As Google has been displaying more and more types of rich snippets in the search results, people have questioned whether having them displayed on a site in the search results meant the site had a ranking boost associated with it. And it is common to see the top ranked sites displaying them for many types […]
Archives for August 28, 2015
Who Owns the #1 Ranking in YouTube for “Back to School”? It’s Bethany Mota
According to Google Trends, August is the peak month for interest in the search term “back to school.” This is the case whether you look web search interest worldwide or just in the United States. It’s also the case for YouTube search interest worldwide or just in the United States. And it appears that YouTube […]
Structured Markup Does Not Affect Google Search Rankings
The question came up in today’s Google Webmaster Office Hours about how Google handles sites that use structured markup versus those that don’t, and whether sites that use it get any kind of extra ranking boost when it comes to Google’s search results. Google’s John Mueller confirms that they do not consider the use of […]