Google: We’re Still Using PageRank After 18 Years
Several months ago, Gary Illyes from Google said Google still uses PageRank and this morning, for some reason, Gary felt the need to state that message again on Twitter…
Google Launches Hotel Rich Cards
A few months ago, Google launched AMP based hotel listings via carousel in the mobile search results. Now…
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Update, Mobile Bugs, Search Console & AdWords
This week in search, I posted my monthly Google webmaster report, check it out. Google may have done a larger search quality update this week on February 7th. A Google bug…
Google AdWords Retiring Converted Clicks In March
In July, we reported that converted clicks is retiring on September 21, 2016 but Google extended that to next month. Google posted a reminder on Google+ saying converted clicks is being retired next month, in March 2017…
Don’t Email Gary Illyes For Google Search Support
Gary Illyes from Google, one of the webmaster trends analysts that is incredibly helpful to webmasters and SEO, said on Twitter this morning that it is best not to email him for advice or help. Why…
Google Data Studio Integrates With Google Search Console
Google announced on the Google Analytics blog that Google Data Studio, Google’s free toolset to build custom reports, now has a connector with Google Search Console.
Google added a new “Data Studio connector for Search Console…
Google Lists Top Websites In Carousel User Interface
Last week we reported on a new user interface rollout by Google showing a top carousel filter to help you expand or diversify your search query.
Well…
Google Bug Shows Desktop URLs In Mobile Results
Yesterday, I posted fake news around the potential of Google testing the mobile-first index in the wild. Well, I did say maybe and this is what people were asking. But it seems to be wrong and rather a bug with Google showing desktop URLs in the mobil…
Google AdWords MCC Account Can Manage 85,000 Client Accounts
Many of you have MCC (my client center) Google AdWords accounts that let you group in your client accounts into one screen so you can manage those clients with one login…
Google: HTTPS URLs Likely Canonical In Their Duplicate Content Clustering Algorithm
This is probably an obvious and logical statement but Gary Illyes of Google felt the need to post it on Twitter this morning…
One Review Gets You Stars In The Google Local Pack
Typically, Google will not show star reviews in your local listing in the Google search results unless you have several reviews. If you have one review…
Google Search Algorithm Update February 7th
We just had some Google algorithm update a week ago potentially targeting spammy links I believe. And now a week later, around February 7th, yesterday…
Google AMP Makes It Easier To Discover & Share The Canonical URL
The big Google news yesterday was around the AMP team announcing that you can now easily discover, copy, and share the canonical URL of an AMP page…
Google Search Console Alerts For Recommended WordPress & Joomla Updates Available
Yesterday, Google Search Console sent batches of alerts and notifications to webmasters operating popular CMS (content management systems) such as Wordpress and Joomla to update their version of their CMS if they were out of date…
Google Maps App Adds One Tap For Real Time Traffic & Destinations
Google updated the Android version of the Google Maps app to add one tap to your favorite destinations within the app. The cool part…
Google Mobile First Index Seen In The Wild?
Last November, Google said they are experimenting with the mobile-first index but recently told us it isn’t launching any time soon.
But now some are seeing the mobile-first index in the Google desktop search results…
Google Says AdsBot Not Used For Web Search URL Discovery
Google has many flavors of crawlers from web search to AdWords to AdSense and app crawlers and more. But which are used for URL discovery to be used in web search…
Google Won’t Tell Webmasters Which Links They Do Not Count For Spam Reasons
As many of your know, the Google link report in Google Search Console, the links to your site report, shows all (most) of the links to your site. It includes followed, unfollowed and discredited links, etc…
Google: URL/Site Moves Are A Pain
No one likes the process of moving; be it moving your home or your web site to a new location. They may like the end result, the…
Moz Skeptical Over Accuracy Of Google Search Console Reports
Russ Jones from Moz wrote a detailed piece named Google Search Console Reliability: Webmaster Tools on Trial. In short, he said SEOs and webmasters should “remain skeptical of this data…