Survey: Tell Us How You Were Impacted By The Google March 2019 Core Update
There is no doubt that the Google March 2019 Core Update that touched down on March 12th was a big one. So just like the last big core update, which we named the Medic update, from August 1st, we want to collect data and analyze that data to try to fi…
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google March 2019 Core Update (Florida 2), Bing Algorithm & Google Black Ad Label
Whoa – it was a big week – Google confirmed and named an algorithm update March 2019 Core Update despite some wanting to call it the Florida 2 Update. There is a lot of speculation around what this update was about…
Google: Words You’ve Searched For Dictionary Results
Google now can show you words they think you’ve searched Google for to get dictionary answers. If you search for [dictionary] or other variations around that, Google will show you “Words you’ve searched” previously for. I don’t think this is super new…
Google JavaScript SEO Video On Making Content More Discoverable
Here is another video from Google’s Martin Splitt from their JavaScript SEO series. This one is named Essential JavaScript SEO tips and provides basic SEO techniques for JavaScript sites & web apps. This is the first video in the series that goes into more technical detail behind the more complex aspects to JavaScript and search.
Bing Quality Raters Don’t Directly Impact Rankings
Yesterday we wrote that Google search quality raters don’t directly impact the search rankings and today we have confirmation from Frédéric Dubut of Bing that Bing search quality raters do not directly impact the Bing search rankings.
When Naming The Google 3/12 Broad Core Ranking Update Florida 2
As you know, I reported yesterday morning, well before Google confirmed the Google search update that there was an update. The reason why Google even confirmed the update was because I emailed them asking them to confirm, they did on Twitter as you kn…
Google Removed 2.3 Billion Bad Ads In 2018
Google announced that they have removed 2.3 billion bad ads in 2018 for violations of both new and existing policies. Google said this included 207,000 ads for ticket resellers, over 531,000 ads for bail bonds and about 58.8 million phishing ads.
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Google: No Real Changes To In-Depth Articles
A week ago we reported that the in-depth articles in the Google search results mysteriously went away. I asked Google about it and they told me they really didn’t – Google’s statement was “When relevant, we do and will continue to surface high-quality…
Google Search Quality Raters Don’t Directly Impact Rankings
I must have covered this topic a few times but here we go again, Google has said numerous times that the search quality raters they hire as consultants do not directly influence their search rankings. An article was highlighted yesterday but some folk…
Google: No Exceptions Broken & Unclean Headers With Hreflang
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that if you cannot have a clean header in your source code where Google can fully interpret the hreflang, then you are out of luck. Google said either fix the issue with your header or you really cannot depend on …
Google Testing New Simple Black Ad Label
Google looks to be testing changing the ad label in their search results once again. The last time they changed it was in February 2017, when they went with a green outline ad label. This new test shows small black text labeled as “Ad” and that is it….
Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update On March 12 & 13th
I am seeing plenty of signs from the SEO community, the tracking tools and so on that there was and is a Google algorithm update going on right now. It started on March 12th, yesterday and is continuing on today.
World Wide Web Google Logo For 30th Anniversary
Today on Google’s home page is a Doodle, a special Google logo, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the World Wide Web. You have a pixelated Google logo with an old fashion desktop computer from 30 years ago as the Doodle.
Google Tests Portrait Mode Tall Top Stories Layout
Google seems to be testing a portrait mode, i.e. taller mode, for the top stories in the mobile search results. Valentin Pletzer shared some screen shots with me on Twitter and you can see, some are videos and some are just tall images as opposed to s…
Google Increases Number Of Image Thumbnails In Mobile Search Results
It appears that Google has increased the number of times they are showing image thumbnails in the mobile search results snippets. A report by RankRanger, which I covered yesterday at Search Engine Land, shows that 75% of the search results they track …
Google: We Want To Do Better With Dates In Snippets
Yesterday, as we covered, Google posted helpful information around how, when and why Google shows dates in the search results snippets. They provided best practices and tips. But Danny Sullivan of Google came in later to explain they didn’t simply po…
Google My Business Dashboard Unlock Your Plan & Complete Your Tasks To Reach Your Goals
A few weeks ago I spotted a thread at the Local Search Forums where someone shared a new user interface for the Google My Business Dashboard or a newsih business being verified in GMB. Now Google kind of gamifies the process of completing your Google …
Google: How We Select Dates For Search Results Snippets
Since Google began showing dates in the search results snippets many have noticed Google pull the wrong date from time to time. Some of it is due to publishers intentionally tricking Google but most of the time, it is Google just getting it wrong. Go…
Google Automatically Creating Domain Properties In Search Console
As you know, Google launched domain properties since the old property sets are going away soon. But did you know that Google can also automatically create domain properties for you? I guess if you have already verified sites using DNS verification, Go…
Google Property Sets Officially Shutting March 28th
We knew it was coming by the end of this month but now we have a specific date. March 28, 2019 Google will close Property sets, which has now been officially replaced by Google’s Domain properties.