SEO year in review 2019: Zero-click searches, BERT, local spam and more
What’s past is prologue. Here’s our recap of the stories that will shape search for years to come.
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What’s past is prologue. Here’s our recap of the stories that will shape search for years to come.
From core updates to BERT, here are the big algorithm changes that shook up search rankings in 2019.
Search is complicated. The WSJ appeared set on seeing that complexity through a conspiratorial lens.
Google said "We did, actually several updates" this week.
Don't try to optimize for BERT, try to optimize your content for humans.
Veteran SEOs Glenn Gabe and Lily Ray share their insights on Google's core algorithm updates.
From a piano teacher to an SEO - how Dan's journey into the SEO space has not just changed his family's life.
It's easy to get bogged down in every statement. This week was a good reminder to focus on the bigger picture.
A detailed look at the early impact from the latest Google core update.
Google has pre-announced that a new core update is rolling out sometime later today, are you ready?
The tool is designed to help SEOs and businesses more easily track local algo changes.
Every update Google rolls out needs to be discussed on some level but the amount of attention should be relative to its overall impact.
Google has finally given us something we can point to after a core updates negatively impacts a site's ranking in Google search.
Google's Maverick update is still being talked about in the SEO industry but Google has yet to officially comment on it.
Here are tips from Lily Ray on how to fix a site that was hit by a Google core algorithm update.
How Overstock weathered some really bad times in SEO and came out ahead in the long run.
According to Moz, Google has some more work to do to make the Google search results more diverse.
It took five days for Google to roll out the June 2019 core update and about three-days for the diversity update.
Another Google search update has rolled out this week, this one deals with domain diversity in the search results.
This Google update that began rolling out on Monday seems like it was pretty big and the scary part, it isn't done rolling out yet.
Google has launched the June 2019 algorithm update, as it warned on Sunday.
Google says the June 3 update is not a major one, but keep an eye out for how your results will be impacted.
When an algorithm update slams one of your biggest rivals, that's when you should step on the gas.
The company says the rumors are not legit - there was no major update to Google search recently.
The data was not conclusive on any specific tactic or type of site impacted by the algorithm change.
Here's an early look at a nutrition, small e-commerce and larger informational site after the March update. Each made changes based on clues from Google’s Quality Raters’ Guidelines; all saw gains in traffic after the update.
That being said, the data does show some sites that got hit hard with previous core updates improved with this last one.
While Google would not say if the March 2019 core update was a reversal of the August 1 update, the data paint a pretty compelling picture.
Google's Danny Sullivan says this week's algorithm change will be called the "March 2019 Core Update," hopes structure will cut back on confusion.
Here is why some folks are calling this the Florida 2 update but don't let the name confuse you.
A rare Google confirmation came related to a Google search algorithm update this week. Google restated previous advice that there is no fix if your site was negatively impacted.
Google Ads tweaked its mobile speed score algorithm to reduce the number of ad clicks needed to generate a result.
There may have been an update or two in the past week.
Here is our recap of what happened in SEO in 2018 - with links and summaries of some of the bigger changes throughout the year in search and SEO.
A week after the big Google algorithm update, nicknamed the Medic Update, here is everything we know about it, including official information from Google and non-official insights from across the industry.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Don’t miss out on the best offer to attend SMX East Aug 7, 2018 by Search Engine Land Struggling with how (and why) to optimize your site for speed, whether to […]
No one’s immune to traffic drops, and the causes may be easy to overlook. Still, to avoid barking up the wrong tree, gather the evidence first: look closely at the overall stats for a long enough period in your Google Analytics to see if the traffic spike really looks out of place or if it […]
Google has confirmed rumors that a search algorithm update took place on Monday. Some sites may have seen their rankings improve, while others may have seen negative or zero change.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Images update: Captions added to images, pulled from the page title tagMar 13, 2018 by Michelle Robbins To add more context to image results, Google will now display a caption […]
Google acknowledged the suspected update but says there is nothing webmasters can do to fix their sites if they dropped in rankings.