At BrightonSEO today, Gary Illyes revealed that local pack results are not affected by the new mobile friendly ranking algorithm that is due to arrive on April 21st, which makes perfect sense. Then Gary replied to me and tweeted this: @jenstar yep, just the "10 blue links" are, but of course teams who own the […]
Archives for April 10, 2015
Duplicate Content Will Not Trigger a Penalty… With One Exception
At SMX West, Gary Illyes talked about how duplicate content is not a penalty, it is merely a filter. In today’s Google Webmaster Office Hours Hangout, John was asked a question about duplicate content and whether it could trigger an algorithmic penalty or lower your rankings. Essentially, he said that Google will just pick one […]
New GWT Search Analytics Has a Release Date… But It’s Still Secret
Everyone is waiting for the new update of Google Webmaster Tools when the new Search Analytics is added… but no one knows yet when it will go live for all users. We do know they were still adding testers as of the end of March. John Mueller was asked today about the release date, and […]
Page Speed is Not a Factor in the New Mobile Friendly Ranking Signal
At Brighton SEO today, Gary Illyes, a Google Webmaster Trends Analyst, was talking about mobile and the upcoming mobile friendly ranking signal which will come into play on April 21st. Many SEOs have been emphasizing page speed rather aggressively when it comes to ensuring sites are mobile friendly before the 21st. At SMX West earlier […]
Google’s Mobile Friendly Ranking Signal Will Not Affect Local Pack Listings
Gary Illyes, a Google Webmaster Trends Analyst, was speaking at Brighton SEO today, discussing the upcoming mobile friendly ranking signal that will be starting on April 21st. And he had some interesting things to say about local businesses at their pack listings. According to Illyes, if a local business is appearing in the Google Pack […]