Are you dizzy yet? The Google search results are still super volatile and we are seeing high levels of chatter spike back up over the past 24 to 48 hours and the tracking tools are also running incredibly hot. There …
Google: The Number Of Links Is Not A Useful Metric
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that the number of links, for SEO purposes, is not a useful metric. He also said by the time you calculate all your links, that number has probably already changed – so it is …
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Indexing Issues, Pre-Christmas Ranking Volatility & Local Update, Full Width Interfaces, Log4j & More
This week we had some fun bugs with both Google Search having some massive indexing issues and Google Ads going offline for a couple of hours. Google has confirmed that they ran a November 2021 local search ranking update between …
Google Maps Dock To Bottom Feature
Google Maps seems to be rolling out or testing a new feature to dock locations and businesses to the bottom of the map page. You may see a “dock to bottom” button in blue that lets you quickly reopen a …
Confirmed: Google November 2021 Google Local Search Update
As we reported a week ago, we saw a possible Google local search ranking update starting around a week prior to that – well, Google has now confirmed it. Google said on Twitter “Our November 2021 local search update has …
Google Search Console Still Down For Many SEOs
Starting at about 1:30pm ET, five hours ago, Google Search Console is still down for many SEOs. It might work for you but for many, Google Search Console is not loading. Google is aware of the issue and is working …
Daily Search Forum Recap: December 16, 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.
It was a busy day today, we had a massive Google some big …
Google: You Can’t Tell Which SEO Efforts Led To Ranking Success
John Mueller from Google shared something both funny and mostly true about SEO tasks. He basically said that it is often hard or even sometimes impossible to know which SEO tasks led to ranking success, even after it is all …
Google December 2021 Products Reviews Update Will Roll Out Until Right Before Christmas
Google started to roll out the December 2021 product reviews update on Wednesday, December 1, 2021. Google said then it would take about three weeks to fully roll out, which means probably around December 22nd, a couple days before Christmas …
New: Google Analytics 4 Supports Google Search Console Data
Google announced that now Google Analytics 4 supports data from Google Search Console. This was something Google has supported with the original Google Analytics since 2011 and now has brought over support for with the new GA4.
…Google SEO Tips On Taking A Site Offline To Fix Log4j Security Vulnerability
I previous wrote about how Google Ads is not impacted by the Log4j security vulnerability but many sites and servers are. So if you have a website that needs to have updates because of the Log4j security issue, do you …
Google Seems To Be Not Indexing Or Crawling New Content This Morning (Update Fixed)
It seems like Google is having a major indexing or crawling issue this morning – again. Google seems to have not picked up on new content in the past hour or two. You can see sites like the Wall Street …
Google Ads Console Was Offline For A Couple Of Hours This Morning
Not only did we have a two hour Google Search indexing outage this morning, but between around 3am ET and 5am ET the Google Ads interface and advertising console was offline as well. We saw numerous reports from advertisers about …
Google AdSense Support Team Going Offline For 18 Days For Holidays
The Google AdSense support team will be offline from December 17, 2021 to January 4, 2022 – a full 18-days. Google said the team is going offline for the holidays and that you should use the help forums and self …