Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Search Ranking Changes, Top Ranking Signals & Dynamic Algorithms
First, I am offline, so this video and post was all created and produced on Wednesday, things may have transpired between now and then that I may have to catch up on this Monday. Google did some algorithm search ranking updates this week…
New Google iOS App Has Related Content Bar
Google announced Tuesday they launched a new update to their iOS search app that has a new content bar. The content bar appears as the user scrolls up on the content…
Google: We Do Not Manually Review All Spam Reports
Yesterday in the Google Hangout at the 21:05 mark into the video…
Google Featured Snippets Relocates AMP Icon
Earlier this month we reported that Google started to show AMP links for featured snippets in their search results. Well, the AMP icon is now less noticeable in this featured snippet box…
Google: Our Algorithms Don’t Look At Disavow Files
Google’s Gary Illyes said on Twitter that Google doesn’t train their algorithms to find spam by fetching and processing disavow files across the web…
New Google AdWords Terms & Conditions
Google earlier this month updated the terms and conditions for their massive ad network, Google AdWords. Google sent out emails to their advertisers saying “you’re receiving this message because weâve updated our Terms and Conditions…
Google: We Don’t Use Click Data Directly For Search Rankings
A couple weeks ago, we reported that the head of Google Brain said that Google uses click data for rankings. I have the audio recording of him saying it but…
Google Tests Indoor Maps In The Local Knowledge Panel
Sergey Alakov spotted and posted on Twitter that Google is now testing showing indoor maps, when available…
Google Search Ranking Update Chatter Continues
As you know, we reported Google algorithm search ranking shifts this past Monday based on weekend chatter. That died down for a bit but overnight it spiked back up…
Google’s Ranking Algorithms Dynamically Change Based On Query & Context
The other day I reported how Google said there is no such thing as the top three ranking signals despite what may have been said before. I said it is likely because some queries weigh some signals more important than others…
Google: Chatbots Don’t Make Your Pages Better
A lot of SEOs and webmasters have been buzzing about chatbots…
Programming Note: Rosh Hashanah 5778 – Shana Tova!
Tonight is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year and I will be offline the next two days. Specifically, I will be offline Thursday and Friday…
Google Logo For Amalia Hernandez – 100th Birthday Of The Mexican Ballet Dancer
Today on Google’s home page in the US, Mexico, Canada and many other regions is a special Google logo, Doodle, for Amalia Hernandez. It would be her 100th birthday today…
Google AdSense Ad Balance Tool Now Back
Google posted on the AdSense Google+ channel that the ad balancer tool which is a tool that can be used to show less lower paying ads on your site…
Google: Shopping Cart Abandonment Not A Search Ranking Factor
Google’s John Mueller said that having a high shopping cart abandonment rate is not a specific issue with ranking in Google. It is not a ranking signal…
Google Keeps Debunking 301 Redirect Dilution Myths
For the past couple years, Google has been trying to communicate that 301 and 302 redirects pass full PageRank…
Does The Time To Fetch & Render Indicate Possible Google Crawling Issues?
Andrew Shotland asked Google’s John Mueller an interesting question around the fetch and render tool in the Google Search Console…
Samuel Johnson Gets A Dictionary Google Logo
Today’s Google logo, Doodle, on the home page of Google.com is for Samuel Johnson, aka Dr. Johnson…
Google: There Is No Top Three Search Ranking Signals
A year and a half ago, Google’s Andrey Lipattsev who has not been in the public eye since, listed off Google’s top three ranking factors as content, links and RankBrain. It was a fun time for us search reporters, as you can imagine…
New Google AdSense Auto Ads Beta
It looks like Google AdSense has launched a new ad code type for publishers named Auto ads. I don’t have much information on this beta outside of this help document and this WebmasterWorld thread.
Now…