Google Weekend Search Algorithm Ranking Fluctuations & Chatter
Over the weekend, like between February 28th, February 29th and March 1st, there was significant chatter within the SEO community and this time it was backed by some of the automated tracking tools. The chatter seems to have potentially died down a bi…
Vlog #50: Aleyda Solis – International SEO Star On How To Optimize Your YouTube Videos
Aleyda Solis, the EU Search Personality of the Year, one of the most respected international SEOs in the community…
Google Rich Results Test Tool Now Previews How-To Rich Results
Google has added another Google Home Hub and smart display feature to the Google rich results test. You can now see a preview of your how-to rich results in the tool. Here is a screen shot from Google via Twitter.
Bing: Webmaster Tools Shows Data For The Normalized URL
Bing said on Twitter that Bing Webmaster Tools shows data for the normalized URL. So you do not need to verify all the variations. Bing said “Http, https, www., Non www, etc and the all the reports are for that normalized URL.” This is not how most m…
Google: Don’t Lose Sleep Over Others Scraping Your Content
John Mueller of Google said on Twitter that he wouldn’t lose sleep over others scraping your copyrighted content. He said “there’s a lot of scraped content out there which has minimal visibility, it’s not always worth losing sleep over it.”
Google Nofollow Change March 1st But Google Says Don’t Expect Any Change Yet
So the big nofollow link attribute change is coming March 1st, which is this Sunday. But it seems like we shouldn’t really see anything happen on March 1st, at least based on how Gary Illyes and John Mueller of Google are both saying we shouldn’t see a…
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Nofollow Change, Google & Bing Updates, Mobile-First Indexing Push & More
So, March 1st is this Sunday and Google said it can start using nofollowed links for crawling and indexing but Google said you shouldn’t see anything on your end…
Burberry Implements 3D Images & AR In Google Search Results
Burberry is one of the few, as far as I know, that currently show 3D images in the Google search results. Remember last May, Google announced 3D image support, with AR features? It showed a demo of it in the live results. Well, now Burberry is live …
Google: All Sites To Be Switched To Mobile First Indexing Within 6-12 Months
Google is sending out notifications for mobile-first indexing issues detected on your site. And in that notification it says “Google expects to apply mobile-first indexing to all websites in the next six to twelve months.” Yes, probably by the end of…
Google Confirms No Recent Campaign Against Unnatural Links
There have been some discussions about Google penalizing guest blog posts or a spike in unnatural link penalties. They were wrong. Gary Illyes from Google said “no” there was no change, adding “I don’t know of any specific campaign run recently, but t…
Google Writes FAQ For Google Image License Metadata
An unnamed Google employee posted an FAQ around that new Google Image license metadata for the licensable label on images. The Googler said that the “FAQs listed below where you can also submit feedback or additional questions if you need help to trou…
Google: Sites Are Not Tainted From Old Manual Actions
Gary Illyes from Google said on Twitter a “site being “tainted” after a manual action is a SEO myth.” He said once you “you request a reconsideration request and if successful, you’re off the hook.”
Google’s Right Hand Side Featured Snippets Are Being Removed But Not Moved To Center
As you know, Google said they would move the right hand side featured snippets from the right side to the center, but until then, Google would stop deduplicating those snippets. According to both RankRanger and Moz, Google has removed a nice chunk of …
Forget Google Ad Partner Badge, Get A Client Partners Badge Instead
This is fun – as you know, the SEM community is not super happy about the change in requirements around the Google partner badges. Google tried to clarify and dumb it down a little but in short, SEMs feel the requirements align too much with Google rev…
When John Mueller Of Google Is Frustrated A Site Not Ranking Well
I often give this fluffy advice that you should “build a site and content that Google is embarrassed doesn’t rank well for the queries they deserve to rank for.” Well, here is an example of that advice working. John Mueller of Google has watched a si…
Google: We Still Use PageRank Internally
Google’s John Mueller said that in 2020 does “use PageRank internally.” He added that it is one of among many other signals Google uses. But Google does not use domain authority, a metric from Moz, he had to say again.
Google: Changes To The Search Systems Take Time
Remember when Danny Sullivan of Google showed how he documented an issue in Google search to share internally for review by Google engineers? Well, he was then asked for an ETA on the fix. In which he said “There’s not going to be an immediate change….
Bing Search Algorithm Update In Early February? Bing Says Always Making Updates.
I was asked if there was a Bing Search algorithm and ranking update on February 1st. Truth is, I did not see any chatter about this in any of the channels I track. But some are saying they saw an update on February 1st and 7th. I asked Frédéric Dubut from Bing and he said Bing is always making changes.
Google Images To Drop Dimensions Label On Thumbnails & Show Other Labels
A change is coming to Google Image Search on desktop later this week. You know that little label you see in the bottom corner of an image when you mouse over the image thumbnail in the search results? It shows the dimensions of the image… Well, that…
Google My Business Products Added Suggested Categories
Colan Nielsen shared a new feature he spotted in the Google My Business dashboard. Under the products tab (not everyone will see this), Google is providing “suggested categories” for you to add based on how Google understands your business.