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Google accused the U.S. government of wanting to punish it for being more successful than its competitors. The company made the comments in an unsealed post-trial brief submitted to a DC federal judge as part of its ongoing legal battle with the U.S. Department of Justice, which has accused it of unlawfully monopolizing the search…

Google warned website and app owners that they could face account suspension in the European Union (EU) if they display non-compliant GDPR Consent Banners. Why we care. Site owners need address violations before Google-assigned deadlines or risk not generating revenue from Google. Action needed. If Google detects a violation, it will send an email pinpointing…

Google has posted a list of troubleshooting and FAQs around the Google Business Profiles video verification method. As you know, you can verify your business in Google Business Profiles through a number of methods, from snail mail to video verification and Kara from the Google Business Profiles team posted some troubleshooting and FAQs for the…

Everyone wants to be a rockstar, but if it were easy to achieve this status in the SEO industry, everyone would do it.  To succeed in SEO, one must have great discipline, a wide range of knowledge, experimentation and true skill. In this article, I will describe some of the things required to be a…

Microsoft Bing has this feature where you can see “people also ask” like results under search result snippets, I am not sure what Microsoft calls them, but they provide additional questions and answers related to the site and query. Well, Microsoft Bing seems to be testing new designs for it. Or maybe these are broken,…

For the original iTunes version, click here. This week, guess what, we had more volatility over the weekend and also a blip in the middle of the week. Google also had another indexing bug that lasted only about an hour. Google Search Console had a bug with new owner notifications. Google Search Console now…

Danny Sullivan, Google’s Search Liaison, made it crystal clear that the site reputation abuse policy has zero to do with linking. This means that who you link to and/or who links to you has no impact on this new policy that Google began enforcing with manual actions earlier this week. Danny Sullivan said this on…

Google is rolling out Local Services Ads on its Maps app, starting with iOS, to help advertisers generate more leads directly from the navigation platform. Why it matters. This expansion brings local business ads to a highly-intent user base actively searching for nearby services, potentially increasing lead generation for advertisers. How it works. Google will…

Google announced the upcoming sunset of Google Ads API version 15, urging developers to migrate to newer versions to maintain uninterrupted API access. Why we care. Failure to upgrade could result in API requests failing, potentially disrupting advertising operations for businesses. Key details: Sunset date: Sept. 25. All v15 API requests will fail after this…