My Favorite Amazon Deal of the Day: Eufy Security SmartTrack Card
It’s no secret that Apple charges a premium for its products—aside from some of its flagships, like MacBook laptops, it’s pretty baffling to charge $59 for an iPhone case, especially when you can find cheaper alternatives that work just as well. At a regular price of $29, individual AirTags aren’t all that expensive, but this […]
My Favorite Productivity Advice From Books (so You Don’t Have to Read Them All)
There are so many productivity books out there, and many of them contain great information and advice. But if you really want to be productive, you can’t spend all your time reading about other people’s productivity. Choosing which books to read, if any, is important, so here are some of the best tips from some […]
Recap of Google’s Search Central Live Romania 2024
Last week marked the first-ever official Google SEO-focused event in Romania ‘” Search Central Live Romania ‘” on a sunny 4th of April in Bucharest. As a Search Central Product Expert who lives in Bucharest, the event made for an exciting occasion for people from my local SEO community to listen to and interact directly […]
Google Maps Suggest An Edit Flow Updated
Google has updated the Suggest an edit feature within Google Maps business listings. Google said the new flow is “easier” and should help make updates to the Google Maps data.
Google Knowledge Panels – Mentioned People
Google is testing a “mentioned” button that shows other people mentioned in the knowledge panels in the Google Search results. We saw variations of “mentioned by” in Google Discover and Explore but now we are seeing something similar in knowledge panels.
Google: Ranking In Shopping, Images & Other Verticals Doesn’t Hurt Your Web Rankings
John Mueller from Google said that ranking well in the Google Shopping or Google Image vertical boxes does not impact your ranking in the core web results. He said, “I can’t imagine that they’d be connected” when asked about how ranking well in the Merchant Center results can impact the web results.
Google Structured Data Carousels Beta Docs Clarifies Feature Availability & Markup Location
Google has made some changes to its new Structured data carousels (beta) documentation to list the feature availability of this carousel and also to clarify where to place the markup. Google wrote the “markup must be on the summary page, and you don’t need to add markup to the detail pages in order to be […]
Google: Indexing & Algorithm Updates Are Independent
Google once again said that its indexing systems are completely independent of its ranking updates, like the core update. Gary Illyes from Google said indexing, canonicalization, and those types of “systems are independent” of core updates.
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Core Update Volatility, Helpful Content Update Gone, Dangerous Google Search Results & Google Ads Confusion
This week, we covered that the Google March 2024 core update is still rolling out 38 days later, but we saw more volatility this week. Just a reminder that the Google helpful content update no longer exists. Gary Illyes from…
HSA vs. FSA and When to Drain Your Emergency Fund to Pay Off Deb
Want to know how to avoid capital gains on your next home sale? If you tune in, you may dodge a quarter-of-a-million-dollar bullet (or more!). What about investing in one […]
Rookie Reply: Should I Move (and Quit My Job!) to Invest in Real Estate?
Can’t afford to buy a rental property due to your area’s high cost of living? At what point should you quit your W2 job and move elsewhere to realize your […]
BiggerNews: Investing with High Rates, Stubborn Inflation, & Low Supply
Mortgage rates are high, supply is low, and inflation just won’t go away. These market conditions make investing in real estate harder than ever…or so most investors think. The truth? […]
Real estate tycoon sentenced to death in Vietnam fraud case
Truong My Lan was at the center of the sprawling fraud case and was accused of embezzling as much as $12.5 billion. A court sentenced her to death on Thursday during an anti-corruption crackdown in Vietnam.
NAR President Kevin Sears sells brokerage to Anthony Lamacchia
Lamacchia had been in talks with the Sears family for years as he continued his expansion path across New England. The deal was announced this week.
Gemini Ultra Is Coming to OnePlus and Oppo Devices This Year
The OnePlus 12 might have launched without support for AI earlier this year, but it seems OnePlus and Oppo (both owned by BBK) have big plans for how they want to support AI going forward: Both OnePlus and Oppo have announced that they will introduce features powered by Gemini 1.0 Ultra to their smartphones. Gemini […]
