If you have wondered whether there would still be manual action link penalties once Penguin moves to being real time, we now know the answer. Gary Illyes from Google was asked the question on Twitter, and the answer is yes, there will still be manual actions given for link penalties. @DonnieStrompf no — Gary Illyes […]
Google Adds Holiday Hour Alerts to Local 3-Pack Results
We have seen Google add holiday hours alerts to their local Google My Business individual listings, but they are now also adding it to the top of local 3-pack listings too. Here is how it appears in the 3-pack: This is for a 3-pack listing in India, but it is likely we will see the […]
Accelerated Mobile Pages – AMP – Coming to Google Search in Early 2016
At State of Search last week, Gary Illyes from Google talked about the importance of AMP – Accelerated Mobile Pages and how it would become more important in 2016. Now Google has announced that AMP pages are coming to Google Search next year. Google doesn’t give a specific date, other than “early next year,” but […]
Google Removes Business Reviews in New Google+ Redesign
When Google+ launched their new redesign, one glaring omission for local businesses was the fact Google dropped the business reviews from the Google+ local pages. While many wondered if it was an oversight, we now have confirmation that they will not be returning. Elizabeth P, a rep from Google on local confirmed that reviews are […]
Upcoming Penguin Will Be Update, Not Refresh, and Real Time
For those who have been wondering whether the new Penguin would be an update or merely a refresh, we now have our answer. It will be a true Penguin update – meaning with new signals – rather than a refresh, which would mean simply rerunning the last version of Penguin. Gary Illyes from Google confirmed […]
Google Search Analytics Updated Once Again
It appears that the Search Analytics in Google’s Search Console is updating once again. After being stalled after the November 11th data refresh, users can now find data up to and including November 20th. The Search Analytics has been suffering issues lately with not refreshing the data. Already this month it had stalled with data […]
Google Officially Releases Search Quality Rating Guidelines
Google has officially released their Quality Rating Guidelines, the same guidelines I analyzed earlier this week from a leaked copy. This marks the second time that Google has released a version, having released a stripped down version in 2013. But this is the first time they have publicly and officially released the entire document. Something […]
New Book & Play Themed Carousels in Google Knowledge Panels
Google has added some new features to the Google Search results in both the knowledge panel and the associated carousel for books as well as both musicals and plays. This was actually a feature I was hoping for when covering a similar feature for movies. @jenstar try out some books or plays now. 🙂 — […]
App-Only Content Now Appearing in Google Search Results
Google has stepped up promoting app content in the search results by now adding the ability to show content that is only available within an app. Google is showing it in the search results even to those users who might not have the app installed. Because we recognize that there’s a lot of great content […]
Google Search Analytics Will Be Fixed By End of Week
After a brief period of updating, Search Analytics in Google Search Console is once again delayed. It began updating again but now it has stalled once again without any updates since November 11, 2015. Zineb Ait Bahajji posted an update on Google+ that the team is aware of the issue and they are working on […]