If you had a chance to interview a Googler, what would you ask? Do you love your work? What would you do differently if you were in charge? Well, there’s one question that was asked by some of the folks at Search Engine Land, and that was what sort of algorithms do the Googlers themselves […]
On the evening of September 28th, Google’s Garry Illyes said tonight that those who were suffering from previous Penguin penalties should begin seeing recoveries. This is what he said on Twitter: @atmoore81 it’s happening as we speak. or tweet. it will take a few more days to finish that part — Gary Illyes (@methode) September 28, 2016 […]
When we take a look at all of the different major Google algorithm updates, we are all familiar with the family – Panda, Hummingbird, Pigeon and Penguin. It looks like another Google algorithm animal is joining the group – Possum. But what is Google Possum anyway? It’s the unofficial name given by the local search […]
It was reported earlier this month about the significant chatter surrounding a Google algorithm update. Now, it looks like there’s another update to report to you this week. On Tuesday of this week, there had been early signals of a Google update. These signals spiked on Thursday, and still have yet to ebb. It seems that the webmaster and SEO […]
If you checked your Google organic search traffic last Friday, you may have noticed that Google could have tweaked their search ranking algorithm, which could have caused your site to be ranking higher or lower or the same depending on if this update has impacted your web pages. As of this report, this update hasn’t […]
During the Search Marketing Summit today (June 1) Google’s Gary Illyes has said that Google will be updating the page speed ranking factor to look specifically at the page speed of your mobile pages when it comes to the mobile-friendly algorithm. Jennifer Slegg wrote a report saying Gary Illyes mentioned this update is months away from happening, and […]
The second version of Google’s mobile-friendly update has fully rolled out today. John Mueller, Google’s Webmaster Trends Analyst, announced the news this morning on Twitter. He said “The mobile changes mentioned here are now fully rolled out.” This new version of the mobile-friendly update is technically supposed to “increase the effect of the [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” […]
It’s crazy to think of how when search engines like Lycos, Yahoo and Google made their first appearance on the internet, they weren’t nearly as advanced algorithmically as they are today. It was super easy to cheese the system and get your website up to the top of the results page. But as time went on, […]
According to Googler John Mueller, said this morning in a Google Hangout that AMP is not a ranking signal in the Google search ranking algorithm. This can be found at the 15:50 mark into the video. It was reported back in December that AMP might become a ranking signal, but as of yet, it hasn’t happened. John […]
Last week, there was news that Panda is part of Google’s core ranking algorithm, and this has gotten many in the industry talking and discussing. SEOs are wondering, what exactly does it mean to be part of the core algorithm. Perhaps, our questions are answered, as Google is sharing some more information about it. According to them, […]