Google’s John Mueller said he thinks, and he said he might be wrong, that the final mobile-first indexing batch will be done in the next couple of months. Desktop indexing is not going away, and it will be used for …
Month: February 2023
Google: Checking If The Site Connection Is Secure CDN Interstitials Are Not Search Engine Friendly
Gary Illyes from Google is back and this time he said that those “Checking if the site connection is secure” interstitials you see on some sites, some of the time, is the “last search-friendly things you can do.”…
Google Reorganizes Sitemaps Documentation
I believe Google changed the sitemaps-related search developer documentation last week. I am not sure if any of the content specifically changed, but Google did rename some of the pages and create new pages, maybe to consolidate the content and …
Google Simplifies Policy Circumvention Spam Policy
Last November Google introduced a new catchall search spam policy named policy circumvention. That spam policy was listed to be able to take action on sites that bypass the other Google spam policies through other means.…
Big Publishers Concerned With AI Powered Search From Google & Bing
It is somewhat satisfying to see non-SEOs dig deeper into how search is changing at Google and Bing and to hear the concerns they have about these changes. We covered your concerns as SEOs and publishers a week ago but …
Podcasts: A content guide for beginners
If writing isn’t your forte, good news: Content marketing isn’t limited to written formats. Any type of content that your audience can consume, learn from, and enjoy is fair game. And that includes podcasts. Podcasting is a popular and …
Vlog #210: Jeff Ferguson On The Zero Click Google Study & The Future Of SEO
In part one, we go through Jeff Ferguson’s long history in search marketing. In part two, we pick up with him starting his own agency. Then in part three, we talk about the state of SEO studies……
TikTok Introduces More Ways To Boost Organic Content With Promote via @sejournal, @gregjarboe
With TikTok’s new feature, content creators can turn their existing TikTok videos into ads with a few easy taps. Read on to learn more. The post TikTok Introduces More Ways To Boost Organic Content With Promote appeared first on Search …
Google On Use Of Product Structured Data For A Services Business via @sejournal, @martinibuster
John Mueller’s answer to a question about structured data shows differences between official Schema.org documentation and what Google recommends The post Google On Use Of Product Structured Data For A Services Business appeared first on Search Engine Journal.…
LinkedIn Ads: A Complete Guide For Beginners via @sejournal, @ashleymadhatter
When it comes to B2B marketing, there’s nothing quite like LinkedIn Ads. Here’s everything you need to know to get started with them. The post LinkedIn Ads: A Complete Guide For Beginners appeared first on Search Engine Journal.…
This day in search marketing history: February 13
Google AMP stories launch In 2018, Google launched a new, visually rich mobile content format designed to generate more engagement from users. Breaking with previous guidance, Google didn’t intend for this type of AMP content to match your non-mobile content. …
This day in search marketing history: February 12
Google penalizes JCPenney for link scheme In 2011, JCPenney was caught engaging in link schemes and, as a result, found itself on the receiving end of a Google penalty. The New York Times was apparently perplexed by how well jcpenney.com …
This day in search marketing history: February 11
Yahoo officially rejects Microsoft In 2008, rumor became reality as Yahoo rejected Microsoft’s $45 billion bid to buy Yahoo. The company concluded that the proposal substantially undervalued Yahoo and was not in the best interests of Yahoo and its stockholders.…
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 10, 2023
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today……
Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) may gain more weight in overall Google Core Web Vitals or maybe not…
Google is updating its Lighthouse 10 tool to remove one of the overall Core Web Vitals metrics, Time To Interactive (TTI). Google will be assigning the TTI weight to Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS), which will give CLS a total of …
New updates to Google’s gambling and games policy
Google will begin to accept and run ads for online horse racing in the following states: Maryland Pennsylvania West Virginia Virginia The Google Ads Gambling and games policy for United States country-specifics will be updated in February 2023. Advertisers must …
Over one million people signed up to try the new AI-powered Bing
Yusuf Mehdi, Corporate Vice President & Consumer Marketing Office at Microsoft, announced last night that in 48 hours, over one million people had joined the waitlist for the new AI-powered Bing search engine. One million. Yes, that is, one million …