John Mueller of Google wrote something on Twitter that caught my eye (well, everything he writes on Twitter catches my eye but this one more than others). He said “Yeah, the difference between technically indexed, and practically indexed is tricky.” …
Day: March 10, 2021
Daily Search Forum Recap: March 10, 2021
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today… …
How to distribute and promote your music on Spotify
Spotify is one of the most important and versatile streaming services for independent artists. From its direct playlist pitching portal, to its profile customization options, to the way their algorithms throw fuel on the fire for a song that shows …
Microsoft Bing Three Column Search Results, A Test Or Bug
Frank Sandtmann, an SEO who sends me tips every now and then, sent me a screenshot of Microsoft Bing showing three columns in the search results interface. I suspect it is a bug because it just looks wrong and when …
Google Officially Adds Full Coverage News Links From Search Results
Google announced that full coverage news is now rolling out in Google Search on mobile devices in the United States. I thought it rolled out in 2019 but here is Google’s official announcement that it is now rolling out officially, …
Google Local Results Has A New Arrow Directions Icon
Google has updated the directions icon it uses for its local search results. Before the icon had a shape with an arrow in white within it, now it has a simple arrow upwards. This is present both in the local …
Google Preparing For New Search Console Functionality
Google is likely going to keep releasing new features and functionality for Google Search Console over the years. John Mueller of Google kind of confirmed that when he said on Twitter that the Search Console team is preparing for “future …
Google Search Console Q&A and FAQ Reports Upgraded
Google has upgraded the Search Console reports specifically for the Q&A and FAQ structured data. Now Google will check the validity of FAQ and Q&A structured data that is below the root entity level. …
Google: When Unindexing Pages From Search Use Noindex, Not Robots.txt
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that when you want to “unindex,” remove indexed pages from Google Search, you should not block Google with robots.txt, but rather use noindex. He said only unindex pages when if you don’t care if …