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Google On Product Reviews Update

There has been a lot of talk about the Google product reviews update and what content ranks well and what content does not rank as well since these updates. Alan Kent from Google offered a nice line on what content stands out for the product reviews update.
Alan Kent posted on Twitter “does the review contribute new information to the body of knowledge about the product?” He added that he “could test a car tire using a machine instead of on my own car.” “But just repeating the specs from the tire website with different words adds nothing,” he said.
Clearly that is not easy to do – but if you truly know the product, you should be able to add a lot above and beyond than just the manufacturer’s description and photos.
Here are the chain of tweets this response was associated with:
Great post. I noticed Very Well Fit has a “product lab” and yet this “review” post is simply product images pulled from Amazon. Guess they didn’t test the sunscreen? https://t.co/Xx6pzJlpYB
— Mike Futia | Stupid Simple SEO (@mikefutia) May 5, 2022
Another way to think about it is does the review contribute new information to the body of knowledge about the product? I could test a car tire using a machine instead of on my own car. But just repeating the specs from the tire website with different words adds nothing.
— Alan Kent (@akent99) May 5, 2022
Can you write content about products like this without having that product on hand?
Forum discussion at Twitter.
Source: www.seroundtable.com
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Google Says Keywords In Domain Names Are Overrated

Google’s John Mueller said once again that “keywords in domain names are overrated.” He and Googlers over time have said this numerous times over the years and he said it again. Instead he said “pick something for your business, pick something for the long term.”
If you want, I can license variations of Rusty[words-go-here], if you need an excellent domain. Like RustySEO, RustyDesign, RustyFood – you know it makes for a good name. ;-P
Here is John’s tweet on this:
Keywords in domain names are overrated, imo. Pick something for your business, pick something for the long term.
— 🐝 johnmu.xml (personal) 🐝 (@JohnMu) June 21, 2022
A bit more from this conversation on Twitter:
It sounds like you just want to read into it what you want to hear, which is fine too.
— 🐝 johnmu.csv (personal) 🐝 (@JohnMu) June 23, 2022
Here is some of our older, previous coverage of this topic:
Forum discussion at Twitter.
Source: www.seroundtable.com
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