September 2017 Google Webmaster Report
This month was a pretty quiet month in terms of major things, mostly because it was the summer. But we did see some algorithm movement…
Labor Day Google Doodle, Bing Theme & More
Today is Labor Day, an official US holiday, that happens on the first Monday in September. “It honors the American labor movement and the contributions that workers have made to the strength, prosperity, laws and well-being of the country,” says Wikip…
AMP Powers Google Featured Snippets On Mobile
Google seems to have made a switch a few days ago where on mobile search they are now likely to serve featured snippets from pages that are powered by AMP. @thefke and @glenngabe were one of the first to notice this and I am able to replicate it…
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Google: Build Desktop To Mobile Friendly Comparison Tool
With the Google mobile friendly index still in progress on Google’s end…
Publishers Implement AMP Teaser To Lead To “Full Experience” Page
Will Jacobsen shared on Twitter a GIF of the walkthrough of how NBC News does have AMP pages, they do rank in the top stories carousel in the Google mobile results…
Google Mobile Search App Links Offers Open Web Page Button
It has been some time since we talked about Google App Indexing but John Lincoln spotted an interesting change for mobile search that brings up app indexing results on Android in Google…
Hey Google. I Want Vegetables That Start With A, Not C!
Google, you got it wrong! I want [vegetables that start with a] not [vegetables that start with c] so why when I ask for A are you giving me C?
Google Kills Preferred Site Name Schema Markup
It looks like Google has removed one of their previously documented structured data markups from their developer docs. Specifically, they have removed the Preferred Site Name option, it now 404s when you try to access it, but for now…
Google: Duplicate Content Elimination
There is a number of interesting questions and answers around how Google handles removing or hiding or filtering duplicate content from the search results…
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Panda Changes, Local Pack Shows Content & Forbes, Inc & Others Nofollow Links
This week in search I covered how Google said Panda has changed a lot since it first launched. Googleâs local pack is now showing query matches on web site content, which is interesting. Forbes…
Google: Noopener & Noreferrer Attributes Don’t Hurt Your Search Rankings
Dawn Anderson asked Google’s John Mueller if using the noreferrer or noopener attributes can hurt your Google rankings and SEO. The answer John responded with was “nope.” So there you have it…
Google AdSense User First Program
Some publishers over at WebmasterWorld and Google AdSense Help forums are saying they are now seeing an invitation within their Google AdSense interface to join the User First beta program…
Google AdWords Report Editor Adds Cross-Account Reporting
Now in the Google AdWords Report Editor you can do cross-account reporting to see all your important metrics across your manager account in one single report. Google quietly announced this new feature on both Google+ and Twitter…
Google AdWords Tests More Sitelinks Dropdown Button
Tauqeer Aziz shared a screen shot with me on Twitter of Google AdWords testing a sitelinks layout that has a “more” link that drops down to show additional sitelinks in the overlay…
Google: We’ve Changed The Way We Think About The Panda Algorithm
Gary Illyes from Google said on Twitter this morning that Google has changed the way they think about Panda from five years ago. Gary wrote “we’ve changed the way we think about Panda.” He added, “what was true 5 or so years ago…
Google Local Pack Shows Query From Website Content Of Local Listing
Here is a new local pack test where Google is showing when the query matches content on the local businesses website.
Google Search Console Data Up To Date Again
The Google Search Console Search Analytics reports are now back up to date with their normal two or so delay period. For the past 15 days or so, it was about a week delayed and now, finally this morning…
Google AdWords Ad Rotation To Offer Optimize & Rotate Indefinitely
Google announced they are “simplifying ad rotation to two settings.” Specifically they are only going to offer “optimize” and “rotate indefinitely” options starting in late September…
Forbes, Entrepreneur & Inc Now Nofollow External Links
It seems like Google has two fewer sites to worry about when it comes to link schemes or manipulation. Forbes, Entrepreneur and Inc both have just started to add nofollow attributes to external links in their articles…
Google Improves Flight & Hotel Search To Help You Find Better Prices
Google has added some seriously cool and useful features to both flight and hotel search. Specifically around showing you in an easy to look at the most cost effective options to plan your trips…