Google: Taking Old Content & Relabeling It As New Is A Bad SEO Hack
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter, with the disclaimer of him putting his user hat on (not Google hat), that relabeling old content as new, without any additional changes is a bad SEO hack. He said it is bad for the user, causes frustration when th…
Google Medic Update: Many Are Looking Back To Google’s Panda Advice From 2011
With the Google Medic Update from August 1st, the core broad Google algorithm update. Many are not just looking at the quality raters guidelines but also looking back at the advice former head of search Amit Singhal gave around the Google Panda updat…
Google: The Medic Update Is Global; All Categories Of Search, Not Just Health
You all know that I named the August core Google algorithm update the Medic Update because it seems highly slanted in terms of the impact it had on the health, medical and fitness niches. But Google is still going with this is a global update.
Google: Manual Actions Are Not Based On A Single Bad Link
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that Google does not issue manual actions, search ranking penalties, over a single bad link. The only way to get a manual action is to have a lot more than just one bad manipulative link.
Beta Google Search Console Adds Verify Sites, Manage Users & Mobile Usability Report
The new beta version of the Google Search Console keeps porting over features from the old version. In this mornings announcement Google said you can now manage users and permissions, add sites and validate ownership and view the mobile usability repor…
Google Doesn’t Always Show “More Results” Button, May Show “Next” Button
I was testing some searches on Google’s mobile search results this morning and for some queries I was able to bring back the “next” button at the bottom of the search results. Google replaced the “next” button on mobile search with a “more results” b…
Google: Useful Content Position On A Page Doesn’t Matter
Google’s John Mueller hints that where you place your content on the page doesn’t matter. This comes after Google’s Gary Illyes kind of said the opposite.
Google Member Prices In Hotel Listings From Google One?
A number of people over the past few days have been noticing “Member Price” with the new Google One logo next to it. It is unclear how any of this works but it seems those that enroll in Google One are getting discounts in Google’s hotel search result…
Google My Business Insights To Expand Query Pool
Google My Business insights reports should now be more comprehensive in the types of queries they use when showing these reports. You can check out your Insights reports in Google My Business.
Google Fixes Video Carousels To Show Them Less Often
Several weeks ago, Google began showing more and more video carousels in the search results. So much so, publishers were upset because it was leading to less traffic to their web sites. Google seems to have reversed it and is now showing video carouse…
Poll: How Are You Going To Fix Your Rankings After The Google Medic Update?
Google is not telling webmasters what to fix after the Google Medic update and the advice around building great content is insulting to some. So here is a poll asking what you are all trying to do to fix your sites.
Google Add Google Posts In Local Knowledge Panel
Google is asking business owners to add Google Posts directly in their Google local knowledge panel. This is a nice call to action from Google to get more play here.
SEO Industry Mourns The Loss Of Michael Streko, ORM Pioneer
The SEO industry is mourning the loss of yet another well loved personality in our industry – Michael Streko. He passed away over the weekend at an age way too young. He has left behind a son and an industry that loved him.
Google Hotel Location Scores & Tab Now Live
Google has rolled out a new local hotel search feature that shows you how well a specific hotel scores based on the location of the hotel. Google ranks the hotel score based on how near it is to transit, airports, sights and more.
Google Local Panel Adds “Your Past Visits”
Google has added “your past visits” to the local knowledge panel. If you visited the location, Google might tell you when that visit was. It doesn’t always show the most accurate results.
Google: When You Switch To HTTPS There Is No Rush On Indexing Or Deindexing
Gary Illyes from Google said when you migrate from HTTP to HTTPS, there is no need to rush. Just wait it out and Google should pick up the new URLs over time.
Don’t Flat Line After The Google Medic Update
As you know, the Google Medic update was pretty big and Google’a advice is there is no fix. But that does not mean you should sit on your hands and just wait it out. You need to work harder, make your site better or just give up altogether but don’t …
Google Can’t Recommend SEOs To Hire; It’s A Conflict Of Interest
Google said it would be a conflict of interest for them to suggest which SEOs you should consider hiring. Instead, Gary Illyes shared his list of SEOs he follows and you can learn more from Google on how to hire an SEO.
Google Analytics Signals – Cross Device Capabilities
Google is beta testing a new Google Analytics feature named Google Signals. It lets you track and report on your visitors across devices.
Google Ads Report Editor Now Supports Chart Time Comparison Data
Google Ads Report Editor has added the ability to let you compare data in a chart or graph view. A year ago you were able to compare data by date as well, but not in a chart view.