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Daily Search Forum Recap: April 18, 2022

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Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.


Google says don’t change your URLs and then change them back, if you can avoid it. Google things to consider added to Google product listing pages. Google local screened results has “at this business” carousel. Bing video previews expand as you interact with them to show related videos. You can now import your goals from Universal Analytics to Google Analytics 4. And I posted a new vlog, interview, today.

Search Engine Roundtable Stories:

  • Google Things To Consider In Google Shopping Listing Detail Page

    Google is also trying the Things To Consider feature not just in the main search results but also in product/shopping detail listing pages. I am not sure if it is the same algorithms working here or if it is just a similar title, but the title is “Things to consider” and then breaks down what you can consider when buying this product.
  • Import Your Universal Analytics Goals Into Google Analytics 4

    Google has rolled out an import tool for migrating your goals from Universal Analytics 3 to Google Analytics 4 for conversion tracking purposes. The goals migration tool allows you to quickly recreate eligible goals from your connected Universal Analytics property as conversion events in your Google Analytics 4 property.

  • Bing Search Video Previews Expand To Show Related Videos

    I am not sure if this is new, but this Microsoft Bing search feature is slick. When you see video results in the Bing Search results, then mouse over that video preview, it will expand to show you a larger preview. If you hold your mouse cursor over the preview a little longer, the preview will expand downwards to show you related videos.

  • Google: Don’t Change URLs and Change Them Back For SEO Testing

    Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter he would recommend again changing URLs and then changing them back, and repeating that, for SEO reasons. The individual wanted to do that for SEO testing but generally, with SEO, changing URLs, is not a recommended strategy unless you are fixing an issue of some sorts.
  • Google Screened Local Results At This Business Carousel

    Google Screened local listings are through Local Service Ads that a third party conducts background and license checks for those listed in that section. It is mostly for realtors, lawyers, financial planners and chid car providers. Google has a section in the screened local listings for what is “at this business.”
  • Vlog #168: Larry Brauner On Growth Marketing, Reputation Management, Reviews, Ads & More



    Larry Brauner, the growth marketer and VP of digital marketing at iPostal1, stopped by the office to talk search. Larry has been in my office before, when we were mutually working on a local non profit organization together…

  • Gong In The Google Office

    Yea, Google even has a gong in their office. Well, this one is more of a joke than a real gong but it is close enough. Satyajeet Salgar of Google posted a photo of this on Twitter and you can see it

Other Great Search Threads:

Search Engine Land Stories:

Other Great Search Stories:

Analytics
Industry & Business
Links & Content Marketing
Local & Maps
Mobile & Voice
SEO
PPC
Search Features
Other Search

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Google Business Profiles Testing Image Slider

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Google is testing adding an image carousel directly in the business profile panel. So at the top of a business profile listing you see these business images. In this test, you can swipe the images to see more.

This was spotted by Mike who posted a few photos of it in the Local Search Forum. I took those images and made it into a GIF so you can see what it looks like in action:

Google Local Panel Slider Images

Mike wrote, “As of this morning I noticed the ability to side scroll the top image/videos in the listings on mobile. Like a carousel.”

Yep, it does look like that.

Forum discussion at Local Search Forum.

Note: This was pre-written and scheduled to be posted today, I am currently offline for Shavout.

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Google Business Profile Bug With Inviting New Owners

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Business Owners Keys

Google Business Profiles has a bug that prevents you from inviting a new owner to your Business Profile listing. You can invite new managers, but inviting new owners does not currently work (at least when I wrote this story).

This issue was posted in the Local Search Forums earlier this week where seaniaaa wrote, that “both outgoing, when we are adding clients to their GBP, and incoming, when new clients are adding us to their GBP, we are all unable to select “Owner” access level when sending invites. It only lets you pick the “Manager” access level. This just started happening over the last couple of days. Multiple clients. Chrome is fully up to date. You click to select Owner and it just doesn’t do anything. No error message or warnings at all.”

Supposedly this is a widespread issue impacting anyone trying to add a new owner to their business profiles.

To add new owners or managers to your Google Business Profile, follow these steps:

  • Go to your Business Profile.
  • Click Menu Menu and then Business Profile settings and then Managers.
  • At the top left, click Add Invite new users.
  • Enter a name or email address.
  • Under “Access,” choose Owner or Manager.
  • Click Invite.
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I am hoping by the time this story goes out, the issue will be resolved.

Forum discussion at Local Search Forums.

Note: This was pre-written and scheduled to be posted today, I am currently offline for Shavout.

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Google Product Listings 3D & 360 Imagery Are Different

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Woman 3d Glasses Shoe Store

The other day, I reported that Google was testing replacing the 3D label with a 360 label. Well, I may have been wrong because 360 and 3D may be different and not the same. We are now seeing Google show both 3D and 3560 labels on product listings in the same product grid, which means to me, they are different.

Khushal Bherwani spotted this and posted a screenshot of this on Twitter – here it is, showing both the 3D and 360 label on the product image:

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So maybe 3D is the augmented reality version where 360 just lets you see the image itself in a 360 degree view?

Forum discussion at Twitter.

Note: This was pre-written and scheduled to be posted today, I am currently offline for Shavout.



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