Google has added a new feature to music related search results. Now when you search for a song, in addition to the “main” or best known version of a song, Google is now also listing other cover versions of the song. Here is an example for the song “Sweet Caroline” with the best known version […]
Archives for October 16, 2015
Google Link Value Loss When Switching to HTTPS from HTTP
Someone raised an interesting question in today’s Google Webmaster Office Hours today. The question was about how links lose a bit of their value when they go through a redirect. When switching a site from HTTP to HTTPS, it means an entire site will have to go through a redirect, so will the link loss […]
How Many 301 Redirect Hops Will Googlebot Follow?
John Mueller had a bit of an update on how Googlebot handles 301 redirects when they are in a redirect chain – where you might get redirected multiple times through 301s until you land on the end destination page. In today’s Google Webmaster Office Hours, he said that the maximum number of hops Googlebot will […]
Sites Can Be Impacted by Both Penguin and Manual Action Link Penalties
If you are dealing with a manual action link penalty, that doesn’t mean that you are not impacted by the Google Penguin algo. A website can be impacted by both Penguin and a manual action for links at the same time. The question was brought up on Twitter: can a site be affected by Manual […]