Submit Questions Around JavaScript SEO For Google
As you know, Google posted their last video on their JavaScript videos for SEO yesterday. But now that the first part of the series is over, Martin Splitt from Google wants to keep it going. He asked folks to post their ideas and questions in this Goog…
Google Posts Supports Highlighting Customer Testimonials & Reviews
Google posted on Twitter that within Google My Business you can now highlight and post automatically suggested reviews as customer testimonials. Google said “Google My Business now provides suggested posts to help you showcase positive reviews. These …
Google Might Change How NoIndex In Robots.txt Works
For years Google has been communicating and we’ve been reporting that Google does not support using the noindex direction within your robots.txt file. Well, people still use it and now Gary Illyes from Google is on the case – he may end up making sure…
Google Search Console URL Parameters Tool May Change
Google’s John Mueller hinted on Twitter that the URL parameter tool that was added to Google Search Console in 2009 may not be 100% ported to the new Google Search Console. He said Google may make the tool evolve versus make it a 1 to 1 switch over.
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Google: We Don’t Hand Rank Web Pages, It Would Be Impossible
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that Google does not manually hand rank any web page. He added the web is too big for that and if they tried, it would be impossible.
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Bugs, Navigation Removal, AMP Updates, OMG I Don�t Know & More
This week, we covered the ongoing Google bugs, this time with Google News indexing, Search Console issues, and other issues with Google. Google also is unaware of a…
Google AdSense Notification: Your payment amount is higher than your chosen form of payment
Yesterday, tons of Google AdSense publishers noticed alerts and notifications in the AdSense console that read “Your payment amount is higher than your chosen form of payment.” They didn’t know what to do and I saw tons and tons of complaints from pub…
Google Uploads Last JavaScript SEO Video: Dynamic Rendering For JavaScript Sites
Google’s Martin Splitt has uploaded his last video in the series of videos around JavaScript and SEO yesterday, this one was on the topic of dynamic rendering. It goes over how and when to use dynamic rendering on your JavaScript sites.
Google’s Paul Haahr: Search Engines Consider Spam Fighting A Competitive Advantage
Google’s Paul Haahr, a ranking lead in the search department, said on Twitter that he believes that “web search engines have considered spam-fighting a core competency (and competitive advantage) since the early days.”
Poll: Do Google Posts Help Your Google Local Rankings?
A thread at the Local Search Forums has different local SEOs saying different things about how Google Posts helps their local rankings in Google Maps and local. Some say it helps, some say it doesn’t help and some don’t know either way.
Navigation Removal Trick Impacting Google Rankings Algorithm?
An SEO, I believe his name is Alexander, asked John Mueller of Google in this morning’s video hangout if Google is aware of a trick some sites are using to combat any negative impact from the August 1st medic update. John was unaware and confused by t…
Google: Use Site Command For Checking Individual URLs
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that you can use the site command to check individual pages and see if they are indexed. Generally Google tells SEOs not to depend on the site command but with the URL inspection tool and other Search Console issue…
Google Search Algorithms Are Designed To Be Granular But Older Updates Were More Broad
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that when it comes to Google’s search algorithms they try to go as granular as possible. But in the older days, the older Google updates may have been broader, he said.
OMG: Google’s Internal Alert System
At the BirghtonSEO conference last Friday, John Mueller was interviewed by Hannah Smith – and one thing she brought up that was new was that Google has an internal system to deal with big issues called OMG. The way the Q&A went with that question was kind of funny.
Google: It Is Hard To Measure If Publishers & Content Producers Are Happy
Again, at the BirghtonSEO conference, John Mueller was asked about how do they know if they are doing a good job with making publishers happy. Do they have metrics to determine if they are doing a good job. John Mueller said they do look to make publ…
Google My Business Rolling Out Short Names & URLs
Google My Business is rolling out a new feature to let businesses define their short name and URLs within Google My Business. This way you can when you share your short name, customers can enter the short name URL in the browser’s address bar, like “g….
Google AMP Now Can Support Real Publisher URLs
We knew this was coming and at the AMP Conference in Tokyo, Google announced support for publishers to use their own URLs when serving AMP pages in Google search. This is powered through signed exchanges and supported with more modern browsers.
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Google Fixing Another Indexing Bug With Google News
Google said yesterday they are aware of an indexing bug impacting a limited number of publishers and they are working to fix it. It seems like the fix has been rolling out, although Google has yet to confirm this issue has been resolved yet.
Google: No, You Can’t Force Someone To Link To You Legally
Back in December we reported that Google updated their link schemes guidelines to disallow “requiring a link as part of a Terms of Service, contract, or similar arrangement” to link to you with a do-follow. The topic came back up when SEO personality …
Google: Some Other Google Bugs May Be Related To The De-Indexing Bug
It seems like the past month or so has been a tough one for the Google engineers. We have seen bug after bug, many we haven’t even covered yet over here. The question is, are they related and when will most of them be resolved. Of course, one thing …