Dealerships Can List Auto Inventory On Google Business Profiles

Google is now opening up its car or auto inventory feature within Google Business Profiles to all motor vehicle dealerships. Google began testing car listings in 2021 and then expanded the cars for sale feature in 2022 and now it is open to all dealerships.Greg Gifford posted this over here saying, “Any motor vehicle dealerContinueContinue reading “Dealerships Can List Auto Inventory On Google Business Profiles”

DOJ Sues Google Again To Break Up Its Ad Business Over Monopolistic Actions

The big news out of yesterday was that the US Department of Justice and several states has once again sued Google calling for the breakup of its ad tech business that allegedly monopolizes the US ad market. Google of course does not agree with this action.Nicole Farley does a really good job explaining all ofContinueContinue reading “DOJ Sues Google Again To Break Up Its Ad Business Over Monopolistic Actions”

Google Search Issue With Search Results In Preferred Language Due To Mobile-First Indexing

Google’s Search Liaison, Danny Sullivan, posted a message on Twitter and other social networks, apologizing for the ongoing issues and complaints with Google showing the preferred language in the search results. Google said the issue seems to be from mobile sites not being properly configured and Google’s mobile-first indexing being more widespread.Google said, “We appreciateContinueContinue reading “Google Search Issue With Search Results In Preferred Language Due To Mobile-First Indexing”

Generating Fake URLs On Competitors Site Shouldn’t Hurt The Site In Google Search : John Mueller

John Mueller from Google said that bulk-generating fake URLs of your competitor’s site should not lead to negative SEO and ranking issues for that site. “This is not something I’d worry about,” he added.Mike Blazer asked John, “Bulk generate non-existing URLs on a competitor’s site that lead to 5XX server errors when opened. Googlebot seesContinueContinue reading “Generating Fake URLs On Competitors Site Shouldn’t Hurt The Site In Google Search : John Mueller”

Two Justifications In The Google Local Search Results

Now, Google is showing double justifications for some local results. Google’s local search results have a feature to highlight and/or summarize some of the local reviews in the map pack and local search results snippet. These highlights or summarizations are known as justifications.Google was testing this feature in 2020 and then it officially went liveContinueContinue reading “Two Justifications In The Google Local Search Results”