Google Maps Rolls Out 4 New Features

Google Maps Adding New Features for Businesses and Searchers

Google Maps is adding four new features to improve the experience for users as well as businesses who use the platform to reach customers. Here’s a look at everything new in Google Maps and how it can be useful to you.

Google News Showcase Feature

 Our $1 billion investment in partnerships with news publishers

Google is previewing a feature called ‘News Showcase’ which is designed to highlight journalism in a new way. News Showcase is an interactive set of story panels that will initially be rolled out to Google News on Android.

Google Shopping Listing Will Be Free Globally

Free  Google Shopping Listings Will Be Available Worldwide

In April 2020, Google opened up Google Shopping to free listings for all U.S. merchants, starting with the Google Shopping tab and then expanding to the main search results section.

Google Adds Call Button To Local Panel

Google Adds Call Button To Local Panel On Desktop Results

Google has added a call button to the local pack on desktop search results. So not only is there a call button on the mobile results but now you can click "call" from your desktop results. This started showing up yesterday morning.

Google Delays Mobile-First Indexing

The Deadline For Mobile-First Indexing Now March 2021, Not September 2020

Google has announced the deadline for going 100% into mobile-first indexing. The previous deadline was September 2020, but after COVID hit, Google said they may push this deadline back to give site owners more time to prepare during this time.

Google Multifaceted Featured Snippets

A New Form of Featured Snippets

Google has announced they are now rolling out a new form of featured snippets they are calling "multifaceted featured snippets."

Bing URL Submission Plugin for WordPress

Get your WordPress content indexed immediately using Bing Webmaster Tools plugin

Good News for WordPress site owners. Bing released a new plugin for WordPress that is designed for getting content immediately indexed in search results.

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Apple Introduces macOS Big Sur

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Facebook Turn Off Political Ads

Twitter Introduces Voice Tweets

Twitter Launches Voice Messages for Smartphones

Twitter has finally launched a new way for people to tweet using only their voice. The announcement was made via a recent blog post by Maya Patterson and Rémy Bourgoin of Twitter. But the feature is in testing now.

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Google Pagination Tests with Logo

Google Pagination Tests With Dancing Google Logo

Google has been testing a more results button on the desktop which removes the pagination feature and kind of adds an infinite scroll. This test is not new but more and more people are now seeing it over the past week.

Google Discovery Ads

Grow Your Business with Google Discovery Ads

Google made big waves at their annual Google Marketing Live event and announced tons of planned new features and tools to help advertisers find customers online.

Google Bing Statements Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter (BLM) 

You have to be living under a rock to not know what has occurred in the United States over the past week and actually years. We have many many protests going on in the United States now in support of Black and African American communities. Google and Bing, as well as some other search engines, have issued statements.

Schedule Tweets in Advance on Twitter

Twitter Allow Users To Schedule Tweets in Advance

Good News for Twitter users, now you can Schedule Your Tweets in Advance on Twitter. The largest social media platform is offering a new feature to schedule tweets in advance before it was only available with third-party tools.

Guide to eCommerce SEO for 2020

A Step-by-Step eCommerce SEO Guide

In this step-by-step eCommerce SEO guide, we will explain everything you need to know about SEO strategy for e-commerce websites and provide tips and strategies that will help you optimize your site effectively.

Google Image Swipe Feature Increases Traffic

How To Increase Organic Traffic via Image Search 

Ten months ago, Google Image Search added a swipe up feature where it loads the web page the image is hosted on. Malte Ubl from Google said yesterday that this feature has proven to be great for site owners.

Google PageSpeed Replaced With Core Web Vitals Metrics

Web Vitals - Essential Metrics for a Healthy Site

Google Search Console replaced the pagespeed report with a core web vitals report. Now, the PageSpeed Insights report also was updated to show the core web vitals report and data. Core web vitals metrics show a blue label or badge next to it.

Google Tests Schema Results On Desktop

A New Format for How to Schema on the Desktop

There are a nice number of people seeing a new format for how to schema on the desktop Google search results. This format is more of a scaled-down user interface for the other formats we've seen on mobile.