Google Organic Results Merging Local Knowledge Panel For Branded Queries?
The folks in the Local Search Forums are noticing that Google is now blending or morphing the organic search results interface with the local knowledge panel interface for branded queries – so when you search for that specific brand.
Google Change Restricts Two Listings From Same Domain For Most Search Results
Google announced last night, as I covered in detail at Search Engine Land, that they released another update earlier this week that finished rolling out yesterday. This update restricts how many times a search results listing can show in the Google sea…
Bing: Our Organic Results Not Influenced By Microsoft Advertising
Just like the Google speak around how what you spend with Google Ads has no influence on your Google organic results – Bing is the same. Bing’s Frédéric Dubut said they to do not allow what you spend with Microsoft Advertising (former Bing Ads) to influence your organic rankings in Bing.
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google June 2019 Core Update, Domain Diversity Update, DailyMail Slammed, Rich Results, Bing Bribes & DOJ
What an insane week, we first recapped the changes over the last month with Google for webmasters. We then talked about the big Google June 2019 core update that began rolling out on Monday…
Google Tests Weird Rotating People Also Ask Feature
Google is testing another method to show the people also ask feature in desktop search. Spotted by Mordy Oberstein, he took a video of his screen where he showed how the people also ask is in this drop down selection tool, and the image rotates when y…
Google: The HTTPS Ranking Signal Measurably Affects Enough Queries
Google’s Gary Illyes said that you should not ignore the HTTPS ranking signal. He said “the signal affects enough queries measurably that I wouldn’t ignore it.”
Bing Recommends You Disavow Links
At SMX Advanced yesterday, Frédéric Dubut from the Bing spam team said that he still recommends that you use the disavow link tool for making sure you don’t have bad links hurting your web site. Google says you don’t need to use the disavow tool as much these days, but Bing is more for using the tool.
Can Expandable Content Show In Google Features Snippets
The other day we reported that John Mueller of Google said they won’t show content hidden within expandable divs or accordions as snippets in search. Yes, they will index and rank that content but not show it as snippets. But can this type of content …
Google Refine By Tests Additional Refinement Layers
Google has been doing the refine by feature since 2017, or at least testing it since then. But now Google is testing a more detailed and layered version of refine by in their search results.
DailyMail: 50% Drop In Traffic After Google June 2019 Core Update
Jesus Mendez, the SEO Director at MailOnline, which operators DailyMail.co.uk, has admitted publicly that the site took a massive hit by the June 2019 Google core update. He said the site “lost 50% of daily traffic” because of this Google update.
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Bing Pride Month Search Box Rainbow
We often highlight some of the cool easter eggs Google implants within their search results page but what about Bing? Well, if you start searching for pride related phrases, Bing will drop down their auto-complete and use a rainbow for the background …
DOJ May Investigate Google Again Over Antitrust Issues
The Wall Street Journal reported (WP link) that the Department of Justice may open up an antitrust probe against Google again. Let me directly upfront that I know very little about legal issues, little about the DOJ and government politics and law. I…
Google Immediately Processes Disavow Files But Links Get Disavowed Over Time
Google’s John Mueller said that while Google will process your disavow link file immediately, it will take some time for Google to disavow the links within it. John said on Twitter “The files are processed immediately. The links are disavowed over tim…
Google: Removing Alt Attributes From Images Sorta Okay If…
Gary Illyes from Google said that it is “sorta ok” to remove alt attributes from images only when if there is relevant text around the image that helps describe the image. But I wouldn’t remove the alt attribute because Gary then added doing so “might…
Big & Still Going: The Google June 2019 Core Search Algorithm Update
It is probably a bit too early to make any definitive statements but so far what I am seeing from the community is that this June 2019 core update – a Google search algorithm update – that was pre-announced and rolled out on June 3rd – it is a big one….
Google: View My Manual Actions History
Google sometime in September 2018 added to the manual actions report help document a section named “View my manual actions history.” It talks about how Google will retain the old manual actions for up to a year for a specific property even if it chang…
Google Logo Celebrating Pride : 50 Years
Today on Google’s home page is a video Google Doodle from Google for Celebrating 50 Years Of Pride within the LGBTQ+ community.
Google Rich Results Test Adds Mobile vs Desktop Feature To Compare Page Parity
Google announced on Twitter yesterday that they added a new feature to the Rich Results testing tool to allow you to pick if you want to see how Googlebot mobile or Googlebot desktop sees the structured markup on the page.
Google June 2019 Core Search Algorithm Update Now Rolling Out
As expected, Google told us yesterday afternoon that the June 2019 core update has started to roll out. It may take several days to roll out to all of Google’s data centers but the process has started yesterday afternoon.
June 2019 Google Webmaster Report
It is always nice to look back at the month and see how much has changed over the last 30 days, that is why I like doing these monthly Google webmaster reports. This month was super busy as well with a confirmed core update with many unconfirmed updat…