Google On Being In Google News As A Search Quality Ranking Signal
Yesterday in the hangout where John Mueller felt the Penguin 3.0 roll out was complete, but it wasn’t, John had a special guest from the Google News team, Stacie.
Stacie is the Google rep in the Google News forum…
Google: Don’t Use Hover Menus On Mobile Friendly Sites
As you may remember, Google is laying hints that mobile UX is coming as a ranking factor. That being the case, Googlers are now talking a lot about mobile UX (user experience) issues they see often…
Google Currently Won’t Accept HTTPS Sites Into Google Trusted Store Program
Google launched the Trusted Store program back in 2011, their way of vouching for online merchants.
But if those merchants are fully HTTPS…
Google: My Business Dashboard May Have Few Day Delay
Jade Wang from Google said in a Google Business Help thread that updates submitted via the old Google Places dashboard may be delayed by a few days.
I don’t think this is new information for most local SEOs but it is nice to have on record…
Google AutoCorrects: Penguin 3.0 Still Rolling Out & 1% Impact
As you already know, Google launched Penguin 3.0 late Friday. But yesterday, Google’s John Mueller said he believed the roll out was complete but then hours later stepped back on that.
Today we learn from Google’s Pierre Far on Google+ that the roll out is far from complete, that it is still rolling out and will so for the “next few weeks.”
Pierre said, “itâs a slow worldwide rollout, so you may notice it settling down over the next few weeks.”
Daily Search Forum Recap: October 20, 2014
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:
Google Penguin 3.0 Done Rolling Out
Late Friday night…
Google Penguin 3.0 Done Rolling Out
Late Friday night, Google began rolling out Penguin 3.0.
Google’s John Mueller said in a video hangout minutes ago that the roll out is now complete and fully done. So the rankings should stick around Penguin until they run another Penguin refresh.
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Google: Best To Use Both XML Sitemaps & RSS/Atom Feeds With PubSubHubbub
Google announced that if you want to do content discovery right by Google, do not just use an XML sitemap file but also submit an RSS/Atom feeds.
Google’s Alkis Evlogimenos wrote, “for optimal crawling…
Google Manually Adjusts Stephen Colbert’s Search Results Box
On Stephen Colbert last week, he ranted on TV about Google attacking him by showing incorrect information about his height in the Google knowledge graph box. This is a must watch:
Bing Cortana Adds Location Based App & Concert Cards & Evening Data
Bing announced several updates to their Cortana engine (i.e. Microsoft’s answer to Apple Siri and Google Now).
The updates include evening data, location aware cards for concerts in your area and apps based on your location…
Google To Update DMCA Algorithm After 26-Months
In August 2012, Google introduced the DMCA algorithm, also known as the Piracy Update…
Special Report: Google Penguin 3.0 Likely Released Saturday Morning
I am working on getting confirmation from Google but I have never seen the forums light up as much as they are now.
Early reports came from webmasters and SEOs in various online forums and social media. The SEO industry chatter is at an all time high…
Daily Search Forum Recap: October 17, 2014
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:
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: October 17…
SEO Reaction To The New Yahoo Logo
Over a year ago, Yahoo launched their new logo and truth is, I ran a poll back then asking if you liked it but never published the results. Since I am offline today, it is a good day to share poll results.
This is the logo:
Truth is…
Neat Mobile SEO Tool
You and I know that mobile is important and growing in importance…
Black Hats On When PBNs Fail vs Succeed
Remember when Google targeted a bunch of private blog networks and then Matt Cutts mocked them…
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: October 17, 2014
I am offline again this Thursday and Friday, so the stories and this video were created earlier and scheduled to be live today – plus if Penguin launched…
Only 38% Of SEOs Want The Nofollow Attribute To Die
A few weeks ago we polled you guys asking if Google should retire the nofollow attribute.
With over 300 responses in, I wanted to share the results…
Moz Releases 2014 Local Search Ranking Factors
Like the past several years, including last year…
New Publishers Upset With Google’s “In The News” Box
A week or so ago, Google replaced the news box in the web search results with a box named In The News. The name change isn’t the big deal, the big deal is that more than just Google News approved sources show up in the box…