Google Can Index Content In iFrames
An interesting question was asked in the last Google hangout with John Mueller at the 21:16 mark into the video. The question was around controlling or influencing Google to index the page of content that is embedding the iframe over the source of tha…
I Failed: The Google June 25th Update Shows No Patterns
Over the past week or so, I’ve been collecting data on the June 25th Google update. I have received over 70 web sites that claimed they were hit by this update and then I also requested…
Fourth of July Google Doodle & Bing Animated Home Page
Happy Fourth of July, America’s Independence day. If you are wondering why the news is slow or your traffic seems dead, it is because today is a big US holiday.
To celebrate, Google and Bing have special items on their home page…
Google & Bing UK Wimbledon Championship On 140th Anniversary
Today on Google’s home page worldwide and on the Bing UK home page are special tributes to the 140th anniversary of Wimbledon championships…
Google Can Rank Pages When The Query Isn’t Present On The Page
Rabin posted on Twitter “Google can and on many instances will rank a page for query even if the query is not present on that page. @methode #nobrainerfriday.” In which, Gary Illyes from Google responded to saying “true…
No Way To Schedule Or Automate Google Posts, Yet…
Google Posts went live a couple weeks ago, which lets businesses with Google My Business listings post content directly into their local box in the search results…
Google Safe Search Filter On URL Level
Did you know Google’s SafeSearch filter is not set at a site level but rather a URL by URL basis…
Submit Your Data On Google’s June 25th Algorithm Update
As you know, we are pretty confident there was a nice Google algorithm update around June 25th…
Google To Remove Your Personal Medical Records From Search Results
Bloomberg spotted an update to Google’s removal policies noticing Google added a new item they are willing to remove from their search results – your personal medical records. Google added they will remove “confidential…
Google AdWords Editor Version 12.0 Now Available
Google has announced version 12.0 of the new AdWords Editor. It comes with a design refresh and a bunch of new features. The new features include the ability to manage campaigns at scale, including custom rules, faster account downloads…
Google Test My Site Updated To Show Visitor Loss Metrics
Google has updated the Test My Site feature in Google with a new user interface and design, plus they are bold enough to show you how many visitors you are losing because of your slow site speed and how you compare to competitors…
Google: Those Spammy Links Aren’t Benefiting Your Competitors
I often see SEOs, webmasters and site owners complaining that their competitors are building spammy links, buying links, doing PBNs and more and yet their competitor ranks well and is doing excellent in the Google results…
Google: There Was No Fred Update From Our Point Of View
In this morning’s Google hangout with John Mueller, John said “from our point of view there was no Fred update.” This is after they officially did confirm the Fred update a couple months ago…
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Update Underway, EU Fines, AdWords Features & Danny Sullivan Retires
It was a busy week in the search industry. First update, there was a Google algorithm and search update over the weekend that Google wonât yet confirm. Google said there was no Fred update, at least the name of it…
Canadian Court Rules Google Search Results Can Be Scrubbed Globally With Legal Order
Not sure if you saw this news where a top Canadian court ruled that the lower courts can force Google to remove content from their search engine globally…
Google Updates Structured Data Developer Docs
Google has updated many of their structured data developer docs yesterday. Aaron Bradley spotted it and posted about the changes in detail on Google+.
In short, they the
Not Seeing Google Posts In Your Google My Business Console?
Last week, Google launched Google Posts to all Google My Business customers worldwide. The issue is, it isn’t available for all business categories, including hotel categories…
Google AdWords Tests Button To Auto Create Ad Headlines
Google AdWords is testing a new feature to help advertisers create ad headlines for their ads. There is a checkbox in the ad creation page within AdWords that reads “create a second ad with headlines in reverse order…
The Worst Thing About SEO Is…
There is a thread at Reddit discussing what the worst thing about SEO is. John Mueller of Google posted about it on Twitter saying the thread seems to imply that the worst thing about SEO is SEO…
Google: Search Algorithm Does Not Look At Google Analytics Data
Google again said they do not use Google Analytics data for their search ranking algorithm. Gary Illyes from Google had to say it again…