Google Business Profile Profile Strength Widget Now Live & Many Local SEOs Not Happy

March 2, 2023

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Today’s roundup:

1) Google Unwraps February 2023 Product Reviews Update With Language Support.

2) Prometheus: Why Bing AI Chat Is So Fast & Up-To-Date.

3) Google Business Profile Profile Strength Widget Now Live & Many Local SEOs Not Happy.

Last June, Google began testing a “profile strength” widget or status icon that shows you if you need to do more with your Google Business Profile. Well, that just went live on Friday and seemed to be fully rolled out. But many local SEOs are not happy with it.

4) Walmart ad sales hit $2.7B as execs eye greater scale.

5) Google: Core Web Vitals Shouldn’t Be Top Of The List For Most Small & Local Businesses.

6) Microsoft Bing Tests Image Creator In Search Results.

7) Widely Viewed Content Report: What People See on Facebook.

8) Google: Google Discover Impacted By Many Search Signals, Including Now The Helpful Content Update (Nope, Google Changed Its Mind….).

9) YouTube Adds More Shorts Performance Insights, Updated Chat Moderation Role.

10) Bulk data export: a new and powerful way to access your Search Console data.

11) Leveraging TikTok’s ad content to get valuable insights on top-performing products.

12) Twitter has removed captions from Spaces on iOS, and they don’t work on the web or Android.

More insights to explore…

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