We have another update on when we might see a Google Penguin refresh, and it looks like we will still be waiting a while. According to Gary Illyes, Google Penguin is still months away from happening. In yesterday’s hangout, Gary Illyes discussed Penguin and said while he was away on vacation, as far as he […]
Google: We Don’t Think of Panda as a Search Penalty
In a hangout that Google’s Gary Illyes did with Bruce Clay yesterday, the topic of Panda came up. While many SEOs refer to Panda as a penalty, and some argue it acts like a penalty, it is actually considered a search filter, since it is applied after the core algo. And Illyes said that they […]
All Access to Search Queries in Google Search Console To Be Removed Wednesday
For those of you that still love the old Search Queries report in Google Search Console, you won’t be happy to know that Google tends to remove all access to it on Wednesday, September 16th. Google began removing access to the old Search Queries report a few weeks ago, to encourage webmasters to start using […]
Google Celebrates Super Mario Bros 30th Anniversary with Easter Egg
If you are a Super Mario fan, you will love the latest Easter eggs added by Google to their search results, in honor of Super Mario Bros 30th anniversary. In Google, when you do a search for “Super Mario Bros“, the knowledge panel includes a ? box that all Super Mario fans will recognize. But […]
Google’s Search Quality Algos Site-Wide; Look at Entire Site Overall
In today’s Google Webmaster Office Hours, John Mueller spent some time talking about quality content and some of the triggers – such as empty listing pages – that are seen as a quality problem. While talking about quality content, he also said that Google’s quality algos work site-wide, looking at all the indexed content on […]
Google: Issues When Serving Different HTML & Content to Different Browsers
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
5 Killer PPC Landing Page Ideas For Competitor Keywords
If you’ve ever tried bidding on competitor keywords in PPC, you know it’s not easy. Your ads may not even show due to low quality scores that are almost automatically assigned by the search engines. If you’re lucky enough to get impressions and clicks, it’s tough to get visitors to stay on your landing page. […]