Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today… …
Year: 2021
Google On Pagination: Would It Be Okay If The Page Was Only Accessible Via Your Site
Most SEOs I know are still grumbling a little about the rel=next and rel=prev is no longer supported, as of two years ago. Google did give us pagination SEO advice in an unstructured format a while ago but really has …
Google Recommends Pyramid Navigation Structure For Large Sites
A couple of months ago John Mueller of Google was asked a question about a site with a mega menu of about 1,000 links in it but those links would dynamically change based on user action. John responded that it …
March 2021 Google Webmaster Report
Here is the monthly Google Webmaster Report where I sum up the more important topics webmasters and SEOs care about when it comes to Google organic search. This past month was super busy with numerous unconfirmed updates, passage ranking rolling …
Poll: Is There A Shortage Of SEO Talent?
Abby Reimer posted a Twitter poll that asks is there a shortage of SEO talent available on the market. The poll is open for the next several hours, so please take it. It does seem like there are a lot …
Daily Search Forum Recap: March 2, 2021
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today… …
Google Chrome To Support Scroll To Text Links With Images & Videos
So we’ve seen Google do the scroll to text fragment links for a while now, with featured snippets and some product listings in search. Soon it might also come to images and videos. …
Are Google Search Console DMCA Takedown Notifications Broken?
Last week, Max Prin from Merkle, notified me that one of his awesome free tools on technicalseo.com was removed over a false DMCA takedown request. There are a couple of issues here (1) the DMCA takedown was false and successfully …
Google Tests Bell Icon To Follow Updates On Medical Knowledge Panels
Since 2014 Google had a method to follow news and updates related to social profiles and other knowledge panels by clicking “get notified” or more recently “follow” button. Now Google is testing showing a bell icon and testing this on …
Ginny Marvin Joins Google As New Ads Product Liaison
Ginny Marvin has announced on Twitter she has joined Google as the new Google Ads Product Liaison. She left Search Engine Land in December after being with the company since 2013 and now is going into a similar role that …
Google Sites Stopped Generating XML Sitemap Files
Google Sites over a decade, almost 15 years, has automatically generated XML sitemap files to be used for Google Search Console. Well, that is no longer the case. Google has removed the Google Sites sitemaps details from the documentation yesterday.…
Semrush (SEMR) To Go Public With $144M Revenue & 67K Customers
The beloved SEO toolset provider announced it will be going public. The stock will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker SEMR. It shared its performance numbers including revenues of $144 million, gross profit of $95 …
Daily Search Forum Recap: March 1, 2021
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today… …
Google On The Importance Of GTINs For Products In Search
Google posted a Friday blog post named “providing better product information for shoppers.” The blog post mentioned GTINs over 20 times, how is that for keyword density? GTINs, if you are not aware, is one of the more popular product …