As we approach the end of the year, it just seems Google is getting more and more volatile with its search results. Google also confirmed that “openness” as a local ranking signal was strengthened. On Thursday morning, Google had delayed indexing issues for some sites, but Google confirmed it hours later. Google’s Danny Sullivan collects […]
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Earlier this month we covered a report from Sterling Sky that said the Google Local search ranking algorithm now uses if a location is open as part of its local ranking system. Google’s Search Liaison, Danny Sullivan, confirmed the change late on Friday saying, “we’ve long used “openness” as part of our local ranking systems, […]
Google is now saying that page experience, mobile friendliness, page speed, and secure site are ranking “signals” but were never ranking “systems.” “It just meant these weren’t ranking *systems* but instead signals used by other systems,” Danny Sullivan, Google’s Search Liaison, said this morning on Twitter. The confusion came after Google removed several ranking systems […]
Google’s John Mueller said semantic HTML is not a quality signal that Google searches use for ranking purposes. One SEO said: “The right HTML semantics and the tag hierarchy must be a quality signal.” John Mueller replied: “I don’t see it as a quality signal.” But it’s nothing that won’t help Google. John added, “but […]
The world is not back to normal yet, but that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on the latest innovations in customer experience. For the second year in a row, SIGNAL – Twilio’s customer and developer conference – will be 100% virtual. That means you can hear from leading experts on topics like security, […]