


Google: You Don’t Have To Resubmit Your Page For Indexing E...
Google’s John Mueller said when it comes to reindexing and resubmitting your web pages to Google Search – Google does it on its own. You do not need to resubmit…

Daily Search Forum Recap: June 2, 2022
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google has brand…

Google Hints Useful Nofollow Links Won’t Pass Much Or Any W...
Danny Sullivan from Google hinted the other day on Twitter that links that are nofollowed, even if they are useful links, are unlikely to pass much weight or any weight…

Google Sitemap Submission Date A Day Head – How Futuristic
Yesterday an SEO named Nilesh Dhobi submitted an XML sitemap through Google Search Console. It was on June 1, 2022 but Google showed the date submitted as June 2, 2022….

New Google Search Learning Video Rich Results
Google has added new rich results for learning videos. Learning videos are videos that are aimed at students and teachers to discover and watch educational videos. They include educational level…

Google Ads Guides For Search Ads Automation & Keyword Matchin...
Google’s Ginny Marvin shared two new resources and guides around Google Ads that the company just announced. One is the Search Ads Automation Guide and the other is a guide…

New Google Author Markup Best Practices For Article Structured Da...
Google has posted a whole new section in the article structured data documentation for author markup best practices. These new best practices can help you communicate to Google the correct…


Daily Search Forum Recap: June 1, 2022
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…


Google Tests Knowledge Panel Without A Box Border
Google is testing a user interface where it does not surround a knowledge panel completely with a box. Instead, there is just this vertical divider line in the desktop results.

Google Suspends Job Training Rich Results
Google has officially suspended (pun intended) the job training rich results, this is something Google did by accident in January 2021 but now it is official. Google said they “ultimately…

Google News Performance Report Reporting Issue (May 12 – Ma...
Google Search Console has yet another reporting bug, this one is with the Google News performance report. The data between May 12, 2022 and May 26, 2022 may show a…

The SEO Impact Of The Google May 2022 Broad Core Update
Last week, on May 26th, Google released the long awaited Google May 2022 core update. The update really kicked into high gear quickly, with a ton of volatility noticed within…

Google Business Profiles Bug Temporarily Drops Product Management...
The folks at WhiteSpark showed screenshots of Google Business Profile limiting the control you have over your product listings within your local panel. They showed how “businesses can no longer…

Daily Search Forum Recap: May 31, 2022
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web…

Google SEO Question: How Much Plagiarism Percentage-wise Is Allow...
I spotted a weird question that was asked of Google’s John Mueller around plagiarism. The question was, what percentage level of plagiarism does Google allow so a site can rank…

Google AdWords API Error Rates Begins June 1st
As you know, Google has sunset the AdWords API on April 27th. But Google let it work over the past month or so. Well, starting June 1st, Google will increase…

Rumor: Apple To Announce New Search Engine Next Week
Robert Scoble posted a bunch of items around what to expect from the Apple World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) that is happening Monday, June 6th. Robert said a bunch of…

Google Featured Snippet With Question Header
I am honestly not sure if this is new, but I tried to replicate this and it took a few tries on various mobile browsers to trigger it. Google is…

Google Core Updates Uses Data Before Launch But May Update Data B...
Google’s John Mueller was asked what are the timeframes for the data used when calculating quality metrics for the Google broad core updates. John said that there is a lot…


Daily Search Forum Recap: May 30, 2022
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…


Google Doesn’t Have Advice On When To Use Subdomains For YM...
Google’s John Mueller was asked Myriam Jessier if it makes sense to use subdomains for the YMYL content on a larger site. She asked “if a subdomain talks about a…

Google Memorial Day Logo With Remembrance Day Poppies
Google has its grayed out logo for Memorial Day today but it also has remembrance day flowers, red poppies, in the footer of the search results. So when you click…

New Google Electric Bikes Guidelines
Google has posted new guidelines to the Google Merchant Center for electric or motorized bikes. You must now list the max speed of the electric bike, if you do not,…

Google Ads Under Review Status Now Won’t Trigger Ads
Google updated its Google Ads policy saying that keywords won’t be able to trigger ads until they’ve been reviewed. This is effective immediately and will be fully ramped up and…

Vlog #175: James Pate On Enterprise SEO Adoption & SEO Driven...
In part one with James Pate, we spoke about doing SEO at IBM and using Airtable for managing enterprise SEO data. In part two, we talk about enterprise SEO adoption…

Google Video On Why Search Console Graphs Fluctuate
Google’s John Mueller posted one of those short question and answer videos the other day, this one was on why do the Google Search Console graphs sometimes fluctuation. The answer…

Daily Search Forum Recap: May 27, 2022
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google is now…

Google Maps Mobile Showing Justifications On The Map
Google is now showing justifications directly in the Google Maps mobile interface and app for businesses that you might be interested in. Justifications are basically reviews or comments about the…

Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google May Core Update, Google Rank...
After over six months of waiting, we finally got a new Google broad core update, the May 2022 core update, I discuss some of what we are seeing early on…

