Google’s Page Speed Update does not impact indexing
In response to questions raised in the community, here's clarification about how indexing is impacted by the Google Page Speed Update.
Topic: John Mueller
‘SEO Snippets’ — new Google video series to help webmasters & SEOs
The new series will address frequently raised issues in the webmaster forums.
Google: Fundamentals of writing meta descriptions don’t change with longer search snippets
Google has officially commented about what webmasters should focus on when writing meta descriptions after Google extended their search result snippets.
Google will stop using the old AJAX crawling scheme in Q2 2018
Googlebot will render the #! URL directly, making it unnecessary for the website owner to provide a rendered version of the page.
The final recrawl analysis: A powerful and important last step after implementing large-scale SEO changes
You've crawled your client's site, identified the SEO issues and fixed those issues in staging. Great job! But columnist Glenn Gabe shares why recrawling the site is critical once your SEO changes have been pushed live.
Search in Pics: SEOs dress up as Google algorithm, zombies, horses & Mr. Spock
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 zombie apocalypse: Source: Instagram Googlers horsing around: Source: Instagram SEOs as the Google algorithm: Source: […]
Brace yourself: The benefit and shock of analyzing Googlebot crawl spikes via log files [Case Study]
Site owners really don’t know the full story about who, or what, is crawling their sites until they analyze their server logs. Columnist Glenn Gabe shares a case study that illustrates some insights to be gleaned from a server log file analysis.
Google algorithm update may be rolling out since June 25
Did you notice changes in your Google organic search traffic or rankings? There may have been a serious Google algorithm update.
Google advice: Switch your m-dot domain to responsive before the mobile-first index rollout
Google also says the mobile-first index may not have a single launch day, but could rollout piecemeal as sites are ready for the change.
Search in Pics: Google bike to work, Dooglers treats & Google’s shhhh wall
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 (Dooglers) dog treats: Source: Instagram Louis Gray selling Androids: Source: Twitter Google’s Shhhh! wall: Source: […]
Don’t underestimate the power of advanced filtering when analyzing crawl data
Columnist Glenn Gabe shares various ways of filtering crawl data to obtain actionable insights.
Google working on fixing bug with the Links to Your Site report
Google Search Console reporting bug leads webmasters to panic over ranking issues. There is no reason to panic -- it is just a reporting glitch and has no impact on rankings.
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.
Google to fix missing data from Search Console analytics report soon
No need to panic over the Google Search Analytics report's confirmed bug. You did not lose a whole day of rankings or traffic.
New, unconfirmed Google ranking update ‘Fred’ shakes the SEO world
The webmaster and SEO community, along with the automated Google tracking tools, all show strong signs that there was a Google algorithm ranking update.
How we hijacked Google’s SEO guide search rankings
Contributor Dan Sharp shares an experiment in which his company was able to hijack rankings -- from Google itself. See what they learned in the process.
After rare Google confirmation of on-site penalty, Natural News is back in Google’s index
HealthNews.com confirms being reincluded in the Google index after being deindexed last week.
Google gives SEO tips on how to handle day-long site closures
Need to turn off your website for a period of time, but worry your Google rankings will drop? Here are some tips from Google's John Mueller on how to handle it.
Natural News was not banned from Google over fake news
A Google webmaster violation is the reason this web site was penalized by Google, not because the site is controversial.
Google temporarily disables ‘not mobile-friendly’ label in search results due to bug
A bug has forced Google to remove the mobile friendly label from the search results. Google is fixing the issue and will restore the label after the problem is resolved.
Google mobile-friendly testing tool now has API access
Using the new API Google released, developers can now build their own tools around the mobile-friendly testing tool to see if pages are mobile-friendly.
Google has officially killed off their link command
Google tells webmasters and SEOs to stop using the link command, that it is officially dead and not functioning properly.
Why crawl budget and URL scheduling might impact rankings in website migrations
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.
Why Google’s quality updates should be on your algorithmic radar [Part 2]: The connection to low-quality user experience
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.
Google Penguin looks mostly at your link source, says Google
When we asked Google's Gary Illyes about Penguin, he said SEOs should focus on where their links come from for the most part, but they have less to worry about now that Penguin devalues those links, as opposed to demotes the site.
Authority & link building with real-time Penguin
Google recently released Penguin 4.0, and the Penguin filter now updates in real time. Columnist Marcus Miller explores what this means for SEO and link building.
The myth of the duplicate content penalty
There is a lot of confusion surrounding how Google handles duplicate content, but columnist Patrick Stox aims to clear it up once and for all.
Google AMP error report in Search Console scans for errors differently now
You may see more or fewer AMP errors in your Google Search Console report. No need to worry -- It was an internal change and does not impact ranking or indexing.
Google downplays the algorithm ranking update this week as “normal fluctuations”
Was there a major Google algorithm change this week? Many webmasters believe so.
Google: Friday’s update was not due to the Penguin algorithm
Google's John Mueller told us to cross off Penguin from the list of explanations for the Google update from this past Friday.
With Panda in stealth mode, why Google’s quality updates should be on your algorithmic radar [Part 1]
What are Google's quality updates (aka Phantom updates), and how can you recover? In part one of a two-part series on Phantom, columnist Glenn Gabe explains the history and possible mechanics of these algorithm updates.
Search in Pics: Google NYC 10 years, keyboard pranks & a folding table
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 NYC 10 year anniversary birthday cake: Source: Instagram Google’s John Mueller pranks Gary Illye’s keyboard: […]
Google Search Console reporting glitch shows no links for some webmasters
No need to panic -- the link report in the Google Search Console seems to have a few kinks that Google is working out.
Search in Pics: NBA players at Google, Pokemon Go gamers & Google koolaid
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’s Gary Illyes in scary clown mask Source: Twitter Real Google koolaid: Source: Google+ NBA players […]
Google: There is no PageRank dilution when using 301, 302, or 30x redirects anymore
Google's Gary Illyes confirms that any 301, 302, 3xx redirect does not lose any PageRank value.
Google Search Console bug sends re-verification notifications to users
Don't panic, says Google -- That verification email from Google Search Console was an accident, but it may be a good time to check to see who is a verified user on your account now.
Google says keywords in the TLD part of your URL are ignored for ranking purposes
After a controversial sponsored post on Search Engine Land, Google has said that they ignore the keywords in the TLD portion of your domain names.
Google’s mobile-friendly algorithm boost has rolled out
The new Google mobile-friendly algorithm is supposed to give an additional ranking boost for mobile-friendly websites in the mobile search results.
Google Search Console updated the Search Analytics report & adds Knowledge Graph, local & Rich Snippets
Google updated the Search Analytics report in the Search Console, added an update line and explained what changes you may see in the report.
Google hints that Voice search reporting coming to Google Search Console’s Search Analytics report
Google may bring voice query reporting to the Google Search Console's Search Analytics report; when is unclear.