Google Local Showing Review Mentions By People
Andy Simpson shared a screen shot (that I cannot replicate) of Google Local showing a summary of how many people mentioned a phrase in the comments. In the example below it says “4 people mention atmosphere” and “3 people mention kids.”
Google Says More Granular Levels Of Speed May Become A Ranking Factor
Google’s John Mueller said in a webmaster hangout earlier this week that maybe in the future Google will look at speed metrics in a more granular way when it comes to ranking. Right now, only super slow sites are really impacted by the speed update bu…
Possible Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update This Week
Normalcy makes us happy, even if that normalcy is change. And that is what we seem to have this week with another unconfirmed Google search ranking algorithm update this week. This update may have started on Monday, March 16th and continuing through …
Google Event Schema For Virtual, Postponed & Canceled Events
Google has added some timely new properties for event schema. You can now mark your events with these additional properties. These new properties are for the eventStatus property sets under schema.org.
Bing: We Will Continue To Update & Improve Ranking Models
Yesterday we reported that 58% of SEOs would like to see Google stop with the Google algorithm updates during this time. But 42% said Google should continue. Google really has not commented but Bing’s Frederic Dubut said Bing will continue to update …
Are Emojis In FAQ Schema Going Away?
Eliav Lankri asked me yesterday if Google is now preventing emojis from showing up in the FAQ schema rich results. I had a hard time finding any examples of emojis showing in these FAQ results but I did find one. Did you all notice a reduction in emo…
Vlog #55: Martha van Berkel On Structure Data Adoption & How Schema Helps With Google Rankings
Martha van Berkel is the CEO of Schema App, which is a platform that does structured data and schema at scale. She worked at Cisco for 14 years starting at the beginning doing customer support…
US Democratic Party Symbol Was A Rat In Google’s Knowledge Panel
Last night for a period of time, if you searched for [democratic party] or similar searches, the knowledge panel showed a rat as the symbol of the party, not the official donkey. Google fixed the issue after a couple hours but this just shows how cert…
Bing: Use 302s For URLs That May Change In Two Days, Otherwise Go 301
Fabrice Canel from Microsoft Bing said on Twitter “preferable to use a 302 redirect if your destination URL may change within 2 days, else 301 is recommended.” So if your redirects will be in place for less than two days, go with a 302 – otherwise, Bi…
Google My Business Using Duplex To Call Businesses To See Hour Changes Or Closures
Google said it is using Duplex, Google’s AI based phone calling service, to call businesses to check if business hours have changed or if the business has closed. Google wrote “using our artificial intelligence (AI) technology Duplex where possible to…
60% Of SEOs Prefer If Google Pause Algorithm Updates During COVID-19 Outbreak
Yesterday I asked should Google pause algorithm updates based on some folks in the SEO community thinking Google should. I posted a poll and within 24 hours it now has over 1,100 results. Almost 60% of SEOs said they would prefer if Google stopped pus…
Google Chrome Mixed Content Does Not Fully Impact Google Search
Google made it so that Chrome would show a site is not secure when there is mixed content. But does that impact how the page ranks in Google search? Not currently.
Google Ads & Google My Business Support May Be Delayed Or Unavailable
Google has been posting notices in the Google Ads and Google My Business (as well as other products) help areas that phone and other support areas may be slow or unavailable. Google said this is “in light of COVID-19” challenges. We should all be pat…
Microsoft Advertising Standard Text Ads To Expanded Text Ads Migration By March 31st
Just a reminder, if you have your Microsoft Advertising ads as standard text ads, they will be migrated to expanded text ads on March 31st. Microsoft sent out a reminder about this on Twitter yesterday.
No API For Google Search Console Discover Report
Google launched Discover performance reports in Google Search Console almost a year ago. It is available for sites that see traffic from Google Discover. So not everyone sees it.
But there is no API for it yet…
Should Google Stop Pushing Search Algorithm Updates During COVID-19 Outbreak?
It is a rough question because Google’s search results are always updating by itself, i.e. new content gets added, new links, new signals, etc. So the Google search results are always in a state of flux. But in terms of bigger search algorithm update…
Vlog #54: Tony Wright On SEO Attribution & Online Reputation Management
Tony Wright has been doing SEO since 1998, that is super early. He did it all from black hat to white hat SEO through the years. He started his career in a PR firm and his job title was “Cyber PR,” how cool is that title…
Google My Business: Is The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Affecting Your Business?
Google is sending out email notifications to business owners through Google My Business asking businesses to update their details if the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) affecting your business. The email asks “Is the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) affe…
Lots Of Pages That Don’t Get Searched For? Does It Hurt Your Google Search Rankings?
John Mueller from Google was asked if “having too many non searched pages on website are bad for SEO?” John didn’t say yes or no, he instead said – “that’s up to you.” He said what good is it if no one searches for it?
Gary Illyes May Open Audio Hangouts Google Search Chats
Gary Illyes from Google said he may do an audio only Google Hangout to talk about search. Gary is not traveling anymore for search conference talks and he said he “kinda miss the conference hall chats.” So he is going to try this out.