Google doesn’t pass PageRank on nofollow links. Here’s why you still see them in GSC
Nofollow links will be included in your Link Report.
Topic: John Mueller
Google is aware of sites hosted on another’s subdomain
It’s improving its systems to recognize such content and treat it accordingly.
Google’s indexing issues are resolved
Google has just confirmed the indexing issues from yesterday are fully resolved.
Yes, Googlebot can detect JavaScript redirects
JavaScript redirects are followed similarly to server-side redirects, Google explained.
Google Search Console doesn’t show data for featured snippets read by Google Assistant
In the second episode of #AskGoogleWebmasters, John Mueller explained some voice search nuances in GSC.
Back to Basics: Do outbound links matter for SEO?
Google cautions SEOs to be mindful about outbound linking.
What’s up with the unconfirmed Google search ranking updates in July?
Google's Maverick update is still being talked about in the SEO industry but Google has yet to officially comment on it.
Emoji SEO presents opportunities for video
Emoji search hasn’t quite caught on, but emojis still pose some interesting opportunities for your organic visibility.
User-generated content for SEO: The cost-benefit analysis you need
Understand the pros of UGC and precautions to make sure it helps, not hurts, your SEO efforts.
Some April Google Search Console data lost, manual actions disappeared
Most of the reports are missing data during the de-indexing bug period.
Is link building dead? Depends on who you talk to
Some SEOs argue any form of proactive link building is a waste of time. Some say it should be apart of any SEO strategy. So which is it?
Does Google owe us more than just an apology over de-indexing?
Do we deserve more transparency from Google? Do we deserve more then jut an apology?
4% of the Google index hit by de-indexing bug, Moz data shows
Now that the Google de-indexing issue is resolved, how bad was it?
Google’s de-indexing issue still not fully resolved
Not fixed yet - but Google is working on it and has been communicating better about the issue.
Google: De-indexing problem now fixed, result of ‘technical issue’
Site owners who saw large percentages of pages no longer show as indexed in Google Search Console should now see the problem resolved.
Google hasn’t supported rel=next/prev for a while (thanks for telling us)
The company feels that people are building great sites without the markup.
Using JavaScript to publish content? Here are 6 ways to view rendered HTML via desktop and mobile
Always test your pages using Google’s own tools and third-party resources to view the rendered HTML to make sure all your content is showing up.
SEOs on Google e-commerce category recommendation: ‘I’ll stop doing it when it stops working.’
Though Google's John Mueller suggests webmasters not put content in e-commerce category page footers, SEOs value performance more highly.
Google may use different ranking weights for YMYL-type queries
The ranking algorithm changes for different types of queries done on search, the company confirms in its new report on how it fights disinformation.
Moz upgrades controversial ‘domain authority’ metric
The company says it has made a lot of improvements, but SEOs still struggle with this hot-button metric.
Google AMP errors widely reported by webmasters and publishers
Seeing AMP errors over the past few days, don't run to fix them just yet - it might be a bug on Google's end.
Mueller previews Google image search changes, old Search Console sunsetting at NYC meetup.
Here are the highlights from a Google webmaster event that happened in the Google NYC office last night.
Need to expedite page removal in Google’s search index? Try a temporary sitemap file
Do you need to remove a lot content from Google quickly? Here is how to do it if you own the site.
Mueller: Focus your SEO on Google’s status quo
Sometimes it is a good idea to keep it simple with your web pages.
How a physician review site recovered from Google’s ‘medic’ update
A website in the healthcare niche saw improvement after removing the Google auto-translate plugin and rating schema from their translated pages.
Google Search Console reporting bug drops some image search data
Beware of another reporting glitch in Google Search Console.
Google details how to set up lazy loading for best SEO results
SEOs are excited about the new lazy loading documentation from Google.
How to boost search rankings using only your internal linking strategy
Three examples of site architecture modifications that offer big SEO gains in digital marketing.
Google looking for ways to handle sites blocking searchers over GDPR
Google admits it is a bad user experience for a European user to see content in web search, click on it and get a blocked page because of GDPR.
After Google manual actions expire, algorithms may handle some of those site penalties
Google has confirmed again that manual actions, human-driven search penalties, can expire over time.
Google gives thumbs-up on placing your local reviews from Yelp, Google Maps and others on your own website
The only exception here: Make sure not to mark up those copied reviews with review structured data and schema. That would be against Google's guidelines.
When migrating from HTTP to HTTPS, Google says to use 301 redirects
Don't get fancy with your HTTPS site migration. Keep it simple and consistent, and use 301 redirects, says Google.
Old content still showing up in Google search results? Google might not find that content important
Google explains how crawl rate can be used as confirmation that a page is OK to remove from your website, and thus their index.
Search in Pics: Panda keyboard, Google Japan furniture & SEOs visit Google Zurich office
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. Here is some furniture at the Google Japan office: Source: Twitter Google’s interactive wall of buttons: […]
Google clarifies the upcoming Speed Update only impacts the ‘slowest sites’
Google clarifies that if you have a fast site, making it faster 'won't change things' with your rankings specific to the upcoming Speed Update.
Google Data Studio now gains 16 months of Search Analytics data
Now you can get 16 months of Search Analytics data in the Data Studio, Search analytics API and the beta Search Console reports.
Google: Using non-English URLs for non-English websites is fine
In Google's latest SEO snippets video series, Google's John Mueller talked about non-English URLs and SEO.
Google confirms bug with crawl stats in ‘time spent downloading a page’ Search Console report
No need to worry, the Google Search Console crawl stats drop last week was indeed a bug.
Google drops support for meta news keywords tag
After years of telling publishers to use the news meta keyword tag, Google said it stopped supporting it months ago.
Google Search Console request indexing limit removed from interface
Google won't comment on why quota details in the fetch tool are no longer displaying.