Google: If You Don’t Have A Manual Action, You Don’t Need To Submit A Disavow
There is a lot of rumbling going through the SEO community around a statement Gary Illyes of Google said while on stage at PubCon this week. Reports are saying he said “If you do not have a manual action then you do not need to submit a disavow…
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SEO: Different C-Class IP Addresses “Dramatically” Helps Improve Link Value & Ranking Boost
Greg Niland, aka GoodROI, who has been in the SEO community for ages, said on WebmasterWorld that he just tested the old fashion question around how important having links from different c-blocks, c-classes…
Should Google Tell You When Your Site Is In The Mobile First Index?
Wouldn’t it be nice if Google communicated to you, maybe in Google Search Console, if your site has been migrated to the mobile first index? Even more so, wouldn’t it be nice for Google to tell you if your site is ready for the mobile first index or n…
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Mobile First, News Publisher Knowledge Cards, Disavowing & WebmasterWorld
This week in search, Google said stop worrying about the mobile first index, you wonât be moved to it if you are not ready. Google should really build us tools to prepare…
Google Tests PDF & File Type Label In Search Results Snippets
Google seems to be testing a file type label in the search results snippets. Sergio Redondo posted a screen shot on Twitter of him being shown a PDF label icon in the Google search results on a snippet…
Brett Tabke Buys WebmasterWorld Back After 5 Years
About five years ago, Jim Boykin as his company, acquired WebmasterWorld forums, DevShed properties, Cre8asite and a bunch of other properties. Well, five years later, Brett Tabke, the founder of WebmasterWorld, has bought it back from Jim Boykin…
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Google AdSense Ad Balance Tool Officially Back For Good
Earlier this year, Google AdSense launched the Ad Balance tool which let publishers use controls, a slider, to help you reduce the number of ads you show to users, specifically the ads that earn you the least revenue, and see how it affects your earnin…
New Google My Business Selection Attributes For Business Descriptions
Google quietly announced on the new features page that they now support what they call “selection attributes.” Selection attributes require selection of exactly one of several predefined choices…
Google: Sites Not Ready For Mobile First Indexing Not Being Moved Yet
There isn’t much new yet with the mobile first index at Google outside of what I reported out of SMX East but at PubCon yesterday…
Google Now Lets You Compare Stocks In Web Search
You can now compare your favorite stocks directly in Google’s web search interface. Just search for the stock symbol and then click on the new “compare” tab. It will bring up similar stocks and you can click the + sign to add them to the comparison cha…
Google Local Adds Wait Times For Some Venues
Google has added wait times for some local venues they show in web search and Google Maps. The wait times tells you how long the wait time is right now or the expected wait time in the future based on historical data. It is right next to the popular …
Google Search Console Changes Rich Cards Jobs Report Data Anomalies Date
I have a real data anomaly for you! The Google Search Console data anomalies page has updated the rich cards section to change the date on where they posted the…
Google News Publisher Knowledge Graph Cards Launches
Google announced a new knowledge graph card named news publishers knowledge graph. At least that is what Danny Sullivan at Google called them on Twitter…
Unusual Google Logo For What Is Pad Thai
I am seeing no historical reference for why Google is showing a Pad Thai Google Doodle today, November 7th…
John Mueller Invites Webmasters To Live Google Hangout At GooglePlex
John Mueller, a Google Webmaster Trends Analysts, said on Twitter that he will be at the Google offices in Mountain View, California (for the Top Contributor summit) and because of that, he is inviting local webmasters and SEOs to join him for a specia…
Google: Links To Images Do Not Help Embedded Page Rank
An SEO asked Google’s John Mueller if links to a specific image file will help the page that image is embedded on rank better. So for example, if you link to the image URL above, but not to this specific page where the image is embedded on…
Google: JavaScript Links, If Found, Pass Full Link Signals
Google’s John Mueller replied to a question around links found in JavaScript saying that once the link is rendered, Google will treat the link like how they treat any other link. John Mueller said on Twitter “a link is a link…
Google Suggests Both SEOs & Developers Are To Blame For Ego Fights
It is well known that when SEOs work with developers and when developers work with SEOs, sometimes often they don’t see eye to eye. An SEO might tell the developer to code it one way…
Google Product Comparison With Highlights Differences Toggle
I am sure I’ve seen flavors of these product comparison search results in Google but the one Grant Oster shared on Twitter seems really new to me. It seems to compare not just pricing points but reviews…
Google Tweets For Searches On Devin Patrick Kelley Upset Searchers
Last night, if you were looking for more information on the person behind the horrendous Texas Church shootings and you went to Google and searched for [devin patrick kelley] you may have been disturbed to see some of the Twitter posts, Tweets…
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