Did Wikipedia Take An Organic Hit In Google Search?
Wikipedia has historically dominated Google’s search results – no one would argue with that.
But now with the knowledge graph, does Google have a need to rank Wikipedia at the top, when instead
Google AdWords Fixed The Quality Score Bug Yesterday
On Friday morning we were the first to report widespread panic around Google AdWords quality score drops. It turned out, as expected…
Google Changes AdWords Exams & Certifications Criteria
Mini from the Google AdWords team announced on Google AdWords Help that they’ve “made some changes to the Google AdWords exams and certifications in Partners…
Yahoo & Microsoft Extend Search Deal For 30 Days, Will Yahoo Go Google?
Over the weekend Reuters reported that Yahoo and Microsoft have extended their ten year search alliance deal for just another 30-days while the two continue to negotiate…
Page Load Takes Two-Seconds? Google May Slow Crawling Your Site.
Almost all SEOs know that a busy server or slow server will result in GoogleBot slowing how they crawl your web site and we also know that extremely slow sites/pages can be negatively impacted in ranking well in the Google search results…
Google AdWords Express Now Block Search Phrases
Google quietly announced on Google+ that those who use Google AdWords Express can now remove keyword phrases they no longer want to target.
Google said they have added the “ability to remove search phrases that may not be the best fit for your busines…
Huge Quality Score Drop For Google AdWords Advertisers
I am seeing widespread reports of Google AdWords advertisers complaining that their AdWords Quality Score has dropped significantly across their accounts and ads…
Colorful Google Knowledge Graph Boxes
Google’s mobile search results are getting even more colorful, first using colorful line separators and now bringing some color to the knowledge graph boxes.
Here is a picture
Google: We’re Working On Making The Google News Sitemap Index Count More Accurate
We reported a month or so ago that Google News said the sitemap index count is not accurate for determining how many of your articles are indexed by Google News.
Google, in the case of Google News, recommends you do a site command…
Google Mobile Local Results Expand Link Navigation
I am documenting this, but I am told by Google it is about a month or so old. The Google mobile results for searching for local intent queries…
Google: The Changes In The Search Results Are Normal Fluctuations
I am still seeing massive chatter around Google’s search results changing both in terms of Webmaster Tools showing changes in rankings…
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: March 27, 2015
This week in search, I covered a couple noticeable Google search algorithmic changes, but Google said they are just normal fluctuations in the search results…
Now Google Maps For Android Has My Maps
Google quietly announced on Google+ and in the Google Maps Help forum that the new version of Google Maps for Android now supports bringing over your custom My Maps into your app…
Product Ratings For Google Product Listing Ads Expands To UK, France & Germany
Google announced this morning that they’ve expanded showing product ratings on Google AdWords Product Listing Ads outside of the US and into the UK…
Google AdSense Ads Turn Gray & Muted
Google AdSense publishers started complaining yesterday that many of their colorful ad units on their web sites went from bright colors to a muted and toned down gray look…
Google Updated Canonical Documentation To Show HTTPS URLs
We know Google has an incredibly light weight ranking signal around going HTTPS with your site. Google has been pushing sites to go HTTPS as a matter of principle and “security…
Google News Unaffected By Mobile-Friendly Ranking Algorithm – For Now
A week or so ago, we asked if Google News will also be impacted by the mobile-friendly algorithm.
The answer is what I expected, that no, not yet.
Stacie Chan, who I have been pestering on this question for over a week…
Google News Prefers HTTPS URLs & Will Show Those First
Before you start reading this, the title is not to imply that Google News will rank HTTPS content better – they may or may not. This title means that Google News will display the HTTPS
Google: Pages With Mobile-Friendly Label Will Benefit From The Mobile-Friendly Algorithm
Yesterday we asked how do we know if our pages on our web site will benefit from the mobile friendly algorithm. If the mobile usability reports show you have issues but the mobile testing tool give you the all clear, Google says you should be fine…
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The Google Change Of Address Tool Now Supports Subdomain Moves
A couple weeks ago, John Mueller of Google hinted subdomain support is coming to the Google Webmaster Tools Change of Address tool, well…