Google Local Panel “By Owner” Button

Google Local Panel With “By Owner” ButtonGoogle has added a “by owner” button to the local panel, the local business profile listing, within Google Search. When you click on it, it shows you the business description and Google Posts/Updates provided by the business owner.I spotted this via Amy Toman who posted about this on Twitter,ContinueContinue reading “Google Local Panel “By Owner” Button”

Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated Again

Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated Again (June 28 & 29th) We are back with you with another report of another unconfirmed Google Search ranking algorithm update. This one seemed to have kicked off yesterday, June 28th and is heating up even more today. Yea, it has been a very volatile past several weeks with theContinueContinue reading “Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated Again”

Google Rolling Out Dedicated Perspectives Feature?

Google may be rolling out the dedicated “perspectives” filter, not just the perspectives filter that rolled out a couple of weeks ago, but the perspectives carousel. This is what Google announced at Google I/O where they said, “You can also access this content through a dedicated Perspectives section that may appear on the results page,ContinueContinue reading “Google Rolling Out Dedicated Perspectives Feature?”

Google Rich Testing Tools Clarifies Its Crawler Is The URL Inspection Tool

Google Rich Testing Tools Drop Down Selector Now Shows URL Inspection ToolGoogle has updated the Google Rich Results test to spell out that the test is coming from the Google URL Inspection tool. This update probably happened when added the new Google-InspectionTool useragent to the crawler list back in May.Now, Google spells it out, itContinueContinue reading “Google Rich Testing Tools Clarifies Its Crawler Is The URL Inspection Tool”

Bing Chat Slow Rollouts Are Random To Reduce Bias

Microsoft: Bing Chat Slow Rollouts Are Random To Reduce BiasBing, and other software companies, like Google, tend to roll out new features slowly. So they might roll out a new feature first to 1% of users, then 10%, then 50% and then eventually 100% of users. This rollout is done randomly to reduce bias, MicrosoftContinueContinue reading “Bing Chat Slow Rollouts Are Random To Reduce Bias”