Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Optimizing your internal link structureAug 24, 2016 by Dave Davies SEOs often focus heavily on accumulating inbound links, but don’t overlook links within your site. Columnist Dave Davies shares his guide […]
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 warns it will crack down on “intrusive interstitials” in January Aug 23, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Google will reinforce its emphasis on the mobile search experience with a new penalty […]
Google will reinforce its emphasis on the mobile search experience with a new penalty affecting "intrusive interstitials" on mobile web pages.
Google says the change is designed to declutter its search results.
Google documents how to make your e-commerce site AMP-ready.
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Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: OpenStreetMap debuts Google Street View alternative: OpenStreetViewAug 22, 2016 by Greg Sterling The company seeks to crowd-source street-level photography on a global basis. Bing Ads Editor now supports custom ad copy […]
Google may not be showing you an accurate count of your indexed pages in the Google Search Console Index Status report.
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 testing image thumbnails in mobile search results againAug 19, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Google brings back an old test, showing images in the mobile web search results. What do you […]
Advertisers and agencies continue to have questions about how potential data restrictions will affect their research efforts.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Like Moz, Raven Tools refocuses on its first love: searchAug 18, 2016 by Barry Levine The Nashville-based company is releasing a rebuilt, standalone version of the most popular tool in its […]
The Nashville-based company is releasing a rebuilt, standalone version of the most popular tool in its suite, a Site Auditor for search optimization.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Moz trims product line to focus on search, lays off 28% of staffAug 17, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Moz, a company many SEOs have grown to love, announced they have made […]
Moz, a company many SEOs have grown to love, announced they have made a strategic change to focus more on search, which means they are killing off Moz Content and Followerwonk.
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 adds new state-by-state voting guide for “how to vote” searchesAug 16, 2016 by Amy Gesenhues Google’s latest search feature for voters includes a “2016 Election: How to Vote” box with […]
In addition to launching a hub for the Olympics, Google Trends has released new tools for viewing and exporting search data.
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 officially throttling Keyword Planner data for low spending AdWords accountsAug 13, 2016 by Greg Finn Not a big AdWords spender? You may notice a lack of data in your Keyword […]
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 to censor Bing.com in the EU for Right To Be Forgotten searchesAug 12, 2016 by Amy Gesenhues According to the announcement, Bing’s updated RTBF policy for the EU will use […]
Initially open to five publishers, Google opens the doors to anyone to apply after criticism by Yelp and TripAdvisor.
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 Search Console reporting glitch shows no links for some webmastersAug 11, 2016 by Barry Schwartz No need to panic — the link report in the Google Search Console seems to […]
No need to panic -- the link report in the Google Search Console seems to have a few kinks that Google is working out.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Confirmed: New AdWords interface rolling out to more usersAug 10, 2016 by Greg Finn Google has confirmed the rollout of the new user interface to more AdWords users. SEO and the […]
Google is adding content for users on the go, but some local search rivals see the move intentionally marginalizing their content.
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 My Business Insights updates analytics while dropping Google+ source dataAug 9, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Google My Business updates their analytics to show business owners the source of their views […]
Google is proactively pushing AMP through the Google Search Console message center.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: First appearance of ads in Local Pack found in UK mobile search resultAug 7, 2016 by Greg Sterling The configuration showed three organic listings with one ad at the top. Expanded […]
The paradoxical findings suggest many SMBs are making assumptions about marketing effectiveness without actually measuring.
The configuration showed three organic listings with one ad at the top.
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 […]
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 app now delivering restaurant reviews & best-of-lists for local searchesAug 4, 2016 by Amy Gesenhues Released today in the U.S., Google says food and drink related searches will now return […]
Your Google local profile description field can now only be edited on Google+. You can no longer update it on 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: Report: Nearly 60 percent of searches now from mobile devicesAug 3, 2016 by Greg Sterling Hitwise examined hundreds of millions of queries across 11 key categories. Search for Hey Siri commands […]
Hitwise examined hundreds of millions of queries across 11 key categories.
Google has downgraded the structured data issues from errors to information notes in the AMP error reports.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: AMP breaks out of news into the main Google search resultsAug 2, 2016 by Greg Sterling The company says that AMP pages will not receive a rankings boost. New Google help […]
The company says that AMP pages will not receive a rankings boost.
No more arguing about what Google means by positions in the Google Search Analytics report. Google has defined the multitude of metrics and cases in a help document.
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 adds 2016 Rio Olympic Games search feature & “Events to Watch” prediction toolAug 1, 2016 by Amy Gesenhues Powered by Bing Predicts, the new “Events to Watch” tool will be […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Merkle’s early data on expanded text ad CTRs: Results are mixedJul 29, 2016 by Ginny Marvin The agency looked at expanded text ad performance from both brand and non-brand traffic. Excited […]
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 your old content can help with SEOJul 28, 2016 by Tamar Weinberg Looking to get the most SEO value out of your content marketing efforts? Columnist Tamar Weinberg explains how […]