Google updated guidelines to say spam reports are not for manual actions
Google only uses spam reports to improve its spam prevention...
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.
WSJ: GoogleBot can add products to shopping carts
Make sure to double check those abandoned cart metrics; they may be inflated....
Bing supports rel=sponsored & rel=ugc
You can use the rel="nofollow" or rel="sponsored" or rel="ugc" attributes, to "prevent the links from being followed by a crawler and from...
Bing’s search ranking factors; relevance, quality & credibility, user engagement, freshness, location and page load time
Want to know how Bing ranks web pages? Here is how Bing describes it within its own...
Bing updates its Webmaster Guidelines
These new Bing guidelines discuss the fundamental principles behind how Bing crawls, indexes and ranks content - make sure to review...
Google tests showing Analytics data in Search Console with ‘Insights’
With deeper integration with Google Analytics, Search Console can show you beyond the search results page how users are interacting with your web...
Video: Chris Sherman on helping build Search Marketing Expo and Search Engine Land
He not only built one authority in the search news and conference business, but...
Google confirms fixing issue with indexing Disqus comments
It is not clear how many blogs were impacted by this Google issue but it is now...
What 20 years of Google algorithm updates say about what SEOs should focus on next
More than a history lesson,. How to prepare for the next big Google...
Apple’s Siri gets first major redesign in years
Plus there is a new Apple Translate app that is private and...
Google adds ClaimReview or Fact Check schema support for images
This won't improve your rankings but it may lead to better click-through...
Video: Daniel Waisberg from Google on Search Console and the Search Relations Team
Daniel has a rich history in the search industry, even writing here at Search Engine Land for years before working at...
Video: Eli Schwartz on Google Panda gutting a site’s traffic
We also talked about enterprise SEO and what to expect when working with large companies on...
Should Google not trust links in all guest blog posts?
Google has said again that links in guest blog posts should be...
Google to allow removal of counterfeit goods from search results
You can now submit a form to request Google to review and take down counterfeit goods from Google...
Google Search Console performance report gets recipe filters
Use these new reports to see how well your recipe markup is performing in Google...
Video: Katherine Watier Ong on how to grow your SEO team
We also discussed voice search marketing...
Bing Webmaster Tools new Site Scan feature finds SEO issues
New goodies are in Bing Webmaster Tools; first we got a competitive link tool and now a new SEO audit...
SEMRush drops paid guest blogging service after Google policy scrutiny
Google said selling paid links on blogs is against its webmaster guidelines and that Google can take action against those using the...
Google My Business offers more flexibility with business hours
Check your Google My Business console to set your "more hours" to reflect COVID-19 precautions....