Google’s John Mueller said that the Google quality raters guidelines are “not a collection of ranking tips.” He said the quality raters guidelines “can be useful” to think about but…
I am weird, I love user-generated comments and while tons of blogs removed them ages and ages ago, I kept them here. I do my best to remove the spam…
Google has added a new section to the Education Q&A structured data documentation for content guidelines. Google added three higher-level content guidelines around this type of structured data.
The Google helpful content update is now rolling out. It can take up to two weeks to fully roll out. I’m currently typing this on my mobile phone but I…
Google updated the Education Q&A structured data documentation with new guidelines and a new warning of manual actions for non-conforming websites. The post Google Updates Education Q&A Structured Data Documentation…
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Use the latest content creation tips that make blog posts rank high to plan your next content strategy. Learn them in this upcoming webinar! The post 6 Keys To Effective…
As franchises can have a large number of locations by nature, search marketers are faced with the ever present hurdle of scale. More locations means more content and landing pages…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
The canonical and meta robots noindex tags are a great way to preserve website functionality for all users while also instructing search engines. The post When To Canonicalize, Noindex, Or…
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Twitter users will soon be able to filter out potentially harmful and offensive replies with the help of an automatic reply filter. The post Twitter To Let Users Filter Unwanted…
As Google continues to migrate off of the old Google My Business manager to the web search interface to manage your business, Google keeps adding subtle but more features. Now,…
Google is testing a new title for some of the Twitter carousel results in Google Search. I guess if something is trending on Twitter, Google will label the Twitter carousel…
Google has announced on Twitter that it has deprecated the International Targeting report in Google Search Console. Google’s international SEO advice has not changed with this but the International Targeting…
The other day we reported that Google Discover was showing the author name under the article and not the site name, for some stories. Well, Google Discover can now let…
Google Ads announced that Google will start the process of automatically “upgrading” accounts to Performance Max for Local campaigns. Automatic upgrades will gradually progress and finish in September for most…
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Google Ads is rolling out a tool that makes it easy for advertisers to self-upgrade eligible Smart Shopping and Local Campaigns to Performance Max. The post Google Ads Launches Tool…
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Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Three changes to Google’s Article structured data documentation relaxes Top Stories eligibility requirements The post Google Updates Article Structured Data Guidelines appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
New custom bidding options in Google Display & Video 360 will allow advertisers to utilize data from GA4 properties, and optimize bids to capture attention. The post Google Display &…
Google’s Ad Liasion, Ginny Marvin, confirmed on Twitter last week that there are no plans to add support ad customizers for responsive search ads, not now and not in the…
Google is testing a new layout and user experience for the Local Service Ads. This interface has the local service ads on the left and when you click on one,…
Do you write poems, creative texts, abstract thoughts, and the like and are wondering how Google Search can and will rank that type of content? Well, John Mueller of Google…
Google’s John Mueller was asked if mixing topics on a single blog is a bad idea. John implied that yes, it is, at least for users. John said on Twitter…
Google announced on Twitter it has added URL-level data in the example URLs within the Google Core Web Vitals report. Plus Google added that it made some textual changes to…
YouTube takes steps to make podcasts more readily available from a dedicated Explore page. The post YouTube Adds New Podcasts Section appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
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Learn the specific reasons why you might notice your search rankings dropping during weekends. The post Why Do Our Search Rankings Drop On Weekends? appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
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Instagram confirms it’s testing a new photo-centric feature called Candid Challenges, which shares similarities with increasingly popular app BeReal. The post Instagram Tests BeReal Clone ‘Candid Challenges’ appeared first on…
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. Many SEOs don’t…
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Google Search Console will start reporting on the Core Web Vitals (CWV)scores of specific URLs, in addition to aggregate scores for URL groups. The post Google Search Console Update: More…
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As you know, Google will soon roll out the helpful content update and it has some SEOs and site owners a bit on edge. But a recent poll Aleyda Solis…
Google’s John Mueller explained that Google doesn’t really care who wrote the content on your site and saying someone else wrote it and you did not write it won’t save…
A month ago, Google started to slowly roll out the video index report within Google Search Console. Now that rollout is complete, Google announced on Twitter this morning.
