Google is testing a brand new mobile friendly testing tool. Dan Shure from EvolvingSEO was the first to spot the test, which seems to be added as part of a transition to new /search-console/ URLs in the search.google.com subdomain. He shared these screenshots with TheSEMPost, showing the new design and features. Here is what the […]
Google Play Now Showing When Apps Contain Ads
Google has expanded a popular feature to show Android users when the app they are looking at contains in-app ads or not. This follows the recent addition of the in-app purchases note that shows up on some Android apps that have in-app purchases available. A user on Reddit spotted the addition to the apps in […]
Google’s New Mobile Smartphone User-Agent Now Live
Google announced last month that they would be using a brand new mobile / smartphone user-agent for crawling starting on April 18, 2016. Google has now confirmed this is live. We've now started to use our new smartphone UA ! https://t.co/yX37xrcVnf — Zineb Ait (@Missiz_Z) April 20, 2016 So @Missiz_Z forced me to tell you […]
Google Testing Product Listing Ads at Bottom of Search Results
We are used to seeing Google’s Product Listing Ads at the top of the search results. But now it seems Google is testing them in a brand new position – at the bottom of the page, after the last organic results but before the bottom set of AdWords ads. Here is a screenshot of a […]
Google: Do Not Replace Mobile / Responsive Sites With AMP
At the SEJ Summit Wednesday, Maile Ohye spoke quite a bit about AMP and the benefits of using it. But should webmasters consider an AMP only approach for their mobile users? During the Q&A, Ohye was asked whether webmasters should start making a desktop version and an AMP version, rather than using responsive design, and […]
Test Driving Google’s Accessibility Apps & Tools for Android
Google Blog recently announced updates for several of its tools and apps for Android and accessibility. Roughly 1 billion people have some type of disability in the world. Development towards making products usable for everyone has long been a Google mission. It’s been one year since Google began expecting web pages to pass its mobile […]
Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) – What You Need to Know
Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) – what you need to know Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages or AMP is one of the hot topics SEOs have to face this year. AMP allows faster page load times even in areas with slow internet access. But this comes at a price: Currently, the function set AMP offers is limited […]
Google’s AMP Carousels Only Live in 12 Countries
Haven’t seen AMP in your country yet? Google has confirmed that AMP news carousels are only available in 12 countries right now. The countries are: Brazil Germany Spain France United Kingdom India Indonesia Italy Mexico Japan Russia United States The one surprising omission to this list is Canada, especially since Canada and the US are […]
How to Create AMP Pages in Drupal With Official Module
For those publishers waiting for better support for making AMP pages in Drupal, the new updated version of Drupal’s AMP module is now available. The AMP module (similar to a plugin in other CMS like WordPress and Joomla) also now has support for adding advertising blocks, including for Google AdSense, something that kept some publishers […]
Five Mobile Marketing Strategies to Enhance Lead Generation, Impact Customers and Drive Sales
Sales requires customers, and customers need great offers. In 2015, United States smartphone penetration existed at 75 percent, reinvigorating old ideologies surrounding the mobile phenomenon. Now, most American adults have a smartphone—and they’re engaging strong-willed business gurus ready to make a change. Mobile networking dominates modern communication, and both B2B and B2C realms have been […]