New Google link study shows links are as important as ever for ranking well in search
A link study done three years in a row shows how links continue to be a powerful ranking signal and will likely remain that way.
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Yelp says Google violated ‘do not crawl’ provision of 2013 FTC settlement agreement
Reportedly, numerous Yelp business images were found in Google Maps.
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Google shuts down Fetch As Google for mobile apps
Google begins removing app indexing features from within Google Search Console.
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Google has invited more beta testers to the new Google Search Console
Were you invited to try out the new Google Search Console beta? Google just sent out new invites yesterday.
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20 of Google’s limits you may not know exist
Don’t get caught off guard by limitations you weren’t aware of! Columnist Patrick Stox shares 20 Google limitations that may impact SEO efforts.
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Top European court’s ruling might embolden US tech companies to challenge regulators
The European Court of Justice rebuked a lower court for failing to properly consider Intel’s arguments in a nearly decade-old case.
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When it ‘can’t answer that,’ Alexa begins recommending third-party skills
The move appears to be an attempt to broaden the device’s utility and better compete with Google’s search capabilities.
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Google officially adds AMP based featured snippets to mobile search results
Now AMP pages can rank in Google’s position zero but Google says AMP is still not a ranking factor.
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Google adds trending searches and instant answers to iOS app
Google adds previously introduced Android search capabilities to iOS app.
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Report: 57% of traffic now from smartphones and tablets
BrightEdge also reported that mobile vs. desktop queries produce different rankings nearly 80% of the time.
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Google auto-playing video previews in search results carousel on Android
Google is now showing six-second video previews in the search results delivered on Android devices.
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Wonky Google Search Console data attributed to a logging issue last week
Are you seeing funky data in the Google Search Console? Here is what may be happening.
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Google emails warnings to webmasters that Chrome will mark http pages with forms as ‘not secure’
Have forms, login fields and other input sections on your HTTP website? Chrome is going to mark them as not secure.
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Google gives allergy sufferers a heads-up on pollen levels via mobile search
In partnership with The Weather Channel, pollen and allergy-related mobile searches return information on local pollen levels and an offer to receive pollen count alerts.
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Google adds 30 languages to voice search & makes it possible to use emojis with voice typing
Included among the new languages are Swahili and Amharic, two of the most popular African languages.
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UK local SEO firm Movette shut down by regulators for deceptive sales practices
Firm falsely implied it was affiliated with Google and signed SMBs up to recurring annual contracts worth from $250 to more than $300.
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Google updates quality raters guidelines with details around non-English language web pages
Google made some small tweaks to their quality raters guidelines on July 27, 2017. The previous update, on March 14, 2017, was much larger.
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Google adds new ‘save’ & bookmarking feature, which you can access in a new hamburger menu
Google makes another attempt at allowing users to save their search results to a single location.
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Google releases details on new beta Search Console reports
Google has confirmed they are working on a beta of the new Google Search Console and shared some new reports they are offering to beta testers.
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Google Image Search adds badges for recipes, videos, products and animated images
Google will now show you if an image in their search results is a GIF or video or recipe with a small little badge on the corner of the image.
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