Do No-Indexed Pages With Canonical To New Page Pass Google Signal...
Kenichi Suzuki asked Google’s John Mueller an SEO question that got an interesting response. The question was “I’m curious about this thread. If page A has noindex and rel=canonical pointing…

Google Displaying Less Sitelinks For The Past Couple Months
The other day, I reported on Search Engine Land that Google seems to be showing fewer sitelinks in the search snippets. Not that Google is showing sitelinks less often in…


Google Ads To Prohibit Some Skin Lightening Products
Google Ads will prohibit some skin lightening products starting in June 2020. Any skin lightening product that imply the superiority of one skin tone over another will not be allowed…

Google Tests Search Bar Menu Links In Box Button Like Interface
Google Search is testing a new design for the search bar menu items, where Google shows images, videos, news, etc under the search bar. Instead of the normal links with…

Daily Search Forum Recap: May 26, 2022
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Alexa Rank Still Alive Despite Shutting Down
Despite Alexa.com formerly shutting down on May 1st and the web site saying it was retired, the backend APIs and tools seems to still work. Not that any of that…

Google Ads Adds New Audience Targeting & Reporting Features
Google Ads emailed some advertisers earlier this week about three new audience targeting and reporting features. Here is what is new:

Google May 2022 Broad Core Update Is Live – What We Are See...
Google Search has started to roll out the first broad core update of the year, the May 2022 broad core update. It started on May 25, 2022 at about 11:30am…

Google Ads Smart Display Campaign and Optimized Targeting Changes
Google posted in the Google Ads community forums about upcoming changes coming to Display Campaigns. Google said these changes are for simplifying campaign creation and management. Also Optimized targeting is…


Google AdSense Updates Search Style Ad Extensions
Google AdSense announced it is changing how some ad extension settings work for search styles for AdSense for Search. This change is happening on June 23, 2022.

Daily Search Forum Recap: May 25, 2022
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web…

Google Analytics 4 Doesn’t Support Google AMP Yet
For those of you still using Google AMP, like myself, did you know that GA 4, Google Analytics 4 and Google AMP do not play nicely together. GA4 still does…

Google Ads News From Google Marketing Live – There Is A Lot...
As you may have known, Google Marketing Live was yesterday – it is the day Google Ads announces a bunch of new features, resources and tools now and for the…

Google Ads CPC Bug Inflates Click Prices By 300%+
Google Ads posted about a bug that impacted some non-US campaigns cost per click (CPC) prices. Specifically that the CPCs were inflated. Some advertisers are reporting inflation numbers over 300…

Report: Google Showing More Search Results With FAQ Rich Results
RankRanger is reporting that Google is now showing FAQ rich results in the Google search results five percentage points more often. The data shows Google is showing these FAQs for…


Google Lens In Chrome Sticks In Same Browser Tab
I love Google Lens, I assume most of you do too or you haven’t really tried it. And now Google Lens got a bit easier to use if you are…

Daily Search Forum Recap: May 24, 2022
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Bing Tests Branded Sidebar Navigation Tool
Microsoft Bing is testing a branded side bar explorer bar on the left side for some branded queries. I was able to replicate it in Safari on Mac but not…

Google Search Explore Outfits & Shop Similar
Google’s search results keep getting more and more visual and with this newish Explore Outfits and Shop Similar box, we now see super large images that slide into other images….

Screenshots Now In The Google AdSense Policy Center
Google AdSense said it can now show you screenshots of your issues in the AdSense policy center. “To make it easier to determine what to fix when you have a…

Google Updates Video Best Practices For Thumbnail Transparency Gu...
Google has added one line to its video best practices document explaining that you should have at least 80% of your thumbnail pixels have little or no transparency to enable…

Google Search Algorithm Update Tremors & Instability Continue...
So last Monday, we reported about a Google search ranking algorithm update that touched down on May 16th – the 6 month or so anniversary of the last confirmed Google…


Daily Search Forum Recap: May 23, 2022
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google is into…

Google Inclusive Schema For Image Search Monk Skin Tone Scale Not...
One of the announcements at Google I/O was a new way to filter image results by skin tones. Part of that announcement, that I embedded in my coverage, was Google…

Google Search Console To Change Coverage Report To Pages Report?
Remember the new video page indexing report Google demonstrated at Google I/O? Well, I didn’t pick up on this but Google may be renaming the “coverage” report to “pages” report….

