If you have a recipe site and aren’t already testing out AMP, you might want to consider testing it sooner rather than later. Google is displaying AMP recipes in the mobile search results both in regular card style formats as well as the much talked about AMP carousel style too. Google first announced AMP recipes […]
How Google Handles New HTTPS Pages With Mixed Content Warnings
If you have been thinking of switching over to HTTPS but haven’t wanted to deal with fixing all the potential issues that come up with an HTTPS migration, at least one of the most common issues won’t cause significant issues when you make the leap – and that is the problems surrounding mixed content warnings. […]
Google Adds More Filtering Options to Local Business 3-Pack
Google has added new filters to the local 3-pack on both desktop and mobile for all users. This allows searchers to filter listings with their own preferences. The two standard filters are “ratings” and “hours” that show up above the first listing in the local 3-pack. It also shows up for mobile users as well, […]
Reminder: There Is No Google Sandbox Affecting New Sites
Google has reminded site owners once again that there is no Google sandbox. The question came up on Twitter, and Gary Illyes commented again on the supposed sandbox. @seobybrett we don't have a Google sandbox — Gary Illyes ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ (@methode) December 12, 2016 There are still many sites, including “penalty checkers”, that promote […]
Google Expands Features of Property Sets in Search Console
When Google launched Property Sets in Google Search Console, while webmasters were happy to see Google doing something to address the issue of sites being spread across multiple properties – such as https and http as well as www and non-www – the lack of features that could be viewed with Property Sets was pretty […]
Google Adds “Test Your Site With Google” to Google Homepage
Google is testing a new prompt on their homepage, alerting searchers that they can test their sites with Google, and get a free report on improving it. Here is what it looks like: The link for testing goes to Google’s mobile page speed insights. It is interesting Google is promoting this on the homepage. […]
Google Soliciting Their Own Movie Review Ratings in Search Results
Google has added “Like” and “Dislike” buttons to movie knowledge panels in their search results, as part of the drive to show their own movie ratings, in place of third party movie ratings which have been featured in Google’s knowledge panels for over a year. Here is what the new addition to the movie knowledge […]
Google Adds “Buy e-Book” Options to Book Knowledge Panels
Google has launched new “buy e-books online” feature in the Google knowledge panel for books. These first showed up for book related searches on Friday morning. Here is what it looks like: The most interesting thing about these is that they seem to be organic results and NOT paid. They do not have a sponsored […]
Google Rewrites Titles & Adds Headlines for Some Featured Snippets
Sometimes Google has a perfect featured snippet for a query, but the page’s title doesn’t quite match. So Google will create a new title for a featured snippet to reflect the changes. The headline appears at the top of the featured snippet, which is different from the usual featured snippet without a headline. Here is […]
Bing Now Shows Holiday Hours for Local Businesses in Search Results
Bing is finally showing holiday hours in their local pack and local business knowledge panel results. They began showing up yesterday to show holiday hours and closures for Thanksgiving Day. They are also detailing special hours for events such as Black Friday. Here is how it looks showing holiday closures in the local pack: And […]