Category Archives: Digital Marketing

Google announced in India yesterday that they are testing a search feature to allow you to search text within video. This isn’t a huge stretch from key moments but it is neat to see you being able to search the words spoken in a video.Google said in this announcement, “We’re piloting the ability to searchContinueContinue reading “Google Search In Video”

CBD advertisers in California, Colorado, and Puerto Rico can apply for certification beginning in January.On January 20, 2023, Google will update its Dangerous Products and Services and Healthcare and Medicines ads policies to allow for the promotion of FDA-approved pharmaceuticals containing cannabidiol (CBD) and topical, hemp-derived CBD products with THC content of 0.3% or lessContinueContinue reading “Google Updates Ad Policies To Allow More CBD Promotions”

Google posted an updated policy update in the Google Merchant Center section for a new “linked account suspension.” In short, this impacts a suspended Google Ads account linked to your Merchant Center account.Google posted that they have updated its abuse of the network policy. Google wrote, “We’ve updated our prohibited practices to include a newContinueContinue reading “Google Merchant Center Policy For Google Ads Linked Account Suspension”

Google’s advice since Penguin 4.0 was that you don’t need to disavow links since the links are neutralized (devalues vs demotes) and don’t end up helping or hurting you. In short, Google ignores those links. This even applies to when someone redirects a site that was penalized for spammy links to your site, said JohnContinueContinue reading “Google: Ignore Spammy Links Even When A Whole Penalized Site Is Redirected To You”

Gary Illyes from Google said on LinkedIn the other day that sitemaps are hints, not orders. Meaning just because you submit an XML sitemap file to Google, it does not mean Google will index and rank that content.This is not a new statement, more of a PSA, a reminder that Google does not have guaranteedContinueContinue reading “Google PSA: Sitemaps Are Hints, Not Orders”