Google Maps is now notifying reviewers when their review isn’t posted. The email says “your review isn’t posted” and explains why. In the case below, Google said its moderation systems…
Last week we reported that Google Search Console had an embarrassing bug where it was reporting pages as being indexed, when those pages were not indexed by Google Search. The…
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Harness natural and paid search most synergistically with these six steps. The post 6 Steps To Prioritize Natural & Paid Search In A Holistic Search Strategy appeared first on Search…
Knowing when to use topical authority will help you rank higher than your competitors. Let’s dig into everything you need to know about topical authority. The post What Is Topical…
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…
This week we covered the new big Google update that is coming next week named the helpful content update, I dig deep into it. Google has been talking about content…
Google’s John Mueller was asked what percentage of content-to-ad ratio is too much to rank well in Google Search. As you can imagine, John said there is no number he…
Recently Google recommended strongly against using dynamic rendering as a workaround for JavaScript sites going forward, Google updated its help documentation to strongly say not to use it. But that…
Google’s John Mueller was asked if Google still ranks sites that are on HTTP (not over HTTPS), i.e. insecure sites. John said yes, being on HTTPS is not a requirement…
Google has announced a new big search ranking algorithm update named the helpful content update – yes, Google named it that. This update will start to roll out next week…
Google has announced it will be launching the fifth Product Reviews update in the coming weeks, which would be just a few weeks after Google finished rolling out the last…
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Google is yet again under fire from for its alleged anticompetitive practices in online advertising. According to Bloomberg, the U.S. Department of Justice could sue Alphabet, Inc, the search engine’s…
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Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Google is preparing to launch another iteration of its product review algorithm in the coming weeks, a month after the last one started rolling out. The post Google Readying A…
Google has released version 11.1 of the Google Ads API. Version 11 of the Google Ads API was released in June, so this is a minor update to version 11.
Do you consider yourself an SEO perfectionist? Marie Amelie White posted a poll on Twitter asking “Do you consider yourself a perfectionist in SEO?” Most, about 70% said, no, they…
Google announced it’s launching a new algorithm update next week called the helpful content update. It aims to devalue content written primarily for SEO. The post Google ‘Helpful Content’ Algorithm…
Fabrice Canel from Microsoft said that each day Bing discovers 12s of billions of normalized URLs never seen before. That is a lot of new URLs for BingBot to find…
Most SEOs that have been doing the search engine optimization thing for any amount of time know that Google can and likely will drop out URLs from the Google index….
Google has once again said that placing Google AdSense ads on your site will not and does not help your site rank better in Google Search. Danny Sullivan of Google…
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If your business invests in a social media strategy, you expect to see results. Yet, as any social media marketer knows, reporting effectively on those results isn’t always as easy…
30 days ago, the Google Search timer and stopwatch feature stopped working. Well, I am glad to report, the stopwatch was fixed and it is now working again.
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
TikTok continues its e-commerce push with the introduction of three types of shopping ads with expanded placement options that go beyond the For You page. The post TikTok Introduces 3…
Generating awareness and earning participation perfectly aligns with promotion through paid search and social advertising. The post How To Use Paid Search & Social Ads For Promoting Events appeared first…
Google’s John Mueller says there’s no rush for websites to switch away from dynamic rendering, despite a help document saying it’s not a long-term solution. The post Google: No Rush…
One space that seemed to be hit the hardest by the last Google Product reviews update – the July 2022 update – was the affiliate space. Some affiliates are scrambling…
Google’s John Mueller explained that for some sites, the model and fundamentals the site was built upon are “just no longer feasible.” He explained this when someone asked how long…
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that “lots of SEOs & sites produce terrible content that’s not worth indexing,” when someone was complaining his content was not indexed. “Just because…
Rank Ranger reports show a significant drop again with the rich results for FAQs in the Google search results. Earlier this month 31% of the results the company tracked had…
Google just announced that it fixed a bug with Google Search Console that labeled pages as being indexed when they were not indexed. Google said this bug “affected many properties”.
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Google says an issue with Search Console caused it to report an incorrect number of indexed pages. The issue is now resolved. The post Google Search Console Was Reporting Incorrect…
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