Web Push advertising in 2026: Market trends and challenges
A look at how Web Push advertising is adapting in 2026 through better compliance, stronger traffic quality, and more mature market growth.
Topic: Google Safe Browsing
Google says verify your cloud hosting provider with Search Console
If you are hosting images, videos or other content on third-party cloud services, you probably want to verify those in Search Console.
Too many redirects: How to fix loop errors and protect SEO
Redirect chains and loops slow sites and hurt rankings. Learn what causes “too many redirects,” how to fix errors, and best practices for clean redirects.
If you saw expanded search terms in Google Ads, it was a glitch; Friday’s daily brief
Plus, trying to get shadow banned on Insta for science
Google drops safe browsing as a page experience ranking signal
Google updated the page experience report in Search Console.
Google Search Console adds Page Experience report and filters for Search Performance report
These new reports give us more information to prepare for the new timeline for the page experience update rollout.
SearchCap: Baidu AMP, paid search bids & Google Maps ads
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 Maps ad traffic steadily growingMar 30, 2017 by Andy Taylor Columnist Andy Taylor of Merkle shares data on the growth of ad traffic from Google Maps, including conversion rate and […]
SearchCap: Google mobile index, move to Canada & repeat offender penalties
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: FAQ: All about the Google mobile-first indexNov 9, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Here’s everything we know about the Google mobile-first index. As Trump racked up Electoral College votes, searches about moving […]
Google Safe Browsing “Repeat Offenders” will get a 30-day time-out
Do you continue to violate Google's safe browsing policies? Well, Google is about to get stricter on you.
Google Search Console improves Security Issues reports
The revised security reports in the Google Search Console promise to provide more specific explanations and insights into the issues.
Google now blocks searchers from sites with deceptive download buttons
Google is now serving a big red warning to searchers before they go to websites with deceptive download buttons.
The terrifying connection between malware, Google Search Console, rogue subdomains and AdWords
In the midst of a malware emergency or want to ensure you never have to deal with one? Columnist Glenn Gabe provides recommendations based on his experience helping clients with security situations.
SearchCap: Google Snack Pack, Multi-Colored Lines & Mobile SEO
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 Mobile Multi-Colored Line Separators Now Live Google seems to be rolling out the new mobile interface where they show Googley colored line separators in the mobile search results. Taming The […]
Google Now Warns You Before You Visit Sites That Contain Harmful Downloads
Google releases a new security measure to warn users before they visit sites that contain nefarious downloads.
Google: 12 To 14 Million Searches Per Day Returned Hacked Sites
Google’s security blog announced today several updates on how they have been addressing malware and hacked sites on the internet. Google said that between 12 and 14 million search queries per day return warnings that at least one of the results listed in the Google search results were compromised. Google has two types of labels […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 29, 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: Source: Google Ending AdWords Reseller Program (For Now) Following rumors over the past week or so that Google was shutting down its local AdWords reseller program, I’ve received two separate confirmations […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 4, 2009
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Satya Nadella Keynote At Bing Search Summit Satya Nadella, SVP of Microsoft’s Online Services Division, gave the morning keynote at the Microsoft Search Summit. It was an introduction to and tour […]
Google Explains Malware Warning Policy & How To Fix Your Site
Some search industry watchers have called Google the “internet’s traffic cop,” and it’s a role Google seems to be growing more comfortable in, too. Late last week, for example, Google published an explanation of how it handles pages that are found to house malware, and how webmasters can clean up the problem and get back […]
Google’s Safe Browsing Diagnostic Tool
A week ago Google announced the release of a safe browsing diagnostic tool. To use the tool, just append a URL to the end of https://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=. For example, to test this site, you would enter https://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=https://searchengineland.com/. Google will then return four sets of security information about that page.
Google Takes Action To ‘Strip’ Confidential Information From Google Blacklist
Vnunet reports that Google has admitted to the leak of passwords via the Google Blacklist. But Google has also issued a statement saying that they “procedures have been put in place to strip login information from future submissions.” As I noted yesterday, this is not the first time confidential information has been found in Google’s […]
Google’s Blacklist Of Phishing Sites Contained Bank Information & More Confidential Details
Google Blacklist Contained Confidential Information at Techcrunch reports that Google’s phishing blacklist, which is publicly available for anyone to see, had confidential information enclosed. Such information included “usernames and passwords of individuals, including credentials for accounts at banks and other financial institutions.” Google has quietly removed the information that may put users at risk, but […]
Google & Firefox 2 Anti-Phishing Warning In Action
Last month, I covered a number of ways that browsers and search engines are working together to protect surfers from phishing sites. These are sites pretending to be run by someone else, such as bank, in hopes of catching your personal log-in information. This week while doing my banking, I got to see a phishing […]
AOL Has “Safest” Results & Free Results Safer Than Paid
A new survey from McAfee finds that AOL has the "safest" search results in terms of not listing sites that might be somehow be risky or unsafe for searchers. But most interesting to me was the fact paid results across the board were found far riskier than free, organic results. Let’s do the numbers, some […]