Google announces similar items schema for image search on mobile
New search feature covers small group of product types now, but Google says it will expand in the coming months.
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Submit URLs to Google in Google’s search results
Google has added a new location to submit URLs to their index. Where is it? In the search results.
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Google working on fixing bug with the links to your site report
Google Search Console reporting bug leads webmasters to panic over ranking issues. There is no reason to panic — it is just a reporting glitch and has no impact on rankings.
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Google hopeful the mobile-first index will launch by year’s end
But Gary Illyes says it might not go live until 2018.
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SMX West: Solving SEO Issues in Google’s Post-Update World
Now that Google no longer regularly announced algorithm updates, it can be hard to tell when your site’s been hit by one. Luckily, there are steps you can take to determine if you’ve been hit. Contributor Mark Traphagen sums up a session from SMX West …
Google testing ‘tags’ label in search results snippets
A new Google experiment updates the search results snippets to show tags related to the page. But these tags don’t seem to do much of anything.
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39 questions with Google at SMX West
Ever wanted to hear answers to your SEO questions straight from the mouths of Googlers? Columnist Eric Enge recaps a session from SMX West where audience members were able to ask Google anything.
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Fred’s losers: Sistrix analysis says ad-heavy, thin-content sites hit worst
Here is our first report from an SEO data provider that analyzes 300 domains after the Google Fred update.
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Why Google’s SEO advice is NOT (always) in your best interest
Google often provides useful information to the SEO community, but columnist Nate Dame argues that ultimately, the company’s advice is in their best interest, not yours — so make sure you understand the nuances.
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Google quietly expands rich cards worldwide
Less than a year since Google first introduced rich cards in the US, they’re now expanding the feature globally.
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Google Search Analytics bug drops some image search traffic from reports
No need to panic: There is a reporting bug in the Google Search Console Search Analytics report. Google is working on a fix.
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Google: Our search leads won’t let us talk about the Fred update
Gary Illyes from Google said the techniques Fred went after specifically are mentioned in their webmaster guidelines.
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Google’s mobile-first index is (still) months away
At SMX West, Google’s Gary Illyes said the company is still experimenting with its mobile-first index and doesn’t have an exact timeline for launch.
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Google site search is on the way out. Now what?
With Google sunsetting its site search product, many companies are wondering where to turn for this functionality; columnist Paul Shapiro provides some alternatives.
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Google thaws (a little) on defamation cases
Would-be-legal remedies for online reputation issues are still up in the air, explains contributor Chris Silver Smith, arguing that it may be time to amend the applicable legislation.
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Google: Hacked sites increased 32% in 2016
Google is encouraging webmasters and site owners to verify their sites in Google Search Console to help both prevent and fix website hacks.
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Advice for AMP-curious publishers
Columnist Barb Palser offers a framework to help publishers assess the potential benefits of Accelerated Mobile Pages.
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New study confirms Google doesn’t use Chrome browser data to discover new URLs
GoogleBot did not visit a test page that Chrome accessed days before.
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Did Google’s Fred update hit low-value content sites that focus on revenue, not users?
Google won’t comment about the “Fred update,” but based on our own analysis, many affected sites saw up to a 90% drop in traffic.
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Google to fix missing data from Search Console analytics report soon
No need to panic over the Google Search Analytics report’s confirmed bug. You did not lose a whole day of rankings or traffic.
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