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Thoughts on the Recent Rollout of Aggregate Reviews, Snippets & Critic Reviews in Google SERPShttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UnderstandingGoogleMapsYahooLocalSearch/~3/CKHElnJLD2s/By Mike Blumenthal on Sep 11, 2016 11:20 am Since early August with the roll out of Critic Reviews and Top 10 Lists and with the recent rollout of Reviews from the web and a significant review snippet display upgrade, Google has been on a rich snippet tear. Here are some my thoughts, big and small, about these changes. Do you see these changes … Continue reading Thoughts on the Recent Rollout of Aggregate Reviews, Snippets & Critic Reviews in Google SERPS →Related posts:Updated Google Schema Review Guidelines for Local Businesses Stoppleman to Google: “Delete It” – Yelp Reviews Gone from Knowledge Panel Google & Reviews Snippets – If It Can Go Wrong It Will Go Very Wrong Category      Read it! »Exploring Oddities of Reviews from the Web with Joy, Sergey & Priyahttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UnderstandingGoogleMapsYahooLocalSearch/~3/cxJR63TuXHM/By Mike Blumenthal on Sep 11, 2016 10:55 am Conversations with Joy Hawkins, Priya Chandra and Sergey Alakov surfaced some odd behaviors with the new “Reviews from the web” Knowledge Graph feature. These 3rd party reviews were sometimes appearing and other times not when the Knowledge Panel was displaying. After some testing, I determined that the specific query and its degree of relatedness to … Continue reading Exploring Oddities of Reviews from the Web with Joy, Sergey & Priya →Related posts:Stoppleman to Google: “Delete It” – Yelp Reviews Gone from Knowledge Panel Video: A Look Back (& Forward) at “The Big 4” in Local Google Confirms Removal of “More Reviews” Links from Knowledge Panel      Read it! »Sign up to our newsletter – why, why, why?https://www.bowlerhat.co.uk/sign-up-to-our-newsletter-why-why-why/By Marcus Miller on Sep 11, 2016 04:48 am Every single day I must visit several sites with a “sign up to our newsletter” section on the page somewhere. In many cases this will be a pop-up. Something that gets in my face and screams “SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER!!!”. But I have to ask – why? Why would anyone sign up to your […]The post Sign up to our newsletter – why, why, why? appeared first on Bowler Hat.Read it! »  10 More Local Search Posts You May Have MissedGoogle Updates Mobile Rich Snippet Display with Pricing InformationStoppleman to Google: “Delete It” – Yelp Reviews Gone from Knowledge PanelDigitizing traditional marketing methods to compete in local search5 Questions You Should Ask Before Joining Social MediaIs Your Adwords Campaign Hijacking Your Branded SEO Traffic?Yelp Review Summaries Back in the Google Knowledge Panel3rd Party Reviews in Knowledge Panel Now Include Yelp and Your Own SiteHow to Find the CID Number of a Google My Business ListingThe Ultimate List of Local Link Building IdeasThe Proper Way To Deal with Duplicates in Google My Business