Biden gets to work on the pandemic, the CDC adjusts vaccine guidelines, and death tolls rise worldwide. Here’s what you should know: Want to receive this weekly roundup and other coronavirus news? Sign up here! Headlines Biden institutes sweeping pandemic measures during his first days in office Joe Biden has wasted no time when it […]
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Posted Jul 28, 2020 by Joy Hawkins One of the most common pain points for any small business owner is dealing with negative reviews. We are constantly flagging and reporting negative reviews for our clients that violate the review guidelines. However, Google doesn’t always agree with our assessments and interpretations of their guidelines so I
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New Ad Copy Guidelines from Google in Response to COVID-19 Danielle Leitch – April 16, 2020 Amidst the COIVD-19 pandemic, there has been an influx of misinformation online. In response, Google has proactively tightened ad copy restrictions to try to help prevent scammers from using ads in a harmful way. However, these restrictions may impact
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Google has updated its content guidelines for the FAQ schema that says you can no longer markup the same question and answer with FAQ schema if that question and answer is in multiple pages on your site. Google said just mark it up on one of those FAQ pages, but not more than one. The
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Welcome back to the Google News Digest. Once again, we are going to break down the latest news for Google Search, Google Ads, and Google Tools that have taken place in the last two weeks. Key updates include the release of SEO guidelines for AMP stories, changes to the performance requirements for the Google Partner Program, and
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“You can view the rater guidelines as where we want the search algorithm to go,” Ben Gomes, head of search for Google, once explained to CNBC. Gomes’ statement highlights the document’s relationship with Google’s algorithm, yet despite its relevance for publishers and SEOs, the quality rater guidelines (QRG) remain an intimidating resource for many digital
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“Something is very broken,” is the sentiment being expressed today by some local SEOs who are seeing their Google Posts rejected. The primary culprit appears to be pictures that don’t conform to Google’s image guidelines. Widespread issue. The Google My Business Help forum and Local Search Forum are abuzz with many SEO complaints. Some SEOs,
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Every business should have social media guidelines. That’s true even if your company is not on social media (psst: here’s how to get started). Reason number one? Your employees are on social media. And the things they say and do can have a positive or negative effect on your brand. Social media guidelines lay down
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The nature of writing and publishing content on the Internet is such that you will always be balancing two priorities. On the one hand, you want to make sure you are writing content for actual human beings. You want your blog posts to be useful, engaging, or entertaining in some way for your readers. Otherwise,
Christmas is almost here, and yet, Google keeps rolling out changes. We know you are busy working, planning for the holidays, and perhaps shopping a bit, and might not have the time to keep up with all the changes they have made. So, we a pre-Christmas digest to help you catch up on all the changes.
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