Google is reportedly planning to reenter China by launching a censored version of their search engine. Although Google has yet to formally announce anything, all reports point to this being true. The platform was originally developed under the codename “Dragonfly” and was announced after leaked documents were published. Since the news broke the tech...Read More

  When businesses begin SEO, one of the first things they should do is claim and verify their business’ Google My Business (GMB) listing. Google has the market share when it comes to searching, meaning it’s the main target when it comes to ranking for keywords. A GMB listing not only increases your SEO ranking,...Read More

  A business’ online reputation is vital these days, and with more users turning to online reviews before making decisions it’s not surprising that some people have found themselves caught up in review wars. Fake reviews aimed to discredit a competitors’ business isn’t a new tactic, but there is a new surge of it happening....Read More

  After months of speculation, Google has finally confirmed that they have removed anonymous reviews from Google My Business. In this digital age, online reviews are gold. More users turn to reviews, whether it’s on Google, Yelp, Facebook, or TripAdvisor, before making purchasing decisions. That’s led to a range of problems, from competitor’s purposely posting...Read More

  If you don’t know it yet, reviews are a vital part of how consumers form their purchasing decisions. The amount and quality of reviews, particularly Google Reviews, has a big impact on local SEO rankings. But more importantly, it has a massive impact on consumers. Whether people purchase online or in person, you can...Read More

  In a refreshing twist, Google has just updated its Privacy Policy and worded it in a way so that users can actually understand it. These changes aren’t just out of good faith. Google actually made these changes in an effort to comply with Europe’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).   Whatever the reason,...Read More

Google has finally announced that it began rolling out mobile-first indexing for more sites. They stated last October that a smaller number of sites had been moved over to mobile-first indexing and now they’re expanding that. This rollout so far is only for sites that “follow the best practices for mobile-first indexing”, but this is...Read More

  Baidu’s reach in China is about to get even larger. Already the largest search engine in the world with over 710 Million active monthly users, Baidu is now also entering the self-driving industry.     China just gave the tech giant the go-ahead to begin testing autonomous driving. The tests will take place in the...Read More

  Sometimes it feels as if it’s easier to keep up with the Kardashians than it is to follow Google. Google is constantly rolling out updates, and seeing as they have the dominant market share in search engines, it makes sense that they want to keep innovating to maintain that position.   Google tends to...Read More

For the past few years, Google has limited their search snippets, the little bit of text that appears below the URL in organic search results, to around 160 characters. While there were a few instances of Google allowing longer snippets, they’ve only recently raised the character count. Here’s why Google made this leap and here’s...Read More