After 18 Years, DMOZ, The Web Directory, Is Closing Down
DMOZ, one of the oldest and most trusted web directories announced on their home page yesterday that they are closing up shop. The site is going offline March 14, 2017.
DMOZ launched on June 5, 1998…
Google Official Tips On Closing A Site For Days (For Maybe Shabbat)
We’ve talked a lot about sites that close down once a week or more for religious purposes, specifically closing on Shabbat…
Google AdWords Price Extensions Now On All Devices Including Desktop
When Google launched price extensions for AdWords last year, it was just for mobile devices. Shortly after…
Report: Google Answers, Knowledge Cards & Live Results Reach 50% Of Google’s Results
RankRanger, an SEO platform, reported yesterday via Twitter that their SERP features tracking tool has found that Google Answer related boxes…
Former Google’s Amit Singhal Sexual Harassment Allegation Shock The SEO Community
Kara Swisher broke the news yesterday that the former head of search at Google, Amit Singhal…
Google Logo For Abdul Sattar Edhi, The Penniless Philanthropist
Today on Google’s home page is a special Google logo, Doodle, for Abdul Sattar Edhi. Abdul Sattar Edhi founded the Edhi Foundation which runs hospitals, homeless shelters, rehab centres, and orphanages across Pakistan…
Natural News Is Back In Google After Penalty Is Revoked
Looks like NaturalNews.com is back in Google. A site command returns 440,000+ pages including the home page.
As you know, last week…
Google Disrespectful Towards Presidents Wit Trump Picture
A searcher is asking Google in a Google Web Search Help thread to change the picture they use for Donald Trump in the carousel that is displayed showing all US [presidents]…
Emojis In Google Search Console Search Analytics Report
As you know, emojis are back in the Google search results for emoji relevant queries. But we also know back in May…
Bing UK Adds Hospital & GP Search Feature With NHS
Bing UK now lets you search for nearby hospitals or GPs, general practitioners…
Google Test Card Style Local Finder In Maps Results
Mike Blumenthal spotted Google testing a new format for the local finder results in the map results. Instead of a list view…
Google: Panda Takes Into Account Site Quality Including Site Architecture
Google’s John Mueller said in a video hangout on Friday at the 8:54 mark that Google’s Panda algorithm takes into account site quality, including the site architecture…
Google Assistant Now Rolling Out To More Android Phones
When the Google Assistant launched, it was primarily only available on the Google Pixel phones and Google Home. Well…
Google: Web Directories Don’t Generally Help With Rankings
Google’s John Mueller said that generally, web directories do not help with SEO or rankings. Google has said in the past that directories aren’t the right way to build links to your site and then early, Google warned not to use directories for link b…
Google Reminder: Linking To High Authority Web Sites Do Not Help With SEO
Google has said for years that linking out has no impact on your rankings and SEO. So here is a reminder…
Google: Don’t Guest Blog For Links, Use Your Own Site
In 2014, Google declared guest blogging for links dead and has penalized guest blog networks time after time since then. So when someone asked Google’s John Mueller on Twitter if using a guest blogging platform was a good idea and safe…
No, Google Didn’t Remove NaturalNews.com Because Of Fake News
People asking me on Twitter about why NaturalNews.com was deindexed by Google. People are saying it was because of “fake news” but that is not the case.
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Image & Phantom Update, AdWords Ad Label & Maile Ohye
This week in search, Google confirmed that a user interface change for Google Images may make it feel that you lost Google traffic in Germany and France…
Google Account Bug Breaks Sign Ins, Google Wifi & Other Services
Yesterday, something bad happened with the Google Accounts system. It isn’t clear exactly what went wrong but tons of people had unexpected sign out issues and then were unable to sign back into Google…