2017-11-01 16:50
Google’s John Mueller confirmed on Twitter that technically, you do not need structured data for Google to apply rich snippets in the search results to your site. John added that alth… Read More
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2017-11-01 14:50
The other day at SMX East, Gary Illyes from Google stirred the pot with SEOs by saying pruning content is not a good strategy to help with Panda issues. So Glenn Gabe submitted this questio… Read More
2017-11-01 12:50
Back in 2016 Google enabled you to see emojis in the search results if that was your intent when searching. Previous, they banned them from showing up but promised not to penalize for using… Read More
2017-11-01 06:30
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
2017 Hallo… Read More
2017-10-31 18:10
Some folks might think that Google requires that when you use hreflang and make a multilingual web site, that each page that is translated from one language to another must be done word-for… Read More
2017-10-31 16:00
Did you know that if a Google employee, Googler, clicks on your AdWords or any Google ads, while in the Google network, Google doesn’t count those clicks? So if Googlers are clicking… Read More
2017-10-31 13:59
Yesterday we shared a preview of the Google Halloween logo which is both an animated Doodle and a video Doodle at the same time. But now that it is Halloween, I wanted to share the logos fro… Read More
2017-10-31 11:50
Over two years ago, I reported how you can use fetch and render with the submit to index feature to expedite indexing of that specific page. It has been a while and some of you may have for… Read More
2017-10-31 10:10
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2017-10-31 05:50
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
Google Won… Read More
2017-10-30 19:40
I am sad to report that Gerald Weber, aka Gman, an SEO many of you know, has passed away suddenly on Friday, October 27, 2017. He was incredibly young, only 44 years old, and he has a famil… Read More
2017-10-30 17:40
Google announced that going to a specific Google ccTLD will no longer change how Google shows you search results. Instead, Google is going to detect where you are, no matter the ccTLD you a… Read More
2017-10-30 15:40
Google’s Halloween Doodle, special logo, is going live tomorrow, October 31st but it is live in some countries already, since it is tomorrow there. Sadly, with the new location change… Read More
2017-10-30 13:40
At SMX East, Gary Illyes from Google said that he wants to see Google to get to a place where they do not need structured data or schema. Meaning, that Google is not dependent on webmasters… Read More
2017-10-30 11:40
I’ve been seeing many Googlers dressed up for Halloween in my various sources for the Search Picture of the Day, but this one is so far the best. A bunch of Googlers at the European o… Read More
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Search Update, Mobile First Rollout, More Search Console Data & More
2017-10-27 13:40
Google might be rolling out a new search ranking algorithm change now, we will keep watching it. Google said the mobile first index is live for a few sites but will never stop rolling out. G… Read More
2017-10-27 11:40
Here is a photo from one of the Google offices getting set up for Halloween. You can see the scary Google sign with cobwebs and those creepy dolls witches use, of course the pumpkin and spi… Read More
2017-10-27 01:20
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
Google Mob… Read More
2017-10-26 19:10
As you know, I kind of got Google’s John Mueller to admit Google began the mobile first index roll out – although he said, he would bucket it more with the testing phase, but it… Read More
2017-10-26 17:00
Earlier this week, I reported that we saw the local Q&A on desktop search and then it went away but now it seems to be coming back. On some desktop browsers, I see the local question an… Read More
2017-10-26 16:19
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2017-10-26 14:50
John Mueller from Google has a wonderful response to a question about duplicate content and how to measure how big of an issue it is on your web site. He posted it in the Google Webmaster H… Read More
2017-10-26 12:50
One of the questions about the mobile first index from SMX East last night was about how the mobile first index rolls out. Gary Illyes from Google said he thinks it rolls out at the host le… Read More
2017-10-26 00:20
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
Other Grea… Read More
2017-10-25 18:10
We’ve talked about page speed here a lot, but page speed and server response time are really two different things. According to Google’s documentation for their PageSpeed insigh… Read More
2017-10-25 16:00
