Google PageSpeed Insights tool gets a major update with more data from Lighthouse
Version 5 is out for Google PageSpeed Insights, and it provides a wealth of information.
Topic: Google PageSpeed Tools
SearchCap: Google Search Console properties, Chrome UX & Bing & Google Ads scripts
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 testing YouTube movie trailer videos in ads on Google.comNov 8, 2018 by Ginny Marvin The videos appear in a carousel ad unit. Google Search Console experiments with domain propertiesNov 8, […]
SearchCap: Google Search Console adds features, Amazon advertising, Bing Webmaster Tools & more
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 ultimate guide to using Bing Webmaster Tools – Part 3 Aug 15, 2018 by Christi Olson Bing Chief Evangelist and contributor Christi Olson reviews the Diagnostics & Tools and Security […]
SearchCap: Aivon launches blockchain-based protocol, increasing PageSpeed, memorable PPC ads & more
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Forget me not: 3 steps to make your PPC ads more memorable Aug 14, 2018 by Purna Virji What makes text ads memorable? Contributor Purna Virji looks at ways to keep […]
How to increase your PageSpeed in WordPress
With over 59% of websites using WordPress as a CMS, optimizing them to load quickly is a good idea. Contributor Dave Davies walks through key steps and shows how to optimize a WordPress site for Google PageSpeed.
Report: Google mobile speed update has no impact on general mobile rankings
So far, the Google Speed Update algorithm has had no impact on rankings in the mobile search results, says one study.
Google Speed Update is now being released to all users
After six months of preparation, the Google Speed Update is now rolling out. It only impacts the mobile search rankings of the slowest of sites on the internet.
Ask the SMXperts: The latest in advanced technical SEO
SMXperts Dawn Anderson, Bastian Grimm and Brian Weiss answer technical SEO questions on time to first meaningful paint, indexation and crawling controls, challenges associated with voice search and more.
Google Image Search updates guidelines, adding structured data, speed and more
Google has finally refreshed content for its image search publishing guidelines.
Mobile speed case studies: Push for faster page loads
If you are not feeling the need for speed, don’t be surprised if your site stalls. Contributor Anthony Muller shares three case studies showing why now is the time to make your web pages load like lightning.
Study: 11 voice search ranking factors analyzed
Some of the findings confirm and some upend conventional wisdom.
Google releases Mobile Scorecard & Impact Calculator tools to illustrate importance of mobile page speed
One tool shows how a site stacks up against the competition on mobile. The other aims to drive home the impact mobile speed can have on the bottom line.
FAQs on new Google Speed Update: AMP pages, Search Console notifications & desktop only pages
A page with AMP but a slow canonical URL will not be impacted by this update, assuming the AMP URL is not slow, Google told us.
The Google Speed Update: Page speed will become a ranking factor in mobile search
Starting in July 2018, Google will finally use mobile page speed as a ranking in their mobile search results.
Google PageSpeed Insights now uses real data from Chrome browser users
Google has revamped their pagespeed tool to give more insights into how fast their pages really load.
SMX West: Solving SEO Issues in Google’s Post-Update World
Now that Google no longer regularly announced algorithm updates, it can be hard to tell when your site's been hit by one. Luckily, there are steps you can take to determine if you've been hit. Contributor Mark Traphagen sums up a session from SMX West on this topic.
What’s new with markup & structured data
Contributor Eric Enge recaps a session from SMX Advanced on structured data markup in its many forms.
SearchCap: Google mobile-friendly warning, Bing HackerRank & more
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Microsoft partners with HackerRank to deliver executable code in Bing search Apr 7, 2016 by Amy Gesenhues Bing’s group engineering manager for UX features and shared tools calls the new feature […]
Google Search Console now sending PageSpeed update notifications
If you are running an outdated PageSpeed install from Google, Google will let you know via the Google Search Console notification center.
SEO Smackdown: Download Time – Machine Speed Vs. Human Speed
Perceived download time is more important to searchers than actual download time. So why do SEOs focus on technocentric optimization strategies?
Up-Close @ SMX West: Experts Weigh In On Mobile SEO Best Practices
What’s your best mobile SEO solution? Responsive design? A mobile dedicated site? An app? Four mobile SEO pros gave their expert insights on how to create successful mobile SEO strategies during the “Best Practices in Mobile SEO” panel yesterday at SMX West. Moderated by Search Engine Land’s contributing editor Greg Sterling, the session included presentations […]
Google’s New Mobile Guidelines Focus On Delivering Content In Less Than A Second
One second. That’s about how long it took you to read the two words above, and it’s also the focus of Google’s latest advice for webmasters when it comes to developing mobile websites. The company has published new guidelines that emphasize why sites should deliver above-the-fold content in less than a second. The emphasis there […]
Google’s Page Speed Server Module Now Out Of Beta: mod_pagespeed
Google announced the Apache HTTP server module they released to help webmasters speed up their sites about two years ago is now out of beta. Google said that after eighteen releases they are now “taking off the Beta label” off mod_pagespeed, an open-source Apache HTTP server module that helps improve load times, speed, and server […]
The Hideous Site: An Allegory For Oddities In Local Search Results
The small, local businesses in a particular industry on this island all vied for top slot in Google’s rankings, since the top dog could command a substantially higher yearly profit as a result. The competitors’ products weren’t all that different, and their potential customers didn’t have the expertise to tell the difference, either. Their relative […]
Site Performance, Subscriber Stats & Robots.txt Tool Removed From Google Webmaster Tools
Google announced they are removing three features from Google Webmaster Tools. Google made the announcement on the Google Webmaster Central blog saying the three features going away include the site performance report, the subscriber stats and the robots.txt creation tool. Google placed reversed the order of these features when they wrote about it, trying to […]
Google Launches Server Tool To Speed Up The Web
The latest move in Google’s ongoing efforts to make the web faster is a new tool that optimizes web pages at the server level on-the-fly, with no manual work needed. It’s an Apache server module called mod_pagespeed and Google describes it as a follow-up to last year’s Page Speed browser add-on. “There are 1.2 million […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 30, 2010
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Study Calls Google ‘King Of Malware’ Google has twice as much malware in its search results as Yahoo, Bing, and Twitter combined. That’s one of the findings in the Barracuda Labs […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 24, 2010
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Battle Lines Being Drawn Over Twitter-based Ads A battle appears to be brewing over the promise of monetizing Twitter and, more specifically, over the placement of ads on the Twitter platform. […]
New Signs Of JotSpot & Google Wiki?
JotSpot to replace Google Pages soon? from Googling Google reports recent activity spotted with some of Google’s URLs. Tony Ruscoe wrote at a Google Blogoscoped Forum thread that https://pages-beta.google.com/a/google.com now contains the “service=jotspot” parameter in the URL. Google bought Jotspot in October 2006. Since then there have been rumors that Google would release a Wiki […]