Google has quietly launched a new feature in this month in their PageSpeed Insights Tool – the ability to download optimized images, CSS and JavaScript. This “Download optimized image, JavaScript and CSS resources for this page” was likely added as part of Google’s push for getting the web mobile friendly. They have their new mobile […]
Google’s New Mobile Ranking Signal is on Page by Page Basis
At SMX West last week, one of the things Gary Illyes revealed is that the new mobile ranking boost will be determined on a page by page basis and will not be assigned to an entire based on how much of the site is mobile friendly. When the change was first announced, it wasn’t certain […]
Google Testing New Local Pack With Logos
Google is testing a brand-new layout for local listings in their regular Google search results, this time with the company’s logo displaying on the left-hand side where you would normally see a map icon with location details. It also appears for businesses that do not have a logo to display, it will show a thumbnail […]
New Google Webmaster Tools Report Details Blocked Images, CSS & Javascript
Google webmaster tools has added a new feature that will help webmasters you are ensuring their sites are mobile friendly prior to April 21. One of the issues that can cause the site to not be mobile friendly is when webmasters block elements on the page from being crawled, commonly JavaScript and CSS. And sometimes […]
Facebook Announces Topic Data for Marketers to Determine Their Audience’s Interests
Facebook is releasing topic data to page owners that gives more insight into the topics and subjects that their audiences are talking about on Facebook. They do note that all personal information will still be private, as the data is anonymized and aggregated. This data is meant to help brands understand their audiences better so […]
Major WordPress Exploit Affecting Sites using WordPress SEO by Yoast
The major exploit has been discovered in the extremely popular SEO WordPress plugin, WordPress SEO by Yoast. All WordPress blogs that are currently using this SEO plug-in need to upgrade to the latest version. This exploit means that blogs using WordPress and this plugin are vulnerable to a Blind SQL Injection. This particular exploit requires […]
Bing Webmaster Tools Launches Track Certificates to Review & Track All Certificates Requested on Your Site
If you haven’t gotten around to signing up for Bing webmaster tools, they have just made an awesome reason for you to do so. Bing Webmaster Tools has added a new feature called Track Certificates. This new feature now allows webmasters to track and review the certificate that visitors requested while visiting your site. Track […]
Ensure You Update Sitemaps & Elements When Switching to HTTPS
Gary Illyes from Google made a post on Google+ this morning reminding webmasters to ensure they update all site related development with HTTPS after the switch from unsecured to secure server. Google did a small scale analysis on websites that showed an astonishing 80% of HTTPS URLs that are eligible for Google indexing were not […]
Google My Business Allows Business Owners to Update Images in Listing
If you haven’t liked the lack of control that Google gives business owners when it comes to the photos being displayed in their Google My Business listing on both the web and in Android and iOS apps, you are in for some good news. Google is finally allowing business owners the opportunity to update their […]
Google’s Mobile Ranking Boost Will Be Stronger Than HTTPS Ranking Boost
The mobile rankings boost for mobile-friendly sites beginning April 21st will have a much higher boost than the ranking boost we saw for HTTPS last year. At SMX West last week, Gary Illyes was in the hot seat during Ask the Search Engines session. And as you can imagine, mobile was the hot topic of […]