Google: SEO
Google’s universal search results bid for placement and may be influenced by clicks
In the Search Off The Record podcast, Gary Illyes of Google described how Google ranks news, images, videos and other indexes within the main...
Google review snippets bug seems resolved
Google seems to have fixed the bug where review snippets were not displaying in Google...
Google Search link spam update rolling out now
A new spam algorithm is rolling out over the next two weeks aimed at fighting link spam more broadly....
Google fixing two search bugs; review snippets and soft 404 detection
These bugs lead to some pages being removed from the Google search results or the stars being removed from the Google search...
Google now shows why it ranked a specific search result
Google now list several of the factors it used to rank a result in the about this result...
Google will pass permanent signals with a redirect after a year
If you have a redirect live for a year, you can then remove the redirect and Google will continue to pass the signals from the origin URL to the...
Google categorizes what organic search traffic drops look like
This is the first time Google illustrated what different types of traffic drops look...
Google Search Console performance report adds Math Solvers as search appearance filter
You can now see how your Math Solvers markup is doing using Google Search Console Performance...
Google officially launches SeekToAction for key moments for videos in search
Previously announced at Google I/O, SeekToAction markup is now out of...
Google tries to answer publishers questions on visibility concerns in Google News
Applying to be in Google News has been turned off for years, causing confusion to new...
Google July 2021 core update is finished rolling out
After 12-days, Google said the July 2021 core update is done. It rolled out between July 1st and July...
Google now does soft 404 detection by device type
This can lead to Search Console showing you everything is fine but in reality, some of your desktop pages may not be...
Google’s Pandu Nayak shares his roadmap for MUM and how it can help the company handle more complex queries
“There is no expectation that it will become this question-answering system,” Nayak told Search Engine Land, adding that such a system is...
Google’s July 2021 core update rolled out quickly; here is what the data providers saw
While the June core update took a while to start rolling out, the July core update hit hard and...
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...
Google July 2021 core update rolling out now
This update is the second part of the June 2021 core...
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...
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...
In its first application, Google’s MUM identified 800 variations of vaccine names across 50 languages in seconds
The technology is providing Google with an efficiency advantage over competitors and helping it surface more relevant...
Part two of Google Search spam update on June 28 rolling out
This update impacts both web and image results and is a global...