Category: Google Search Engine Optimization

We have just migrated this site, the Search Engine Roundtable…

There are hundreds of webmasters complaining and worried that their structured data is messed up…

Yesterday we reported how webmasters notices were being sent to those who manage sites that have faulty mobile redirects.

Tons and tons of webmasters received them and some were scratching their heads as to why. They thought everything was set up prop…

After Google launched their HTTPS ranking signal some savvy SEOs and webmasters noticed SSL errors spewing from Google…

It seems like Google Penguin has been on some sort of vacation, since it has now been over 10 months since the last refresh.

The sad part is, those who have spent the past 10 months trying to “fix” their sites, are in a penalty box just waiting…
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In June, Google began showing a notice of faulty redirects within the Google search results page that told the searchers that if they click on that search results from their smartphone, it may take them to the site’s home page instead of the page they …

Google has now added colored syntax to their fetch as Googlebot tool within Google Webmaster Tools.

If you try it out by going to Google Webmaster Tools and then fetch a URL on your site, Google’s results will now show you the HTML code in colored syn…

As we learn more about the Google HTTPS algorithm I want to keep you posted.

Three new tidbits came out on the topic through yesterday’s Google webmaster hangout with Google’s John Mueller on Google+…

As you may remember, Google starting giving HTTPS a ranking boost last week and that morning, Thursday August 7th, at around 10am EST, I migrated http://www.rustybrick.com/ to https://www.rustybrick.com/.

I promised to keep you posted on the status…..

The month of July was absolutely insane in terms of Google webmaster topics, just a lot covered, while the specific announcements, although some big…

24 hours ago, Google announced that HTTPS was a ranking signal and SEOS and webmasters, including

After learning about the Google SSL Algorithm that was launched yesterday morning…

During the made rush for all SEOs to migrate from HTTP to HTTPS to get that tiny little boost in their rankings with the new Google HTTPS Algorithm, many noticed a failure within the Google Webmaster Tools Change of Address Tool…

Greg, aka goodROI, asked in a WebmasterWorld thread if Google assigns an “SEO credit scores” to a webmaster or SEO…

Google announced early this morning that they are now using SSL/HTTPS as a ranking signal in their Google search algorithm.

The signal is incredibly weak and webmasters should not go crazy about it…

The University of California, Berkeley is having some issues with Google crawling, indexing…

Google Webmaster Tools already has special features for Google News publishers, like a separate view of the news indexing and processing details, as well as news specific errors…

When you submit a reconsideration request, Google notifies you they received it with a blanket message in Google Webmaster Tools. Now, supposedly, Google will also show you a copy of your submission via the reconsideration request form…

On Friday we reported on a refresh of the local search results, after the major Google Pigeon update a week or so before. Google basically told us they have nothing to say on this and likely will not provide future details on local search algorithm ch…

In December 2011, Google launched author stats, a way to see how your content, across sites, based on your Google Authorship profile, fared. That is now gone…