Google: Info Command Will Show You The Canonical Version In Google’s Index
Yesterday, In a Google Hangout on Google+ with John Mueller, John said at the 24:20 mark that using the info command on Google will show you which domain Google holds to be the canonical version in their index.
For example, if you search in Google for…
Google: Schema & Rich Snippets Updates Immediately After Recrawl & Index
Yesterday in that Google Hangout on Google+ with John Mueller, John said at the 22:28 mark that Google updates schema, structured markup and rich snippets almost immediately…
Google Responds To Searchers Who Want To Disable AMP In Search
Over the past few months since AMP has been more visible on Google’s mobile search results and other places, more and more have been asking in the Google Webmaster Help forums about how they can disable it from showing up as a searcher…
Google To Use Mobile Page Speed In Mobile Friendly Ranking Algorithm Soonish
At the Search Marketing Summit in Sydney today, Gary Illyes from Google has been reported as saying that page speed ranking factors for mobile, will be mobile specific, in the upcoming months…
Google Returns Both Mobile Friendly Testing Tools In Search Results
I was confused yesterday when I was just checking out the mobile friendly testing tool and I Googled [google mobile friendly test] and clicked on the first result and saw the old tool…
Google Showing Promotion Schema In Rich Snippets, Really?
Harmit Kamboe posted on Twitter a screen shot of a search result that showed rich snippet content for “promotion” deals. It is weird…
Google Voice Search Results Can Be Mobile & Desktop
A while back, Wolf of SEO, posted on Twitter asking are Google voice search results not impacted by the “non-mobile” friendly sites algorithm? He said he…
Where Did DoFollow Come From?
In mid-January 2005, Google pushed out the nofollow attribute to give webmasters a way to tell Google that this link does now count. Shortly after, SEOs and webmasters started to go on a “dofollow” campaign…
Memorial Day: Google Flag & Bing’s Stunning Background
Today is Memorial Day, a day we remember those who have fought and given their lives to let us in America live the lives we do every day without fear. It is a very special and important day for Americans…
Google Now Notification For Indoor Map, Store Inventory, Return Policies & Coupons
Google Now is powerful, it is very powerful and the power keeps growing (scary ehh…
Google: Photos Are Missing From Your Listing On Google
Tim Coling reported in the Local Search Forums that his client received an email asking them to load up more photos on their Google local listing. It said “Photos are missing from your [company name] listing on Google…
Now Live: Image Thumbnail In Google Food Search Results
Many people, including myself, are now seeing Google showing image thumbnails in the core web search results for searches on food related items. Google was testing this a few months ago and even before that…
Google’s John Mueller Gives Kayak SEO Help
I always love it when big brands go into the Google help forums and ask for help, I love it even more when they get help from Googlers…
Screen Shots: Google Trips App Now Being Beta Tested
A few days ago, Google sent an email to some of their local guides about testing a new beta version of the Google Trips Android app. The email said “be the first to try Google’s new app for travelers…
Bing Local Listings Adds Web Verification
Bing Local now allows you to verify your business listing over the web by answering 5 questions about your business. The new option is under the “alternative methods” when verifying your business on Bing Local…
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Trillions Of Searches, AdWords Updates, Algorithm Changes & Hiring
This week in search, Google had their Google Performance Summit and announced they do trillions of searches each year. Google also announced many updates to AdWords including bidding changes…
Frankie Manning, Founder Of Lindy Hop, Gets A Google Logo
Google’s home page today has a very entertaining dance logo to commemorate the 102nd birthday of Frankie Manning.
Frankie Manning was a dancer who was one of the founders of the dance style Lindy Hop…
Google AdSense Adds Automatic Experiments Feature
Google announced on the AdSense blog that they have a new setting for AdSense publishers to turn on “automated experiments…
Google Comments Again On External Links & Ranking Benefit
This is not a new topic, in 2015 we covered that Google implied external links are not a ranking factor and in 2016 we covered that Google said external links are NOT a ranking factor and then a third-party study said external links ARE a ranking facto…
Google: Weather Tracking Tools Are Not Statistically Relevant
Friday’s Google+ Google hangout, John Mueller said at the 22:40 minute mark that Google feels that the SEO weather tracking tools are not using a statistically relevant sample…