Google seems to have rolled out a feature they have been testing for booking a hotel room directly from the Google hotel search results. I was able to replicate this myself, where I searche… Read More
2017-10-25 14:00
Let’s say you have an e-commerce site that sells to multiple countries and all the pages are written in English but you sell the product in different currencies based on the country t… Read More
2017-10-25 12:00
As many of you know, for years, Google would label hacked content in their search results with the this site may be hacked label. The solution is to patch up the hack and remove the hacked… Read More
2017-10-24 23:30
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2017-10-24 19:30
The Financial Times reported, which sites like Techcrunch and others have covered, that Google will be sharing revenues with news publishers as part of their new initiative with news public… Read More
2017-10-24 17:30
Google responded to a webmaster asking if they can use ISO 3166-2 for their hreflang files saying you should probably stick with ISO 3166-1. Google’s documentation specifically says t… Read More
2017-10-24 15:30
Google Search Console is filled with wonderful tools and reports, including the links to your site report. It is designed to show you a “sampling of links to your Search Console site… Read More
2017-10-24 13:20
Google is testing a new user interface for the AdWords ad preview and diagnostic tool. The new look drops off the left side bar and shows the preview in a larger view. Avinash Murthy spotte… Read More
2017-10-24 11:20
So this is an interesting spot at the Google Austin office. It looks like it is on one of the higher levels of the office building there but yet inside and outside at the same time. There i… Read More
2017-10-24 10:15
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2017-10-24 01:00
Here is a picture from Google’s office in Austin, Texas of an Android statue dressed up as a cowboy. You can even see the G belt buckle and of course, the holder for the Android phone… Read More
2017-10-23 23:00
Last week, we reported Google was testing the local question and answer feature on the desktop search results for the local panel. Well, on Friday, everyone was able to see it from what I c… Read More
2017-10-23 21:00
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2017-10-23 19:00
A month ago we caught Google testing a somewhat awkward layout for showing the AMP icon without the AMP text next to it. Shortly after that Google tested the AMP logo in blue with the word… Read More
2017-10-23 17:00
There are many complaints in the Google AdSense Help forums of mass AdSense account disabling over the weekend. Most, if not all, seem to have YouTube hosted accounts and they are getting n… Read More
2017-10-23 15:00
We all know that Danny Sullivan joined Google in part to help with communication issues with Google internally and the outside world. But that doesn’t mean Danny is yet ready to respo… Read More
2017-10-23 13:00
Sometimes I don’t get how people can simply ask Google questions about how to spam Google. I mean, if you know something is specifically written and against Google’s guidelines… Read More
2017-10-23 05:42
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2017-10-23 04:47
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2017-10-21 06:24
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2017-10-21 05:11
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2017-10-21 01:30
So Danny Sullivan now has access to all the Google secrets and he has shared one big one on Twitter last night. He took a photo of the real Google RankBrain for all to see. The cat is out o… Read More
2017-10-20 23:30
Google announced they have begun rolling out support for what is called parallel tracking. In short, the user who clicks on the ad goes directly to your landing page, bypassing the redirect… Read More
2017-10-20 21:30
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2017-10-20 19:20
Bing Ads has revamped their overviews tab for advertisers in the ad platform console. Bing announced it yesterday saying tThe new Overview tab in Bing Ads provides that big picture view of… Read More
2017-10-20 17:20
Google is once again testing image thumbnails in the search results snippets. Well, Google has done it for some queries and pushed them out but for standard snippets, Google doesn’t b… Read More
2017-10-20 15:10
As time goes on, it is inevitable that we lose important people in the search industry – that is life. But too often we are too late to express our gratitude to those people during th… Read More
2017-10-20 13:10
This week in search, I think Google has really started the process of deploying the Mobile First Indexing. Danny Sullivan told us Google has internal Ranking Fairs, where engineers show of f… Read More
