Google Search Console Notices For Removing Noindex Robots.txt
Google is now sending out notices to those webmasters who have a noindex directive in their robots.txt file. Google Search Console is sending out notices that they should be removed because it is not something Google will support after September 1, 20…
Google: You Can Write Out Inches Or Use Inch Sign
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter, – whatever – you can use either the inch sign when saying something is 10″ or you can can write it out and say something is 10 inches. It doesn’t matter, Google doesn’t prefer either option.
Google #AskGoogleWebmasters: Is Linking Out Is Good Or Bad For SEO?
Google’s John Mueller’s first #AskGoogleWebmasters launched Friday afternoon and was on the question of does linking to other websites help or hurt SEO? The whole video, with the intro and ending was less than two minutes – so these short clips are ni…
Google Treats Links Within Primary Content & Boilerplate Content Differently
Google’s John Mueller was asked if Google counts the first link on a page at the same level as the second link on a page. This is a topic that goes back over ten years in the SEO debate space. In any event, John ignored that question and then went on …
Vlog #5: Rand Fishkin On Google Anti-Competitive, Ranking Studies, EAT & YMYL & Bing (Part Two)
In our fifth vlog episode I was in Seattle for Mozcon and I asked Rand Fishkin (@randfish) if I can interview him for my new vlog series. He invited me to his home/office, aka ShedToro, and despite some angry bees, I think the interview went pretty well. This is part two of a two part interview, here we discuss Google being anti-competitive, ranking studies, EAT & YMYL SEO and Microsoft Bing.
Google’s #AskGoogleWebmaster Series Starting Soon – Here Is The Teaser
We knew this has been coming for some time but Google’s John Mueller just published the teaser video yesterday that it is coming “this week.” Well, it was published yesterday, Thursday, and the week is over soon – so maybe they mean early next week?
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Google Fixed Broken & Half Rendered Search Results Pages
For the past few days, some searchers were only able to load a portion of the search results pages. Google said they were working on fixing the issue and as of late last night, Google said they fixed the issue. I do not see any new complaints since l…
Google Image Search Launched Swipe Up Visit Site
Google began testing a feature in image search that allowed you to slide in or up an article from an image search result to learn more. They began testing it in March of 2019 and then announced it at Google I/O in May. Now Google has launched this fe…
Google Search Console Adding “AMP On Image Result” To Performance Report
Google said as part of its swipe to visit in image search feature that they are adding a new performance report view. Google said it is adding “AMP on image result” filter to the performance report within Google Search Console.
Google Search Engineer Ryan Moulton: I Would Resign If Google Altered Results For Political Reasons
I often hear rumors and theories that Google has coded into its search ranking algorithm its political bias. A lot of the debate going around now before US election time is if Google is doing that. Well, a 13+ year search engineer at Google named Rya…
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Maverick Update, Google UX Rankings, Experts Writing, Resign, Bugs & Much More
This week I covered a nice number of topics including the Google Maverick update kind of slowing down. Google’s John Mueller explained a bit how maybe Google would determine if a site is something searchers would like, it was super interesting…
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Google: Shortnames Suspension Bug Should Be Fixed In 48 Hours?
Over the past few weeks or so there has been suspensions in Google My Business and a lot of rumors around why those suspensions have happened. Google has not be exactly clear about the issue but they did say they restored the suspended listings. That …
Google Search Results Half Blank & Cut Off Bug Being Worked On
Google confirmed they are working on fixing a bug that is impacting some searchers where the search results will only render partially. It basically looks like a chunk of the search results were cut out or covered in whiteout (if you remember what whi…
Google’s New Developer Doc On JavaScript SEO Basics
A couple weeks ago, Martin Splitt from Google announced on Twitter that he and Lizzi Harvey from Google posted a new developer document on the basics of JavaScript and SEO. The guide describes how Google Search processes JavaScript and the best practi…
Google Search Ignores Redirect Loops
Google’s John Mueller said Google will ignore redirect loops for search because redirect loops are broken. A redirect loop is when you have page A point to page B as a redirect and then you also have page B point page A. So you have them both redirect…
Google Featured Snippets Can Use Descriptions From YouTube
You wouldn’t think the content you find on YouTube, in the description section of a video, would be high quality enough for Google to use for featured snippets in search. But you’d be wrong. Google can and does use YouTube descriptions for featured sn…
Google Search Indexing Issues For Some Publishers
I am seeing numerous reports from publishers that Google is having issues indexing Google News publishers and other sites. Most sites don’t seem to be having an issue but there are reports of many publishers having issues. Google said they are going …
Google Figures Out What Users Want & Like Based On Comparing Your Content To Others?
One of the questions I hear a lot is how does Google know if a web site is something that a user/searcher will like if it doesn’t look directly at user behavior signals. So I asked John Mueller of Google if he was a search algorithm, what specific sig…
The Google Search Console Team Busy With New Features & Migrating Old
I asked John Mueller of Google yesterday if we can have an update on anything new coming from the Google Search Console team. He wouldn’t give specifics but he did say the team is “working on a lot of stuff” and we should see stuff happening soon. He s…
Google Tests New Tabs For Branded Local Pack & More Carousels
Google is testing more local pack designs and features in search. Sergey Alakov and Mordy Oberstein are noticing Google adding more tabs to the branded local pack. And now Mike Blumenthal is also seeing the carousel/scrollable local pack design that G…