Google: SEO
Google floods webmasters with ‘mobile-first indexing enabled’ notifications
Did you get a notice from Google that your site is now enabled for mobile-first indexing? You're not...
Deciphering search intent: 5 areas to get you started
Here are five ways to use search engine results and smart keyword research to help determine search intent for higher...
Google: AMP to use ‘consensus-seeking’ governance model
Nearly 80 percent of AMP contributors are now third parties....
How e-commerce can compete for informational queries by optimizing for intent
How do you optimize for search intent? Here's a look at how Google may return informational queries to relevant e-commerce pages and how you can...
Google admits it’s using very limited personalization in search results
Outside of a searcher's location or immediate context from a prior search, Google doesn't personalize the search...
Google tests sub-images in search result snippets for sitelinks
SEOs and webmasters may want to look into how to optimize for images that Google may use for sitelinks in mobile search with this new...
You can break Google search by searching for ‘compare the market’
Google returns "Server Error" for a query for the past 6+...
Google looking for ways to handle sites blocking searchers over GDPR
Google admits it is a bad user experience for a European user to see content in web search, click on it and get a blocked page because of...
Hurricane Florence query shows Google delivering zero search results again in web search
After testing zero-search results back in March, Google may be testing showing no results...
EU approves controversial copyright directive aimed at Google, Facebook, Twitter
The new rules, which require member-state approval to go into effect, amount to a kind of 'GDPR for...
Double down on speed optimization with these 9 advanced tips
Does your site have a need, a need for speed? Here's a breakdown of Google's PageSpeed Insight Rules and best practice advice on optimizing web...
After Google manual actions expire, algorithms may handle some of those site penalties
Google has confirmed again that manual actions, human-driven search penalties, can expire over...
How to recover from a negative SEO attack – Part 5
As our series continues, we look at the cleanup process and show how to recover content, links and user signals after being hit by negative...
Google gives thumbs-up on placing your local reviews from Yelp, Google Maps and others on your own website
The only exception here: Make sure not to mark up those copied reviews with review structured data and schema. That would be against Google's...
Google Dataset Search: A new search service to find data from sciences, government, some news organizations
Using dataset schema, you can mark up your data to get it included in the new Google Dataset Search...
Here’s how to ‘expertly’ hit a link-building home run
Use expert opinions in content so when you build it, the links will...
European publishers accuse Google and Facebook of ‘plundering’ their content
Publishers and media companies have stepped up lobbying for a restrictive copyright law that would effectively create 'link taxes.'...
Google Search Console out of beta, adds more features
Google has added a manual actions section to the new Google Search Console, and the URL inspection tool now works in real...
5 ways to avoid duplicate content and indexing issues on your e-commerce site
Before a page can rank well, it needs to be crawled and indexed. Contributor Manish Dudharejia shares five tips to give your pages the best...
How small businesses can see big results with foundational SEO
Where can you put 20% effort for 80% SEO return? Contributor Marcus Miller outlines SEO tactics SMB owners can use for easy but effective...
