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 […]
Bing Asking Searchers If They’d Recommend Bing to Friends & Colleagues
I spotted an unusual alert at the top of the Bing search results this week – they were asking searchers whether they would recommend Bing to friends and colleagues. When you click through, it asks you to answer “How likely are you to recommend Bing to a friend or colleague?” with five options to answer: […]
Google Showing Organic Search Results Above Local 3-Pack
Google recently made a change to their search results where the local 3-pack results were now showing above all organic results, rather than showing the first organic result above the local pack like it did previously. But Google seems to have returned the organic result above the pack for some queries. Here is an example […]
Google Adds Tabbed Shopping Results in Knowledge Panel Hybrid
We have been seeing a lot more of the knowledge panel / shopping ad hybrid that has been showing up for some product searches in the Google search results. But Dr. Pete Meyers from Moz has spotted a new variation of it – one with tabbed shopping results instead of the usual listing or expanding […]
Watch for New Owner WNC-582900 Google Search Console Alerts after Site Hacking
If you have ever had your site hacked, you know it is a pain to clean up the mess – usually in the form of spammy high value keywords and links – as well as fix whatever compromise led the hackers to gain access to compromise your site in the first place. But there is […]
Google Adds New Movie Carousel Sorting Options
Google has added some new sorting features to their movie carousels which will be very handy to both movie buffs and to those who want more options when it comes to what they see. One of the problems with the carousels for genres is that they tend to show only the most popular, which is […]
AdBlock Launches Mobile Browser for Android & iOS
With much of the focus being on the new ad blocking capabilities in iOS 9, AdBlock Plus has upped their game by launching their own mobile browser to tackle the problem of online advertising on mobile devices. While Apple gears up for iOS 9 and media speculate on some apps in private beta, we’ve gone […]
Google Doodle for Canada’s First Day of School on Google.ca
Canada got its own Google Doodle today – featuring the new Google logo – celebrating the first day of school on Google.ca. While many schools in other parts of the world, including the US, have already gone back to school, the Tuesday after Labour Day in Canada is traditionally the first day back to school […]