Bloggers love to marvel at the wonders of #SEOscience because the guardians of the Google make us believe it’s the key to earning links. The dirty secret is that anyone can be a scientist in this industry, and you don’t need any qualifications in computer science to state your claim as an #SEOscience expert. The […]
Google Adds Book Carousel & Makes Changes to Book Related Knowledge Graphs
Earlier this month Bing added a new book carousel feature to their search results and Google has now done the same by adding a new book carousel that displays at the top of the search results when users click on a carousel link from a book related knowledge graph. They have also redesigned and added […]
Test the New Google Webmaster Tools Search Query Feature
Google Webmaster Tools is working on a brand-new search query feature and that they are looking for webmasters to try it out. They are specifically looking for people who are a regular user of the search query information that is currently in Google Webmaster Tools. They are also wanting to know how you are using […]
Matt Cutts Talks About His Early Spam Fighting Days at Google
If you haven’t been in the industry long enough to remember when Matt Cutts could attend a conference and NOT be surrounded by dozens of “Cuttlets”, you will enjoy this video of a recent talk Matt did talking about his early days at Google. He spoke at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill […]
Brands Can Now Include All Social Media Profile Links in Google Knowledge Graphs
Brands can now had their social media profile links to their official company knowledge graph that appears in the Google search results. This means that you can include official links to profiles on places beyond Google+, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Myspace and LinkedIn – however it appears Pinterest is a glaring omission to the […]
Google Adding Concert Ticket Links to Knowledge Graph Results for Musical Artists
A brand-new knowledge graph feature will make it easier for official sources to sell tickets but more difficult for third parties who resell tickets or an affiliate commission on tickets. Google is releasing brand-new markup for ticketing links for musical artists that will include links to their upcoming concerts, including information such as the on […]
Ideas for Google Web Search & Webmaster Tools? Google Wants to Know
Google is collecting feedback from webmasters about what they want to see from both Google Search and Webmaster Tools. They have set up a Google Moderation Page so you can both submit your own questions and vote on ones already asked. There are multiple suggestions that have already been voted up. Many webmasters have great […]
Want a Google Knowledge Graph Source Link? Try a Facebook Post
If you have been trying to be the source of a Google Knowledge Graph, you should definitely consider outside sources if you aren’t able to nab it for your website. Many have noticed that Google cites some rather interesting sources in their “how to” type of knowledge graphs, but now they are including Facebook posts […]
Webmasters Should Use Caution When Dynamically Serving Javascript, CSS & Images
Google is warning webmasters about the dangers of dynamically serving on page resources such as JavaScript, CSS and images. Google has been trying to steer webmasters away from dynamically serving webpages as it makes it harder to index content, there can be duplicate content issues, and there’s always a potential spam issue. And it is […]
Google Alerts Webmasters About Issues hreflang and rel=canonical URLs
If you use hreflang on any international pages on your website, John Mueller from Google is reminding webmasters to ensure that any rel=canonical you specify matches one of the URLs you use for the hreflang pairs. The issue with hreflang and specified canonicals is that the hreflang will be ignored when the specified canonical URL […]