New business openings nearly match pre-pandemic levels, Yelp says
However, most major cities actually experienced a decrease in openings. New business openings in year two of the pandemic were only 1% down from the year before the pandemic (2019), according to Yelp’s COVID-19 Second Anniversary Report. Demand for socially distant/outdoor options also remains above pre-pandemic levels for dining and other activities. New business openings in […]
Microsoft partners with HackerRank to deliver executable code in Bing search
Bing’s group engineering manager for UX features and shared tools calls the new feature a Rosetta-stone model for programming languages. According to a report from TechCrunch, Microsoft has partnered with the programming community website HackerRank to bring code snippets into Bing’s search results. TechCrunch says the partnership makes it possible not only to locate code quickly […]
What’s behind the badge that powers Google’s local trust layer?
A new designation across Google’s business units and ad types that used to be confined to LSAs will now live within a new class of “trusted” GMB profiles. Google’s strategy for local has revealed itself. There will be two types of Places in Google – trusted and untrusted. Get used to this subjective, binary world. The game has […]
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Google addresses Impression Share and Auction Insights reporting issues
Impression Share and Auction Insights data may be incorrect for some advertisers reports. Google has just announced an issue regarding Impression Share and Auction Insights reporting data. What Google says. This has been a known issue since August 3 and Google is working on a resolution. An update will be provided by August 6. Google says […]
Google Search Console adds URL-level data in Core Web Vitals report
Google also is now highlighting new stats on how improving Core Web Vitals metrics can improve user engagement and business metrics. The Core Web Vitals report in Google Search Console is now showing URL-level data in the example URLs. Google also has made some changes to the text in the report to make it clearer. […]