Google: Slow Google Ranking Declines Over Time Might Mean Your Losing Relevance
You hear about sites that gradually see less and less traffic over many months and years from Google organic search. What does that mean? Well, John Mueller of Google said sometimes it can mean that the site “overall isn’t being seen as relevant as be…
Google: First Page Search Rankings Means You Are Doing Things Right
Danny Sullivan of Google said on Twitter that if your web pages are ranking on the first page for its relevant queries, then that means you are doing things right. Danny said “being on the first page is a sign you are indeed doing all the right and gre…
Some SEOs: Drop Google URL Parameters Tool For Reporting
The other day we asked you if Google should drop the URL parameter tool because as you know, if used incorrectly, it can do some serious damage to your site. So some SEOs are like, sure – drop it, just give us reporting on what would happen if you use…
Vlog #66: Limor Barenholtz On SEO Today vs Old Days & The Importance Of Local SEO In Israel
Limor Barenholtz is the head of SEO at Universal McCann Digital. I’ve worked with Universal McCann Digital since before it was known as Universal McCann Digital…
Google: International Targeting Won’t Affect Other Regions
Google Search Console, in the old version, has a feature for international targeting. It lets you communicate to Google that your site is more relevant in a specific region. Gary Illyes from Google said on Reddit that this is a strong hint that “may…
Should Google Remove The URL Parameters Tool From Search Console?
Gary Illyes from Google hinted he might consider deprecating the URL parameters tools in Google Search Console. He said on Twitter “maybe we should deprecate that cannon” when Glenn Gabe asked him “you said to be careful with the url params tool in GS…
Google AdSense Ad Balance Tool Going Away On May 20th
Google announced it is retiring the Ad Balance slider tool from Google AdSense. This tool that launched in January 2017 is going away on May 20, 2020. Google said “based on feedback from our publishers, we’ve decided to retire the ad balance feature. …
Google Product Listings Ad Mixed With Organic Listing?
SEMRush shared a screen shot of a Google Product Listing Ads unit that has with it an organic snippet listing right below it. It is unusual, might be a bug, might be some sort of Google user interface test. I just wanted to share this with you all.
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Google: Core Updates & Search Console Reporting Lags Are Unrelated
There has been some speculation that whenever there is a Google core update that Search Console’s reporting and data begin to lag and slow. I have not seen too many theories floating around like this but even so, John Mueller of Google said that any d…
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google May Core Update, LinkedIn’s Google Mistake & News Changes
It was a busy week because Google released a big core ranking update named the Google May 2020 Core Update. This update was big, really big and many are reporting major changes to their sites. Google Discover traffic, like with any core update, may hav…
Here Is Why LinkedIn Search Results Returned So Quickly In Google
Yesterday was a fun day in the SEO space, at the expense of LinkedIn. LinkedIn’s www.linkedin.com pages dropped out of the Google search results for about 10 hours. But when it came back, it all came back really quickly. The SEO community is asking h…
Reminder: Google Core Updates Impact Google Discover Results
This is just a gentle reminder that when Google does a core update, that it does not only impact the rankings in the main Google search results. Core updates do impact Google Discover results as well. We knew this already but it is worth reminding eve…
Google Local Panel Can Show COVID Testing Center Details
Google can now show if a specific location, pharmacy, etc, is a COVID-19 testing center and what requirements there are to be tested. Mike Blumenthal shared a screen shot of a Walmart store that has this testing set up and that in this one, you do need…
New Google My Business COVID-19 Responder Policy For Hotels
Google has added a new feature to Google My Business for hotels. This is a new feature lets hotels add if they offer free or discounted rooms for COVID-19 responders. Many hotels are being used to house COVID-19 responders so these responders do not p…
May 2020 Google Webmaster Report
The past thirty-days in the Google organic universe was pretty busy, not just with COVID-19 changes to Google search but well beyond that. We had the May 2020 core update released just a few days ago (it was big), there were unconfirmed updates as wel…
Sites Impacted By The Google May 2020 Core Update In A Big Way
Yesterday we reported that the Google May 2020 core update is rolling out and we already felt that this Google search algorithm update may be a big one. Well, based on just about 30 or so hours, I am seeing tons of site owners complaining about huge r…
Google Continues To Ask Searchers To Rate Search Results
This isn’t specifically new but from time to time I see someone share a Google survey or poll in the search results, asking the searcher to rate the search experience. In this case below, Google is asking the searcher if the specific web site shown in…
LinkedIn Removed From Google’s Index
Do a site command for [site:www.linkedin.com] and nothing will come up in Google. Google seems to have deindexed the main www results from LinkedIn.com. Also, with that, it seems the LinkedIn profile links for people knowledge panels are also gone.
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Google Search Local Ranking Update – Lots Of Fluctuations
The local SEO community has been tracking a Google local update since April 23rd and the truth is, even over the past couple of days, the Google local update seems as active as ever. So much so that Danny Sullivan of Google said he will look into it f…
Google Snippets & People Also Ask Not Always Updated The Same Time
Ethan Lazuk shared a screen shot showing how a snippet was recently updated by Google but the people also ask version was not, and was still showing the 2017 version. This shows that Google can show a snippet in two different spots from different times…