Google: Slower Server Response Time Wont Lead To Rich Results Dro...
Google’s John Mueller said that “rich results would not drop due to a slower response from the server.” He said this on Twitter when someone said they “lost 90% of…

Google Search Tests Grid Layout For Ads
Google is now also testing that grid layout for ads, not just for desktop results. Yes, Google launched on mobile a new visual grid layout. And now Google is testing…

Vlog #174: James Pate On SEO At IBM & Using Airtable For Mana...
James Pate is the Technical SEO Manager at IBM, IBM has a whole group of respected and well known SEOs. I’ve spoken with Patrick Stox while he was at IBM,…

New Google News Trial Being Tested
Google is testing a new version of the Google News portal. I am able to replicate it in some browsers, but not all. The message at the top says “you’re…


Google Search Grid Format Visual Design On Desktop
It looks like Google is testing the more visual grid format design that was officially launched on mobile, now on desktop Google Search results. This typically comes up for product…

Daily Search Forum Recap: May 20, 2022
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…


Google Shows Item As Out Of Stock For Items Using Back Order Valu...
Did you know that Google shows “out of stock” for items you label with the value of back ordered in your structured data for products? Some feel it should say…

A Dedicated Google Search Local Ad Pack
Google seems to be testing adding a local pack for ads along with a normal organic local pack, I believe. Here is a screenshot showing a local pack labeled as…

Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Update, Spammers K...
There was another unconfirmed update on May 16th…

Google Popular Products Carousel With Filter Selectors
Google launched the popular products carousel in 2019 but now it seems Google is showing a carousel above the products to filter based on price, brand and other attributes. So…

Google: Don’t Get Hung Up About “Toxic Links”
Google’s John Mueller responded to some concerns on Reddit about “toxic links.” He was asked where do these toxic links come from, in which he replied “Toxic links is all…

The Industry Mourns The Loss Of Bill Slawski: The SEO Mentor To T...
It pains me to write this – Bill Slawski, a man who has literally helped transform the SEO industry into what it is today, has passed away on Tuesday, May…

Daily Search Forum Recap: May 19, 2022
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Google Ads Tests Replacing Ad Label With Sponsored Label
Google Ads is testing replacing the “ads” label with a “sponsored” label again. And just so you know, Google in 2010 replaced the “sponsored” label with an “ad” label until…

Google Tests Slightly Larger Favicons In Mobile Search Results
Breaking news — Google is testing a slightly larger favicon near the title of the search result in the mobile search interface. I do not know how Vlad Rappoport noticed…

New Form Of Google Knowledge Panel Spam Or Is This A Simple Googl...
If you do a search on [seo services india] you will see a knowledge panel show up for a “musical artist” named “SEO Services in India.” The question is, is…


Google Shows Video Thumbnail In SERPs Without Embedding Video On ...
Crystal Carter posted an example on Twitter of Google showing a video thumbnail for a snippet of her page but that page did not actually embed a video on the…

Google Search Scroll To Highlight Now Can Share Highlighted Text ...
The Google Search and Chrome feature where you click on a snippet and you are taken to a position on that publisher’s page and it highlights the appropriate text now…

Daily Search Forum Recap: May 18, 2022
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

John Mueller Of Google Can See Search Spam In Languages He Does N...
Google’s John Mueller is able to see and identify content search related spam without even speaking the language. Supposedly this is not a magical power or even that hard to…

Google Search News Box News Link Now Clickable
The Google Search news box has a header named “News” for some queries. That header was never clickable until just recently. Now, you can click on the header and it…

Google Search Console Performance Reports Now Shows Education Q&a...
Last week, we covered how Google now supports Education Q&A structured data as Google rich results in Google Search. Well now some folks who have implemented it are seeing Education…

Google Hotel Results Using Reviews For Things To Do & Review ...
Google for years has been doing super fancy search features based on reviews left in Google Maps. Here are some more features that may or may not be new, but…


Bing Autocomplete Search Bar With Trending, Related & People ...
Microsoft Bing is testing showing more information in the autocomplete search suggestions search bar drop down menu. Bing is showing trending now searches, related searches and also people also ask…

Daily Search Forum Recap: May 17, 2022
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web…

Google Search Snippet “View Full List” Link
Google has all sorts of search result snippets and features including sitelinks. Here is an interesting that may not be new, but Google shows a normal snippet with horizontal sitelinks…

Google Search Recipe Results Segmented By Type
Google seems to be showing the recipe grid format not just by showing popular recipes but also showing recipe carousels broken down by recipe type. Honestly, I don’t know if…

Google Search Ranking Update Monday On May 16th (Unconfirmed)
At least we had a quiet weekend for the first time in a while, but that didn’t last long. Monday, May 16th, we once again saw multiple signals of a…

Google May Replace FID With INP (Interaction to Next Paint) For C...
At Google I/O last week, Google’s Annie Sullivan and Michal Mocny introduced a new metric named INP or Interaction to Next Paint. INP measures overall responsiveness to user interactions on…

Google Ads Scripts New Campaign Bid Strategies Support & Perf...
Google announced updates and improvements to the Google Ads Scripts last week. Google wrote it is “rolling out a new scripts experience featuring improved performance, support for campaign bid strategies,…


Daily Search Forum Recap: May 16, 2022
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Bing Moves Explore More On Left Side
Microsoft Bing has moved the “explore more” feature from under the image carousel snippet to the left hand side of that snippet. We first noticed this explore more feature in…