Google Webmaster Blog has posted a new blog post regarding all the new gTLDs (generic top level domains) that have been making their debut recently and how Google is handling those new gTLDs from a ranking and SEO perspective. Most notably, Google states that essentially they treat all gTLDs, including the new brand gTLDs, the […]
Archives for 2015
Bing Adds Download Links to Knowledge Panel for Software Searches
Bing is now adding download links to their knowledge panel for software searches. Bing lists two sources for each of the downloads, including both the official source for the download as well as CNET. However, one of the issues many people will have is that Bing is recommending CNET / Download.com as the second source […]
Site Offline Recently? Google Search Console Wants to Know
Has your site suffered from some downtime recently? If so, Gary Illyes from Google wants to know about it. He posted on both Twitter and Google+ requesting details for those who have had websites go offline for any reason. He also added some clarification on Twitter, that he was looking for sites that have been […]
Bing Ads Testing Ads With Images in Search Results
Normally when you think of the Bing – or Google – search results, you don’t expect to see regular pay per click non-shopping ads with images, other than some exceptions for favicons. But Bing is changing it up by including images in their top Bing Ads ad unit that appears at the top of the […]
Bing Adds Product Thumbnails to Organic Search Results
Bing has added new thumbnails to their organic search results for some product searches. These thumbnails make those particular search results stand out, but most notably, these are organic search result listings, not paid ones. Here is another example. While it is unclear what triggers these product thumbnails in the organic search results, for every […]
Top 10 Verified Sites All HTTPS in Google Search Console
Gary Illyes posted on Google+ this weekend that the top ten verified sites in Google Search Console are now HTTPS, based on search impression data. We recently saw both Wikipedia and Reddit making the switch to HTTPS and it is pretty likely that at least one, if not both, were the last holdouts for the […]
New Reviews & Review Formats in Bing Knowledge Panels
As Google is reducing the reviews shown in their own knowledge panels, Bing is going in the opposite direction by adding a ton of new review options, as well as formats for displaying those reviews, in their knowledge panel in the Bing search results. These new reviews show the number of stars in the ratings […]
Drop in XML Sitemap Index Numbers Known Issue in Google Search Console
If you have noticed a huge decrease in the XML sitemap index numbers showing in your Google Search Console account, you are not the only one. There is a reporting issue currently affecting the numbers. The decrease began on July 13th and has continued to slide since then. Glenn Gabe shared this image showing the […]
Google Will Increase Warnings for Unsafe Websites
Google is making changes to their Safe Browsing filter so that more users will see warnings alerting users that a site has been compromised or is using unsafe practices that could cause harm to the user’s computer, such as malware, ad injectors, phishing and unwanted software downloads. Last year, we announced our increased focus on […]
3 Reasons Your SEO Integrations Fail
More and more companies are considering bringing their SEO activities in-house to better integrate SEO into the digital marketing flow rather than to keep it siloed as completely separate projects. It is a welcomed trend, considering the fact that the SEO has many touch points and often times depends on many other departments. However, is […]