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…
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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
Google My Business Listing Fraud Through Craigslist
A couple months ago we reported on the topic of Google business verification fraud through the old fashion US postal service.
It is a common thing that scammers do to gain trusted listings in Google Maps through the Google My Business center…
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Google AdWords Converts Your Flash Ads To HTML5 With Swiffy
Google announced on Google+ that they will now automatically convert eligible Flash ads to HTML5 format, this way the ad can be displayed on more devices…
Google To Update Widget Link Guidelines Fairly Soon
A couple weeks ago we posted how Google’s John Mueller said he would avoid link building in general, but in that, he said you can enable people to easily link to you by offering a widget or something.
John was asked about widgets for link building…
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Google SEO: Should Titles & H1 Tags Be Exactly The Same?
The other week, I reported that with Google News specifically, the recommendation is that your titles and H1s be consistent.
Now a Google Webmaster Help thread
Google Mobile Displaying “Slow” Label In Search Results For Slow Sites?
It seems like Google may be testing a new label in the search results for slow sites. K Neeraj Kayastha posted a screen shot of the “Slow” label in a Google+ community and said he spotted this on his Android device searching in incognito mode…
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Google Webmaster Tools Sending Warnings To Update WordPress Plugins
Jackson Lo posted a screenshot on Twitter that Google Webmaster Tools is notifying him to update a plugin that he uses on his WordPress site.
It says that Google is aware he is using an outdated version of Slider Revolution…
Watch Webmaster Give It To Google Over Playing By The Rules Without Seeing Results
It is not uncommon for a webmaster to complain that his competitors are cheating and doing great in Google but all his white-hat efforts are not being rewarded by Google…
Google Search Business Box Chat Feature Available In The Wild
First noticed by Matt Gibstein and posted on Twitter last night was a “chat” button available for searchers to click on to initiate a Google Chat or Google Hangout chat session with the business…