In today’s Google Webmaster Office Hours, John Mueller spent some time talking about quality content and some of the triggers – such as empty listing pages – that are seen as a quality problem. While talking about quality content, he also said that Google’s quality algos work site-wide, looking at all the indexed content on […]
Archives for September 11, 2015
Google: Issues When Serving Different HTML & Content to Different Browsers
In today’s Google Webmaster Office Hours, John Mueller was asked a question about whether or not it is okay to serve different HTML and content to different browser types, such as serving something completely different to Chrome users compared to what Safari users see. In micro-optimization, there are some who will optimize for different browser […]
Washington Post Begins Showing Pop-Ups to AdBlock Users
The Washington Post is becoming aggressive with site users who are using ad blockers by serving pop-ups overlayed on top of articles to all those users who have an ad blocker enabled and actively blocking ads on the Washington Post. If you are using either Firefox or Chrome while visiting Washington Post, you will see […]
Google My Business Changes to Two Photos in All Local Panels
If you have been frustrated by some of the unusual croppings of images being displayed in local business knowledge panels in Google, you will be happy to know that Google has made some changes to prevent this. Brian Barwig posted on Google+ earlier this week looking for solutions to problems with Google My Business images […]
5 Tips for Better Mobile Website Design: How to Prevent $2.5+ Million in Lost Sales
Earlier this year, Google rolled out a major update to its search algorithm. Now, when mobile users access Google from their smartphone or tablet, Google will only display search results for mobile-friendly websites. If your website doesn’t pass Google’s Mobile-Friendly Test, it won’t be highly ranked in the mobile search results. For those of us […]