Google AdSense Mute This Ad Now Moves The Content Up
Google announced a new feature for the mute this ad option on the ad units.
When you click on the “mute this ad” button, it will ask you why you want to remove the ad and then it will count down from 3 seconds and hide the ad…
Google Reconsideration Requests Documentation Adds Step-By-Step Instructions, Examples & More
Google announced quietly on Google+ that they’ve revamped the reconsideration request documentation in the Google Webmaster help center, to make it easier for those to understand and use…
Google News RSS Feed Bug Still Actively Being Fixed
Back in December, we reported on complaints that the Google News custom RSS feeds were not working. Google said back then it “will be resolved shortly,” but it was not and still is not…
Google Tests Bolder AdWords To Organic Results Line Break
Tony Edwards spotted a small and subtle test by Google and posted it on Twitter. Google is testing placing a bolder/darker line break line between the ads and the organic results in the search results…
Does Your Mobile Site Pass The Google Redirect Test?
Obviously, mobile is important and it is just as important to configure it properly so that GoogleBot and search engines understand what is mobile and what is not…
80% Of Those Solicited Wanted Negative SEO Services
We’ve covered negative SEO a lot here, the practice of harming your competitors in the search results so that you can go up in the rankings because they go down in the rankings…
Google’s John Mueller: My Friend’s Web Site Has No Links & Ranks In Google Well
In a Google+ webmaster hangout from a couple weeks ago, Google’s John Mueller was at the GooglePlex and had a hangout with two of his colleagues.
Josh asked at 26 minutes and 3 seconds in, why does Google use links for ranking at the level they do…..
Third-Party Apps In Google Now Cards
Google announced you can now see third-party apps in your Google Now cards on Android. This only works on Android with about 30 or so third-party apps…
Google.co.uk Chrome Users Sent To Google.com?
Last week I saw a story about Google redirecting UK Chrome users on their searches to Google.com versus Google.co.uk. I asked Google about it and they basically redirected me to the report IP problems form…
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: January 30, 2015
This week in search, I cover a possible Google update that Google said was unlikely related to Panda or Penguin…
Google Analytics Adds Query Word Count Shows Metrics By Length Of Query
They often say that the longer the query, the higher chance of a conversion. So those who search for [widget] are less likely to convert than those searching for [big tall blue widget]. The intent is stronger and thus they are likely further along th…
Google Now Supports Crawling TLS 1.2
Google just announced on Google+ that their spider/crawler, GoogleBot, now supports TLS 1.2. TLS is Transport Layer Security…
Google Webmaster Tools User Study Sign Ups
Google announced on Google+ that they are asking for feedback on Google Webmaster Tools, specifically a user experience study.
It sounds like they want to look for ways to make the tools easier to use…
Google Have Algorithm Filibuster To Annoy Webmasters? Nope.
In this mornings Google Webmaster Hangout with John Mueller on Google+, one question asked was about why Panda has not really updated since October. Truth is, I am not if that is true, Google may have pushed out smaller Panda refreshes since…
BBB Accreditation A Solid Local SEO Signal?
The folks at the Local Search Forum are discussing an article named BBB Accreditation: Boring But Bumps Your Local SEO.
They tend to all agree that having a BBB accreditation is a no brainer for local SEO purposes…
Google: We Are Good At Handling Subdomains & Free Hosts But…
Google has done domain wide free host manual actions before, where they will go ahead and penalize the whole free host and all the subdomains on that host. Google has also offered advice on how free hosts can try to stay penalty free…
Google AdSense Ads With Multiple Arrows
Google is constantly testing variations and new ad formats for the Google AdSense ads.
The latest one was spotted by @amitsurti who shared with me a few pictures of this new ad format. The new ad format contains multiples of those circle based AdSens…
Google Android Material Design Movie Search Is Slick
Google quietly mentioned on Google+ that they are rolling out an update to how movie results are displayed on the Google Search App.
The new look and user interface looks much like Google’s material design approach. With smoothly scrolling and slide …
Google News Crawl Errors When Navigation Appears To Be In Body Content
I always find it interesting when Google responds to specific technical issues on web sites…
In San Francisco On February 5th? Go To The Google AdWords Reporting & Analytics Meetup
Zuzana Moran, aka Zee, from the Google AdWords team…