Google To Expand AMP To Main Mobile Search Results; Is That A Good Thing?
Yesterday Google announced their plans to expand AMP, accelerated mobile pages, from the top news section, where it first launched in February, to the ten blue main links in the mobile results.
They said first, they are launching it in a preview form …
Google AdWords Finally Drops Payday Loan & High Interest Loan Ads
Back in May, Google announced they would ban payday loan and high interest loan ads from coming up in the AdWords spots. It was pushed out a bit late last month but I’ve been tracking it since…
Bitcode Support Added to Google Firebase iOS App Indexing
Adam from Google said in a Google Webmaster Help thread that Google’s Firebase App Indexing now added Bitcode support for iOS Apps. He wrote…
Google Defines Search Analytics Impressions, Position & Clicks
Google has posted a help document named What are impressions, position, and clicks? This document is one of the most comprehensive and authoritative…
Google’s Gary Illyes: Yes, PageRank Still Matters
As you know, in March, Google officially turned off toolbar PageRank for displaying, well, it went dead in mid-April of this year. But that doesn’t mean Google doesn’t use PageRank internally, they do.
Gary Illyes of Google was asked this and he said…
Google AdWords Adds More Details To Product Status Tab Report
Google quietly announced on Google+ that they are “adding more” to the product status tab in the Google AdWords columns report. Google said they are “adding more to the Products tab to show policy details on why your products are disapproved or inacti…
Google & Bing Prep Search Results For The Rio Olympics
Both Google and Bing announced their search results interfaces for Rio summer Olympics style searches…
Google Algorithm Update? A Reversal Of Last Weeks Update?
This morning there was a large surge in webmaster chatter around fluctuations and changes in the Google search results. The chatter began around 3am ET in the ongoing WebmasterWorld thread (note…
Google Recommends Updating Links After Moving Domains But No Critical Loss
Earlier last week, in a Google Hangout on Google+ at the 23:30 mark, John Mueller said Google does recommend that when you move a domain name, that you try to get those linking to the old domain to link to the new one…
Google Search Console Bug Sets All Traffic As Desktop In Devices
Google posted there is a bug/error with the Google Search Console’s Search Analytics report that has assigned all your traffic in the devices section to be from desktop origin, as opposed to the mobile or tablet.
The bug is still open…
Yahoo Search Tests New User Interface
Yahoo is testing a new search interface. The new interface moves the Yahoo logo from the left side of the search box, all the way to the right side. It also adds a menu to the right that opens various new options from Yahoo. Finally…
Google.com Begins HTTP Strict Transport Security Migration (HSTS)
Google announced Friday they are going HSTS, HTTP Strict Transport Security, for Google.com. That means anyone who tries to go to HTTP will be forced to go to HTTPS…
Google: Why We Sell Ads, Not Search Results
Former Googler, Murat Yatagan, shared on Twitter a document I don’t think I’ve seen before and I think most the readers here will get a kick out of. Basically the document explains why Google sells advertisements and not the search results…
Google May Treat Expired Products Page Redirects As Soft 404s
Google’s John Mueller said that Google may very well treat pages that no longer let you buy a product, i.e. the product is no longer available, as a soft 404. If you try to redirect that page to your home page, category page or an unrelated product…
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Google Adds Social Icons To The Local Knowledge Graph
Google has added social profiles and icons to the local knowledge graph. This was discovered by @ryanbowlerhat and Joy Hawkins posted this on Twitter…
Three New Google AdWords Cross-Device Conversions Reports
Google announced that AdWords is adding three new cross-device conversion reports including devices…
Google Featured Snippets Can Be Localized & They Are Wicked Smart
Rob Birgfeld shared on Twitter a featured snippet in Google that answered the query [er wait times] for his local hospital’s emergency room…
Why Some Don’t Believe Google About Redirects Not Diluting PageRank Signals
As we reported a couple days ago, Google once again said 3xx redirects do pass full PageRank and do not dilute. But as you also know…
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 28, 2016
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
Is Stolen Content Outranking You…