March 2015 Google Webmaster Report
I try to keep the amount of content in these recaps as short as possible but this past month was pretty busy in so many different ways around Google webmaster SEO topics.
Let’s start with Google announcing new mobile friendly ranking factors coming on…
Google Local Results Now Showing Mall Names For Store Addresses In Malls
If you search for local keywords and some of the stores that come up happen to be in a local mall, Google now will show the mall name in the address section of the listings in the web search results…
Google Local Results Now Showing Mall Names For Store Addresses In Malls
If you search for local keywords and some of the stores that come up happen to be in a local mall, Google now will show the mall name in the address section of the listings in the web search results…
Google: Definitely Put A Nofollow On Web Design By Links
An old topic of web design by or site credit links – should you put them on web sites and if so, should they pass link juice?
So if I design a web site for you, can I put “site designed by Barry” and link that to my site…
Google: Definitely Put A Nofollow On Web Design By Links
An old topic of web design by or site credit links – should you put them on web sites and if so, should they pass link juice?
So if I design a web site for you, can I put “site designed by Barry” and link that to my site…
Google Webmaster Tools May Add Unverified Sites List Filter
Many SEOs have tons and tons of sites in their Google Webmaster Tools accounts, either from new existing clients…
Google Webmaster Tools May Add Unverified Sites List Filter
Many SEOs have tons and tons of sites in their Google Webmaster Tools accounts, either from new existing clients…
Google AdSense Sends PII Breach Notices In Errors & Apologizes
Yesterday we reported how tons of Google AdSense publishers received breach notices over PII (personally identifiable information). Well, that email was sent in error.
Google’s Policy Team posted in the Google AdSense Help forum apologizing…
…
Google Updates Binary Malware Or Unwanted Software Webmaster Tools Help Page
Google said the other day that they are now going to warn searchers before going to sites that trigger unwanted downloads…
Google Knowledge Graph For City Name Shows Hotel Booking Link
Brad Brewer spotted that Google’s Knowledge Graph box for a city search now may show a hotel booking link in the knowledge graph box…
Google: When Moving A Site, Do It All At Once Because We Expedite Crawling
Google’s John Mueller said in a Google+ hangout on Friday morning at the 13:45 mark that when you move a site from one place to another, Google will typically crawl faster to pick up on those URL changes in a more expedited manner…
Google AdSense Sends Publishers Policy Breach Notice Over PII
The Google AdSense Help Forum is lighting up with AdSense publishers claiming they received a “Policy Breach Notice” email from Google for passing personally identifiable information (PII) through their ads…
Google Search Testing Roboto Font For Snippets
Google is testing using Roboto font in the search results. Conrad O’Connell spotted this test and posted it on Twitter…
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: February 27, 2015
Very busy week in search with Google, specifically they announced that on April 21st they will be releasing their mobile-friendly ranking…
Google To Bring Mobile-Friendly Factors To Search Ranking On April 21st
To no ones surprise, Google announced mobile-friendly is becoming a ranking factor in the mobile search results in the near future. Google said it will happen on April 21…
Bing Ads Enables AdWords Import Globally
Bing announced on Twitter that the Google AdWords import feature is now available for all Bing Ads customers globally.
Bing said this is “big news” that anyone…
Google Now Offering One-On-One Support For Webmasters With Hacked Sites
I spotted a thread at the Google Webmaster Help forums where a webmaster was a bit skeptical about getting an email from Google offering one-on-one help to fix his hacked site. So he posted it in the forums and Google’s Eric Kuan said it is legit and …
Google Play To Get Search Ads For Apps
Google announced they are going to be testing search ads in the Google Play Store search results.
So when you search for specific apps by keyword, Google can now buy ads to get your app to be listed at the top of the search results…
Google Search Testing Updated Search Quality Algorithms?
Some of the more focused and obsessive SEO/Webmaster forums are taking notice of Google’s search results shifting around a bit too much. Some are saying that over the past couple days, the Google results for some of their web sites have dropped…
…
Google Search Auto Suggest Displays Knowledge Graph Data
Sometimes when you do searches at Google, the auto-complete suggestions offered in the search bar may show additional snippets of information