Google Does Index & Rank Images Title Attribute Tags
A couple weeks ago, we reported that Google implied they do not index image title attributes. Meaning, if you place keywords in the title attribute of your image code, Google won’t use it at all…
Google Takes Action Against Publishers Who Do Clickjacking
The Google AdSense blog announced they are taking both automated and manual actions against publishers that use clickjacking techniques to trick users to click on ads…
Gas Prices Come To The Google Local Pack
Pete Meyers spotted and posted on Twitter a screen shot of the Google local 3-pack showing gas prices. I cannot replicate it but it seems Google is showing real-time has prices of nearby gas stations.
Here is a screen shot:
Google has shown this d…
Google Now Sending Webmasters Deceptive Site / Social Engineering Detected Warnings
Yesterday, Google posted a blog post on the webmaster blog that was actually posted months ago on the security blog, we covered it in February. So I was scratching my head as to why Google posted it months later on the webmaster blog…
Google My Business Enables You Set Special Hours In Card View
Google keeps adding more and more ways to add special hours to your business information. First it was via spreadsheet and the Google My Business portal and then via the apps. Now, you can add it via the “card view…
Google’s John Mueller On Redirecting vs 404ing Products That No Longer Exist
This is a topic we’ve covered a lot here, what to do with out of stock products and Google. Truth is…
Webmaster See Spike In Google Zombie Traffic
Back in October was the first time I introduced many of you to the Google Zombie traffic phenomenon. The definition of zombie traffic from Google are users that act like Zombies…
Google Slaps Mass Manual Actions For Outbound Links Over Free Product Reviews
As we reported yesterday, Google slapped mass penalties for outbound links over the weekend. Google’s John Mueller commented on some of those threads last night…
Google My Business App For iOS Available For Download
After a serious bug with the Google My Business App for iOS that started mid-last week, the new updated version is now available for download in the Apple App iTunes Store.
Google submitted the fix before the weekend after removing it from the app sto…
Google: Log File Analysis Is So Underrated
I remember the days of prepping before client meetings by scouring through tons of log files to tell the client how much traffic they were getting from their web site. This was pre-Urchin analytics days. It was painful but truth was…
Would Google Launch Penguin 4.0 With Gary Illyes & John Mueller On Vacation?
Despite telling John Mueller of Google that I wouldn’t cover this, I now have to cover it…
Event When Former Googlers Reports Spam, It Takes A Long Time To Be Removed
Last week, I spotted former Googler Natalie Glance, who worked at Google as an Engineering Manager for almost 8 years, post on Google+ about spam in the Google search results.
Her former colleague, Todd Underwood from Google…
Google Issues Mass Unnatural Outbound Links Penalties Over Weekend
Google has issued a large number of unnatural links penalties over the weekend…
Google Submitted A Fix To Apple Over Google My Business App Bug
Last week we reported that Google’s update for the Google My Business iOS app caused a serious bug that didn’t allow iOS users to open the app. Google quickly pulled down the update and removed the app from the app store…
Google: Mixing Mobile Friendly Types (i.e. Responsive, Dynamic Serving & Seperate URLs) On One Site Is Fine
Google’s John Mueller said in a live Google hangout on Google+ at the 13:05 minute mark that serving multiple types of mobile friendly options on a single site…
Google Local Guides App Add Name Bug Slows Local Reviews
The Local Guides, Google’s most trusted and frequent users of the Google Maps/local business reviews, are complaining that the Google app for them to leave reviews of places they visit is buggy…
Google Completely Drops In-Depth Articles
I am not sure if this is a bug or not but Dr. Pete Meyers from Moz reported on his Mozcast features tool that in-depth articles are completely gone as of this weekend.
Pete verified the data manually and said there is no sign of them at all…
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: April 8, 2016
This week in search, we may have spotted Google testing an updated algorithm for 12 hours, some say Penguin…
Google’s New Nearby Ad Format Looks Like Free Results
It looks like Google has released a new format for the local ads. When you search for [oil change] in Google on your mobile device…
Google Removes My Business iOS App From App Store After Serious Bug
Yesterday, Google pushed out an update to the iOS version of the Google My Business app. But as I reported at Search Engine Land that after I downloaded it, it froze out and wouldn’t let me us it. Now when I try to access it…