Many SEOs are reporting error messages when attempting to submit URLs to Google Search Console for indexing. When attempting to submit a URL using the fetch and submit tool, it shows “An error has occurred. Please try again later.” This does not seem to be affecting all accounts, as some are reporting that some sites […]
Google Does Not Devalue Pages With Internal Nofollow Links
Many site owners will nofollow internal links for a number of reasons, such as for siloing for PageRank or crawl budget reasons, or in a misinformed attempt to get an outbound link manual action lifted. While nofollowing internal links won’t cause an issue with Google, such as a penalty, what about the value of the page with […]
When Google Rankings Drop After Submitting a Disavow File
When submitting a disavow file, oftentimes people also disavow great links that help rankings, and not just the bad links. For some site owners, identifying the links that should be disavowed (spammy links or links that were paid for in some way) versus the great natural links. And sometimes those great links are really helping […]
Using Nofollow for Siloing Will Not Cause Google Penalty
Using nofollow on internal links has been a technique to silo pages within a site for crawl budget reasons. A site owner will nofollow all links to lesser important pages while using followed links on those pages considered more important. The hopeful end result is that Google crawls those more important pages more frequently, while […]
Title Tag Keywords in CAPS Do Not Impact Google Rankings
If you are using CAPS in your title tags, either to highlight keywords or perhaps to follow brand guidelines, you do not need to worry about incurring the wrath of Google for it. There is no penalty or ranking issues with the use of caps. The question came up on Twitter. @mishasilin NO — Gary […]
Google Search Console Links Report Empty for Some Sites
If you are wanting to analyze links that Google knows about linking to your site, you might have a difficult time. Google has dropped both external and internal links from displaying within Google Search Console. Instead, affected users are seeing empty results. This problem has been ongoing since Friday. Both Gary Illyes and John Mueller […]
Google Adds Carousel & Rich List Suggestions for Blog Queries
Looking for a blog in a particular market area? Google has added a new feature with both rich lists and carousels that lists popular blogs in a variety of market areas and verticals. Here is the carousel look: And here it is in a rich list style: The difference between the two triggering seems to […]
Google: Expect Conflicting Info on Mobile First Prior to Launch
Google’s Gary Illyes, speaking at Next10x yesterday, said that we can expect to hear conflicting information on the mobile first indexing change prior to its official launch and Google’s official blog post about the launch. .@methode: You will hear "conflicting information" on mobile-first until Google posts officially on the blog #Next10X — Stone Temple (@stc_corp) […]
Google’s Mobile First Index Unlikely to Launch Before 2018
There is a little bit more breathing room for those sites needing the time to get their mobile sites ready for mobile first indexing change by Google. It now sounds like it is unlikely to launch prior to 2018. Gary Illyes from Google commented at Next10X during his keynote that he doesn’t think it is […]
Google Partners Adds New Mobile Sites Certification
Google has added a brand new Mobile Sites certification to their Google Parners program. The certification gives a Google stamp of approval that the bearer of the certificate is knowledgeable in “best practices for creating, managing, measuring, and optimizing mobile websites.” Those that take the exam must answer 65 questions with an accuracy of 80% […]