Google: Rel=prev/next Is Not An Indexing Signal Anymore; Help Docs Removed
Yesterday during the webmaster hangout, I noticed that the documentation on “Indicating paginated content to Google” that talks about rel=next/prev is now gone, 404ing. Also, the blog post about it from 2011 in bold reads at the top “Note: The informa…
JavaScript SEO Google Video: Testing & Debugging
Google has released another video around JavaScript and SEO, this one on how to do testing and debugging to make sure your JavaScript web site is performing well in search. He goes through using the mobile friendly test, Search Console and Lighthouse …
First Day Of Spring, Spring Equinox Logos From Google & Bing
Today is the first day of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere and to celebrate Google has a Doodle, Bing has posted a nice photos on their homepage and we have redone our site’s theme today as well.
Google: Differentiate Structured Markup Between Recorded & Live Stream Videos
Google’s John Mueller said in a webmaster hangout yesterday that it is really important that when you use structured data for video content, you use the right markup based on it being either recorded video or live stream video.
Google Search Console Now Allows Removal Of XML Sitemaps
You can now remove your XML Sitemaps from the new version of the Google Search Console. Pedro Dias first spotted this and posted about this on Twitter. You can go to your Sitemap report and click on a sitemap you want to remove, then the three dots to…
What Is Google’s Neural Matching?
Yesterday I covered that Google said that their neural matching AI has nothing at all to do with the March 2019 core update, nor any previous updates. But this concept of neural matching seems to confuse not just SEOs but also Googlers – so I thought …
Google: With March 2019 Core Update We Try To Make Incremental Improvements
Google’s John Mueller for the first time addressed the latest Google algorithm update, the March 2019 core update, that touched down on March 12th. He was asked if it was a softening of the August 1st core Medic update. He said he doesn’t know but gen…
Google Survey On What Google Search Console API Features Do You Want?
Google has posted a survey asking SEOs, webmasters, developers, etc to let Google know which Search Console API features they want that is currently not available. Mariya Moeva posted the survey on Twitter and wrote “site owners, SEOs, and developers!…
Google Knowledge Panel Shows In Different Language Than Main Search Results?
I am hearing from some international searchers that the Google knowledge panel is showing up in a different language than the rest of the search results. So if you search in English, Google returns English search results, but the actual knowledge pane…
Google: Our Algorithms Don’t Get Angry
Emotions often get in the way of objective and clear thinking, that is why Google builds robots and algorithms to have no emotion. Well, at least not the emotion of anger. John Mueller of Google said Google’s algorithms don’t get angry at web sites.
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Google My Business New Spam Form Response Time A Couple Weeks
Last month we reported Google launched a new form to report Google My Business/Google Maps spam. After a few weeks in, local SEOs are reporting how fast you can see action after a spam report is submitted. It seems it currently ranges from 1.5 weeks to…
Google March 2019 Core Update Myth Busting From Google
I felt it was important to make sure you all read my article on Search Engine Land with statements from Google around the March 2019 core update that started on March 12th. In that article, Google responded do a number of questions we sent them and so…
Google Logo For Seiichi Miyake, Inventor Of Tactile Blocks
Google has a pretty cool looking Doodle, special logo, on their home page to celebrate the life and contributions of the Japanese inventor Seiichi Miyake. The logo shows of his invention, the tactile blocks or Tenji blocks, to help the visually impaire…
The Search Community Mourns The Loss Of John Thyfault
I am sad to report that the search community has lost another young soul recently. John Thyfault, the VP, Search Engine & Social Media Marketing at Beasley Direct passed away at the young age of 54.
Q&A On Google – Showing Questions That Need Answers In Search
Last May we reported Google is testing asking searchers for answers to questions they might not have search results for. This was primarily in India and other countries where Google may not have as vast of a web index to provide answers on any and ever…
Video Thumbnails In Google Search Results Snippets
We’ve seen examples before with video thumbnails in the Google search results snippets. But it feels like Google is showing video thumbnails more often now, like they are with image thumbnails more often.
Google March 2019 Core Update Had Many Reversals But It Was Not A Reversal
There is a lot of speculation around the March 2019 core update that started on March 12th that it reversed what the Medic update did on August 1, 2018. While many sites did see gains after dropping from the August 1st update, many did not.
Google Names The 3/12 Update The “March 2019 Core Update”
Google didn’t like that the SEO community was going with the Florida 2 name, so they decided to tweet out that they are going to be calling it the “March 2019 Core Update.” Can they do that?
Speculation Around The Google March 2019 Core Update
The March 2019 Google Core update that touched down on March 12th – we covered it before it was confirmed – is still very raw and fresh. So most of you know, when reading some of the early speculation and advice around this update – you need to be ver…
Bing Has Hundreds Or Thousands Of Features In Their Search Ranking Models
We have all heard Google say they have over 200 or hundreds of ranking signals in the search algorithm. Here is Frédéric Dubut from Bing saying Bing has hundreds to thousands of “features” in their search ranking models.