Ticket resale websites will be subject to stricter advertising guidelines on AdWords as Google looks to prevent buyers being exploited.  Google has put in place to regulations to ban secondary ticketing websites from implying they are primary ticket sellers via their AdWords advertising platform. The new guidelines also instruct ticket resale websites to be more […]

 Users can now run quick and basic SEO audits for any URL via Chrome’s popular Lighthouse developer extension.  Google is adding a new feature to their Chrome extension Lighthouse for webmasters to run SEO audits on any web page. The new auditing feature can be found in the “Options” button of the extension, and provides […]

  New feature improves upon existing function that allows restaurant owners to add a link to their menu.   Google is providing the opportunity for restaurants to showcase their menus directly on their Google My Business listing. Restaurant owners could previously add links to their menus on their GMB page, but this new feature is […]

 Guide is first of a new ‘behind-the-scenes’ of how Google search works series headed by former SEO blogger Danny Sullivan   It’s been three months since well-respected SEO expert and blogger Danny Sullivan joined Google as their new ‘Public Liaison for Search’, and today we get his first real contribution. The SEO community has been […]

 Flight status results one of several new ‘experiences’ added by Bing in the past month  Everyone’s second favourite search engine Bing continues to add new features, and this month has revealed a new ‘flight status’ snippet in the search results. The new feature, or ‘experience’ as Bing puts it, allows searchers to quickly look-up the […]

 With the success of its Local Guides program, Google is moving further into ‘hyperlocal’ content with Bulletin.  Search giant Google is testing a brand new local service it is calling Bulletin. They describe Bulletin as a “lightweight app for telling a story by capturing photos, video clips and text right from your phone, published straight […]

 New search results snippets highlights content about Best products and helps searchers further research purchases  Google has been testing new features to help searchers find the right product. Similar to their ‘top stories’ search feature, the new product features serve to highlight content relevant to products that people are searching for. The focus for the […]

 The Speed Update will only affect pages that deliver the slowest experience to users and will only affect a small percentage of queries.  Google has announced that Page Speed will become a ranking factor on mobile search. Imaginatively called the “Speed Update”, it will affect pages that deliver the slowest experience to users. The update […]

Webmasters will receive a notification from Google when their site is ready in the new Search Console. Google has announced that the new beta version of it’s Search Console tool (previously known as Webmaster Tools) is now rolling out to everyone. The roll-out will be gradual over the coming weeks, and webmasters will receive a […]

Google Search Console – formerly Webmaster Tools – update will have one years worth of search data. It’s always been one of the most useful free SEO tools, but Google’s Search Console has some major drawbacks. The biggest of these is the fact that you can only see search query data for the past 90 […]