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Google is testing a new design for the trusted store badge in the paid shopping results. The Google Trusted Stores program to all U.S. merchants back in 2012, along with that came a badge in the search results to make those listings stand out.FYI – here is how to qualify for this trusted store badge.BrianContinueContinue reading “Google Tests New Trusted Store Badge”

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”

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’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”

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”