Google: We Do Not Have A Page Partially Moved To A New Location Directive
Google’s John Mueller said they do not have a directive to tell Google part of this page or content on this page moved to a new location. So if you split up a page’s content into two different pages, you will need to wait for Google to figure it out.
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Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Medic Update, Local Ranking Update, Google Search Console Data, Google Signals, Bing Search & More
This week we uncovered a lot of interesting things about the confirmed Google core broad search update from August 1st. First, we noticed it had a huge impact on the health…
Google Honors Mary G. Ross, First American Indian Female Engineer
On the home page on Google.com in the United States is a special Google logo, Doodle, for Mary G. Ross. Mary Ross was the first Native American female engineer. She was most well known for her work on interplanetary space travel, manned and unmanned…
Google Medic Update: What You Can Do To Fix Your Rankings
Are you looking for things you can change to “fix” your web site in the Google search results. While Google says there is nothing you can do, some SEOs are suggesting otherwise. Here is some data for an SEO tool provider showing you next steps.
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Google My Business Menu & Services Editing Now Globally Available
If you are on Google My Business and you have a menu or service offering that you want to keep updated in your Google Maps listing, you can now do that in any language and any country. Google announced it is now available globally.
Google URL Removal Tool Does Not Stop Crawling; It Hides The URL In Search
Did you know that when you use the Google URL removal tool that it doesn’t stop Google from crawling that URL? All it does is hide the URL from the search results.
Google Search Console Shows How Slow Google Can Process Changes
Google can take a really long time to validate your fixes you make in the new Google Search Console. Here is an example of it taking 90 days, almost three months to validate a fix.
Google Medic Update Complete But We Are Seeing New Search Fluctuations
Google has confirmed that the Google core algorithm update that we named the Medic Update is now fully rolled out. But the SEO community noticed a lot of fluctuations and ranking changes yesterday as well.
Reminder: Google Mobile First Indexing Notifications Are Delayed
Google issues a reminder that when you already received the Google mobile first indexing notification from Google Search Console – your site has already been switched over a while ago. The notifications are sent well after you have been switched over….
Don’t Let The “Google Search Update” Notice In Search Console Confuse You
Yesterday I reported about the index status report update in the Google Search Console reporting tools. I mentioned how Google added a note to the report that says “Google Search Update: An event has occurred in Google Search that might affect your si…
Google Cache Date Is Last Indexed Or Reindexed
Google has confirmed the date shown in the Google Cache is the date Google last indexed or reindexed a specific page. It is not the date GoogleBot last crawled the page.
Banned From Google Event Markup? You Can Now Submit A Reevaluation Request.
Google is now letting those who were banned from showing event rich snippets in search submit a reevaluation request. This will then be reviewed by Google and if accepted, may let you show up again for event rich snippets.
Google Medic Update: Google’s Core Search Update Had Big Impact On Health/Medical Sites
The big core Google search algorithm update is being named the Google Medic Update. The reason for this name is because it seemed to be heavily targeting the health and medical space based on our survey data.
Google Search Console Index Coverage Upgraded & More Accurate
Google has updated the Google Search Console Index Coverage report to be more accurate. This process began July 14th and ended August 1st and is now showing in the reports. Because of this you may see changes in your reported index coverage, Google s…
Google Ads Adds Multi-Factor Authentication Security
Google Ads, formerly AdWords, has announced they are adding multi-factor authentication for login to the console. This can be turned on and required to login and make ad changes.
Listen To Google Speakable Markup In Action Over Here
A couple weeks ago we reported that Google launched a beta of speakable markup for news publishers and I vowed to add it here and test it out. Well, it is done and I was able to capture it working on video…
Google On Links For Republishing My Content
As you know, Danny Sullivan is somewhat new to working at Google – for decades he worked from the other end of the field…
Google Core Algorithm Update Roll Out Slowing Down
The big core Google search algorithm update seems to start slowing down. The rollout might be ending soon, now after a 5 or so day rollout. Now that things are settling down, it might be a good time to see how you were impacted.