Google Employee Clicks On AdWords Ads Do Not Cost
Did you know that if a Google employee, Googler, clicks on your AdWords or any Google ads, while in the Google network, Google doesn’t count those clicks…
2017 Halloween Logos From The Search Industry
Yesterday we shared a preview of the Google Halloween logo which is both an animated Doodle and a video Doodle at the same time. But now that it is Halloween, I wanted to share the logos from the search industry, not just Google, but also Bing, Dogp…
Google Mobile Search Tests New Design For Did You Mean
Paul Shapiro posted on Twitter a screen shot of Google mobile search results showing a new design for the “did you mean” feature…
SEO, Gerald Weber, aka Gman, Suddenly Passed Away At Age 44
I am sad to report that Gerald Weber, aka Gman, an SEO many of you know, has passed away suddenly on Friday, October 27, 2017. He was incredibly young, only 44 years old…
Google Won’t Change Search Results Based On Google Domain Names Anymore
Google announced that going to a specific Google ccTLD will no longer change how Google shows you search results. Instead, Google is going to detect where you are, no matter the ccTLD you are on…
Preview Of Google’s 2017 Happy Halloween Logo
Google’s Halloween Doodle, special logo, is going live tomorrow, October 31st but it is live in some countries already, since it is tomorrow there. Sadly, with the new location change…
Google Does Not Want To Depend On Structured Data & Schema In Future
At SMX East, Gary Illyes from Google said that he wants to see Google to get to a place where they do not need structured data or schema…
Google Local Panel Shows “Inside This Place”
Google seems to be rolling out a new feature for the local knowledge panel named “inside this place.” Sergey Alakov posted on Twitter about it and it shows under the local Q&A box for some local businesses…
Google Search Console Beta Launch Should Give Us A Years Worth Of Data
Google has been promising more than 90 days worth of data in the Google Search Console, formerly Webmaster Tools, since 2013 and they have been teasing us with it over and over again since…
Google: Pruning Content Never Should Have Worked For Panda
The other day, we reported that Gary Illyes from Google said that pruning content was not safe so I asked him about it at SMX East yesterday. Gary did say you could use this tactic in the past, back in 2015.
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Google Search Algorithm & Ranking Update Brewing?
Over the past 24-48 hours there has been an uptick in chatter across social media, the SEO communities and the forum threads around Google ranking and search results shifts. In fact…
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Search Update, Mobile First Rollout, More Search Console Data & More
Google might be rolling out a new search ranking algorithm change now, we will keep watching it. Google said the mobile first index is live for a few sites but will never stop rolling out. Google does push this mobile first index live on the host level…
Report: Google People Also Ask Box Shown More Often
RankRanger posted on Twitter that their mobile SERP tracking tool has captured that Google is now showing the people also ask box way more often on mobile for many European locales…
Google Mobile First Index Is Live For Few Sites & Never Will Stop Rolling Out
As you know, I kind of got Google’s John Mueller to admit Google began the mobile first index roll out – although he said, he would bucket it more with the testing phase…
Is Google Pushing The Local Q&A Feature To Desktop? I Think So.
Earlier this week, I reported that we saw the local Q&A on desktop search and then it went away but now it seems to be coming back. On some desktop browsers, I see the local question and answer box show up…
Google: Duplicate Content Issues Are Rainy Day Tasks
John Mueller from Google has a wonderful response to a question about duplicate content and how to measure how big of an issue it is on your web site. He posted it in the Google Webmaster Help forums…
Google: Mobile First Index Rolls Out On Host Level Per Site
One of the questions about the mobile first index from SMX East last night was about how the mobile first index rolls out. Gary Illyes from Google said he thinks it rolls out at the host level. So www.domain.com vs m.domain.com vs something.domain.co…
New Google AdWords Showcase Shopping Ads & More
Yesterday Google announced some new features at the SMX show, the big one is shopping showcase ads…
Google Measures Server Response Time In Milliseconds, Is 200 Milliseconds The Benchmark?
We’ve talked about page speed here a lot, but page speed and server response time are really two different things. According to Google’s documentation for their PageSpeed insights tool…
Soft 404s For Google Hack Labels Don’t Remove Warning
As many of you know, for years, Google would label hacked content in their search results with the this site may be hacked label. The solution is to patch up the hack and remove the hacked pages if they should not exist…