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Year: 2021
Google: Different Intent Content On A Page Basis Can Confuse, Not Site Level
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 Alerts Stopped Working For Several Days For Some (Now Fixed)
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.” …
Google Alerts Stopped Working For Several Days For Some (Now Fixed)
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.” …
Google Analytics Bug Results In Unrecoverable Data Loss On October 18th
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 Bug Results In Unrecoverable Data Loss On October 18th
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 Updates Search Quality Raters Guidelines On October 19th
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, …
Google Updates Search Quality Raters Guidelines On October 19th
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, …
Semrush: Google Search Algorithm Updates Are More Extreme This Year
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 …
Semrush: Google Search Algorithm Updates Are More Extreme This Year
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 …
Daily Search Forum Recap: October 19, 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 Local Tests Purple Heart Label For Women Led Businesses
Google initially launched the “women-led” label in the local search results in 2018 with a women icon. Google seems to be testing replacing that icon with a purple heart. Saad AK and Colan Nielsen spotted this change and posted screen …
Google Centerpiece Annotation: Primary Content Of Page & Site
Martin Splitt from Google explained the concept of centerpiece annotation, a term used in Google to define the primary content of a page or site. Martin said they are able to understand that a page’s primary topic is on A …
IndexNow – Ping Some Search Engines With URLs For Instant Indexing
Microsoft Bing and Yandex announced a new initiative named IndexNow that lets site owners ping IndexNow’s protocol to achieve instant indexing with the participating search engines. The participating search engines right now are only Bing and Yandex; Google is not …
Google Survey Asks You If You Want Ad Free Search Results For Paid Subscription
Can you imagine Google offering a monthly fee for using Google Search? Can you even imagine an option to remove the search ads in exchange for a monthly fee? I cannot and I’d be shocked if Google would ever launch …
Frederic Dubut Leaves Microsoft After 8 Years Working On Bing
Frederic Dubut, the PM Lead for the Microsoft Bing Core Ranking team, has announced that after 13 years with Microsoft and over 8 years with the Bing team, he is leaving the company. He said “earlier this month, I closed …