Google has officially launched Penguin 4.0 This new version of Penguin is the long awaited real-time Penguin that eliminates the long wait for site owners to recover if they have been negatively impacted by Penguin. Gary Illyes, part of the Google Search Ranking Team, as well as a Webmaster Trends Analyst at Google, announced the […]
Google Testing Individual Hotel Booking Block at Top of Search Results
Google is testing a new format for hotel searchers. Instead of listing the booking deals in the knowledge panel, Google is testing them in a separate area where the AdWords ads are normally positioned at the top of the search results. AdWords ads still appear, but under the hotel block. Dr. Pete Meyers shared the […]
Recovering From Accidental Site Removal via Google Search Console Remove URL Tool
On a somewhat regular basis, site owners report in the Google Webmaster Help Forums about using the Remove URL tool for website cleanup, only to inadvertently remove the entire site (or most of it) from the Google search results. Yes, Google does take those Remove URL requests pretty seriously, and removes those URLs (or the […]
Google Testing Local 3-Pack Near Bottom of Search Results Page
Many are used to seeing Google’s local 3-pack appearing near the top of the search results – underneath the AdWords ads with occasionally a single organic result above the local 3-pack. This means that instead of the lcoal 3-pack appearing above the fold, it won’t show up until either near the bottom of the fold […]
AMP Results Now Live in Google’s Organic Search Results
Have you made your content AMP ready yet? Google has officially turned on AMP results in the “ten blue links” in their mobile search results. This means when a webpage has an AMP version available, Google will swap out the non-AMP version and display with AMP version instead, complete with the AMP tag in the […]
Site Not Mobile Friendly? Google Offers Mobile Friendly Version of Page in Chrome
If you visit a page that isn’t mobile friendly, Google Chrome will now offer users the option to view a mobile friendly version of the page instead. Joy Hawkins shared a screenshot that shows a non-mobile-friendly page, with a “Make page mobile-friendly” option at the bottom of the page. When you click the option, it […]
Disqus Comments Now Support AMP
If you have been reluctant to switch over to AMP because of the loss of comments on your pages, you will be happy to know that Disqus has announced they now offer support for AMP. AMP for Disqus utilizes the <amp-iframe> tag to bring comments into the AMP page. However, it requires the unusual step […]
Google Adding More Thumbnails to Organic Search Results Listings
Google has made some changes to make mobile search results much more visual. Google announced on Google+_ the addition of “new, more visual mobile search results at your service.” These results appear as thumbnail search results we have seen Google test periodically in the search results. Here is what it looks like: These changes appear […]
Huge Drop in Image Results Block in Google Search Results
Google has dropped image results from a large percentage of Google search results on Tuesday, which is also contributing to the volatility in search results many are seeing right now. Mozcast recorded a significant 49% drop in search results that feature image results appearing within the organic search results. This means that searchers are only […]
Google AdWords Requirements for Detailed Keyword Planner Data
A few days ago, Google AdWords shut off detailed Keyword Planner data from all AdWords accounts except for those advertisers above a specific threshold. And many have been questioning what that threshold is… in other words, how much do they have to spend to keep the detailed data level. Unfortunately for SEOs and low budget […]