Do you want to use the same design theme on multiple websites? Well, Google’s John Mueller said it is fine to do that, in fact, he said many sites do share a similar or the same theme. …
Month: November 2021
Google: A Mix Of Positive & Negative Reviews More Trustworthy
Google has updated the Google Business Profiles Get Reviews help document to explicitly say that having a mix of positive and negative reviews are more trustworthy, than I guess just all positive reviews. Joy Hawkins spotted this and posted on …
Google: Random Sentence Bolding For SEO
So now that we know that bolding works for SEO and rankings in 2021, we need to start bolding everything. Or maybe we need to be more random about our bolding efforts. Or maybe we need to really think about …
Google Search Automobile Search Add Sliders & More Search Tools
A couple of months ago, Google upset the automotive industry by adding more data sets to its search results for automobiles. As a reminder, Google said it licensed that data. Google is seems to be expanding those search features with …
Google: Semantic HTML Is Not A Google Search Quality Signal
Google’s John Mueller said that semantic HTML is not a quality signal used in Google Search for ranking purposes. An SEO said “Proper HTML semantics and tag hierarchy must be a quality signal.” John Mueller responded saying “I don’t see …
Google: As Featured On Links To Publications Are Normal Links
I am sure you’ve all seen websites that have a section on their website for “As Featured On” or something like that, then a carousel or listing of logos from those brands. Well, those links should not be feared, John …
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google November Core Update Continued, Search Console Redesign, Crawling Bugs & Google Ads Credits
Happy Thanksgiving – we had a surprise from Google again, where the second wave of the Google November 2021 core update happened on Wednesday and Thursday – yes, the busiest time for online shopping. Prior… …
Google Search Console Crawl Stats Data Bug Missing Two Days Of Data
Google has another bug, this time with Google Search Console’s crawl stats report. The report has a gap in the data, missing data on November 19th and November 20th. Google’s John Mueller confirmed the issue and said on Twitter the …
Google Issued Credits For Shopping Ads CPC Bug
Remember the Google Ads bug where CPC, cost per click, prices soared out of control on a Friday night? Well, about two weeks later, Google started to issue credits to those accounts that were impacted by the bug. …
Google November 2021 Core Update Tremors On Thanksgiving
We are seeing big volatility again in the Google Search results as of yesterday and today, which might be the tail-end of the November 2021 Google core update. Yep, talk about timing – the Black Friday shopping is in high …
Google Hanukkah Decorations Are Live For 2021
I’ve been checking for the past week, multiple times per day, and just now, Google has launched the Chanukah/Hanukkah decorations for the 2021 season. Chanukah starts this Sunday night, so I was expecting it to come soon and it is …
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 24, 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 AdSense Matched Content Being Shut Down On March 1, 2022
Google announced that it is shutting down the AdSense Matched content ad unit types beginning on March 1, 2022. This is due to “decreasing usage of the content promotion service” and “positive customer feedback and performance results from the ads-only …
Bing Finally Launches Page Insights Lightbulb Search Results Feature
After several months of testing variations of what Microsoft Bing is calling “Page insights” – it is finally live. The lightbulb and page explorer snippet tool is now live for all to play with. …