Google Featured Snippets Showing YouTube Timestamp Links
We know Google has this neat feature to show “key moments” in the Google search results that show timestamps of sections of videos. But here is an example of a featured snippet showing this in text, with hyperlinks to those timestamps.
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Update, COVID-19 Search Changes & Google SEO Topics
This week we had another possible but still unconfirmed Google search ranking update. Google said they do not penalize for weird brand or site names. Google said it is a myth that it prioritizes AMP pages in search. Google is sending out Search Conso…
Google Advice On E-Commerce Sites Closed Due To COVID-19
Gary Illyes from Google said the company is working on putting together “some more thorough do’s and don’t’s” around what e-commerce and other site owners should do with their web sites if the business is temporarily closed due to the coronavirus. But…
Can Google Detect Sarcasm?
Someone asked Google’s John Mueller if Google’s search algorithms can detect and then filter out sarcasm on the internet. It is an interesting question if Google can detect sarcasm or not, in fact, I see a ton of papers on the concept. But I’ve never…
Google My Business Not Functioning Properly During COVID-19 Crisis
There are many many complaints about Google My Business working properly now. We know the support hours have been limited due to the outbreak. We know features and functions have been removed or stalled. But it seems that there are tons of issues wit…
Automate Google Search Console Detected Issues Via Email
Google’s John Mueller said that right now there are no webhooks or APIs for tracking issues reported within Google Search Console. So what he recommends to do now is set up an email box that you can program a script to read those emails and feed them …
Google Ads Advice Through COVID-19
Google posted some tips on how to navigate your Google Ads search ads campaigns through the COVID-19 outbreak. Google wrote “as communities respond to COVID-19, we know that this time presents unique challenges for businesses. Below are some considera…
SEOs Claiming Organic Search Traffic Declines Due To COVID-19
Marie Haynes is posting a weekly poll on Twitter asking SEOs if they are seeing organic search traffic declines for their customers sites during the COVID-19 period. Most are reporting declines in the past week, abut 60%. While about 16% are saying th…
Google: There Is No Need To Include Every Link In Your Disavow File
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter “Some tools find all sorts of irrelevant links — there’s absolutely no need to place every such link in your disavow file.” He said, instead you should “focus your time on useful things instead.”
Google: We Don’t Make Sites With Manual Actions Wait Longer For Reviews
Google’s John Mueller said it is a myth that the web spam team would make a site that has sufficiently fixed a manual action wait a longer period of time. Google doesn’t simply say that this site did something bad, so you have to wait. Once it is fix…
Google My Business Adds Mark As Temporarily Closed Option
If you login to your Google My Business account and click on edit your information, you will be given a new option to “mark as temporarily closed.” Previously you were unable to do this from Google My Business.
Google Search Ranking Algorithm Volatility
Many of the tracking tools that follow the changes and volatility in the Google search results have been spiking over the past couple of days. The chatter within the SEO industry is not super strong but the SEO community is a bit busy at the moment.
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Vlog #57: Hamlet Batista On Scaling SEO Through Technology & How To Automate Your SEO
Hamlet Batista originally is from the Dominican Republic and is now based in New Jersey, less than an hour from my office actually. I did offer him a ride but he turned me down and instead flew in from Newark Airport. He is the CEO of RankSense…
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Google Search More Button Showing In Different Colors
If you do a search in Google that triggers some of those answer cards that have a circle “more” button, you may see Google show the button in one of many colors. I’ve seen orange, green, brown, gray and others.
Bing Now Supports SpecialAnnouncement Schema
Bing announced that is now supports SpecialAnnouncement schema. Bing said “Bing may consume case statistics from government health agencies at the country, state or province, administrative area, and city level that use the schema.org markup for disea…
Google Does Not Penalize For Weird Brand Or Product Names
Google’s John Mueller said Google does not penalize pages for having weird product or brand names. John said on Twitter “Companies & products use all kinds of weird brand names.” So when someone asked if Google might lower those rankings, he said “No, I don’t think that would make sense.”
Is Google Bringing Back Magnifying Glass To Searches Related To Section?
Google is now testing showing a magnifying glass icon next to the search related to phrases. Google had this magnifying glass in 2018 and previous years but removed them. Google is now testing adding them back.
Google Changelog For Google Search Developer Documentation
Lizzi Harvey from Google created a single page to follow the major updates made to the Google Search Developer documentation. So now you can just scan this page over here and see what updates she and her teammates made to the Google Search Developer d…
Google Suspends Local Reviews & Q&A During Coronavirus Outbreak
Google has suspended accepting and posting reviews and Q&A on local businesses during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Google posted in its help document “New reviews, review replies, and new Q&A will be unavailable during this time.”
New Bing Microsite For Bing’s URL & Content Submission API
Bing posted a new microsite or portal just for the two newish APIs that allow you to submit URLs for indexing to Bing and also to submit your content for indexing to Bing. The new portal is at bing.com/webmasters/url-submission-api.