Google: Try Not To Use Multiple Languages In Title Tags
Google’s John Mueller answered a question on Reddit about a site using dual languages, multiple languages in a single title tag for a single page. John said it is preferable to use one language and be clear and consistent with that title tag for that s…
Programming Note: Offline For Sukkot
This is just a quick note that I am currently offline for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. All stories, social media posts, etc were all pre-written and scheduled to be posted. I’ll be back with live coverage Wednesday.
Google: A Change In Structured Data Formats Won’t Result In Drop In Indexed Pages
Google’s John Mueller said in a video hangout on Friday that changing your structured data format from microdata to JSON-LD would not lead to many of your pages being removed from the Google index. He said this in response to a complaint about this.
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Over 150 Stories At How Matt Cutts Has Helped You – Thank You
I wanted to personally thank everyone who helped contribute to the How Has Matt Cutts Helped You site over the past several months. It has curated over 150 stories from all sorts of backgrounds, all around the world – about how Matt Cutts made a diffe…
Google: There Is No Meta Tag Limit Per Page
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter he doesn’t believe there is a limit to the number of meta tags Google has on a per page basis. He said, as far as he knows, there is “no limit to the number of meta tags we pick up.”
Google Knowledge Panel Answers Nicely Lineup
Valentin Pletzer shared a cool user interface in Google search that shows a onbox knowledge panel answer that lets you scroll and it lines up nicely. I am not sure if I’ve seen this format before, but Valentin noted this may be coming from the structu…
Google Celebrates Mister Rogers On 51st Anniversary
Today on Google’s home page is a video Doodle for the 51st anniversary of Fred Rogers show, Mister Rogers. Pretty much every kid I know in the 60s through the 90s grew up watching this show in the United States.
Bing Finally Adds AMP To Search Results
Bing has finally added AMP to the news section of the search results. So now, if you site comes up in Bing search news and if it is AMP and if you are in the United States searching, you may see the AMP lightening bolt next to those stories and when y…
Google Mobile First Indexing Migrations Not Done – Will Takes Years
I know there were tons of sites that got notifications that their sites migrated to the mobile-first indexing process this week. But Google is far from done. Google said currently sites being migrated are pretty equivalent on the desktop compared to m…
Google Tests Auto-Expanding People Also Ask Box
Google may be testing auto-expanding, auto-loading, the people also ask box so that it opens by default, without having to click on anything to expand it. Normally, the people also ask box is closed and to see the contents within it, you need to click…
Google Search Algorithm Shifts Around September 19th?
I am seeing some chatter, nothing too insane, around a Google search algorithm update around September 19th or so. There is 100% some chatter in the SEO communities and some of the automated tracking tools are showing fluctuations as well. I don’t thi…
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Update, Mobile-First Indexing Notices, Bing AMP & More
We reported this morning that Google may be doing an algorithmic update, so check in on your rankings. Google said they launched close to 2…
Google Blue Shield Icon In Snippets For Some Government Sites?
Google may be testing showing a blue shield icon in the snippets for some government related sites. I am honestly thinking this might be some sort of browser extension but it may not be and it may be a feature Google is testing. This was shared by Mi…
Google Sends Out Many Mobile-First Indexing Enabled Notices
Starting earlier this week, Google began sending out tons of mobile-first indexing notices to webmasters. In fact, as I write this, I received a few more notices foe web sites I have verified in Google Search Console.
Bing Also Drops Public URL Submit To Index Tool
Just like Google did back in July, Bing announced they have dropped their public submission tool. A way to submit any URL to the Bing index anonymously has been removed. It doesn’t come with any surprise, I suspect.
Google Tests Tabs On Branded Knowledge Panels
Sergey Alakov spotted Google testing tabs for a knowledge panel for branded search terms. So not specifically for a local knowledge panel but for a brand name.
Google Maps Now On Apple CarPlay & It’s Okay
Right before I went offline on Tuesday night, Apple approved a new version of the Google Maps app for iOS that added CarPlay support. This is something I’ve been waiting for since March 2016, when I got my new car with Apple CarPlay.
Google Image Search Tests Image Refinement Buttons
Google seems to be testing yet another feature to show image thumbnails in the refinement bubbles/buttons at the top of your Google Image Searches. The refinement buttons let you further filter your image search to specific categories and here Google …
New Google Sitelinks With Image Thumbnails
Google seems to have launched image thumbnails in the sitelinks of the mobile search result snippets. If you search for [bear] on Google mobile search and look at the Sitelinks for the Wikipeida snippet, you will see these images in the Sitelinks caro…
Google Search Launched 2,453 Changes In 2017
In that CNBC article, Google told them that in 2017 Google ran 31,584 side-by-side experiments with its raters and subsequently launched 2,453 search changes. Of course, the “2,453 search changes” can be small design tweaks and such. Google does not …