The last Google product reviews update, the July 2022 Google Product Reviews Update, was an interesting one. It felt, based on SEO and webmaster feedback, that it just didn’t hit the mark in terms of quality relative to past Product reviews updates. If you have examples of where and how Google got it wrong, you can let Google know about it.

Google Discover can now show the author name of a specific story instead of showing the site name under the story. I personally do not use Google Discover much but a couple of savvy Google Discover users noticed this over the weekend.

The canonical and meta robots noindex tags are a great way to preserve website functionality for all users while also instructing search engines. The post When To Canonicalize, Noindex, Or Do Nothing With Similar Content appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

When Google announced they were improving featured snippets using the power of MUM, some of the wording around aligning with consensus reminded me of things that are described in the search quality evaluator guidelines (a.k.a., the Quality Rater Guidelines, or QRG).  While the QRG are not an exact blueprint of Google’s algorithms, they give us many clues as to what it is that Google is attempting to accomplish. Google recommends studying the rater guidelines: “If you understand how raters learn to assess good content, that might help you improve your own content. In turn, you might perhaps do better in […]

Google has reenabled the validate fix feature in Google Search Console while launching the new “more simplified” classifications for the coverage reports. This was expected, earlier this month Google temporarily disabled the validate fix feature in order to launch these new classification labels. Validate fix is back. Now when you go into Google Search Console and click on some of the coverage reports, the “validate fix” button should be back. Google disabled it while upgrading the classification system. There was a notice that read “Limited functionality: We are making some minor updates in the next few days. During this period […]

In this comprehensive guide, get the inside scoop on how to optimize Wix sites for search. The post Wix SEO: 5 Tips To Get The Results You Want appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Understanding how your users engage with your brand is vital to delivering a great customer experience.   This is why you shouldn’t overlook the customer journey. It allows you to shape your website’s user experience (UX) and content strategies based on the people who matter – your customers. Let’s explore how the customer journey can help guide your SEO program. Customer journey and SEO A well-mapped customer journey can greatly benefit SEO.  Because SEO is a broad discipline, it is easy to scatter your efforts. Some people get too immersed in perfecting one aspect – either technical, on-page or external.  Putting […]

Wondering how you can easily beat your competition without adding another tool to your marketing stack? Learn how to use SERP APIs for SEO. The post How To Beat Your Competition Using Only SERPs appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Want to be officially Google Ads certified? Here’s a step-by-step guide that walks you through the basics of getting a Google Ads Certification. The post Step-By-Step Guide To Earning Your Google Ads Certification appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Here are 10 ways that understanding code can help turn a good SEO into a great one. The post Coding For SEO: 10 Ways Coding Skills Can Improve SEO Efforts appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Take a look at 25 SEO-friendly WordPress alternatives separated by primary functionality, so you can make the best choice for your needs. The post 25 Best SEO-Friendly Alternatives To WordPress Websites appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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 now says its guaranteed ads, the local service ads…

YouTube is adopting another feature popularized on TikTok, making it possible to reply to user comments with a short video. The post YouTube Adopts Feature From TikTok – Reply To Comments With A Video appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Marketers are being asked to do more with available resources while still delivering against tough targets. Pivoting this from a no-win mission to a job-well-done scenario is a no-brainer. The simple solution? Entrusting your email marketing to a reliable and scalable platform. During this webinar, you’ll learn how Hertz has tackled their ESP sprawl, grew its marketing team and scaled operations through consolidation efforts. Register today for “Why Finding the Right Platform is the Key to Winning in Email Marketing,” presented by Salesforce. The post Webinar: The key to email marketing success appeared first on Search Engine Land.

Matt Mullenweg criticized that it took a month to redesign two pages, saying it would take a day with Wix or Squarespace The post WordPress Creator Mullenweg: Designing In Wix Is Faster appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

7-percent of all the new URLs clicked on URLs in Bing Search in the past month were sourced from the IndexNow protocol, Fabrice Canel from Microsoft told Search Engine Land. In fact, IndexNow has grown a lot, with more than 16 million websites that are using IndexNow, they are publishing over 1.2 billion URLs per day to the IndexNow API. IndexNow’s growth. In February 2022 IndexNow has grown to support millions of sites by adding integration with Duda, All in One WordPress SEO plugin and Rank Math SEO plugin. Microsoft released a simple-to-use WordPress plugin for IndexNow and Google announced it would be testing this protocol. […]