If you are concerned that having duplicate content could be a factor in the Panda algo, John Mueller from Google has confirmed that duplicate content and Panda are two separate and independent things. Marie Haynes raised the question with John Mueller, and whether duplicate content could have an impact on Panda. @Marie_Haynes Those are 2 […]
Google Deprecating AJAX Crawling Scheme
In a long expected move, Google is now deprecating AJAX crawling scheme. Googlebot is able to understand AJAX pages better than they could previously, so the support of the AJAX crawling scheme is no longer needed. When Google initially announced the plan, it was because their crawlers were not executing javascript to be able to […]
Google Adds Expandable Featured Snippets With Knowledge Panel Features
Google is testing a brand new style of featured snippets, this time showing the regular featured snippet at the top of the search results, while also including an additional expandable section that pulls the type of data we normally see in the regular knowledge panels in the right sidebar. This includes things like facts, related […]
Why Google Devaluing Spammy Queries is Great for Website Owners
When a site gets hacked, you can almost always count on it being used to promote one of several market areas. Google recently announced their hacked site algo, which would see hacked results removed from the search results. But Gary Illyes from Google revealed another interesting fact about it… that it impacts spammy queries only. […]
Google Expanding Appointment Booking in Knowledge Panel
Google recently began testing appointment bookings in the knowledge panel, through a Demandforce and Intuit partnership. These bookings, called Place Actions Forms, are displayed within the organic knowledge panel in the Google search results. Google is now expanding these appointment bookings to more providers, including the most popular booking appointment platform used by salons in […]
Google Showing More YouTube Screenshots in Image Search
There is a new and very large source popping up in the Google image search results lately. Google is now pulling images from YouTube to display in their image search results. The discussion came up on Twitter, but it is something I have noticed for a month or two, and some image searches tended to […]
Transfer Disavow File When Switching from HTTP to HTTPS
A reminder that when you move your site to HTTPS, don’t forget that you need to include your disavow file in the move. The question came up on Twitter and Gary Illyes confirmed that webmasters will need to transfer over any disavow files to the new HTTPS site in Google Search Console. @AnnieCushing @MattNorman_90 okay, […]
Google Chrome Will Display HTTPS Sites With Non-HTTPS Content as HTTP
Google Chrome is making some changes with how HTTPS sites will display in the browser, when those pages also have some non-HTTPS elements or content present (also referred to as serving mixed content). Now, those pages will show as they do for HTTP / unsecure pages. Here is a chart showing the new change. The […]
HTTPS Navigations in Chrome Increased 5% in Last Year
Google has been pushing hard on the value of switching to HTTPS. With the announcement of the HTTPS ranking boost – which was really more of a tie breaker – it convinced many webmasters to make the switch from HTTP to HTTPS. Ilya Grigorik, a web performance engineer at Google made the announcement on Google+ […]
Google Looking for Feedback on Search Console’s Content Keywords Feature
John Mueller from Google is looking for some interesting feedback from Google Search Console users specifically around the “Content Keywords” section. It seems that they are looking to not only find out what people think is most useful, but also how people might be confusing what it is actually telling webmasters. Here is a quick […]