Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that he has “never seen a site where that was an issue which caused visible problems with SEO.” I wonder if any of you have. I suspect where SEOs stuff up the pages with …
Google Featured Snippets Tests Also Covered On This Page Links
Google is testing or rolling out a new feature for its featured snippets section named “also covered on this page.” Google is adding below the main featured snippet, other topics the page covers, that hyperlink, anchor you down and then …
Google Search Console Performance Report To Drop Rich Result Type
Google announced it is removing the generic rich result filter from the Google Search Console performance report search appearance section. That means, you will no longer to see in general how well rich results are performing on your site. Instead, …
Google News Showcase On Desktop
Google announced that the Google News Showcase feature is coming to desktop in eight countries (not the US). Google launched last October and News Showcase allows publishers can curate content using timelines, bullets and related articles.
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Google Search Results With Hear This Out Loud Button
Google may be testing a new feature in search for its featured snippets and knowledge panels to read the content of that snippet to you. Manikandan shared a screenshot with me on Twitter of Google Search showing a button that …
Ginny Marvin Now Offering Google Ads Help @AdsLiaison On Twitter
Just like Danny Sullivan has the @searchliaison account, now Ginny Marvin is using the @adsliaison account. Both use that account as an official channel to respond to issues around Google Search, aka @searchliaison, and Google Ads, aka @adsliaison.
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Google Can Lose Track Of Tons Of URL Parameters; Why Canonicals Are Important
John Mueller of Google had an interesting reply to a question around linking to a page without a rel canonical attribute on it, and that page has URL parameters on it for necessary tracking purposes. John said “if the parameter …
Poll: 40% Of SEOs Will Remove AMP After The Google Page Experience Update
As you know, when the page experience update launches, AMP will no longer be a requirement for showing up in top stories. The buzz in the SEO news world is what will you do, will you remove the AMP pages, …
Google Bug Hiding Search Results For Pfizer MRNA Queries
If you search for [pfizer mrna] on Google Search on your desktop, you won’t see any free organic listings. At least I cannot and many others cannot see any results. I do seem them on mobile but only after I …
Email Newsletter Update: Google Feedburner Is Out
The email newsletter on this site is changing and for those who has subscribed, please let me know if you see any issues in the next day. Tonight’s newsletter is the last one that is going to be sent out …
Google: Redirecting A URL To A New URL Will Redirect The Core Web Vital Metrics
Google’s John Mueller was asked if redirecting a URL to a new URL will also pass the Core Web Vitals metrics. The short answer is yes, if you redirect page A to new page B, page A’s Core Web Vitals …
Google: Tweaking Title Tags Won’t Improve Your Rankings After Quality Drop
Google’s John Mueller said that tweaking your title tags after your site was impacting by a quality update won’t make a big different in your rankings. But yes, changing your title tags does help you rank for the desired change …
Google: JSON-LD Doesn’t Give You An SEO Benefit Over Other Markup Formats
Google on occasion tells you which method of technology they prefer over others. They did it with mobile, saying go responsive over other methods. They did it was schema markup solutions, saying JSON-LD is preferred over other methods. But using …
Google Won’t Share How Core Web Vitals Ranking Metrics Add Up
Google documents in its Core Web Vital reports the scores and grades for each URL it knows about on the web. But how that will impact your web rankings in Google Search, when the Page Experience Update is released next …