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.

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Are all the Google algorithm updates too much to handle?; Wednesday’s daily brief

Also, Google talks about search rankings and spam...

Jul 7, 2021 at 10:00 am ET

Google on how it ranks search results and prevents obvious spam

Don't focus on one or two specific signals, make your site is better overall says...

Jul 6, 2021 at 8:31 am ET

Google July 2021 core update rolling out now

This update is the second part of the June 2021 core...

Jul 1, 2021 at 12:04 pm ET

Sharing is caring; Wednesday’s daily brief

Plus, Broad Match Modifier goes away in...

Jun 30, 2021 at 10:00 am ET

It can take hours to weeks for new content to be indexed, says Google

Quality is one of the more important aspects of getting Google to index and rank your pages...

Jun 30, 2021 at 9:55 am ET

Google’s help guide on redirects and Google Search updated

This document has been updated to show you how various forms of redirects impact your site's performance in Google...

Jun 30, 2021 at 8:08 am ET

Part two of Google Search spam update on June 28 rolling out

This update impacts both web and image results and is a global...

Jun 28, 2021 at 2:23 pm ET

Google publishes SEO guide to HTTP status codes, network issues and DNS errors

The official guide to how these server related issues or responses impact your Google Search performance....

Jun 25, 2021 at 2:49 pm ET

Google Search notice warns searchers when results are new and possibly unreliable

The warning indicates when Google knows when its search results may not show the best...

Jun 25, 2021 at 6:44 am ET

Google Search releases spam update on June 23

If you notice ranking changes today, it might be related to Google's spam fighting...

Jun 23, 2021 at 1:13 pm ET

Google rankings, quality and relevancy; Wednesday’s daily brief

Also, non-AMP content now in top stories...

Jun 23, 2021 at 10:00 am ET

Google may suspend merchant sites that show invalid product availability

Google Merchant Center has a new policy for Inaccurate availability due to inconsistent availability between the landing page and checkout pages on...

Jun 22, 2021 at 8:27 am ET