Google Local Algorithm Update August 22, 2017: Possum Updated?
Local search expert, Joy Hawkins reported that the local pack algorithm update from a year ago, which was nicknamed the Possum update has been rolled back or toned down a lot on August 22…
Google AdWords To Roll Out AMP Landing Pages
In May, Google announced they are beta testing AdWords AMP landing pages. Well, the beta is just about over and in the next two weeks, Google is opening up this feature to all advertisers in two weeks, Google said…
More Screen Shots: Google Search Console Beta & Indexed, Low Interest Filter
As you know, Google is expanding the release of their beta Google Search Console reports. And although we shared many screen shots I wanted to share even more now that more people are sharing them online. Also, there is a lot of talk about “Indexed…
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Google Search Algorithm Update Today
The chatter and discussions around a Google search algorithm update is pretty strong this morning in the ongoing WebmasterWorld forums. It is very early on the chatter side…
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Search & Local Algorithm Updates, Search Console Beta, AMP Changes & More
This week in search I published our monthly Google webmaster report. There may be a big Google search algorithm shift happening today…
Google Tests People Also Search For On Right Side Bar
Google is testing displaying the people also search for feature, which is typically below one of the snippets in the middle of the Google search results page, now on the right hand side of the desktop search results…
Google Opens Up The New Google Search Console To More Testers
Google has invited more beta testers to try out the new beta Google Search Console yesterday. There are tweets and mentions of the notification across the web and heck, I was even invited, which is surprising to me. Yea…
Google: Not In The Cache? Doesn’t Mean Your Pages Are Low Quality
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter just because your Google cache link is not showing up in the search results…
Google: Just Because You’re Not Spamming, Doesn’t Mean You Should Rank #1
Just because you are a good player, play by the rules, you are an SEO angel – it does not mean you should rank number one or very well in the search results for whatever you want…
Google: We Don’t Rank Big Or Large Sites Better
While most SEOs believe larger sites rank better in Google, John Mueller of Google said on Twitter that is not by design. He said just because there may be a correlation of big or large sites ranking better in Google…
Google Officially Launches Editing Local Business Info In Search Results
Google announced this morning that they are officially launching the ability to edit your business details in search…
Google Is Updating Their SEO Starter Guide For Mobile & More
Last month we reported that Google said their SEO starter guide is still relevant even though it was not updated since 2010. Well, I guess it was not relevant enough…
Google Featured Snippets Tests Related Query Refinements
The folks at RankRanger spotted and posted on Twitter Google testing a new form of query expansion for related queries under the featured snippets. We saw this before about a year ago but it hasn’t come up much since…
Google Analytics Better Tracks AMP Pages With AMP Client ID API
Since many of the complaints last year around how AMP and Google Analytics don’t really work well together…
Google: Number One Search Ranking Factor Is Awesomeness
Every wonder what the number one, most important, search ranking factor is in Google’s algorithms? Is it links? Is it content? Is it a special hidden meta tag…
Google Search Ranking & Algorithm Update Underway? Chatter…
In the past 24 to 48 hours I have been noticing an uptick in SEO and webmaster chatter around a possible Google search algorithm and ranking update…
Google Logo For Eduard Khil, Russian Baritone Singer
Today on the Google home page is a special Google logo, Doodle, for the Russian baritone singer Eduard Anatolyevich Khil. He was born today, 83 years ago on September 4, 1934 and died on June 4…
Google Hotel Search Results With Select Room Carousel
Google Hotel search results now show a carousel slider for picking the type of room within a specific hotel. I searched for [trump hotels] (why not) and selected the one in NYC and it came up with a carousel for selecting the room type with the price a…
Google +1s Was A Ranking Factor? I Doubt It.
I cannot believe I am writing this but Gizmodo published a story last week named Yes, Google Uses Its Power to Quash Ideas It Doesnât Likeâ”I Know Because It Happened to Me. The story was mostly about how Google uses their power to bully reporters…
Google: We Ignore Tons Of Links But Which Links Is Almost Impossible To Figure Out
Gary Illyes from Google was asked about why he didn’t mention links in his desktop to mobile comparison tool post. He said that is because it is “close to impossible for you to check which links are actually deemed critical…