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Google is testing a larger font and larger search bar in the mobile search interface. This was spotted by Brodie Clark, who posted two images on Twitter. I made those images into an animated GIF so you can visualize the …

Fabrice Canel from Microsoft said that Microsoft tries to check your site’s XML Sitemap file one per day. He said on Twitter “we attempt looking at sitemaps once a day.”

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Google’s John Mueller was asked if the button attribute is treated like a link attribute. The answer was a straight forward, “no.” John said on Twitter “buttons aren’t links and don’t inherently have urls attached to actions, so we wouldn’t …

Google’s John Mueller was asked if opening links in a new window versus the existing window (tab) would make a difference SEO or ranking wise in Google. John said no, there is no difference for ranking purposes.

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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 has updated its search quality raters guidelines…

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Google’s John Mueller said when it comes to confusing Google around having different intent of content, it is more of an issue on the page-level and not on the site-level. John said “a lot of websites just have a mix …

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Google’s John Mueller said when it comes to confusing Google around having different intent of content, it is more of an issue on the page-level and not on the site-level. John said “a lot of websites just have a mix …

Google has confirmed an issue with Google Alerts where Google’s Danny Sullivan said “We’ve identified an issue that’s prevented Google Alerts from operating properly. We’re working to resolve the issue quickly.”

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Google has confirmed an issue with Google Alerts where Google’s Danny Sullivan said “We’ve identified an issue that’s prevented Google Alerts from operating properly. We’re working to resolve the issue quickly.”

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Google Analytics had a bug that resulted in about an hour of lost data on October 18th. That data is unrecoverable and you should note, maybe with an annotation, that there was a glitch resulting in less data being collected …

Google Analytics had a bug that resulted in about an hour of lost data on October 18th. That data is unrecoverable and you should note, maybe with an annotation, that there was a glitch resulting in less data being collected …

After over a year of not having an update on the Google Search Quality Raters Guidelines – Google made several updates to the document yesterday, October 19, 2021. The last update was just over a year ago on October 14, …

After over a year of not having an update on the Google Search Quality Raters Guidelines – Google made several updates to the document yesterday, October 19, 2021. The last update was just over a year ago on October 14, …

Mordy Oberstein from Semrush came out with some data proving I am not insane or crazy, at least, when it comes to my reports on the Google search ranking algorithm updates. Yes, I have been reporting on these updates more …

Mordy Oberstein from Semrush came out with some data proving I am not insane or crazy, at least, when it comes to my reports on the Google search ranking algorithm updates. Yes, I have been reporting on these updates more …