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Google can let searchers know when a new business will be opening its doors. Google is testing a new Google My Business (GMB) feature to communicate when a new business will be opening its doors. A new business can specify its future opening date, and Google can show that listing...

Many web sites put a keyword rich one line short description of the content on the page in their title tag. Many of those companies also add to the end of their title tag the company or brand name of the site. Google confirmed that it is 100% okay to put your company name in your...

Publishers and media companies have stepped up lobbying for a restrictive copyright law that would effectively create ‘link taxes.’ Many of Europe’s biggest news publishers have stepped up lobbying for a proposed European copyright law that would force companies such...

Google is asking you to provide examples of how the search results are now worse off since after the Google Medic update which was released on August 1st as a core broad Google algorithm update. Gary Illyes said let him know examples on Twitter and do not just say that a...

Announced in May, Google’s political ad transparency report and the accompanying political ad library are now available. Google is building more transparency into the political ads and advertisers running campaigns on its ad networks. After updating its political ad...

The new feature gives account owners more control over the security of their Google Ads accounts. Some Google Ads accounts have several users logging in at any given time. Now account owners can ensure every one of those users has enabled 2-Step Verification. Administrative-level...

The new version of Google News has launched last night and with that, Google has ended support for the Editors’ Picks feeds and the standout meta tag in Google News. Google posted about it on Twitter last night saying “As part of the new Google News, we have ended...

Google can only respond “sorry, something went wrong, try again in a few seconds” at this moment to your Google Home requests. Google Home and Chromecast devices worldwide are not functioning for many users. Google has been apologizing on their @madebygoogle Twitter...

Google’s Gary Illyes said last night at SMX Advanced that the Panda update/refresh we’ve been waiting for for 8 months+ now is just about to be released. Gary said webmasters can expect it soon, soon as in the next two, to three, to four weeks. This will not...

Google announced early this morning that they are now using SSL/HTTPS as a ranking signal in their Google search algorithm. The signal is incredibly weak and webmasters should not go crazy about it, but it is indeed a signal now. Google said they are “starting to use HTTPS...