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Category: SEO

Prepping For The Pending Penguin Update – How To Make Sure You’re Penalty Free In 2016

It’s been confirmed by Gary Illyes, Webmaster Trends Analyst at Google, that the next Penguin update will make its debut before we see 2016 on Twitter.   @Andrew_Isidoro yes — Gary Illyes (@methode) October 28, 2015 So what does this mean for webmasters?  The biggest thing will be that, if you were hit by the last […]

Yes, Bing Ads Editor For Mac Is Coming!

For those SEOs who are on Mac, it looks like your prayers may have been answered.  Bing Ads Editor for Mac is coming soon.  The tool has been built and is geared up for beta testing. Last Thursday, Bing Ads had announced the news and gave a demo of the latest version at an industry event […]

Bing Launches Their Mobile-Friendly Testing Tool

Today, Bing has announced the release of the mobile friendliness test tool.  Back in May, Bing said that they had been working on a mobile-friendly Bing ranking algorithm and was expected to see the light of day late summer, but ended up being delayed. With this new mobile friendliness test tool, you can evaluates a page to see if it is mobile-friendly […]

JustWatch Claims Google’s Anti-Piracy Efforts Haven’t Hurt Streaming Sites

Remember when Google said that they were going to deal with illegal video streaming sites back in 2012?  It looks like, according to JustWatch, a search engine for legal video streams based in Berlin, has said in a published report that Google’s promise to come down on illegal sites hasn’t really been holding up. Back in August of […]

Google’s New Stopwatch & Timer Search Feature

Google has been doing some revision to their interactive answer box for a specific searches, like [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][timer], [stopwatch] and the like.  The new interface lets you toggle between the timer feature and the […]

New: Google Search Console Fetch & Render Shows Severity Of Blocked Resources

This morning, Google added a new feature to the Google Search Console that shows the “severity” of blocked content within the Fetch & Render tool.  This feature now shows you how important it is that a resource (image, script, CSS file, JavaScript file, etc) is being blocked, and can be found in the blocked resources section of the fetch […]

Google News Editors’ Picks Now Contains App Links

It looks like Google News has finally added app links to their Editor’s Picks section.  These app links allow users to download the native iOS and/or Android app of the publisher featured within the Editor’s Picks section. Here’s some examples, which includes Bloomberg and Seeking Alpha, who has app links to both their iOS and Android apps. […]

Google Launches New Search Results Interface For Tablets

A brand new interface has been launched by Google for searchers on tablet devices.  The new interface is certainly a change from the original version, which combines both mobile and desktop design into one.  This new look takes on the form of card-like results, which has a skinnier top bar navigation, with plenty of white […]

Google Search Is Testing Split-View Language Interface

There is a new method that Google is testing that shows multiple language in mobile search results interface in India. A screen shot has been shared by Abhijeet Mukherjee that shows him two different tabs, one for the English results, and the other for Hindi results.  Both of these tabs appear within a single search results page […]

Google’s App Interstitial Giant Ad Penalty Has Gone Live

Google came out on September 1, saying that giant ads for apps may lead to ranking declines starting on November 1.  The algorithm update, the “app install interstitial penalty,” went live, but a whole day late on November 2. The announcement was made by Google on various social networks, including their own Google+, saying:   Starting today, pages […]