Apple released new updates for most of its software platforms today, including macOS Ventura 13.3, iOS 16.4, iPadOS 16.4, tvOS 16.4, and watchOS 9.4.These are all feature updates, meaning they actuall...
Performance Max for travel goals creates ads in multiple formats that will automatically serve across Google channels and inventory, including Maps, Search, YouTube and Hotel Ads (coming later this ye...
Deforestation not only causes the loss of important natural resources, it also contributes to global warming. Deforestation is the cause of about 20 percent of carbon dioxide emissions globally, which...
Microsoft Bing will soon rely a lot more on the date you specify in the lastmod field within your XML sitemap for crawling. Fabrice Canel, Principal Product Manager at Microsoft Bing said that starti...
Google is opening access to the local car inventory beta feature to all US dealerships using the cars for sale feature in Google Business Profiles. Greg Gifford reports that Google has opened this bet...
Facebook Graph Search arrives
In 2013, Facebook announced a new experience that it called Graph Search.
Facebook Graph Search relied heavily on Likes and other connections to determine what to s...
R.I.P. AMP
In 2022, we revealed what happened when Search Engine Land shut off AMP.
TL;DR: "We have seen very little disruption to our traffic and have reaped the benefit of having a clearer pic...
Google has filed a lawsuit against a company that allegedly was charging business owners money for free Google Business Profiles, selling fake reviews and promising first-page rankings.
Why...
Google Business Profiles can be claimed by the owner or business manager in Google Maps or in Google Search. When someone makes a claim for ownership of a Google Business Profile listing and if that b...
Google has announced a boatload of new search features across Google Search, Google Lens, Shopping and Maps all aimed at bringing search to more users in more helpful ways. These improvements cross ov...
Google has updated its Google Maps reviews guidelines deceptive and fake engagement guidelines to now disallow making requests for revisions or removals of a negative review through offered discounts,...
Google will soon begin testing new AR prototypes in public settings worn or used by Googlers and trusted testers starting next month, the company announced. The applications for use include navigation...
The Google Maps Platform has added a bunch of new features for businesses to add deeper integration with its Google Maps Platform APIs to help those businesses streamline some of their integrations wi...
On August 6, 2022, Google will no longer support some video and image sitemap extension tags. Gary Illyes from Google said it is removing support for those sitemap extension tags to simplify sitemap e...
Google said that is can use machine learning and AI to update the business hours of local listings when the search company thinks the hours listed are inaccurate. Google wrote "we developed a machine ...
Google has opened up the Google Business Profiles maps reviews tool to those who manage more than 10 accounts, according to Ben Fisher, a local SEO and Google product expert.
Google's reviews manag...
Google has a new recycling attribute label you may be able to add to your Google Business Profile, the company announced. This attribute can be used to highlight if your business offers recycling serv...
Google announced it will now show you some healthcare providers appointment availability and give you the ability to book an appointment directly through Google Search. This currently only works in t...