If you use either Bing or Yahoo, both services have been down since 2:04 PST on May 14th. Bing is serving no results, while Yahoo – that is powered by Bing Seach – is running no organic results but is including their own shopping results, “____ from Tumblr” section and suggested searches. Bing’s screen says: […]
Archives for May 14, 2015
Google Uses Same Search Algo Worldwide But Have Country & Language Boosts
Some SEOs have wondered whether Google has different variations of their core search ranking algorithm depending on what country the searcher was searching from. Spam is certainly more prevalent in some languages and countries more than others. But does Google have special variations targeting different countries? Google uses the same search algorithm throughout the world, […]
All SSL Certificates Equal For Google Ranking Purposes
There’s been plenty of debates about where to buy an SSL certificate ever since Google initially announced their HTTPS ranking signal. Would bargain basement priced secure certificates be viewed as equal to the more expensive options in the eyes of Google? According to Gary Illyes from Google, he said that Google does, in fact, consider […]
HTTPS Acts as Tie Breaker in Google’s Search Results
We have a bit more insight into just how much of a boost HTTPS gives in the Google search results. When Google first announced HTTPS as a ranking signal, many webmasters rushed to get their sites secure. John Mueller later clarified that webmasters shouldn’t expect a visible ranking change in the search results as the […]
Bing Launching Their Own Mobile Friendly Algorithm
Bing has announced that they are launching their own mobile friendly algorithm for Bing searches coming from mobile devices. Last month, Google began giving a boost to mobile friendly web pages in their own search results for searches done from a mobile device. So it’s not surprising that Bing is following the lead to include […]