2017-10-19 22:50
Here is a photo of one of the meeting rooms at the Google office in Australia. You can see the table and lamps are hanging from the ceiling, upside down. In fact, the room is named “U… Read More
2017-10-19 20:50
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
When Is Vo… Read More
2017-10-19 18:50
Before there was a term called link building, heck, before there was “SEO” – Eric Ward was doing link building. There was a reason he was referred to as Link Moses, becaus… Read More
2017-10-19 16:50
Here is an interesting test, spotted by Maulik Panchal on Twitter of Google testing a new format for their shopping ads in search. When you click on them or the show more button, it pops up… Read More
2017-10-19 14:40
I am not sure what to make of John Mueller’s comments about PageRank related to using the old PageRank model for managing internal link structure. The exchange on Twitter asked Google… Read More
2017-10-19 12:30
Four months ago, we reported that Google will be bringing voice query data to Search Analytics within the Google Search Console reporting engine. But when Gary Illyes was asked about it jus… Read More
2017-10-19 02:10
Check out that view from one of the outdoor spots at the Google Zurich office. Normally we show off stuff that typically goes outdoors but is indoors, like indoor hammocks within one of the… Read More
2017-10-19 00:00
The content at the Search Engine Roundtable are the sole opinion of the authors and in no way reflect views of RustyBrick ®, IncCopyright © 1994-2017 RustyBrick ®, Inc. Web Deve… Read More
2017-10-18 22:00
Today on Google’s home page worldwide is a logo for S. Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. He was an Indian American astrophysicist who was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize for Phy… Read More
2017-10-18 20:00
A few months ago, Google began testing hotel search pricing sliders on mobile search. Well now Google is testing a similar user interface on the desktop search results.
Sergey Alakov posted… Read More
2017-10-18 18:00
John Mueller of Google said on a Google webmaster hangout at the 38:30 mark into yesterday’s hangout that Google uses the same algorithm to rank the first page results that it does fo… Read More
2017-10-18 16:00
As you know, Google deprecated their old AJAX crawling scheme proposal just about two years ago. But currently they still do crawl and index content from those pages. But Google’s Joh… Read More
2017-10-18 13:59
It has been just shy a year since Google first announced their mobile first index initiative, where they would crawl the web from a mobile perspective first. Well, it seems Google has start… Read More
2017-10-18 11:50
So when Google’s Q&A feature launched for local results, it only launched for mobile browser searches. They did not and currently do not show up when you search for local results… Read More
2017-10-17 23:10
Google celebrated their 10 year anniversary of their San Francisco office a week or so ago. To celebrate, they baked a cake with the Golden Gate Bridge on it and the Google logo.
Julie Pare… Read More
2017-10-17 21:10
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
Google: Av… Read More
2017-10-17 19:10
The Mexican-American singer Selena Quintanilla is now being featured on the Google home page. She only lived 23 years but she has made a huge impact on so many lives in her short time on th… Read More
2017-10-17 17:00
Google seems to be testing a new look and user interface for the sitelinks in the Google search results snippets. I had two different people from India send me screen shots on Twitter, incl… Read More
2017-10-17 15:00
Last week, Google quietly announced on Google+ a new feature to help advertisers understand the time it takes for their customers to convert after they click on their ads. Google wrote &ldq&helli…Read More
2017-10-17 13:00
Google’s John Mueller reminds webmasters on Twitter that when it comes to images, Google is slow at updating the URLs and changes.
That being said, John Mueller said make sure to use… Read More
2017-10-17 00:50
It is still weird to think of Danny Sullivan as a Googler but here he is wearing the Noogler hat after graduating from the week of Google orientation. The Noogler, new Googler, hat is wore… Read More
2017-10-16 22:50
Google now lets you automate your Google Posts with the Google My Business API. Google quietly posted it in their what’s new section saying you can now “create and update posts… Read More
2017-10-16 20:50
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
Other Grea… Read More
2017-10-16 18:40
Google announced last week that the new AdWords interface, after years and years of testing and incremental rollouts is now available to all advertisers.
