Submit Any URL To Google For Indexing Within The Search Results Interface
Go to Google and search for [submit URL to Google] and Google will place a box at the top of the search results that lets you plug in any URL you want and submit it to Google for indexing…
Google Tests Showing Number Of Reviews Left By Reviewer
Google seems to be testing showing the number of reviews a reviewer has under his or her belt in the reviews snippet for local search results…
Google: Rankings Drop After Disavowing Links? Remove Some Of Those Less Shady Links.
Do you often do disavow link pruning? Well, maybe you should? Gary Illyes from Google said on Twitter that if you see that your…
It Seems That I Cause Unnecessary Stress For Googlers
For the past 13+ years I have been causing unnecessary stress for Googlers who work in the search department. I mean, think about it, I hang on every word, tweet, forum post, public message or statement given by these Googlers…
Google: Why We Don’t Disclose Most Google Updates & Algorithm Changes
Google’s John Mueller addressed the question of why they don’t disclose most Google algorithm updates and changes in this mornings Google hangout not just once…
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Shifts, Mobile First Index Delayed, Fact Checking & More
This week in search, I posted my big Google webmaster report, do check it out. There may have been an update on April 4th and I…
Google Fact Check Feature Now In Search Results & News Worldwide
In October, during the US elections, Google released fact check schema for Google News in the US. Now…
Google: Bounce Rate Is Not A Good Ranking Signal
Gary Illyes from Google said on Twitter that bounce rate is simply not a good ranking signal for Google to use in their ranking algorithms. He said “bounce rate is not a good signal…
Google: No Need To Add Alt Text To Position Or Placeholder Images
John Mueller from Google said on Twitter that you don’t need to add alt text to all your images. Specifically, adding alt text to small images used for positioning stuff on your pages or placeholder images are not necessary…
Google: Use Disavow File When Threatened With Negative SEO
We’ve seen it before, negative SEO threats. Bill Hartzer recently got one and asked Google what to do.
The advice given is similar to what Google said in the past
Google Tests Local Knowledge Panels Without Maps
Google is testing, yet another, Google local knowledge panel user interface. This one is where the local knowledge panel is not even showing the map in the box. Yes, Google is testing not showing a map for local results in the Google search results……
Small Google Algorithm Update On April 4th?
Over the past 24 hours, I’ve been tracking what I would call mild chatter in the SEO community around a potential Google algorithm ranking update on April 4th. I would categorize this at best as a small update…
The Google Mobile First Index Likely Won’t Launch In 2017
So Gary Illyes from Google was at this event, which I was not at :), and he said at the event that the mobile first index might not launch in 2017.
Was Ashley Madison Penalized By Google? Not Ranking For It’s Own Name.
Was Ashley Madison’s web site penalized by Google months ago? Maybe. Marie Haynes posted in the Google Webmasters Help forum examples showing
Google: Why We Won’t Label Disavowed Links In The Search Console Report
One of the more common requests I see from webmasters and SEOs in regards to the Google Search Console link report is for Google to label which links are disavowed or nofollowed and which are passing all types of link juice…
See How Google’s John Mueller & Gary Illyes Answer The Same Question Differently
An SEO named Brock Ellison asked Google’s John Mueller and Gary Illyes (he also asked others) the same question and he got different answers from John and Gary…
Google: If You Care About Your Page, You Should Link To It
So we’ve covered Google saying you can rank without links which is why Google’s Gary Illyes was asked about it again on Twitter. Gary’s response was refreshing, saying that “if you care about that page at all, you should probably link it from the site…
Google Tests URL At Top Of Search Results Snippets
Google has been busy testing new mobile snippet layouts recently. We’ve recently seen them testing breadcrumbs at the top of the search results snippet and now Google is testing the URLs, instead of the breadcrumbs…
Google: We Need More Content For Many Non-English Head Queries
Gary Illyes from Google posted on Twitter one of those DYK saying that there is opportunity for webmasters and SEOs to create content in non-English languages because for many non-English languages, there isn’t “enough content even for head queries…
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April 2017 Google Webmaster Report
Well, this month we were introduced to a new algorithm update named Fred which happened on March 8th and was finally confirmed by Google. We think it targeted low value content with ad generation techniques…