Remember what life was like before the internet was widespread? What would you do if you wanted to figure out who was the head coach of the 1986 Detroit Pistons or learn about the migration habits of the European turtle dove? You had to rely on your memory (spotty, at best), ask a friend (possibly unreliable), or take a trip to your local library (does anyone know how the Dewey decimal system works?). Now a simple Google search can provide you with the answer to virtually any question you could ever have. And one of the most popular resources for […]

Google Images at images.google.com now uses Google Lens when you click on the upload a photo icon. This has been coming for a long long time and is finally fully here.

We know that each XML sitemap file can contain a maximum of 50,000 URLs but what is counted as the 50,000 URLs? John Mueller was asked if Google counts both the location URL and the alternative URL in the 50,000 limits. John said it is just the location URL.

One of the oldest myths in the Google SEO-verse is that clicking on your search results in Google Search will help you rank better. Google does not and has never used click data for ranking purposes (with the exception of a short period of Google+ data being used in Google Search).

Google has added a label on the Google Guaranteed Local Service Ads reviews to say the reviews are not guaranteed. This I guess comes as no surprise with all the Google Local Service Ads spam and junk we have been noticing recently.

Harness natural and paid search most synergistically with these six steps. The post 6 Steps To Prioritize Natural & Paid Search In A Holistic Search Strategy appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Google loves to test new designs and interfaces for the Sitelinks it shows in the snippets of its search results. This one shows larger rectangular curved buttons under the snippet to the sitelink.

Google launched new features in search, one where Google is using MUM to give featured snippets a consensus – it is pretty cool. Google also released new about this result features and expanded content advisories in search…

Business owners and executives are accustomed to poorly ran meetings. Learn how to wow your guests by executing video calls with excellence. The post 11 Tips For Mastering Video Calls That Wow Your Clients appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Third-party cookie tracking is going away, and the SEO industry is ready and diligently preparing ambivalent and posting memes on Twitter. SEO has been dealing with the lack of cookie tracking since its existence. So does the cookie’s demise actually matter? Well, my friends, I’m here to tell you two things. The good news: this change means something and there’s an opportunity.  The bad news: it’s not going to be easy. It takes some smart chops to get done, plus considerable resources you’re not likely to get sitting over there in the SEO corner of the office (remote, of course).  […]

Learn the 10 enterprise SEO tasks you should be doing to get new prospects and distinguish your brand in a cluttered market. The post Level Up Your Content Strategy – 5 Steps To SEO Success appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

A Pew Research Center survey of American teenagers ages 13 to 17 finds Facebook usage is down as they gravitate toward video-centric social media apps. The post Facebook’s Popularity Plummets As YouTube Takes Top Spot With Teens appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Yoast SEO Plugin update causes fatal errors on WordPress websites. The post Yoast SEO 19.5 Update Causes Fatal Errors appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

While some of the Google changes target low-quality content and spam, other updates aim to improve the searcher’s online experience. The post Google Algorithms & Updates Focused On User Experience: A Timeline appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Google’s Multitask Unified Model (MUM) algorithm is now capable of identifying when multiple high-quality sources agree on the same fact. The post Google’s Algorithms Can Understand When Sources Agree On Same Fact appeared first on Search Engine Journal.