While Joomla was rumored to be one of the CMS platforms that would be AMP ready, it seems that this still has not happoened. On the positive side, there now is a plugin option for sites that wish to implement AMP on Joomla without having to code it personally. Weeblr has created a plugin for […]
AMP Errors Take Up to a Week to Show in Google Search Console
John Mueller shared some important tips about aggregated reports in Google Search Console. You can find his entire post here, but I am highlighting some of the most important pieces for webmasters. When you are implementing AMP pages for your site, the AMP error reporting within Google Search Console can be handy to help figure […]
Google Adds Index Status to Data Anomalies With Apps Indexing Change
Google has been busy with their Data Anomalies page in Google Search Console. This time they have added a new “Index Status / Indexed Page” section, with a new entry about apps dated earlier this month. Here is the new section and the issue. The issue is for mobile apps only. But while they do […]
AMP Results Now Live in Google Search Results
It seems that the reported date of February 24th as the date that AMP would go live was incorrect. Google began pushing out AMP results late on February 22, 2016, rolling out across mobile devices in their news carousels. Here is a screenshot showing AMP on the 22nd. AMP results are listed with both a […]
Google AMP Launching in Search Results February 24
We have known that Google plans to launch AMP sometime at the end of February. But AdAge is now reporting that AMP is scheduled to go live in the mobile search results on February 24th. All signs are pointing to their planned eminent launch of AMP. Google added AMP error reporting to Search Console and […]
Google Adds AMP Help to Webmaster Help Forums
Having problems implementing AMP on your pages? Google has added a new webmaster help forum section specifically for AMP, and added some new pinned posts with quick answers. John Mueller announced the new AMP forums for all questions related to AMP. We now have a category for AMP / Accelerated Mobile Pages here in the […]
Google Launches AMP Demo – Accelerated Mobile Pages
If you have been working to get your pages ready for AMP – Accelerated Mobile Pages, but are unsure how your content will actually appear in live AMP results, you will love this new testing tool. Google has launched a new AMO demo tool that allows you to view the search results with AMP specific […]
Number of Voice Searches in Google Doubled in Last Year
If you still don’t think voice search is a big deal, here is an interesting stat from Gary Illyes… voice searches have doubled in the past year. In his hangout yesterday with Eric Enge and Mark Traphagen, he was talking about the importance of voice search. While he commented there will be a talk that […]
AMP to Support Both Paywalls & Subscriptions
Depending on which side of this business model you fall on, you will be either really happy – or really not – that AMP is supporting both paywalls and subscriptions. “AMP’s paywall implementation is crucial for publishers of quality contents. Google’s AMP team has come up with a system able to address most of the […]
AMP Will Support Ads from 20+ Networks at Launch
One of the big issues with publishers when considering AMP – Accelerated Mobile Pages – is how advertising might be affected. After all, with many publishers relying on ad revenue, the potential loss of that revenue because of AMP could be a major issue. In a new blog post from the AMP Project, they announced […]