New Report Offensive Images In Google Web Search Results
I think this is new, a new way to report images as being offensive or having issues in Google’s main web search results. Sunny sent this to me on Twitter and I think it is new, but basically there is a “report images” button that when you click it, it…
Google: Redirect Old AJAX Crawling Scheme URLs Using JavaScript Redirects
Google’s John Mueller said in an #AskGoogleWebmasters video that now that “you no longer need to do anything special for hashbang URLs,” if you still have those old URLs for the old AJAX crawling scheme, you should redirect those URLs.
Vlog #16: Dr. Pete Meyers Of Moz On Mozcast & Google Algorithm Changes
In episode #16 of the vlog series at the Search Engine Roundtable I interviewed Dr. Pete Meyers (aka Dr. Pete) (@dr_pete) of Moz. Dr. Pete and I share a similar passion – the passion is a weird one – we love to track how Google changes its search resu…
Google AdSense Earnings At Risk Warning – Create Ads.txt File
Google AdSense is now warning some publishers that their earnings are at risk because they have not uploaded an ads.txt file to the site’s root domain. Google says “To prevent severe impact on revenue, download an ads.txt file then upload the file to …
Google Search Console Datasets Schema Enhancements Report A Year Later
Over a year after Google launched the ability for dataset schema to show up in the Google search results, Google has added reporting around it in Google Search Console. The new datasets schema report is now in the enhancements section for sites that ha…
Google Search Bug Showing Only URLs, No Title Or Descriptions, In Search Results
In the past 24 hours or so, I had numerous reports sent to me that searchers are seeing only URLs for the Google search results snippets. The title and description portion of the snippets were missing.
Google Updates Rules For Displaying Reviews Rich Results In Search Results
Google has updated its rules for how and when it shows the reviews rich results, the review stars, in the Google search results. In short, the new rules are there is now a defined set of schema types for review snippets, self-serving reviews aren’t al…
Google Video Result Timeline With In This Video Snippet
Amit Singh shared a screen video capture of a new form of video results in the mobile Google search results. This one shows a video result with a section named “in this video.” The “in this video” section gives you a timeline in the video of what is be…
B.B. King, The King Of Blues, Google Doodle
Today on the 94th birthday of B.B. King, Google has posted a special video Doodle to honor B.B. King’s life. B.B. King is known as the King of Blues and pretty much everyone is familiar with his music. So listening and watching the Doodle is just so …
Google Shortens Title Length In Search By ~5 Characters On Average
The folks at RankRanger are showing data that on average, the title tag length shown in the Google desktop search results have gone down from 55.3 characters to 50.9 characters on average.
Google Product Grid & Expandable Shopping Ads
To be honest, I am not sure if this is new, but I am being told this is new. The first is what looks like an organic product grid, where Google shows product selections for a query in a new grid like format. The second are paid Google shopping ads th…
Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update Signs Heating Up More
On Friday, yes, Friday the 13th (hence the graphic), I reported on signals of a possible Google update. As an update, these signals are still there, the chatter is still ongoing through this morning, and the tracking tools are also showing changes even…
Google: Correctly Counting Links On The Web Is Technically Impossible
John Mueller from Google said on Twitter “counting links on the web correctly is technically impossible, and everyone just makes different approximations & assumptions.” This is in response to third-party link tools not matching up or looking inaccurate.
Local RankFlux – A Google Local Ranking Algorithm Tracking Tool
So we have a dozen or so Google web search rank checking tools that tell us if they pick up on Google algorithm or ranking fluctuations. But we don’t have much when it comes to local ranking changes. BrightLocal has just released a tool it named Local…
Is Google Showing More Videos In List View Vs Carousel View?
Eric Hedekar from Moz, formerly STAT, said that now about half of the videos shown in the Google mobile results have changed in terms of how they are displayed. Instead of the carousel video format, Google is showing more of a list view according to Er…
Google: Our Newer Search Algorithms Have Been Promoting Original Reporting In Search
Yesterday Google announced an algorithmic update it made to the search results a few months ago have been doing a better job at promoting original reporting. Not only promoting it in terms of ranking but keeping that original reporting up in the top s…
Friday The 13th Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update Chatter
I am seeing some early chatter of a Google search ranking algorithm update today on Friday the 13th, September 13, 2019. The chatter is super early but I am seeing it not just across WebmasterWorld, but also Black Hat World and social media. Some of …
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Updates, Promoting Original Reporting, Search Quality Raters, Nofollow Link Attribute Changes & More
I hope you like the new introduction style, it gives you a quick preview of the topics I am going to cover before I get into it, let me know in the comments and subscribe and smash that like button. :) I covered chatter and signs around a Google searc…
Google: No Need To Disavow Nofollowed Links
Google’s John Mueller confirmed that although the nofollow link attribute is just a hint now, there is still no need to use the disavow link tool for links that are nofollowed. He said on Twitter “You definitely don’t need to disavow nofollow links –…
Google Now Penalizing Subdomains Leasing, Not Just Subfolder Leasing
As you know, Google warned publishers about leasing out portion of their sites so that third-parties can piggy-back off the site’s authority and trust and rank their content better. Google then began penalizing some of those sections on the web sites …