Google Strongly Discourages meta-refresh-type Redirects
Every few years, it is important to cover some basic topics and we’ve covered it in 2008 and 2011, so now in 2015…
Poll: Should Web Sites Have Link Removal Policies?
A WebmasterWorld thread has discussion around link removals requests and if web sites should have a printed policy for how they handle link removal requests.
Truth is, if your site is at all popular…
Google: The Google Update Was Not Panda Or Penguin
Yesterday we covered that Google seems to have done a major update the other day and Google actually responded to us saying “as usual, we’re continuing to make tweaks…
February 2015 Google Webmaster Report
January 2015 started out pretty slow with Google webmaster news but we are ending it with a lot of things happening. This includes a possible major Google update that Google said was only a tweak…
Don’t Let Your Kids Look For Pictures Of Mommy In Google
It is not that uncommon for Google Image search to show nude photos, especially when you search for them, but also for queries you wouldn’t expect it…
Google Real Time Search Coming Back With Twitter Deal; Spammers Rejoice
Last night, Bloomberg reported that Twitter and Google struck a new deal to give Google access to their firehose of Tweets again…
Matt Cutts Is Still Plugged Into The Search Industry & Google
Back in July 2014 Matt Cutts announced he would go on an extended vacation and then extended his vacation and still there are no signs of him coming back.
But that doesn’t mean he is out of the loop…
Google Webmaster Tools Emails For App Deep Linking Impressions & Clicks
A few weeks ago, Google began notifying webmasters who have deployed app deep linking about app deep linking issues and informing them how to fix it.
Now Google is sending webmasters stats
Significant Google Search Algorithm Update Yesterday
It looks like there is an algorithm update taking place at Google search now – it is hard to say if it is Panda, Penguin or something unrelated – right now…
Google AdWords Banned Over 200,000 Advertisers In 2014
Google announced they efforts to combat “bad ads,” ads that are manipulative, spammy and sometimes illegal.
Google said that in 2014 they’ve disabled more than 524 million bad ads and banned more than 214…
Google Launches A Mortgage Calculator, Take That Publishers!
Truth is, we knew this was coming, they were testing a mortgage calculator for a few months now but yesterday, it went live to all…
Google Answers Now Showing Action Links For Third-Party Web Sites
In November, we documented how Google began sprucing up their Google Answers boxes with answer action links. But the catch was, it only worked for Google specific content. I said…
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…