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 has officially killed off their link commandJan 12, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Google tells webmasters and SEOs to stop using the link command, that it is officially dead and not […]
Columnist Glenn Gabe demonstrates why discovering how Googlebot sees your desktop and mobile content is essential to any good SEO audit.
Columnist Chris Silver Smith takes a look at what could be a recent policy shift in Google's longstanding informal policy of granting court-ordered defamation removal requests.
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 studying ways to deal with offensive search suggestions & resultsDec 16, 2016 by Danny Sullivan Facing criticism over “fake news,” inappropriate search suggestions and more, the search company is looking […]
Google's index has been shifting toward 'mobile-first,' making mobile pages the default pages for ranking purposes. Columnist Glenn Gabe uses a case study to illustrate some of the issues this might pose for site owners.
Google has officially dropped full support for feature-phone web sites.
It is official. After hinting at removing the Google content keywords report from Google Search Console, Google did it.
While called an 'experiment,' it’s actually the first move in Google's planned shift to looking primarily at mobile content, rather than desktop, when deciding how to rank results.
You've down everything right from an SEO standpoint, but your website has still dropped in rankings following a site migration. What gives? Contributor Dawn Anderson breaks down how Google determines page importance and allots crawl budget.
Check out the new AMP testing tool in the Google Search Console. It combines AMP and structured data errors with a live preview.
In the second installment of his two-part series on Google's quality updates (aka Phantom updates), columnist Glenn Gabe explains the connection between user experience and organic search performance.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: What’s new and cool at Google from SMX East 2016Sep 30, 2016 by Mark Traphagen At this year’s SMX East, Googlers Jerry Dischler and Babak Pahlavan shared recent updates and what’s […]
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have and more. GoogleBot at the AngularConnect conference: Source: Twitter DJs in suits at a Google partners party: Source: […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: KPIs for SEO: measuring SEO successAug 5, 2016 by Marcus Miller Wondering what metrics you should use to demonstrate value to your clients? Columnist Marcus Miller shares some of the most […]
Day one of SMX Advanced concludes with the traditional Google keynote conversation covering the biggest issues in SEO.
Troubleshooting SEO issues on a site or performing a technical SEO audit? If so, columnist Glenn Gabe recommends some powerful but little-known reports in two popular crawling tools.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Copy & paste comes to Bing Ads UIMay 10, 2016 by Ginny Marvin Easily add keywords and ads to new ad groups from the web interface. How to make SEO a […]
Moving your site to a new domain can be fraught with SEO issues, even without a redesign or CMS migration. Columnist Glenn Gabe has some insights on what issues to anticipate and how to handle them.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Serial fans rejoice — You can now listen to podcasts directly in Google app on AndroidApr 20, 2016 by Amy Gesenhues Google says users can pick from thousands of podcasts, including […]
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have and more. Google Star Wars wall stickers: Source: Google+ Google hammocks: Source: Twitter & Twitter Googlebot on the […]
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 2016 candidate searches now include campaign funding details & search trendsMar 15, 2016 by Amy Gesenhues Since launching candidate cards earlier this year, Google continues to expand its 2016 election-related […]
Google is updating their smartphone user-agent on April 18, 2016. Make sure to test your web site to ensure it will allow Googlebot in.
You can uncover many potential SEO problems with a thorough crawl of the staging environment, but what if it's not readily accessible? Columnist Glenn Gabe shares some tips.
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have and more. Google Coffee Maker: Source: Google+ Google Maps Peghog: Source: Twitter An SEO Dressed Up As GoogleBot: […]
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have and more. Google Hangouts Pillow Selfie: Source: Google+ Google Inside Out Post-It Art Work: Source: Google+ Google Top […]
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have and more. GoogleBot & BB-8: Source: Google+ Google Onesie For Campus Tel Aviv: Source: Instagram Rainbow Over Google […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Getting Social With Search Engine Land: Our Most Engaging Stories Of 2015Dec 30, 2015 by Lauren Donovan Likes, comments, shares — you name it, we tallied it. Here are the most […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Evidence Of An Unconfirmed Google Update Happening On November 19 Dec 2, 2015 by Barry Schwartz While Google did not confirm an update on November 19, there sure is plenty of […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: SEOs, SEMs, Analysts & Developers: Teams Save Up To 20% At SMX West Nov 30, 2015 by Search Engine Land Do you manage the search marketing team at your company or […]
Google App Indexing API is a key SEO factor for Google to rank and determine the importance of the sections of your app, especially for app only apps.
Google added a new feature to the blocked resources report in the fetch and render tool within the Google Search Console.
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the Web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have and more.
After several months of hinting, Google has finally confirmed they have discontinued their AJAX crawling scheme. Don't worry, Google will still index your AJAX site.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Deadline Extended For 2015 Search Engine Land Awards Entries Due to overwhelming response and the high level of interest, we have decided to extend the entry deadline for the Search Engine […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: With Windows 10, Bing Ads Anticipates 10 To 15 Percent More Search Volume By September High hopes for Windows 10 to deliver search volume now that Bing and Cortana are built […]
Google sends mass notifications warning that blocking CSS or Javascript can result in suboptimal rankings.
Google has published the latest on how it handles TLDs -- the new ones, the old ones and the geo-specific ones.
Hackers use PDF documents to inject links and keywords and -- through cloaking techniques -- scam searchers to go to other web sites.