Google: Mobile
Google drops its mobile-first indexing deadline, leaves it open-ended
Google said because of some difficulties that some sites may have moving to mobile-first indexing, it has decided to not move those sites over...
Barry Schwartz
Barry Schwartz a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry's personal blog is named Cartoon Barry and he can be followed on Twitter here.
Google: SEO
Google had a crawling issues that impacted some sites
Between November 11th and November 17th, Googlebot slowed crawling on some...
Bing
Microsoft Bing launched Page insights
After months of testing, the lightbulb icon in the Bing Search results are live for...
SEO
Google’s November 2021 core update hit fast and hard; here is what the data providers saw
The results from this data showed that this rollout hit hard within the first 24 hours of the announcement and then slowed...
SEO
Google Search Console rolls out new design
Google has rolled out a new look for Google Search Console aimed at improving accessibility and user...
Google: SEO
Google logo schema markup now requires logos to look good on white backgrounds
This is a new requirement for your logo structured data and if logo does not render well on white backgrounds, it may not qualify for inclusion in...
SEO
Google adds documentation on translated search results and ad networks with Google Translate
Have you recently seen Google translate your snippets? Here is how to control it....
Google: Algorithm Updates
Google November 2021 Core Update rolling out today
We have a new core update rolling out later...
Google: SEO
Lighthouse 9.0 includes API changes, user flows, updated reports and more
Check out the new features in the updated version of Lighthouse, which has been released with the new PageSpeed Insights...
SEO
Edward Snowden calls out Google over search engine’s privacy
Will this tweet trigger some change at Google? Probably not - but it might be wishful...
SEO
Google rolling out new PageSpeed Insights
Google announced these changes weeks ago but it is now rolling out under a new URL....
Bing SEO
Microsoft list of Bingbot IP addresses released
Knowing which bot is really from Microsoft Bing and which is not can help you decide which rogue bots to block from your...
PPC
Google now allows the sale of medical tests kits
New Google Merchant Center policy now allows you to list your at-home results or lab results and over-the-counter test kits in both free and paid ...
PPC
Google Ads shopping ads bug results in huge CPC spike; issue now resolved
The bug was between 6pm PST on Friday Nov 12 through 3am PST Saturday, Nov...
SEO
SiteGround Google’s crawling and indexing issues fixed
After numerous days where sites hosted on SiteGround were blocking Google from indexing, the issue has been resolved this...
Google: Algorithm Updates
Google November spam update is fully rolled out
This rollout took about 8 days to complete - so check your rankings to see if you were...
Google: Rich Snippets
Google logo schema gains ImageObject type support
In addition to the URL type, you can now use the ImageObject type....
Google: SEO
List of Googlebot IP addresses released
Knowing which bot is really Google and which is not can help you decide which rogue bots to block from your...
SEO
Google is testing the IndexNow protocol for sustainability
After both Microsoft Bing and Yandex announce IndexNow, Google promises to give it a...
PPC
Google Keyword Planner Tool gains year-over-year, 3-month change and trends data
The platform is making more data available that you can use to make informed decisions about your search...