If you have a lot of duplicate or very similar content on the same site, without using proper canonicals to indicate which version Google should index, Google will default to the shortest URL over the longer URL. I asked Gary Illyes from Google about how Google selects what content is canonical when dealing with duplicate […]
Archives for October 7, 2015
Google Panda Rolling Out in Pushed Increments, Not Constant
While we know that Google has been rolling out Panda 4.2 very, very slowly, the roll out is actually happening in pushed increments and isn’t a constant on-going rollout. Glenn Gabe asked Gary Illyes & John Mueller on Twitter whether Panda was being manually pushed out in increments versus a single push that has been […]
Why SEO Is About More Than Just Keywords
If you’ve been using SEO in your web writing you know that it can really help bring readers to your website, it can bring you up farther when it comes to search engines, and it can even work to convert readers into sales. But it’s about more than just attracting people, it’s about how you […]
Google Adds New Hacked Site Algo to Search Results
If your website is hacked, Google is making changes to how they show those sites in the Google search results. Previously, Google would add a “this site may be hacked” notation to warn searchers that the site is compromised and could harm their computers if they continue through to the website. But Google is now […]