Google updates Custom Search mobile layout
Google’s Custom Search is presenting users with a new mobile layout. The features getting a refreshed look include the search box and...
George Nguyen | Apr 24, 2019 at 12:11 pm ET
SEO
Google confirms AJAX (i.e. XHR) calls consume crawl budget
One more thing to look at if you need to optimize your crawl budget for the most efficient Googlebot crawl of your...
Google starts showing more images in web search results
It might be time for you to focus a bit more on image...
Google takes baby steps to monetize Google Assistant, Google Home
There's a multi-faceted revenue model starting to...
Searching for facts, directions, local businesses are top digital assistant use cases, says survey
Smart speaker ownership jumped from 23 percent to 45 percent of respondents since last year's survey from Microsoft....
Is link building dead? Depends on who you talk to
Some SEOs argue any form of proactive link building is a waste of time. Some say it should be apart of any SEO strategy. So which is...
Why featured snippets could be less of a win going forward
The evolution of the SERP feature is going to steal traffic away from content creators, but it can still be a win. Here’s...
Google: Google News indexing bug has been resolved
Resolved: Google has resolved the issue with Google News not indexing some publisher's...
Building and scaling global SEO Centers of Excellence
Before you can involve your company’s executives in SEO advocacy, you need a set of best practices and clear goals to share. Here's how you do...
Google’s ‘Signed Exchange’ solution let’s publishers use their own URLs for AMP pages
Publishers will need to create a Signed Exchange but Cloudflare (and potentially others) promise to simplify the process....
Google investigating a new indexing bug – this time with Google News
Oh no - another indexing related bug. But this one is limited to only a few Google News...
Does Google owe us more than just an apology over de-indexing?
Do we deserve more transparency from Google? Do we deserve more then jut an...
Why we shouldn’t forget about PageRank in 2019
Before we talk about anything else, let’s address the elephant in the room. The last official public PageRank update happened in December...
De-indexing bug hits Google Search Console reports, tools
Don't trust the Google Search Console coverage and enhancement reports, nor the URL inspection tool until Google fixes ongoing indexing...
Smart speakers set to eclipse tablets globally by 2021
Commerce, advertising or something else: The smart speaker model hasn't been figured out....
10 principles of digital accessibility for modern marketers
Developers and designers can help differently abled users navigate websites by using CSS to control visual page elements. Here are other ways...
Google spotted testing version of GoogleBot that can render more content
Google may be able to fully crawl more advanced and modern web apps sooner than you...
Majority of SMBs doing SEO are in-housing
Nearly 80 percent expressed confidence about knowledge of best practices....
Aligning content and SEO for search success
Here are some best practices to get content and SEO teams working together throughout the creation process to ensure your pages are well-suited...
4% of the Google index hit by de-indexing bug, Moz data shows
Now that the Google de-indexing issue is resolved, how bad was...