April 21st brings the day we will see Google’s mobile friendly algo goes live to all mobile searchers. Here is everything you could possibly need to know about the mobile algo, including the most common questions as well as some of the more obscure things that do or do not have an impact on the […]
Archives for April 16, 2015
Yahoo & Bing / Microsoft Have Agreed to Amend Search Partnership
Yahoo has issued a press release stating they have amended the search partnership with Microsoft to serve Bing Search results and Bing Ads advertisements to their searchers. They recently extended the deadline to extend the search agreement amendment period for an extra thirty days, a clue that changes to the initial agreement 5 years ago […]
Mozilla Announces Plans to Deprecate HTTP in Firefox
Just in case you need another reason to consider making the HTTPS switch for your websites, Mozilla has announced they have begun making steps to deprecate HTTP in Firefox. This follows a move by Chrome to show warnings for unsecure websites. Mozilla has outlined the plan for HTTP deprecation here. Here is their outlined schedule: […]
Do HTTPS Mobile Sites Get an Extra Ranking Boost with Mobile Friendly Algo?
When Google made HTTPS a ranking boost, many websites made the switch to HTTPS. While the ranking signal was later determined to be very tiny, the mobile-friendly ranking boost has raised a question about whether there would be an additional boost for SSL as well. According to Google, there is no additional SSL ranking factor […]