Category: Google Search Engine Optimization

Yesterday, Google began sending out new AMP errors for video embeds done wrong with AMP. The errors read “Missing embedded video on AMP page for” and listsYesterday, Google began sending out new AMP errors for video embeds done wrong with AMP. The erro…

You and I know that Google Search Console is often a few days lagged but did you know that it can take 4-6 days for a new verified profile to start showing data in Google Search Console. Often I see that happen in less than three days but sometimes no…

An interesting question was asked in the last Google hangout with John Mueller at the 21:16 mark into the video. The question was around controlling or influencing Google to index the page of content that is embedding the iframe over the source of tha…

Rabin posted on Twitter “Google can and on many instances will rank a page for query even if the query is not present on that page. @methode #nobrainerfriday.” In which, Gary Illyes from Google responded to saying “true…

Did you know Google’s SafeSearch filter is not set at a site level but rather a URL by URL basis…

Google has updated the Test My Site feature in Google with a new user interface and design, plus they are bold enough to show you how many visitors you are losing because of your slow site speed and how you compare to competitors…

I often see SEOs, webmasters and site owners complaining that their competitors are building spammy links, buying links, doing PBNs and more and yet their competitor ranks well and is doing excellent in the Google results…

Google has updated many of their structured data developer docs yesterday. Aaron Bradley spotted it and posted about the changes in detail on Google+.

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Google again said they do not use Google Analytics data for their search ranking algorithm. Gary Illyes from Google had to say it again…

Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that you should use a 301 redirect really only when there is a one to one relationship between the URL you are redirecting from and the URL you are redirecting it to…

Google has been expanding their featured snippets over the past year or so, not just in the US but also in the EU. In a video hangout with Google’s John Mueller…

Just in case you thought Google and Bing share the same index of the web – you’d be wrong. John Mueller stated the obvious on Twitter this morning. John said “we don’t share indexing with other search engines…

Google’s Gary Illyes said on Twitter this morning that you can prepare for the mobile-first index which likely isn’t launching until next year by looking for noindex directives and faulty redirects…

This is probably common sense to most of you but if you are using the Google Search Console API it is recommended that you refresh or redownload the previous day of data to make sure you have the most complete set of information…

Do you use the parameter handling feature within the Google Search Console interface…

It has been some time since we talked about Panda here and I am sure most of you are happy about that. But since Gary Illyes from Google brought it up yesterday on Twitter…

So some one asked John Mueller of Google if it is okay to use checkmark characters, i.e. â”, in your title tags. The question was would it make the title tag look more readable.

John responded that no…

Gary Illyes from Google said on Twitter that he doesn’t have rights or clearance to apply manual actions to web sites. That means…

Google loves a site with good navigation and good user experience…

Google’s John Mueller said in a Google Webmaster Help thread that Google may decide to “skip URLs that repeat the same path element many times…