Google’s Knowledge Graph Finally Shows Social Networks Not Named Google+
Years after a controversy over a decision to promote its own social network, Google+, in search results, Google has begun linking to other social networks in its Knowledge Graph. As first spotted by Bernd Rubel and reported by Search Engine Roundtable,…
SearchCap: Google Serious On Mobile, Twitter Search Expands & AdWords Demographic Charts
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Is Experimenting With Special Ranking For Mobile-Friendly Sites Google already penalizes sites that provide …
Twitter Search Now Indexes Every Public Tweet
Twitter history will soon be more accessible. The company announced today that it is giving users the ability to search within the full archive of public tweets. From a blog post by Twitter search infrastructure engineer Yi Zhuang: Since that first sim…
Target Adds Product Search to App in Time for Black Friday
Target looks to make Black Friday easier for shoppers with the release of new search features on its mobile app.
Target Adds Product Search to App in Time for Black Friday
Target looks to make Black Friday easier for shoppers with the release of new search features on its mobile app.
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AdWords’ New Demographics Charts Offer Visual Insights On Age, Gender & Parental Status
The Demographics tab under the Display Network section in AdWords now displays charts on gender, age and parental status for campaigns running on the display network, including retargeting campaigns. The Demographics tab began rolling out last month. T…
Google Officially Debuts “Mobile-Friendly” Labels
After much testing, Google has finally introduced user notifications within search results for mobile-friendly websites.
Google Officially Debuts “Mobile-Friendly” Labels
After much testing, Google has finally introduced user notifications within search results for mobile-friendly websites.
Local Directories May Survive Google’s New Local Knowledge Pack
Last week, Google started to switch out its local Carousel results for a new set of mobilish-type pack results that appear to rely heavily on its local Knowledge Panels, so let’s call it a Knowledge Pack, or “K-Pack”, for the purposes of this post. In his seminal post Some Thoughts On The New Pak Results […]
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Check Out the All New SMX West Agenda – Register Now & Save $300
Search Marketing Expo – SMX West returns to San Jose in March with need-to-know tactics and high-level networking for digital marketers. With a primary focus on search marketing, the agenda features 60 sessions, keynotes and clinics to suit your experience and skill level, whether you’re a…
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Searchmetrics Files “IPRs” To Invalidate BrightEdge SEO Patents In Lawsuit
Roughly a year ago several BrightEdge SEO-related patents were granted. The company almost immediately turned around and sued Searchmetrics for violation of that IP. Searchmetrics has now filed what’s called an “inter partes review” (IPR) petition to essentially invalidate some or…
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Helping users find mobile-friendly pages
Webmaster level: All
Have you ever tapped on a Google Search result on your mobile phone, only to find yourself looking at a page where the text was too small, the links were tiny, and you had to scroll sideways to see all the content? This usually happens when the website has not been optimized to be viewed on a mobile phone.
This can be a frustrating experience for our mobile searchers. Starting today, to make it easier for people to find the information that they’re looking for, we’re adding a “mobile-friendly” label to our mobile search results.
This change will be rolling out globally over the next few weeks. A page is eligible for the “mobile-friendly” label if it meets the following criteria as detected by Googlebot:
- Avoids software that is not common on mobile devices, like Flash
- Uses text that is readable without zooming
- Sizes content to the screen so users don’t have to scroll horizontally or zoom
- Places links far enough apart so that the correct one can be easily tapped
If you want to make sure that your page meets the mobile-friendly criteria:
- Check your pages with the Mobile-Friendly Test
- Read our updated documentation on our Webmasters Mobile Guide on how to create and improve your mobile site
- See the Mobile usability report in Google Webmaster Tools, which highlights major mobile usability issues across your entire site, not just one page
- Check our how-to guide for third-party software like WordPress or Joomla, in order to migrate your website hosted on a CMS (Content Management System) to use a mobile-friendly template
The tools and documentation above are currently available in English. They will be available in additional languages within the next few weeks.
We see these labels as a first step in helping mobile users to have a better mobile web experience. We are also experimenting with using the mobile-friendly criteria as a ranking signal.
If you have any questions or want to help others make mobile-friendly sites, visit our Webmaster Help Forum. We hope to see many more mobile-friendly websites in the future. Let’s make the web better for all users!
Posted by Ryoichi Imaizumi and Doantam Phan, Google Mobile Search
21 Link Building Ideas That Have Nothing To Do With Guest Posting
Need some creative inspiration for link building tactics? Columnist Erin Everhart has you covered.
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Replace (Not Provided) With Behavioural Analysis & Fuzzy Matching To Boost SEO
Worried about your site’s bounce rate? Columnist Chris Liversidge details how to identify and fix problem pages using Google Analytics and Webmaster Tools.
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Supercharge Your PPC Workflow
Supercharge your PPC workflow with these daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly tasks.
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Google Finally Choses Text Based “Mobile Friendly” in SERPs
Yet another new ranking algorithm for your non mobile website has been officially released from Google. This one might start to sway your resistance to creating a mobile version.
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Google Launches Mobile Friendly Test Tool
Wondering if your site will qualify for Google’s new mobile-friendly labels or be ready for a potential mobile-friendly ranking boost? Google has a new tool to help. The new tool is at google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly and it basically gives you a pass or fail grade. Either it tells…
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