a $63 billion company like Uber would probably not be possible without it....

Google says it was protecting the French public from deceptive websites. La mort d’ads. France’s antitrust regulator imposed a 150 million euro fine ($166.2 million) for arbitrarily suspending ads, according to the Wall Street Journal. The ads in question were “deceptive,”...

CyberScoop is reporting that Jeanette Manfra, the Department of Homeland Security’s assistant director for cybersecurity, will be joining Google. Google has been trying to gain traction acquiring federal cybersecurity contracts. Manfra will offer a big boost in that area, as she...

Conversion reporting is affected between November 11 and November 20. Update 11/25: Google said it has fixed most of the reporting issues that resulted from this bug. If it looks like your Google campaigns have been more successful than usual since November 11th, that may not be...

Google is giving consumers more control to opt-out but likely priming the market for more ambitious advertising products in Maps Google recently announced Android users will have the option to do incognito searches on Google Maps starting this month with iOS to follow soon. When...

Even if Google says its ranking systems work just fine without them, accessibility and readability are good reasons to use headings correctly. On October 3, Webmaster Trends Analyst John Mueller delivered an edition of #AskGoogleWebmasters describing how Google approaches H1...

It is live, the “in this video” timeline feature in search is officially live and works for English YouTube videos. Yesterday we spotted Google testing a new video feature titled in this video that shows a timeline of what happened in a specific video. Google now has...