Google announced that it is rolling out the option to apply recommendations automatically, that is, if you opt in to this feature. Google said “many of you that reviewing and implementing recommendations can be time consuming,” so Google is going …
Month: April 2021
CD Baby Launches Distribution to Triller: How to Get Your Music Added
Triller users can now make videos that feature your songs Do you have fans who use Triller? Want them to feature your songs in their videos? They can! CD Baby is excited to announce that your songs will now …
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 14, 2021
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today… …
Google Products Reviews Update Refreshes Won’t Likely All Be Announced/Confirmed
Another tidbit I wanted to pull out of my larger story on the Google Product Reviews update was that when Google does refreshes or updates to this algorithm, Google may not announce those updates or even confirm the update has …
Google My Business: Edit Your Profile, Hours, Photos & More From Web Search
In 2017, Google My Business began adding features to let business owners manage their local listings directly in the web search results. In 2020, Google upgraded that and now in 2021, Google added the ability to edit your business profile …
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 13, 2021
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web… …
Google: Break YMYL & Non-YMYL Content Into Separate Sites
If your website contains both YMYL, your money / your life, and non-YMYL topics of content, you may want to consider separating those out into their own standalone websites. Google’s John Mueller implied that sometimes Google can do that automatically …
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Google Doodle
On the 151th anniversary of the MET, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the largest art museum in the United States, Google posted a GIF as a Doodle on its home page to celebrate the day. The MET was established on …
Google Image Search Does Not Index CSS Background Images
Google’s John Mueller reminded us that when it comes to your CSS background images, Google won’t be indexing or ranking those images in image search. John Mueller said on Twitter “last I checked, we don’t use CSS background images for …
Google Page Experience Algorithm Update Won’t Be Real Time
The upcoming Google Page Experience Update which is suppose to launch next month is not going to be real time, like some of Google’s other algorithm updates. This is kind of obvious, since we know there is a 28-day delay …
Report: Google Local Reviews Not Publishing
There are numerous reports of reviews not publishing and going live in the Google local results. So if someone leaves a business a review in Google Maps and Google Local, those reviews are either very much so delayed or just …
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 12, 2021
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web… …
Microsoft Bing Can Crawl Parameterized URLs Occasionally
Frederic Dubut from Microsoft said Bing “may still crawl parameterized URLs occasionally.” He said that the “most common parameters are taken into account in indexing” but it still may crawl the other parameterized URLs here and there. …
Google Has Changed Cumulative Layout Shift Metric
Google has made changes to how it calculates the CLS, cumulative layout shift, metric within core web vitals. Specifically maximum session window with 1 second gap, capped at 5 seconds. This was done to make it “more fair for long …