Google Testing Scrollable Google Answers In Mobile Results
Google is testing a scrollable version of their answers box within the mobile search results. Mitchell Haw from Ignite Visibility spotted this and posted a screen shot of it on their blog. The new answer box has various pages of answers for your query….
Thanksgiving Recipe Searches Peak Thanksgiving Day, Making November Biggest Month For Recipe Queries
Tis the season for too many cooks in the kitchen, and many of them started searching for Thanksgiving Day recipes all the way back in September. According to Google Trends, every holiday results in a spike for recipe search queries, but Thanksgiving dr…
Google Launches Mobile Friendly Test Tool
Wondering if your site will qualify for Google’s new mobile-friendly labels or be ready for a potential mobile-friendly ranking boost? Google has a new tool to help. The new tool is at google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly and it basically gives you a pass or fail grade. Either it tells…
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Google Is Experimenting With Special Ranking For Mobile-Friendly Sites
Google already penalizes sites that provide a bad experience to mobile searchers. Now the company has confirmed that it’s testing with what seems like a boost for those providing a great experience. Google said today that it is experimenting with giving sites that have earned its…
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Google Officially Launches “Mobile-Friendly” Labels In Mobile Search Results
After months and months of testing, Google has just officially launched the mobile-friendly label in the mobile search results. In an effort to help mobile searchers know which sites they may click on are mobile-friendly versus which ones are not, Goog…
Google Search Will Now Let You Roll The Dice
Ever want to roll a dice but not have one handy? Now you can just go to Google and search for [roll a dice] and Google will roll one for you. You can do this via voice search in the Google Search App, by typing it into the Google search box and likely on Google […]
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Ranking First Is Good, But First With Prerender Is Better
How do you know when you’ve got a strong hold on the #1 ranking? Contributor Gene McKenna shows how Google Chrome may provide a clue.
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Google: We Acted Quickly On RTBF Requests To Avoid Litigation
Although there was little guidance on how to handle “Right To Be Forgotten” (RTBF) requests, Google’s PR Chief in Europe says the company acted quickly to process those requests and remove some URLs out of a fear of being sued. Peter Barron, the head of Google’s European…
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U.S. 2014 Elections: Google & Bing Both Deliver Quick Answers For Election Results With An Interactive Map
As promised, Google and Bing are both offering quick answers for election-related queries. Searching “election results” on Google provides a quick answer box with a color-coded map of the U.S. to show which states went red and which went blue. Users have the option to click on House,…
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Will He Ever Return? Head Of Google’s Web Spam Team Matt Cutts Extends Leave Into 2015
The head of Google’s web spam team, Matt Cutts, says that his leave from the company has gone so well that he’ll be continuing it through 2015. Cutts shared the news today in a note added to his original blog post from July about going on leave, saying: When I went on leave, I wanted […]
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Google Mobile’s Flash Warnings Now Rolling Out To More Languages
In July, Google began labeling the mobile search results that had results from Flash enabled sites with mobile warnings. The warning cautioned mobile users from clicking to the site, by showing a notice that reads “Uses Flash. May not work on your device. Try anyway | Learn more.”…
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Gmail Messages Now Showing Up In Google Searches
Since Google released its new Gmail “Inbox” feature last week, TheAndroidSoul.com reports that Gmail users can now get to their Gmail Inbox by doing a Google Now or web search. According to TheAndroidSoul.com, the following search terms resulted in Gmail showing up in search results: my…
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Google Testing A New Mobile Friendly Design Using Material Design Format
Google is testing a new mobile design interface, using the design principles from “material design,” that Google themselves has been heavily promoting. The new interface was first noticed by SEER Interactive and later by Android Police and Google Operating System shows how this is not a…
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Google Webmaster Guidelines Updated To Warn About Blocking CSS & JavaScript Files
Google announced they’ve updated their webmaster guidelines to specifically note that blocking your CSS or JavaScript files may have a negative impact on your indexing and search rankings in Google. Pierre Far, Google’s Webmaster Trends Analyst, said the “new guideline specifies…
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Video Games Added To Google’s Knowledge Graph
Google is upping its game for gamers, now including video game information in its knowledge graph. Search queries on video games will result in a knowledge graph panel that includes details like the game’s release date, supported platforms, developers, review scores and more. In a report on…
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Beat Google’s Mobile Experience Algo (And Help Mobile Searchers) With These Two Tools
Columnist Bryson Meunier notes that Google will soon consider mobile user experience as a ranking factor. Use these tools to prepare your site!
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Google Penguin 3.0: Worldwide Rollout Still In Process, Impacting 1% Of English Queries
Google updated their Penguin algorithm with version Penguin 3.0 late Friday night. The Penguin algorithm primarily looks at a site’s backlink profile and may demote a site that appears to have a poor backlink profile. The Penguin 3.0 release was communicated very poorly by Google. With Google…
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Google Continues Testing Mobile Friendly Notices In Search Results, This Time With Text Version
Two weeks ago, Google began testing mobile-friendly icons in the mobile search results, next to sites that were mobile-friendly. Maybe giving a carrot to sites that adopted good mobile-friendly web site practices? Yesterday, Google tried the opposite a…
New Google Feature Would Offer Video Chats With Doctors
According to a report from Engadget.com, Google is trying out a new way to help users diagnose whatever ailments they may be suffering, or, at least, searching. When searching for illness-related symptoms, users would see a “Talk with a doctor now” link within the Google search card….
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Google Non-Mobile Friendly Icon Being Testing In Mobile Search Results
Google is testing a new icon in the mobile search results that symbolize when a search result links to a page that is not mobile friendly. The icon is a mobile smartphone with a slash through the phone. Here is a picture from @malcolmcoles: This is com…