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Some SEOs are noticing a possibility Google search ranking algorithm update on or around October 28th where sites hit by the unconfirmed October 13ish update and even the October spam update (amongst others) are noticing big swings the other way in terms of their Google rankings and traffic. Glenn Gabe shared a number of charts […]
There are some signs that Google web search results are displaying the local pack, the local search results box, less often and for fewer queries. The most shocking state is from Mozcast which says it use to show around 40% of queries but now it is showing for 24% of queries. Here is the Mozcast […]
A few months ago, we reported Google was testing an expanded menu to manage your Google Business Profile in Google Web Search. Well, now it seems to be fully rolled out, where Google is giving business owners the ability to quickly edit their business profile directly in web search through these new action buttons (previously […]
Google has no documented limit on the number of characters for the new site name as listed in Google Search. In fact, the documentation says “There’s no limit to how long a site name can be” but Google does recommend being concise with the name. Google also said that the site name can be trimmed […]
So we had Google confirm that the October 2022 spam update finished Friday morning, the morning of October 21st. The tracking tools and chatter were somewhat mild but that makes sense for a spam update. But the day after, on Saturday, October 22nd, I see renewed chatter, and the tools show much bigger swings in […]
There is something super funny about listening to Lizzi and John from Google talk about the Google team doing SEO on the actual SEO help documentation. It is a fun listen to and I recommend you find some time to listen to this, no need to take notes, but just listen to it. Lizzi brought […]
We have seen Google place a lot of goodies in the search box auto-complete and search suggestions, including people also ask and other forms of answers. But remember the new interactive knowledge panel design? Google seems to be testing a version of that in the auto-complete drop-down. Punit spotted this and posted a video of […]
Google’s John Mueller confirmed that Google Search is working on an issue with some favicons not showing up properly in Google Search. The issue has been ongoing for weeks (around September 18th), well before the new site name and favicon release was announced, by the way. John called this a “niche” issue, implying it is […]
Google has just announced some changes to the way search results appear on mobile devices. But calm down, these are small changes and they don’t seem to impact SEO strategies much! On the other hand, the goal is to bring more Clarity about the context of searches in the toolfurther improving the user experience. Next, […]