Second Batch Of Google Mobile-First Indexing Began
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Yesterday we reported that Google mobile-first indexing notifications first started going out yesterday morning. We also reported that soon, Google will begin the second wave of expanding the mobile-first indexing to a “b…
Google Lists Google Australia With Google Canada Home Page
I often search for different Google property home pages, so if I want to see the home page of Google Australia, I’d Google [google australia] to be given www.google.com…
Reminder: Content Hidden In Tabs Is Okay With Google Mobile-First Indexing
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Now that the mobile-first indexing process is really rolling out now I wanted to remind you that Google said hidden content is okay when you switch over the the mobile-first indexing process…
Google Search Cannot Read Your Embedded & Interactive Charts
Let’s say you embed an interactive chart either using one of those JavaScript libraries from Google or another company…
Publisher Group Blasts Google Over Forcing GDPR Liability On Small Publishers
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We discussed a few months ago how Google dumped the GDPR responsibilities on their AdSense publishers and customers, as opposed to taking responsibility themselves for the liability…
Google Doodle For Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss
Today on the Google home page is a special Google logo, Doodle, for Johann Carl Friedrich Gauà on his 241st birthday. Johann is a German mathematician who made his first groundbreaking mathematical discovery as a teenager…
Samantha Noble: 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.
Samantha Noble is 34 years old and lives in South Coast of the UK not too far from Portsmouth with her son…
Google Image Search Bug: Only Some Images Are Loading?
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There are a bunch of complaints in the Google Web Search Help forums about a bug with Google’s image search where the images are not fully loading…
Google To Expand Mobile-First Indexing Again? In Upcoming Weeks.
This mobile first indexing launch, which supposedly began rolling out a month ago to a wider set of sites…
Google Featured Snippets Expand By Category/Topic
David Gray spotted and posted on Twitter a featured snippet that expands and has multiple drop down expansion menus. If you search for [garage conversion] on mobile, you probably will see it for yourself…
Share A Story About How Matt Cutts Has Helped You
No one can argue that Matt Cutts has been one of the most significant personalities in our industry. Not just because of how he balanced the Google vs SEO line. Not just because of how he was able to provide more transparency about Google’s efforts ove…
Google Now Sending Mobile-First Indexing Enabled Notifications
Google is now starting to send out notifications about sites switching to the mobile-first indexing process. It is funny…
Kelvin Newman – 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.
Kelvin Newman lives in Worthing, a town in England with his wife and kids…
Google Hijacks Speedtest.net With Their Own Speed Test Widget
You know the lovely folks at speedtest.net – they tell you how fast or slow your internet connection is…
What Is Better Google: Wrong Hreflang Or No Hreflang?
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We know hreflang is pretty complex and in many cases, you don’t necessarily need it but if you do it right…
Google Adds Photos Tab To Local Panel On Android Devices
Sergey Alakov spotted Google adding a new tab to the local panel specifically for Photos. Well, it seems to just be showing on mobile for Android devices, not on iOS devices. If you search on Android, you will get the photos tab, if you search using …
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Core Algorithm Update, Autocomplete Changes, Negative SEO, Hijacks & One Line AdWords
This week in search, we got confirmation about the large Google update from Google as being a broad core update. It started a week ago Monday and seems to have gone on for ten or more days…
Fanny Blankers-Koen, The Flying Housewife, Gets A Google Doodle
Today on Google’s home page is a special Google Doodle, logo, for Fanny Blankers-Koen. Fanny Blankers-Koen won four gold medals during the 1948 London Games, while being a mother of two and 30 years old…
Thom Craver – 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.
Thom Craver lives with his family in Saratoga Springs, New York but since he works at CBS Interactive…
Take Our Poll: Were You Able To Hurt A Web Sites Ranking With Spammy Links?
A WebmasterWorld thread started by old-timer SEO, goodROI, posted that as a side project, he took an old site of his that was not doing much and decided to see if he can poison it in Google with spammy links. He said after ten weeks of trying…
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