On Wednesday night, Google said &ld&helli…Read More
2017-10-16 16:30
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that disabling the right click on your web pages and/or disabling the ability to select content on your web pages, has no impact on your SEO or r… Read More
2017-10-16 14:20
So Danny Sullivan has only been at Google as an employee for a minute and already shared something I had no idea Google did, a Google Ranking Fair.
Danny described these Ranking Fairs in a… Read More
2017-10-16 12:10
Since Google released their HTTPS ranking boost, SEOs and webmasters have been migrating their sites from HTTP to HTTPS. With that, we knew for years that the change of address tool does no… Read More
2017-10-14 12:45
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2017-10-14 03:40
Daniel Waisberg was in the Google Copenhagen office and snapped a picture of his work environment that day. You can see him sitting near a Google fireplace. He posted it on Twitter and said… Read More
2017-10-14 01:40
Did Google’s Gary Illyes say on Twitter that an affiliate site is not a quality site? He said “perhaps affiliate sites are not quality” when someone complained that affili… Read More
2017-10-13 23:40
Here is a thread from a few months ago, but still pretty interesting where Barry Adams, an SEO, posted on Twitter that you will lose traffic when you do an HTTPS migration. Gary Illyes from… Read More
2017-10-13 21:40
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
Other Grea… Read More
2017-10-13 19:40
Most jokes don’t make me laugh – in fact, I have very little emotions in general. I think they have been diluted over the years from all the awesome comments I get here. That be… Read More
2017-10-13 17:40
Google’s John Mueller answered a question around how Cyrillic script and those special characters and/or accent marks on characters, impacts your rankings in Google. The short answer… Read More
2017-10-13 15:40
Often you will see dates in the search results snippets when blog or news related content shows up in the organic Google search results. Did you know you can lose the ability to show those… Read More
2017-10-13 13:30
This week in search, I covered a largish Google search algorithm ranking update over last weekend. Also, we are noticing huge shifts in the mobile search results, maybe it is mobile first re… Read More
2017-10-13 01:20
Here is a photo of Hannah at the Google European headquarters at the look out, using these pirate binoculars to spot treasures. Of course, she has to have a parrot sitting on her shoulder… Read More
2017-10-12 23:20
A few weeks ago, I conducted a poll asking SEOs how they do their job with or without log files. I discussed how log files can be an awesome way to uncover SEO issues including crawling, in… Read More
2017-10-12 21:20
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
Other Grea… Read More
2017-10-12 19:20
Broken link building is when you find links that lead to broken 404ed pages and then ask those webmasters to update the link with a link to your page, which has up to date and relevant info… Read More
2017-10-12 17:10
SEOs seem split on the question of is black hat SEO dying. That is a poll we ran in July and we have over 870 responses thus far.
It seems like most think black hat SEO is not dying, it is… Read More
2017-10-12 15:10
Gary Illyes from Google said at the State of Search conference that from a Google perspective, pruning content is not a safe tactic for improving your overall site quality. He added that it… Read More
2017-10-12 13:10
Gary Illyes from Google said at the State of Search conference the other day that you are better off having comments and reactions to your content directly on your site than on third-party… Read More
2017-10-12 00:50
Here is a photo I got from a Googler in the New York City office of the Sukkah they built on the 11th floor terrace. They build a sukkah there every year, and I believe also at other campus… Read More
2017-10-11 22:50
Gary Illyes said at the State of Search conference yesterday in his keynote that how featured snippets work, both in user interface and how they rank, is evolving. He said what works for th… Read More
2017-10-11 20:50
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
Google Mob… Read More
2017-10-11 18:50
Gary Illyes from Google was quoted by several SEOs as saying at the State of Search event that Google uses a form of sentiment analysis for search rankings. He said that Google looks at off… Read More
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