These days, it’s no secret that mobile configuration for any business running a website is a big part of the future of SEO and digital marketing. There are statistic out there that says that there are more Google searches that take place on mobile devices than desktop computers in 10 countries. We also have to to take into […]
The 2015 Local Consumer Review Survey has just been published by BrightLocal, so it’s time to explore the attitudes, the influences and overall consumption of local business reviews by consumers. This is the fifth year that BrightLocal has been doing this research, and in this year’s survey, 15 questions had been asked to over 2,000 […]
There are likely a lot of webmasters and site owners who were hit by Panda, and have desperately been asking for a refresh for ages that could help them get back on their feet. Google announced last month that they’re rolling out Panda 4.2 over a number of months. This will be the first time in […]
If you follow Google on Twitter, as well as their blog, you may have noticed last week that they officially announced that they have expanded displaying Tweets in the Google desktop search results. Hey, @twitter. Search party at our place. Meet us on desktop? http://t.co/Eqj6kkB18b — Google (@google) August 21, 2015 Earlier this month, it […]
By now, Mobilgeddon has been here, and has subsequently passed us. It’s pretty much old news now, regardless of how badly you were hit. Of course, those who were mobile-friendly prior to the release of Google’s mobile-friendly algorithm update have almost forgotten about it. But on the other end of the spectrum, those who were […]
Have you been noticing a drop in your index count within the sitemap reports in the Google Search Console? If so, you’re not alone. It’s been confirmed by Google on Twitter that there could be a sitemap index count reporting bug found within the Google Search Console. Gary Illyes from Google said on Twitter, “We might have […]
Google has, after months of testing, rolled out the new colored navigation filters at the top of their search results page. If you’ve ever noticed, the navigation filters color was always read, and now, we’re being presented with a blue-colored link Check out the color of the filters at the top of the Google results: When […]
When we, as an SEO, conduct SEO audits, we’re evaluating the technical condition of a website. Some of the things that get covered include the website’s status, any issues with the technical setup, content, linking and the over all organic search performance. But really, there’s a lot more that goes into an audit. The point […]
Shree Vaidya has spotted something new going on with Google, a new format for the sitelinks on the mobile search results. Google Sitelinks are the links that are found under a search result snippet that adds additional navigation links to important and relevant pages on the corresponding site. If you look at the picture below, you’ll see that […]
It seems that there has been word that Wikipedia has been suffering from a decline in Google search traffic. Reports seem to show that Wikipedia has been shown a “sudden” and “massive” decline in traffic from Google’s organic search results. According to Jimmy Wales, who is a co-founder of Wikipedia, said that this isn’t just some a drastic […]