Google: Nofollow Site Credit Links Footer Links If You Control Them
Google is still recommending that you nofollow your credit links in your footer, if you have control over those links. So the site designed by or powered by or made by types of links, nofollow those links if you can. If you can’t – then don’t worry ab…
Google Ads To Update Government Documents and Official Services Policy On March 31
After months of silence and no policy updates from Google Ads, Google has posted that it will be updating its Google Ads Government documents and official services policy in a big way.
New updates to the Search Console Video indexing report
Last July we launched a new report in Search Console to help you understand the performance of your videos on
Google and identify possible areas of improvement. Today, we are happy to share a few more updates to the report
on Searc…
New updates to the Search Console Video indexing report
Last July we launched a new report in Search Console to help you understand the performance of your videos on
Google and identify possible areas of improvement. Today, we are happy to share a few more updates to the report
on Search …
Google: Spammy Links From Porn Sites Are Not Something To Prioritize
Google has posted one of its Google SEO office-hours, this one was posted today, recorded in January, after the Google layoffs news, and one question asked was about if you should worry about spammy from porn sites and if they can cause bad for ranking…
Yahoo Working On Yahoo Search
Last week I reported that Yahoo Search posted on Twitter that it will be making search cool again. As I posted on Search Engine Land yesterday, we got more evidence that Yahoo is really moving forward with improving its search service.
More Bing Search Features & Tests
Here is another batch of Microsoft Bing Search tests and features that were caught out in the wild that I wanted to share with you. They include
Google Tests More Card Box Like Buttons In Search
Google is testing more card and box-like elements in the search results. We covered this with the product results interface a few weeks back but now we are seeing them for other elements.
Google Search Still Does Not Have Optimal Keyword Density
Google has posted one of its Google SEO office-hours, this one was posted today, recorded in January, after the Google layoffs news, and one question asked was about keyword density – yep. John Mueller from Google said, “no, Google does not have a noti…
Vlog #208: Jeff Ferguson On Starting His Own Digital Marketing Agency
In part one, we go through Jeff Ferguson’s long history in search marketing. Here, in part two, we pick up with him starting his own agency…
Unconfirmed Google Update Impacting Product Reviews Sites On Thursday, January 26th?
On Thursday, January 26th, there were some signs of a possible Google search ranking algorithm update. The signals and chatter I was tracking, honestly, were not at super high levels. However, now that I see Glenn Gabe shared some really shocking chart…
Yandex Search Ranking Factors Leaked & Revealed
Yandex had a boatload of its source code across all its technology allegedly leaked by a disgruntled employee and part of that was the source code for Russia’s largest search engine – Yandex. As you can imagine, SEOs and others are diving in and seeing…
Google: If You Redesign Your Site Your Rankings May Go Nuts
Gary Illyes from the Google Search Relations team posted another PSA on LinkedIn. This time he said, “when you redesign a site, its rankings in search engines may go nuts.”
Google: Don’t Use Relative Paths In Your rel-canonical
Gary Illyes from from the Google Search Relations team posted another PSA on LinkedIn, this one says “don’t use relative paths in your rel-canonical.” Gary wants you to use the full, absolute URL, when it coms to rel-canonical.
Google Ads News & Feature Announcements Dry Up
The Google Ads team has not posted a new feature announcement or any new announcements on its new features and announcements page for about two and a half months, since November 17, 2022, and any Google Ads policy updates since mid-December.
On-Page SEO Checklist in Google Sheets with OpenAi (ChatGpt ) integration
The latest version of Hobo Premium SEO Checklist in Google Sheets with OpenAi (the emerging technology behind ChatGpt) integration is now configured with some automation to save you time analysing pages. This Key Page checklist is a tool for you to quickly analyse any web page to guidelines Google has set out for webmasters to follow.
Read the full article here On-Page SEO Checklist in Google Sheets with OpenAi (ChatGpt ) integration © Copyright 2006-2021 Shaun Anderson
Step-by-step Analytics 4 migration checklist for July 2023 deadline
On July 1, 2023, older Google Analytics properties will stop processing new hits. You must upgrade to Analytics 4 before this date; the sooner, the better. Everything you need to migrate to Analytics 4 before the deadline is included in this checklist. This Google Analytics 4 migration checklist is intended for website owners, SEO managers and […]
Read the full article here Step-by-step Analytics 4 migration checklist for July 2023 deadline © Copyright 2006-2021 Shaun Anderson
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 27, 2023
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Google Ads now supports negative keywords on the account level. SEOs trust YMYL content less if AI writes…
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Layoffs, DOJ Sues Google, Search Console Content Ideas & Google Optimize Going Away, Yahoo Search Comeback
As I mentioned briefly last week, Google announced mass layoffs last week, and I discuss what I know so far about it. There are also reports that Google is pushing advertisers to use third-party resellers and not their internal staff. The DOJ sued Goog…
Poll: Most SEOs Won’t Recommend Using AI To Write Content
A new Twitter poll shows that most SEOs do not yet feel comfortable recommending using AI to write client content. The poll asked, “Would you recommend using an AI writer to your clients?” Most SEOs said no.