Category: Google Search Engine Optimization

I am not sure that Matt Cutts will enjoy this too much but hey, if you ever see him at an SEO convention, it may appear as if he is a god…

Tuesday we reported that Google quietly dropped the ~tilde operator due to lack of use.

The operator helped searches find synonymous, a form of expanding your query. It was primarily used by librarians and also SEMs looking for keyword research ideas…

Google is now inviting webmasters to try out the new Webmaster Tools structured data error reports.

I signed up for the beta a few weeks ago and was invited yesterday to check out the reports. Fortunately for me, but unfortunately for you…

About nine days ago Webmasters started noticing an issue with the link report within Google Webmaster Tools. Then the issue grew and more and more webmasters noticed a bug in Webmaster Tools where the link count dropped significantly from what Google …

Two of my favorite Google Search Quality folks, Kaspar Szymanski and Uli Lutz…

I know I am not the prettiest guy in the world or even in the SEO space – probably very far from it – but why would Google drop my authorship image for this site…

As I reported yesterday at Search Engine Land with Google Changes Ranking Advice, Says Build Quality Sites Not Links – Google made a change to their messaging on the ranking article help document. This was first spotted by @Baeumlisberger and it is an…

Google’s Matt Cutts latest video answers a quick question, “does using stock photos on your pages have a negative effect on rankings…

A featured WebmasterWorld thread has an emotional but powerful post from a Webmaster who has been creating web sites for over 15 years. In fact, he joined WebmasterWorld as a member back on March 4, 2003, so he has been around a long time…

Last Wednesday we reported complaints in the forums of webmasters noticing their links are dropping within Google Webmaster Tools. In short, the links shown in Google Webmaster Tools today versus two weeks ago was a fraction of the number.

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As you probably remember, Google launched a new spam algorithm to target spammy queries such as payday loans. It had a serious impact on spammers from what I see, which I will cover right after this story…

Normally it is Googlers defending Google on Hacker News but Ryan Moulton, a software engineer at Google since 2006, who I think works on the Google search team, is defending SEO and the SEO business on Hacker News.
In short, a blogger called out an ema…

In January 2012, Google announced the page layout penalty and then updated it in October 2012, it basically sets to penalize sites with too many ads, too much in the way of your organic content…

There are new reports surfacing of a bug in Google Webmaster Tools…

Last night at SMX Advanced, Matt Cutts announced that now most Google Webmaster Tools notifications will contain example URLs with specific examples of what is wrong with your site…

Google has taken a strong stance on mobile SEO, announcing there will be demotions if your site is not mobile friendly or is misconfigured when it comes to being mobile friendly…

Google’s Matt Cutts posted a video the other day explaining the top six or so mistakes that SEOs and webmasters make when using the disavow tool.

By far, the most common mistake is uploading anything but text (TXT) files…

A Google Webmaster Help thread has a possible bug report in Google Webmaster Tools.

The issue is…

Sometime the shortest responses are the best. A Google Webmaster Help thread has a long detailed example given by a webmaster looking to do some cloaking to make their site work…

As you all know, Google’s Matt Cutts went on record the other day about Google’s stance on advertorials. That is…