Google Reviews From The Web Now Live On Local Knowledge Panels
On Wednesday Google announced that they are bringing “reviews from the web” to the local knowledge panel section of the search results.
Well…
Google: More Traffic Doesn’t Mean You Need More Links
John Mueller of Google answered a question in the Google Hangout on Google+ saying a site that is getting more and more traffic…
Google Search Console Search Analytics Report Fix
Monday we reported that the Google Search Console’s Search Analytics report bugged out at the worst time, right in time for folks to not be able to see how they were hit by the Google weekend update.
Well, it was a bug and Google is now in the proce…
Google Analytics Working On Real Time Reporting Fix; Here Is A Workaround
Yesterday we reported that Google Analytics real time reporting feature was not working for many webmasters and marketers. No worries, Google is now aware of the issue and promises a fix will be out within 24 hours or so…
Search Engine Strategies, Industries First Conference Shuts Down
Sad news for the industry broke yesterday, although there is no official word from the owners of Search Engine Strategies. The conference program founded by Danny Sullivan back in November 18, 1999 in San Francisco under the Search Engine Watch brand….
Google Testing Bolder AMP Logo In Search Results
Google is testing displaying a darker and bolder AMP logo in the mobile search results. Typically the logo is grayed out a bit, but here at least as captured by Mats Tolander on Twitter…
Google To Penalize Widget Links Tactics
Google announced early this morning that they are reminding webmasters to not try to use widget links as a link building strategy…
Google Featured Snippets With Query Modifier
Pete Meyers spotted and posted on Twitter another flavor of the featured snippets…
Google Logo For Start Of Paralympics
Today the Paralympics has started and Google has a special logo…
Google Analytics Real Time Not Working For Some
Since last night, some have been sporadically complaining that the Google Analytics Real Time reports are not loading. Instead they are getting an error that reads “resource is not available, please try again later…
Google: We’re Working On The Penguin Launch Announcement
We must be close if Google is actively working on their announcement for when Penguin 4.0 goes live.
John Mueller of Google said this at the 44:30 mark into yesterday’s hangout on YouTube Live…
Google AdWords Adds Campaign Groups & Performance Targets
Google announced on the AdWords blog two new features to help you track your AdWords performance, campaign groups and performance targets…
Google: Site Command Should Show Rich Snippets If Implemented Correctly
One of the more common technical SEO questions I see is why isn’t Google showing rich snippets for my site when I have implemented them correctly. So we know that Google often won’t show rich snippets if the site doesn’t meet a certain (undocumented) …
In Rare Interview Matt Cutts Talks About His Challenges At Google
It has been rare for Matt Cutts, the former search spam guardian at Google, who went on a leave a while back and was…
Google: The Weekend Update Was Not Penguin 4.0
Google’s John Mueller said a few minutes ago on YouTube Live around 5 minutes into the video that the weekend update rumors are not Penguin related. So he said you can “rule out” Penguin in terms of saying the Penguin algorithm was updated this weeken…
Google Search Console Search Analytics Report Stopped Updating
This morning, Google posted a new update to the data anomalies page for the Search Analytics report in the Google Search Console. In short, the search Analytics report has not yet updated since August 31…
Google To Test Webmaster Hangouts Over YouTube Live With Slides Q&A
As you know, Google scheduled their last few hangouts using Google+ Hangouts and now…
Google Penalized One Of Turkey’s Largests TV Networks, Acunn Media
Ilya Teker, an SEO Director iProspect, informed me on Twitter that one of the largest television networks in Turkey had their website banned and penalized…
Google Finally Publishes A Labor Day Logo/Doodle
I don’t think in Google’s history, at least that I can remember, has Google ever posted a Doodle, a Google logo, for Labor Day. They have posted small American flags but nothing more. Even dating back to 2004 and 2005…