Microsoft Email Tells Site Owner Site No Longer Blocked In Bing Search
So we know Google has manual actions where a site can be impacted in terms of how it ranks in Google Search. Well, Microsoft Bing doesn’t necessarily have manual actions but they do take action against some sites manually. Here is an email from Sunny,…
Bing Shopping Tab Animated Snowman
How cute is this, Microsoft Bing Search is testing placing this animated snowman next to the Shopping tab under the search bar. I personally cannot replicate this but Frank Sandtmann, an SEO consultant based in Germany, can and sent this to me.
Google: Leaving Old XML Sitemaps Up After URL Migration Will Have Minimal Effect
Google’s John Mueller was asked if it is helps after doing a big URL migration to keep the old XML Sitemap file up for a bit. John said “the effect would be minimal” by using this strategy.
Google Logo Structured Data New White Background Requirements
Google has updated its logo structured data markup requirements again, this time to say your logo has to look good on a “purely white background.” So you need to test to make sure your logo is visible and I guess attractive on a white background.
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New Google Help Docs On Translated Search Results & Ad Networks With Google Translate
Google has published two new help documents around translation. The first is on how Google can automatically translate your search result snippets to a different language. The second is after the searcher clicks from that result, how to ensure that wh…
The Google Interactive SEO Checklist For Business Owners/Marketers, Developers Or SEO
Google has produced a new interactive SEO checklist with “specific things you can do to improve the SEO of your website.” It is interactive in that you can select if you are a business owner or marketer, developer or SEO and the checklist will change b…
Google November 2021 Core Update Is Live – What We Are Seeing Now
As you know, Google started to rollout the November 2021 Core Update yesterday, November 17th at around 11am ET. Below is a recap of the early chatter and data we are seeing on this update less than 24 hours after it started rolling out. Keep in mind,…
No, 30 Articles On Your Site Won’t Make Your Site Authoritative in Google Search
Last week, I included in my recap a link to a Reddit thread that seems to have got some attention. It has John Mueller of Google saying a site with only 30 articles is not enough to be authoritative and be fully indexed by Google. Now people are askin…
Revamped Google PageSpeed Insights Is Live
Yesterday, Google began to rollout the revamped and new PageSpeed Insights at its new home at pagespeed.web.dev. It has a bunch of user interface changes to make the reporting easier to use and understand and some changes under the hood as well.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 17, 2021
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Google is now releasing the November 2021 broad core update…
Edward Snowden: Google Search Is Totally Unusable
Edward Snowden, former computer intelligence consultant who leaked highly classified information from the National Security Agency, has said it is a fact that Google Search is “totally unusable” in a post on Twitter. Snowden is not a fan of Google’s p…
Google Says It Is Promoting More Local News In Search Results
Google said it is now promoting more local news in its search results and news results, including top stories. Google said they would be doing this earlier this year and in 2020 started doing this specifically for COVID news.
Google: We Do Not Know If There Will Be Another Core Update By Year End
As you know, we are all awaiting the next big Google core algorithm update and while we know it will be coming, we are all wondering if it will come by the year end? John Mueller of Google was asked this and he said, he does not know.
Google November 2021 Core Update Rolling Out Later Today
Right before the big Thanksgiving Black Friday and Cyber Monday holiday season Google decided to flip the switch and roll out a core update. Google just announced that it will begin rolling out later today the November 2021 Core Update.
Google Search “Found In Video” Carousel Results
Google is testing a new a new video carousel titled “found in video.” If Google can detect that your answer is found in a video it has indexed, Google may show you a set of videos in a carousel with the answers.
Google Ads Customer Match Available To More With New Preview Tool
Google announced that Customer Match is now “widely available” and also a new preview tool to help you figure out errors or issues with using the tool. Google is opening Customer Match to “all policy compliant advertisers” with more than $50,000 lifeti…
BingBot’s IP Addresses In JSON File Officially From Microsoft Bing
Not to be outdone by Google, Microsoft’s Fabrice Canel announced that it has published BingBot’s IP addresses in this JSON file. This is in addition to the methods to verify Microsoft Bing is crawling your site and it isn’t some rogue bot pretending t…
Google Maps Adds Pickup At Kroger, Restaurant Price Ranges, More Indoor Navigation & More
Google had added a bunch of Google Maps features today including more Pickup with Google specifically at Krogers, restaurant price ranges, indoor map navigation and how busy venues are in a specific neighborhood.
Google Feeling Curious Search Results
Google is testing another variation of the Feeling Curious feature in Google Search. This one is labeled “Feeling Curious?” This section lets you “look through more topics” to explore and shows you other topics related to your query.
More Seeing Product Images In Google Desktop Search Result Snippets
Google has been placing images and product images in the search results for a while and been testing on and off showing them in the desktop results. But over the past few days, more and more are seeing product images in the desktop search result snippe…