SEO-friendly website design and development
A thorough guide to making sure that your website design and development is 100% SEO-friendly.
Topic: Responsive web design
Image optimization for SEO: A complete guide for beginners
Don’t let images slow you down. Learn how to optimize images for faster load times, better rankings, and improved accessibility in search results.
Make Google happy by optimizing your WordPress site’s images
Learn how image optimization can boost SEO, improve load times, and enhance user experience with practical tips and WordPress tools.
Mobile-first indexing: Everything you need to know
Stay ahead with insights to enhance mobile performance, achieve content parity, and create a seamless user experience.
Mobile SEO: What it is & how to win with mobile optimization
Mobile optimization is the process of improving your website and content for users on mobile devices.
Everything you need to know about page experience in 2025
Dive into the history, metrics and best practices behind Google’s page experience update and its implications for SEO in 2025.
Google updates crawl budget docs for large sites with differing mobile and desktop pages and links
Google said it is best practice to have all links present on both mobile and desktop versions.
The SEO impact of interstitials, before and after
What type of impact do interstitials or pop-ups have on search? Dive into this case study to see their effect on organic traffic value.
Driving traffic but not leads? How to win with SEO and CRO
Combining SEO and CRO forms a harmonious union. Explore these helpful tools and tips if you’re struggling to convert traffic.
Best of SearchBot: Guide me through a technical SEO audit
We ask Search Engine Land's SearchBot how to carry out an effective technical SEO audit.
What’s the state of email beyond 2023?
A look back at this year’s trends in email marketing and what to look forward to next year.
Google Search launching Signed Exchanges for desktop users
This change impacts sites that utilities dynamic serving with the vary user-agent header.
Making the most of small-screen content for big engagement impact
They say, “it’s the little things in life.” In the context of content, little things like microbrowser optimization pay off in huge ways.
You can’t opt into or out of mobile-first indexing
Google's John Mueller reminds us that one day, there will only be mobile-first indexing.
Starting July 1, all new sites will be indexed using Google’s mobile-first indexing
Google to default to mobile-first indexing for new sites. Be sure to build web sites that work well on mobile.
SMX Overtime: Learn the difference between mobile-first indexing and mobile-friendly SEO
SEO expert Eric Enge explains that displaying information on responsive sites is not enough in for mobile strategy. Here's what you need to consider.
Google Ads introduces ‘ad strength’ indicator & reporting for responsive search ads
Ad strength will be visible when advertisers create responsive search ads as well as in a new column in the web interface.
Google Image Search tests bridging mobile design to desktop search results
Google image search on desktop tests tiled image layout with titles and URLs beneath the snippets.
Google Marketing Live: Here come fully automated ads & campaigns for Local, Shopping & more
Google announces machine learning-loaded initiatives at its annual advertiser event.
Google makes some clarifications related to mobile-first indexing
Confused about the Google mobile-first indexing change? Google just posted several clarifications.
Google’s new Responsive Search Ads can show 3 headlines, longer descriptions
The new ad format, now in beta, offers more real estate and dynamically combines an advertiser's headlines and descriptions.
Delivering optimized media-rich content for mobile
We all know the adage, “A picture is worth a thousand words,” meaning that a complex idea can be conveyed in just one image. The phrase was made popular nearly 100 years ago in an article about the power of images in advertisements, and the sentiment rings just as true in today’s always-on digital age. […]
Google offers advice on how to get ready for the mobile-first index
Check your log files to see if you see an increase in smartphone Googlebot activity, it may be a sign your site is now in the Google mobile first index.
Google revamps its SEO Starter Guide
This is the first update of the SEO starter guide in several years.
Google releases a variety of Accelerated Mobile Pages Project (AMP) updates: scrolling animations, video analytics, fluid ad support
The scope and feature list of the open-source project continue to expand.
How long does it take to deindex low-quality or thin content published by accident? [case study]
Is mistakenly published content impacting your site's SEO performance? Columnist Glenn Gabe shares a case study detailing how to fix this issue -- and how long it may take to resolve once fixed.
Leading up to the mobile-first index, Google has some advice
Want to take your mobile site from an m-dot to responsive? Here is how Google recommends you do it.
SearchCap: Google AdWords tool, local Q&A & iOS 11 with AMP
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on and from other places across the web.
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.
Google’s mobile-first index likely not coming until 2018 at earliest
At SMX Advanced, Gary Illyes says Google will "communicate a lot" before rolling out the mobile-first index.
Google’s mobile-first index is (still) months away
At SMX West, Google's Gary Illyes said the company is still experimenting with its mobile-first index and doesn't have an exact timeline for launch.
Finally going mobile-friendly, but on a collision course with Google’s mobile-first index [Case Study]
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.
FAQ: All about the Google mobile-first index
Here's everything to know about the Google mobile-first index.
Google begins mobile-first indexing, using mobile content for all search rankings
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.
AMP is one year old and growing fast. Will it ultimately trump responsive design?
There are now 600 million AMP pages on 700,000 domains.
AdWords Editor now supports more ad formats, device bidding
Advertisers can create and edit Gmail ads and more in version 11.6.
Google expanded text ads are live, and device bidding & responsive ads for native roll out
Standard text ads will no longer be accepted as of October 26.
SearchCap: Google penalties, Google appeals & 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: Don’t trust Google to structure your local dataApr 11, 2016 by Andrew Shotland As Google increasingly incorporates direct answers and other types of featured snippets into search results pages, columnist Andrew […]
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.
