SEO Snippets: Google Starts Up The Short Webmaster Videos Again
I am so happy to see the announcement that Google is now starting up these short SEO/webmaster videos to answer one question at a time within a few minutes. Yes…
Google’s John Mueller: Nofollow All Guest Posts Links
Google’s John Mueller said that if it was him, he would nofollow all guest blog posts links – even if you are a regular contributor to a site and you write very high quality content, just nofollow the links out to your own site…
Google: Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) Have No Advantage In Search
A Google Webmaster Help thread has someone saying that his vendor is pitching him on making a PWA, progressive web app, for his web site, over responsive because Google prefers PWAs and will thus rank them better…
Google “Rich Results” Testing Tool
Google announced yesterday that they (a) decided to rename all the “rich” related names into one name, Rich Results and (b) launch a new rich results testing tool…
The New Google SEO Starter Guide Missing Speed & HTTPS?
As you know, Google finally updated their SEO starter guide the other week after several years of it being stale. But one SEO wants to know why there are no direct…
Google: We Didn’t Find Crawling From Outside Of The United States Useful
Back in 2015, Google announced they can now crawl locally better and said again not long ago that they are able to crawl locally if necessary. But do they do that that often…
Google Finally Posts Webmaster Tips On Mobile-First Index
After months and months of promises, Google has finally published on the Google webmaster blog their tips to getting ready for the mobile-first index.
Google Search Analytics Bug With AMP Non-Rich Results
If you have a site that supports AMP, you may notice that in your Search Analytics report within the Google Search Console…
Google On Trailing Slashes & How It Impacts SEO & Search Rankings
It has been a while since we last talked or written about trailing slashes in your URLs and how it may or may not impact your rankings with Google. But hey, since Google’s John Mueller brought it up both on Google+ and Twitter, let’s get into it again….
Google Moves AMP Icon To Top Right In Top Stories Carousel
Google has moved the AMP icon from the bottom left position to the top right position of the Top Stories carousel cards. I am not sure exactly when it was moved, but for as long as I can remember…
Google: Watch Your Log Files To See If You Moved To The Mobile-First Index
Google’s John Mueller said this morning on a Google hangout at the 3:40 mark into the video that you can pretty clearly see if your site has been moved over to the mobile first index by looking at your log files…
Google: Outdated TLS Won’t Hurt Your Rankings
The other day we reported Google started sending out new security notifications via Google Search Console around TLS upgrade requirements…
Did Google’s Knowledge Graph Panels Algorithm Change Yesterday?
Yesterday, I did my typical search for a local business to get their phone number so I can call them to place a food order…
Google Plans To Roll Out New Search Console Early Next Year
In July, we first uncovered the new beta Google Search Console and SEOs and webmasters have been eager to get into the beta…
Hallelujah! Google Search Console Adds A Years Worth Of Data On Beta
Google has released a years worth of data in Google Search Console – well the beta version. If you have access to the beta version of Google Search Console and go to…
Google Defines Doorway Pages: Pages For Ranking For Keyword Permutations
There is often a lot of confusion around what a doorway page is and since it is specifically against Google’s very own guidelines…
Google Now Recommends Longer Meta Descriptions For New Longer Snippets
Last week, Google confirmed they are rolling out longer search snippets but they also said via Danny Sullivan that you do not need to, nor should you…
Google Finally Updates The SEO Starter Guide After Several Years
Google has finally updated their SEO starter guide after first publishing it several years ago and only updating it once in 2012. Google did recently say the old one is still relevant but promised to update the guide for mobile and markup details…
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Google Search Console Notifying Webmasters Of TLS Upgrade Requirements
Anyone who has been managing website security for the past few years has been following the long phase out period of TLS version 1. We are moving to TLS version 1.2, as TLS 1 is no longer that safe…