Ever wish you could easily find which hotels offer free Wi-Fi, before you discover that you are having to pay $19.95 per day at the hotel? Well Google is well aware of this problem for business travelers and has added a brand new feature to the hotel box that shows up in the Google search […]
Archives for July 31, 2015
SSL Ranking Boost, Called TLS, By Page Not Sidewide
If you are looking for that tiny SSL search boost for your website, or are being proactive for when Google decides to ramp up their SSL search signal, John Mueller talked a little bit about it in today’s search hangout. One thing we learned is that the SSL ranking boost has an actual name, TLS, […]
Google: Affiliate Links Do Not Hurt a Website
There has been speculation over the years about whether or not affiliate links on a website can hurt a site or not when it comes to SEO and Google rankings. The question came up today in the Google Webmaster Hangout, and John Mueller addressed how Google views affiliate sites. First he said Google doesn’t have […]
Google Indexing More URLs From Websites
Have you notice an uptick in the number of URLs that Google is reporting as indexed in Google Search Console? Well, there is a good reason for that. Google is now indexing more URLs. Glenn Gabe was the first to notice the huge increase in URLs, which seemed to start on July 26th. One site […]
Google: Why the Panda 4.2 Roll Out is So Slow
There has been a lot of talk about how slow this latest Panda update is, with the roll out expected to last months. It has been so slow, in fact, that it isn’t even registering on the popular “algo weather” apps, such as Mozcast. There has also been a lot of speculation as to the […]