Google has announced that they are making the mobile friendliness of the website as a ranking factor for those searchers on mobile devices. The change the expected to go into effect on April 21, 2015. This really doesn’t come as much of the surprise as Google has been heavily promoting mobile friendly web design for […]
Archives for February 2015
Do you Design Websites? No Follow Your “Designed By” Footer Links
It is quite common for web designers to include “Designed by XYZ” with a link back to their web design website for any website they design. But while some designers have ceased the practice of including footer links in websites, it seems like sometimes there’s a blind eye turned to any web designers that are […]
Google Reverts Change Banning Sexually Explicit Content on Blogger
It turns out that it Blogger will not be changing their porn policy after all, following an outcry from the Blogger community, a blog hosting service by Google. Earlier this week Google announced that they would be implementing an important policy on blogger that would prohibit new accounts from posting porn but would also affect […]
Google Analytics Not Updating AdSense Stats
Google Analytics has stopped updating statistics from Google AdSense properly, showing almost no data when viewing the AdSense part of the AdSense account, nor is it showing when viewing the Behavior overview. The problem began on Tuesday when publishers began noticing that Google AdSense stats showing within Google Analytics with much lower than expected. It […]
Google Play Adding Paid Search Results for AdWords App Advertisers
Google is planning on rolling out sponsored search results with in the Google Play App Store within the next few weeks. Thus far, Google has not included any paid search results in their Google Play App Store, but many expected it would eventually be added, both because advertisers wanted it and because it would generate […]
Do Exact Match Domains Help or Hurt Google Rankings? John Mueller Weighs In
There’s a lot of back-and-forth between SEOs on whether exact match domains are still worth using or if Google tends to down rank strictly because they can come across as being pretty spammy with “keyword-keyword-keyword” types of domains. This question was raised in the Google Webmaster Help Hangout video this week and John Mueller went […]
How to Productively Build Your Brand On Social Media
There is a frustrating (yet, quite obvious) reality associated with social media: Being seen and building presence takes a lot of time and effort. Your best bet is to attempt to be more productive with the time that you actually spend on the process. Here are nine ways that will make you a more productive […]
Google AdWords Changes Remove Setting to Really Delete Some Ads
If you have any AdWords ads that you have filed away as “removed” simply for decluttering, without actually wanting them gone for good, you should be aware that Google is making changes so that these removed ads will truly be removed. However, some people are so used to removed not really meaning gone forever that […]
Live Chat Functionality Added for Google My Business Listings
Google has introduced a new chat feature through Google Hangouts for businesses listed through Google My business that allows potential customers and businesses to chat with each other online. Chat functionality has been popular on many websites, particularly the types of businesses that have the need for support. Rather than having a customer submitted ticket, […]
Websites with Privacy Policies or Terms of Service Pages Do Not Get a Ranking Boost
There have been some webmasters over the years that feel that having a privacy policy and a terms of service pages on a website gives it a boost in rankings. It comes up periodically on blogs and on webmaster forums with a bit of debate about whether it is just good user experience or if […]