Google handles reconsideration requests in batches
John Mueller said that the Google team goes through reconsideration requests in batches, so sometimes it can feel like there is a backlog.
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Video: Brian Dean on growing YouTube subscribers and the nofollow link change
Brian Dean does SEO training and has grow a nice following over the years. I sit down with Brian to discuss his history and so much more.
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Google’s John Mueller on intent research vs keyword research for 2020
Is Google all in on intent research versus keyword research for SEOs? Maybe not…
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How to Write a Marketing Research Objective
We all know the old adage: is marketing is an art or a science? At Seer, we think it’s both. But we don’t necessarily think it’s both at the same time. We believe the better question is: which comes first in marketing, art or science?…
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Google Search Console URL Parameter Data Issues
John Mueller from Google has confirmed an issue with the data being displayed in the URL parameter tool within the old Google Search Console. In short, the tool is showing sometimes zero and often less than it should, URL parameter settings for the si…
You Can Win At Google My Business Without Doing Anything On Google My Business
We got the opportunity to expand the organic program we have with a Big Baller Brand ™. This always makes me giddy, as I think local organic search is one of the places where we excel. Turns out, I was right to think so, because we crushed it.Like I mentioned, this is all organic search […]
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Five simple content marketing trends for 2020
How can you improve your content marketing strategy in 2020? Here are five simple and useful content marketing trends to follow in … read more
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Google tests user comments for live TV shows
TV shows get the real-time user comments feature that has been working for sporting events in Google search.
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Google Ads Outsourced Partner Teleperformance Trying To Poach Your Clients
We know that Google has a history of calling companies and selling them to use Google Ads. Sometimes that means they may call your clients that are already using Google Ads to convince them to do things differently, which might result in you losing a c…
Google Search Console Crawl Stats Report Stuck
We have another Google Search Console bug to report, this one is with the crawl stats report. Yes, another legacy tool and report. The crawl stats report is a bit out of date, only having data as fresh as December 30, 2019. That is over a week old, an…
Google Reconsideration Requests Responses With Longer Wait Times?
There have been numerous reports within the SEO community that Google has been really slow recently to respond to some reconsideration requests. Some are taking months but most are taking many weeks. I believe at some point, responses use to take day…
Google January 7th Search Ranking Algorithm Update Early Signals
I am seeing some early signals of a possible Google search ranking algorithm update starting today, January 7, 2020. There is some chatter within the SEO community and some of the tools are picking up on ranking fluctuations.
Direct site navigation via voice arrives on iOS Bing Search app
The app also has a new look featuring a carousel of common search categories.
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Google working on fixing data in URL parameter tool
The legacy URL parameter tool in Google Search Console is having some issues, Google is aware and working on it.
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Yoast SEO 12.8: Fixes and enhancements
Welcome to another year of helping you achieve your goals with your site! Today, it’s time for the first in a long line of releases planned for 2020: Yoast SEO 12.8. In this release, you’ll find a number of bug fixes and performance enhancements. Let’s get to it! Enhancements A while ago, a developer called […]
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Bing’s Frédéric Dubut: Keyword Research Practices Should Be Replaced By Intent Research
At SMX the team did a short interview with Frédéric Dubut, the PM of overall Bing’s core search team, who said that he thinks SEOs need to move from keyword based research practices to intent research practices. He said with search engines focusing more on intent versus keywords, with the deployment of BERT and other machine learning techniques – that is an important area SEOs should focus on in 2020.
Google Mocks SEO Strategy To Update Stories With “2020” Titles & Headlines
I see a lot of SEOs over the years push out new stories, repurposed, with a new headline for the new year. So this year you’d see articles on “how to optimize for Google BERT in 2020” whereas last year it would be “how to optimize for Google BERT in 2…
Medium Google Organic Traffic Takes A Beating
It seems that Medium, the popular publishing platform, hasn’t been doing too well in Google over the past couple of months – especially since December. And it seems like it is getting worse. Some are saying the site has 40% declines in organic visibil…
Google Reminds Us To Fix Internal Links That 404
Google posted a response on the Google Webmaster Twitter account reminding us that when you get 404 error reports, you should make sure your internal links are not causing it. Meaning, make sure your internal links are not 404ing to a page that does no…