Google: URLs Don’t Have To Be In Same Language As Content Of The Page
Back in 2015, Google said the URL should be in the same language as the content of the page. But now, Alan Kent from Google said the URL doesn’t have to be in the same language as the content of the page.
Google Improved The Search Console Discover Performance Report
Google has annotated the Discover performance report in Google Search Console, saying the report has been improved. Specifically, Google said it improved the system for counting clicks and impressions within Google Discover.
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 30, 2022
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 says again, but more strongly…
Google: Links Have A Lot Less Significant Impact For Ranking Today
Duy Nguyen from Google’s search quality team said in the Google office hours video that “backlinks as a signal has a lot less significant impact compared to when Google Search first started out many years ago.”
Google: We Have Algorithms To Detect & Demote AI Altered Plagiarized Content
Duy Nguyen from Google’s search quality team said in the Google office hours video that Google has “algorithms to go after” those who post AI plagiarized content, he the algorithms can “demote site scraping content from other sites.”
Google: We Do Not Crawl & Index Niche Shorter Content More Or Better
In the last Google office hours, Gary Illyes said that Google is not more likely to crawl or index shorter or more niche content better or worse than other forms of content. Just because the content is shorter and potentially cheaper to crawl, it doesn…
Google: A Page’s Content Does Not Need To Be Indexed For That Page To Be Indexed
Here is a good one-liner from Google’s John Mueller on the technicalities of the Google index. John said on Twitter “A page’s content doesn’t need to be indexed for a page to be indexed.”
Google: HTTP/3 Likely Won’t Help Your SEO
Google’s John Mueller said on the last Google office hours that using HTTP/3 for your server will likely not have any impact on your SEO or rankings in Google Search. He said it also would not likely lead to much or any gains in terms of your core web…
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 29, 2022
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.
Got a lot of local SEO stuff for you, including longer…
Google Local Service Ads Heading Label Tests
Google is testing various headlines for the Local Service Ads. Two of them show the “Ads” label and one does not, while they all test different headlines for the ad listings.
Google Business Profile Can Notate Previous Location
The new Google Business Profile interface in Google Search to update your local listing can show the previous location your business was listed at before you tried to move that location. I believe the old interface would show you a map pin of your cur…
Google Business Profiles Now Showing Review Time For Some Edits
Google may now show you the time it takes to review a requested edit in Google Business Profiles. So if you edit, let’s say, your business category, Google may show you that this type of edit takes about 10 minutes to be reviewed by someone at Google.
Study: Longer Reviews Stay At The Top Of Google Local Listings Longer
Joy Hawkins team did another small local ranking study in Google and found that the longer reviews, the wordier reviews, tend to rank towards the top of the reviews and also stay there for longer.
Google Tests Carousel Format For Things To Know
Google is testing the Things to know search refinement expander feature in a carousel format. Normally, the Things to know is in this list format but here Google is testing it in a carousel format.
November Google SEO Office Hours
Thanks to everyone who submitted questions for the November edition of the Google SEO office hours!
In this episode, you’ll hear answers from folks on the Google Search team: Gary Illyes,
Lizzi Sassman, John Mueller, Alan Kent, and D…
November Google SEO Office Hours
Thanks to everyone who submitted questions for the November edition of the Google SEO office hours!
In this episode, you’ll hear answers from folks on the Google Search team: Gary Illyes,
Lizzi Sassman, John Mueller, Alan Kent, and D…
Vlog #199: Jeremy Meindl On Churn and Burn SEO & No Linking Back-Linking
In part one, we learned about Jeremy Meindl, why he loves pushing the line in SEO and how he never was caught with any of his SEO spam efforts. In part two we talk more about that, specifically…
Thanksgiving Holiday Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update – Maybe…
For the past several weekends, I’ve been reporting about a Google search ranking algorithm update that hit on a Friday and continued throughout the weekend. Well, last weekend was the Thanksgiving holiday in the US and I did see some signs of a possibl…
Google Local Reviews Bar Representing Positive Vs. Unfavorable Mentions
Google lets you dive into some of the reviews on a business listing, so if you say show me the reviews of the bar in a hotel, Google will let you do that. Now, when you do that, Google will add a bar that shows you the positive versus unfavorable ment…
So Many SEOs Just Don’t Know Guest Post Links Should Be Nofollowed
The other day, I covered a poll that showed about half of SEOs still use guest posting for SEO purposes. Then a few days later, an SEO asked John Mueller about something and John told him that the guest post links should be nofollowed, and the SEO was…