AMA with Google’s Gary Illyes: 15 quick SEO takeaways
Google's Gary Illyes on ranking signals, AI content, voice data in GSC, Core Web Vitals, the importance of links and much more.
Topic: Jennifer Slegg
Bing Webmaster Tools to gain Bing Chat impressions and clicks next month
We will soon be able to see how much visibility and traffic Bing Chat is sending our web sites.
How to demonstrate E-E-A-T in AI-generated content
The concept of E-E-A-T, Google's template for search quality, can help us assess and improve the quality of AI-generated content.
Bing Webmaster Tools to gain Bing Chat and index coverage reporting
Microsoft said they will be adding reporting and tools to Bing Webmaster Tools to help publishers understand how Bing Chat users interact with their sites.
This day in search marketing history: January 16
Google explains crawl budget, plus: website outages and blackouts the right way, Google doing 1 trillion searches, and more.
Video: Jennifer Slegg on Google’s search quality raters guidelines
And whether SEOs too obsessed with Google search ranking updates.
A quick guide to understanding Google’s quality rater guidelines
Jennifer Slegg explains the most important themes for brands.
SearchCap: Taking pitches for SMX West, Amazon ads skyrocketing, Google AMP & 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: Deciphering search intent: 5 areas to get you started Sep 19, 2018 by Kristopher Jones Here are five ways to use search engine results and smart keyword research to help determine […]
Google updates its search quality rating guidelines
Google has published a revised version of the 164-page set of guidelines used to help human 'quality raters' evaluate online content and provide feedback to Google
Google updates quality raters guidelines with details around non-English language web pages
Google made some small tweaks to their quality raters guidelines on July 27, 2017. The previous update, on March 14, 2017, was much larger.
Google confirms testing auto-play videos in the search results
Google is running a small experiment where videos automatically play in the knowledge panel. While it's a surprising move by Google, the test does not mean auto-play will be rolled out to everyone.
SMX Advanced keynote: Google explains mobile-first, featured snippets data & more
Google's Gary Illyes sits down with Search Engine Land's founding editor, Danny Sullivan, for a keynote conversation covering a wide range of Google- and SEO-related topics.
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.
SMX West keynote: Google talks about ranking, more in Google Assistant
Google's Jason Douglas shares what marketers and developers need to know about Actions on Google.
Google may pick desktop over AMP page for the mobile-first index
Google's mobile-first index may index your desktop version over AMP when there is no mobile version of your website.
FAQ: All about the Google mobile-first index
Here's everything to know about the Google mobile-first index.
What Advanced SEOs Should Know From The Google Raters Guidelines (SMX Advanced Recap)
During this SMX Advanced session, panelists discussed what SEOs need to know about Google's Search Quality Rating Guidelines, created for the human beings who double-check that the Google algorithm is performing as designed. Columnist Joy Hawkins recaps.
#SMX Advanced keynote: Google’s Gary Illyes talks RankBrain, Penguin update & more
Day one of SMX Advanced concludes with the traditional Google keynote conversation covering the biggest issues in SEO.
Google says page speed ranking factor to use mobile page speed for mobile sites in upcoming months
The speed of your mobile pages currently doesn't impact your mobile rankings, but soon it may, says Gary Illyes of Google.
Google warns site owners their site is not mobile-friendly in mobile search results
A month before the Google mobile-friendly algorithm boost, Google starts issuing new warnings to site owners.
Google updates the search quality rating guidelines
Google updated their search quality raters guidelines document on March 28, reducing it from 160 to 146 pages.
Google Dance 2016: The recap post
Over 500 search marketers gathered at Google last week for a revival of its annual Google Dance celebration offering food, drinks, fun and knowledge.
Google Panda Is Now Part Of Google’s Core Ranking Signals
Say goodbye to the typical Google Panda updates. Panda is now baked in as one of Google's core ranking algorithm.
Google Search Quality Raters Handbook Updated With Mobile Guidelines, Local Queries & Know Queries
It's been a year since we have seen coverage of a new Google Search Quality Rater’s Guide. Here is what is new.
Google AdWords Testing Nearby Store Reminders For Google Now Users
With the tap of an AdWords ad extension, Google Now will set reminders for users to visit an advertiser's location the next time they are nearby.
Google Search Console Changes URL Removal Language To “Temporarily Hide”
Google clarifies the URL removal tool through new language in the Google Search Console.
Google Finally Drops Emojis From Search Results Listings Page
As expected, Google has finally removed the emoji characters from their desktop and mobile search results pages.
Google Local Search Results Shifting After Google Maps Bomb Fix?
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.
Bing Testing Recipe Data In Search Snippets
Bing is testing showing recipe schema markup in the search results.
Google Now Shows Emoji Characters On Desktop Results But Doesn’t Let You Search By Them Like Bing
Google's desktop search results can be jazzed up with Emoji characters, at least for now.
Google Local Pack Displaying Logos In Web Search Results
Google testing a new local pack in the web search results that display not just maps, but also logos and pictures of the business listing.
Google Targets Two European Link Networks
Over the weekend, Google has sent out mass link penalty notifications throughout Europe for those sites partaking in specific link networks with the goal of manipulating their rankings in Google. Google’s Johannes Mehlem posted on Twitter that Google has “taken action on one European and one German linking network.” We have taken action on one […]
Explainer: How Google’s New SSL / HTTPS Ranking Factor Works
Last Thursday, Google launched a new ranking signal to give HTTPS sites a ranking boost, a small ranking boost, to encourage webmasters to migrate their sites from HTTP to HTTPS. In our story from Thursday, we covered why Google is doing this and the concerns some SEOs had with the migration, as well as the […]
SEO Industry Tweets Its Reactions To Google’s SSL Ranking Boost
The SEO industry is abuzz today with the news of Google’s latest ranking signal: Using SSL certificates will provide a boost in Google’s search rankings. (The web hosting industry is all abuzz, too, if you’re curious.) Google says it’s a “very lightweight signal” for now, but one that may become stronger over time because Google […]
SearchCap: Google Timeline Knowledge Graph, AdWords Click Fraud Service & Google Axing Features
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 To Conduct A Winning Local Search Audit Every week, our support team at BrightLocal fields numerous questions from our customers about how best to conduct a local search audit. The […]
SearchCap: Google Quality Raters, International Targeting & AdWords + Google My Business
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Now Link Google My Business And AdWords, Get Account-Level Location ExtensionsGoogle is introducing the ability to set up location extensions at the account level by linking your Google My Business account […]
Google’s Quality Rating Guide Leaked Again; Here Is Version Five
Google’s Quality Rating Guidelines document has been leaked once again! Version 5.0 was leaked a few days ago, where Google has reportedly completely revamped the guidelines. Jennifer Slegg has documented most of the new guidelines on her blog. You can also read the full new 160 page guidelines on scribd.com. I am actually surprised the […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 23, 2012
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 Webmaster Tools Reports Adds Percentage Changes Bing has added percent changes, deltas, to some of the various reports within Bing Webmaster Tools. The percent changes show the difference from the […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 23, 2012
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’s Cutts Explains How Google Search Works Google’s head of web spam, Matt Cutts, posted a 8 minute video on how Google search works. From crawling, indexing to ranking, he gets […]
Day Two: Search Marketing Expo West 2012 Live Blog Recap
SMX West day two is just about over and I wanted to post the live blogging I have found throughout the day. Here are some of the sessions that were live blogged today. Beyond The Google AdWords Tool: Advanced Keyword Research Tactics, BruceClay.com Building Buzz On Facebook: Getting Liked & Shared, Search Engine Roundtable Building […]