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: New Penguin Algorithm Update Not Happening Until Next YearDec 3, 2015 by Barry Schwartz Webmasters and SEOs need to have a bit more patience, as Google is not releasing the […]
While Google did not confirm an update on November 19, there sure is plenty of evidence to show there was a core ranking algorithm update.
Yesterday, Google release an update to their mobile friendly algorithm, penalizing sites using giant app install interstitial ads.
When working with a new client who's experienced a significant traffic loss, it's easy to jump right into an audit. But columnist Glenn Gabe believes you should dig into the search history of the domain first.
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 Panda 4.2 Is Still Rolling Out Oct 1, 2015 by Barry Schwartz Google has confirmed that the Panda 4.2 update that started rolling out 2 1/2 months ago is still […]
Google has no comment on why many webmasters have seen their Panda 4.2 gains reversed on August 14.
When a client loses its featured snippet, columnist Glenn Gabe does some competitive analysis to try to determine why. His findings may shed light on what it takes to get a featured snippet in Google search results.
Google's John Mueller tries to explain why the Panda 4.2 rollout is happening so slowly over months and months.
Google says a Panda refresh began this weekend but will take months to fully roll out.
Google's Gary Illyes reminds us that the Penguin algorithm refresh is still months and months away, as Google works to make Penguin run in real-time.
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 Sending Searchers To Nonexistent Videos Can’t find that video that Google listed in your results? It’s not you. It’s Google. Why Don’t My Leads Convert? – June 30 Webcast Ideas […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: EU Says Process For Reviewing Right To Be Forgotten Appeals Is Working Of the nearly 2,000 complaints reviewed so far, the EU found the majority of denied RTBF requests were justified. […]
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 Says It May Unverify Inactive Local Business Listings Company will first try to contact businesses that haven’t logged in within six months, then may unverify if there’s no response. Mobilegeddon […]
Google's Gary Illyes says webmasters can expect a Panda refresh within the upcoming weeks.
Google Webmaster Trends Analysts Gary Illyes speaks with Search Engine Land founding editor Danny Sullivan to close day one of SMX Advanced.
Google seems to have made an update to their local search ranking factors, where many local SEO experts and reporters are noticing major shifts in the local results.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: The Google-Twitter Deal Goes Live, Giving Tweets Prominent Placement In Google’s Results Tweets now appear for trending topics in a new carousel format. Twitter doesn’t earn directly off display but will […]
Thus far it seems that Google's mobile friendly algorithm, commonly known as Mobilegeddon, has not been all that significant.
Google's John Mueller confirmed the mobile friendly algorithm is rolling out and is actually completely live at some data centers.
What to expect when the Google mobile friendly update is released today...
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 Panda & Penguin Lack Real-Time Updates, Despite Google’s Past Statements Google had given statements that its Panda and Penguin anti-spam fighting filters were running constantly. Now it says there’s still […]
Google had given statements that its Panda and Penguin anti-spam fighting filters were running constantly. Now it says there's still delays between data pushes.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Bing Ads Adding Support For Upgraded URLs The roll out will occur in two stages: one for AdWords imports and a second for full availability within Bing Ads. Link Risk Management: […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Consider Interstitials When Mobile-Friendly-ing Your Site For Google Columnist Mark Munroe explores an element of mobile SEO that may not have occurred to some webmasters. Everything You Need To Know About […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Advertisers Reporting Big Google AdWords Quality Score Declines Issue appears to be affecting accounts globally. Google has now announced a fix is rolling out. They Fooled Us All: Why Google May […]
Google sending notifications to webmasters with sites that are not mobile friendly. Is this a sign of a new mobile algorithm coming soon?
Since Google’s “Florida” Update of November 2003, the search engine has kept to an unofficial promise not to mess with its ranking algorithm during the holiday season. That’s changed this year with a flurry of Penguin Updates. Penguin is Google’s filter to fight spam that gets past its regular spam fighting defenses. It is used […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Paid Search Revenue Gains Outpaced Retailer Ad Spend On Black Friday, Cyber Monday Over the Thanksgiving week, retailers increased ad spend on paid search by 49 percent compared to 2013, according […]
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: Penguin 3.0 Rollout Still Ongoing Google has confirmed with us that the shifts and changes reported throughout the industry on Thanksgiving day were a result of the Penguin 3.0 refresh […]
Google has confirmed with us that the shifts and changes reported throughout the industry on Thanksgiving day were a result of the Penguin 3.0 refresh that first began rolling out 6-weeks ago. Google told us in response to what we saw on Thanksgiving day, “the Penguin rollout is ongoing, and this is just the effect […]
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 Search Will Now Let You Roll The Dice Ever want to roll a dice but not have one handy? Now you can just go to Google and search for [roll […]
Last week, we reported that Google will be pushing out an update to the Google Pirate Update in the upcoming weeks. It looks like Google pushed that update out a few days ago. Torrentfreak reports the update has impacted many torrent sites. Here is a screen shot of the SEO visibility for the site torrentz.eu […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: How Panda 4.1 Should Change Your Content Strategy Contributor Jim Yu shares proprietary data that will help you determine how the latest Panda update might affect your site — and how […]
Google has confirmed to Search Engine Land that it updated its Penguin filter on Friday. Penguin targets sites deemed to be spammy, especially those found in violation of Google’s guidelines about linking. Some noticed major changes in Google search results beginning late Friday night US time and speculated that this was due to the long-awaited Penguin Update that Google had said to expect this […]
Google has announced that the latest version of its Panda Update — a filter designed to penalize “thin” or poor content from ranking well — has been released. Google said in a post on Google+ that a “slow rollout” began earlier this week and will continue into next week, before being complete. Google said that […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Bing Ads Refreshes The Change History Report Bing Ads has rolled out a new look for its Change History reporting. The new format groups changes made by a user at one […]
In 22 days from now, it will be the year anniversary of the release of the fifth update to Google’s Penguin algorithm, code-named Penguin 2.1. As you can imagine, waiting 11 months and 8 days can be excruciating for those who were negatively impacted by the punitive algorithm. They’ve likely by now cleaned up their […]
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 Launches Ability To Track “Website Call Conversions” In AdWords Today, Google launched a what’s likely to become a popular new feature for many AdWords advertisers. Website call conversions allow advertisers […]
On Friday, August 8th, there appears to have been a Google algorithm update that Google said they will not comment on. It may likely be a monthly Google Panda refresh but we cannot confirm if there was an update and if so, if it was Panda or not. I reported the details at the Search […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: For More Accurate Shipping Rates In Google Shopping, Merchant Center Gets Shipping Configuration Tool Google launched new features today to help merchants customize the shipping rates that display in Google Shopping. […]