Bing Webmaster Tools gets a new robots.txt tester
Here is another tool you can use from Bing to see how BingBot can or cannot access your web pages....
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Google’s tools now recognize “Web Story”
As Web Stories become more popular, Google now supports labeling them as such in Google Search Console and its testing...
What SEOs get wrong about Google updates
Your ranking decline is likely not due to an update and good luck trying to figure out the ranking factors impacting your...
Saying adieu to AMP: You might be giving up rankings — and revenue
In one study travel marketers saw a 29% bump in mobile revenue with AMP....
Video: Brian Ussery of Razorfish on SEO for e-commerce sites
We also talked about the new GoogleBot and some of the old days in the SEO...
Live with Search Engine Land: What’s New With The Bing Webmaster Guidelines
Updates include how Bing crawls, indexes, ranks web pages, and handles search...
Why SEOs are going to miss the Structured Data Testing Tool
Google’s decision to deprecate the testing tool in favor of the Rich Results Testing Tool isn’t sad because of nostalgia, but because this...
What content survives Google algorithm updates?
Be able to anticipate your target audience's needs....
Google adds new mortgage feature box to search
If you are in the mortgage business, you have one more Google feature to compete...
Google delays mobile-first indexing deadline to March 2021
Due to the pandemic, Google pushed the deadline from September...
Google site command bug being fixed
Google has confirmed the issue was resolved at 3:25pm...
Bing published WordPress plugin to submit content immediately to Bing’s search index
You can now get your WordPress content indexed immediately using Bing Webmaster Tools...
News filter added to Google Search Console performance report
You can now filter your News traffic in Google's performance...
Twitter is now back in Google
After Twitter was hacked, Google removed the Twitter carousel from search - it is now...
The most memorable Google algorithm updates of all time
Panda, Penguin and the Florida updates still loom large. What you can learn from their...
Does Google respect the URL parameters tool?
E-commerce sites should not make assumptions about Google’s crawling parameter - check the log files to confirm...
How to show up on Google Discover: Google’s latest guidance
The updated doc has guidance around article titles, enabling high-quality large images and having timely, engaging...
Google Search drops tweet carousels after Twitter hack
Twitter had a serious and concerning security event Wednesday. Google has since removed tweets from its search...
Back to basics: How to manage your brand through a crisis
Here are some opportunities to protect – and even greatly improve – the reputation of your business and its approach with...
Search engines penalize websites – but why?
Penalties must be seen for what they truly are: stopgap...