The Google Cache 404s After Move To Mobile-First Indexing
As you know, there has been another wave of mobile-first index moves over this weekend and some are noticing that when a site is moved, if you try to access the Google Cache of that site…
Google Rich Results Test Now Supports Movies, TV Shows & Events
Aaron Bradley posted on Google+ that the Google rich results testing tool now supports testing on movies, TV shows and events markup. So now in addition to job posting, recipe, and course…
Google Does Not Count Your Typos & Spelling Mistakes
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that Google doesn’t count your typos. He said that it is always good fixing known issues with your site, be it spelling mistakes, technical errors…
Google: There Is No Fixed Timeout For JavaScript Page Rendering
So with all this JavaScript code and high end JS based web development going on, pages need to render and the heavier the code and the slower the server and computer accessing the page, the longer the wait time for the page to render…
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Search Update, Suing Local SEO, Bing Cryptocurrency & Don’t Be Evil
This week in search, we reported on the maybe 3rd Google algorithm and search update in May. Google said they are taking legal action against a local SEO company. Google has…
James Wong Howe, The Cinematographer, Google Logo
Today on the Google home page in the United State is a special Google logo, Doodle…
Stephen Kenwright – The Search Community Honors You
This is part of the say something nice about an SEO/SEM series – feel free to nominate someone over here.
Stephen Kenwright is 30 years old and lives in the countryside near Leeds and is planning on getting married next month. He also is the proud dad…
New Google News Drops RSS Feed Subscription Buttons
With the new Google News, they didn’t just drop the standout tag and editors pick but it seems like the direct method to subscribe to Google News via RSS and Google News keyword searches is gone. There are still ways to subscribe…
Google: Shared Robots.txt Across Domains Work Okay
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that having shared robots.txt across multiple domains is fine and should work for search. John wrote “It sounds like you have a shared robots…
Google Has A Bias Towards Scientific Truth In Search
Paul Haahr, a top lead Google engineer in search, said on Twitter that Google indeed has a bias, if you want to call it that…
Is Another Google Update Happening In May?
Mid-may we reported of a Google update brewing that led to more fluctuations around May 17th or so. Now I am seeing some chatter and signs from the tracking tools of an update happening today, May 24th…
William Hollingworth – The Search Community Honors You
This is part of the say something nice about an SEO/SEM series – feel free to nominate someone over here.
William Hollingworth is around 28 years old and lives in Stockholm…
Google: AJAX Crawling Scheme Going Away Sooner Rather Than Later
Here is yet another update on when Google will really be killing off the AJAX crawling scheme from 2009. Google announced its death in 2015 but then gave it a date of Q2 of 2018 last year and continued to tell us it is on the chopping block…
Google Trends Updated: SEOs/SEMs Should Check It Out
Google announced as I covered yesterday at Search Engine Land that they have updated Google Trends. If you don’t know, Google Trends is an excellent resource for SEOs and SEMs…
Google Sues SEO Company Threatening To Remove Businesses From Google
Google announced yesterday that they are “taking legal action against Kydia Inc. d/b/a BeyondMenu, Point Break Media, LLC (and affiliated entities), and Supreme Marketing Group…
Adam Riemer – The Search Community Honors You
This is part of the say something nice about an SEO/SEM series – feel free to nominate someone over here.
Adam Riemer lives in Washington DC but promises…
Google: Number Of Slashes In URLs Doesn’t Matter For Search
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that Google doesn’t look at the number of slashes, i.e. /, you have in a URL for search purposes. John said “We don’t count slashes in a URL…
Google Removed “Don’t Be Evil” From Code Of Conduct
A few days ago, it was reported that Google removed the “don’t be evil” from their code of conduct…
Google: Duplication In Title Tags With Image Alt Tag Is Not An Issue
John Mueller of Google said on Twitter having your title tag read exactly the same as your image alt tag on the same page…
SEO For Google Now Harder? What Has Changes Over The Past Few Years?
There is an interesting thread starting up at WebmasterWorld talking about what has changed specifically with SEO around Google over the past few years. Specifically, why techniques they used back in 2016 no longer work in 2018…