Google On Using Dublin Core Schema: Just Use Normal Titles & Descriptions
Google’s John Mueller was asked if it would be helpful for you to implement Dublin Core schema on your pages. John Mueller responded on Twitter “I’d just use normal titles & descriptions.”
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google February Search Update; Local Update & Keywords, Bing Clarifying Questions, Review Snippets & Google Partner Program Changes
This was a busy week; we had a big Google search ranking algorithm update that Google didn’t fully confirm but it maybe was a bug that Google reversed, it is hard to say, I explain it all in the video. There may have been a Google local search…
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Google Responds To February 2020 Update Saying “We Do Updates All The Time”
Danny Sullivan from Google responded to numerous questions about the unconfirmed Google February update early this morning saying “We do updates all the time.” This is the same statement he made for the November update.
Google Ads Now Displays Annotations In Change History Report
Google announced that you can now see your annotations in your change history report and reporting data within Google Ads. Google said “To help you understand the impact of your campaign changes, you can now view changes annotated in your performance c…
Google Says Keywords In Google My Business Descriptions Impacts Local Rankings; Local SEOs Say No
Here is an interesting move by Google. Google updated its improve your local rankings help document to show an example of how keywords in your business description can help improve your local rankings. But local SEO experts say that is not how it work…
Google Tests New Home Page Design
Someone on Twitter shared a Google home page test with me. The new test has a few noticeable changes; the first is the blue background on the Google Search button, the blue (or white) font in the buttons and the final thing is the microphone button is …
Google Video SEO Explained: On Page, Multimedia, Black Hat & Search Console
Google has posted in the Search for Beginners section of the Google Webmaster YouTube channel an SEO Explained video. This video goes through the basics of SEO including on page SEO, multimedia SEO, black hat SEO and how to use Search Console and more…
Google Shares Advice On YouTube Videos For Search
Google’s John Mueller, who has been putting together YouTube videos on search for over a decade, has shared some of his advice on how to use videos for your content and search. He said it is often best to have more details in textual content form, bec…
Microsoft Advertising If Functions For Dynamic Ad Copy
Microsoft Advertising announced global support for IF functions. You can use these IF functions to customize your ad text and ads for searchers based on their device or a specific audience segment.
Google Fixes Google Posts Rejection Bug
Earlier we reported that Google My Business was rejecting a huge number of Google Posts images. Well, it looks like my assumption that this was a bug was correct. Mike Blumenthal, a top contributor for Google My Business, said on Twitter “The Google …
Turing Natural Language Generation (T-NLG) May Power Bing Search In Future
Microsoft posted on its research blog about advancements it is making with the Turing Natural Language Generation (T-NLG) model. Similar to other deep learning language models like BERT and others, this one is more powerful in that it is the largest …
Day Five & Getting Strong: Big Unconfirmed Google Algorithm Update
Sunday night I reported about a big, and still unconfirmed, Google search ranking algorithm update. Well, we are now going on day five (maybe six) and the chatter and rank checking tools are still at insane levels. This is not typical of Google updat…
Vlog #45: Ann Smarty On Guest Blogging & The Future Of Link Building
First, I am sorry about the audio issues, but I still want to publish this interview. Ann Smarty (@seosmarty) is a link building expert in her own right. She came from the Ukraine and now works with Jim Boykin at Internet Marketing Ninjas. She started …
Google My Business Stay Verified Emails Are Legit
Google My Business does send out emails asking those who have not logged into their Google My Business account in a while, to log back in to stay verified. The email does not appear to be a phishing scam, but rather something Google has done for a whi…
Google Search Console Adds New Reviews Snippet Reporting, Tools & Notifications
Google has launched new tools and reports within Google Search Console for review snippets in Google Search and Google Discover. If you have reviews on your snippets or local panels, these reports can help you debug issues, see how well those snippets…
Google Search App Gets Apple Siri Shortcut To Search With Google
Google has added a new Siri shortcut for the Google Search app that speeds up you using Google search. All you need to do is say “Search with Google” to Siri and it will launch the Google Search App.
Google: We Index A Lot Of Pages That Rarely Show In The Search Results
Google’s John Mueller has a fun one liner again, he said on Twitter “We index a lot of pages that rarely show up in search results.” This was after an individual asked if Google indexes his pages, is that a Google sign that Google might rank the pages…
Google Local Search Algorithm Update On January 31st?
There is some question around if Google did a local search ranking algorithm update this past January 31st. Some local SEOs said they saw some drops or changes for their clients and even the BrightLocal tool showed some fluctuations for that day.
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Google: Site Merges Take Longer To Remove Old Domain Than Site Moves From Google Search
Google’s John Mueller said that when you merge two sites together, the domain you are getting rid of and not using anymore will take time to go away in Google’s search results. When you do a site move, like moving to a new domain but it’s the same con…
Google Increases AMP Custom CSS Limit By 50%
The Google AMP team has increased the AMP custom CSS limit from 50KB to 75KB, that is a 50% increase. This should be fully live by the end of February said Weston Ruter, a Developer Programs Engineer at Google.