Google announced a new policy and tool to allow you to remove images of minors, kids and teens under the age of 18, from Google Search results, both images and web search. This is likely a welcomed feature for many …
Month: October 2021
Daily Search Forum Recap: October 27, 2021
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today… …
Google: We Do Not Keep Track Of Order Of Links On A Page
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter “I don’t think we keep track of order of links on a page.” I found that interesting in that Google does treat links to the same destination with different anchor text differently. Although, it …
Google Ads Earnings & Microsoft Bing Ads Earnings Both Up Over 40%
Google and Microsoft both released earnings statements last night and both were impressive. Alphabet reports Q3 revenue of $65.1B, up 41% year over year with net income of $18.9B, which was up from $11.2B year over year. Microsoft reports Q1 …
Respected American Journalists Ask If Google Search Is Now Significantly Worse
A few respected American Journalists the other day asked on Twitter if you are noticing Google Search get “significantly worse” than it was previous years. Journalists such as Jesse Eisinger, Chris Hayes and Herb Greenberg all chimed in about this …
Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update On October 26th
There may have been a Google search ranking algorithm update on the smaller side on or around October 26th. There was both some limited chatter on that day, limited in that is was more than the norm but less than …
Google Continuous Scroll Does Has No Impact Search Console Reports
As you know, Google is rolling out continuous scroll on mobile search. To be honest, in my original reporting on this topic, I covered both the image of Search Console and Google Ads reporting – saying there is no direct …
Daily Search Forum Recap: October 26, 2021
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today… …
Google: We Won’t Confuse Titles In SVG Images With Page Titles
The other day I asked John Mueller on Twitter to confirm that Google can handle and not confuse the titles in the SVG images with the page title. Turns out, John answered this question back in May saying that titles …
Google Ads App Campaigns Don’t Require Deep Linking
Google has announced that your app campaigns within Google Ads no longer require manual deep linking. You can now select the option to direct users to the app homepage even if your app does not have deep links implemented. …
Google: Using Admin Or Author For Author Name On Articles
Google’s John Mueller was asked if using “admin” or “author” for the author name on articles would be okay for some web sites. The answer was not 100% clear, but he suggested for YMYL categories of sites, it’s best to …
Google Says Non-AMP Page Throttling & Other AG Paxton’s Claims Baseless
First, please go read Google throttled non-AMP page speeds, created format to hamper header bidding, antitrust complaint claims story on Search Engine Land. In short, the claims from Attorney General Paxton said that Google throttled non-AMP pages and used various …
Google Search Console API Gains Discover & Google News Data With Regex Support
Google added to the Search Console Search Analytics API Discover and Google News data that it added to the web interface earlier this year. Google also added support for Regex with the query and page dimensions. …
Daily Search Forum Recap: October 25, 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 said when it comes to trust… …