Are you cutting it really close to the line when it comes to the April 21st mobile-friendly ranking change? Or is Googlebot seeming to ignore many of your pages to check and see if they are indeed mobile friendly? There is a way you can prompt Google to send Googlebot to reindex those pages in […]
Archives for April 13, 2015
Japanese Courts Order Google to Remove Reviews from Google Maps
The court in Japan ordered Google to remove two negative customer reviews from Google Maps that were left anonymously on a location of a medical clinic. According to TechCrunch, Google is “considering our options”, so it is likely we could see an appeal. But it is unknown if the two reviews have been removed already. […]
Google Now Autocompletes Popular Brands for Non-Brand Searches
Google auto suggest to them going through some significant changes recently. The latest is Google is now auto suggesting brand names when you do a generic search – even if that brand name does not have a single one of the search keywords in it. Rand Fishkin of Moz was the first to notice the […]
No Need for Separate Mobile Sitemap Unless Designed for Feature Phones
When you have finished making your site mobile friendly, do you need to submit a mobile sitemap as well? In the Google Webmaster Help forum, the question was raised about mobile sitemaps, if a separate mobile sitemap is required once a site is made mobile friendly or if they should just duplicate the regular sitemap […]
Amazon Sues Companies Selling Fake Product Reviews
Amazon is fighting back against companies that sell fake product reviews for products on their site. Amazon has sued Jay Gentile, who runs the website buyazonreviews.com. They are also going after the unknown owners of buyamazonreviews.com, bayreviews.net and buyreviewsnow.com, according to GeekWire. “While small in number, these reviews threaten to undermine the trust that customers, […]