Have you received one of the new “Googlebot cannot access CSS & JS files” warnings but don’t know how to find out what has been blocked? Some will be for third party resources which Google has previously said webmasters do not need to worry about. While there are likely some false-positives, some of those are […]
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New “Googlebot cannot access CSS and JS files” in Google Search Console
Google Search Console has begun sending out a brand new warning to webmasters who are blocking CSS and JavaScript on their websites. The new warning, also referred to as [WNC-658001] is send by both email and as an alert in Google Search Console for affected websites. Googlebot cannot access CSS and JS files on _____ […]
Google Ranks Desktop Content for Mobile But Check for Discrepancies
At SMX in June, Gary Illyes surprised many when he mentioned that Google still ranked the desktop page for their mobile search results. Maile Ohye later clarified that while they do rank desktop, they do run comparison checks to ensure the content “matches up” between the two, so that someone can’t be spamming mobile users […]
Yahoo Testing Ratings Only Ads in Search Results
Yahoo is testing an interesting way to display ads in their search results, with ads that are nothing more than the rating with the website name and a “Top Rated Sponsors” header in the sidebar. They only show up on the right hand sidebar of the search results and they appear above the “see more […]
Making the Most of Micro-Moments at Your Small Businesses
It’s no secret; our rapid adoption of mobile devices is completely changing how we learn, search and buy. The traditional consumer journey models are undergoing a massive transformation. With consumer patience plummeting and expectations soaring, businesses that want to survive must adapt to these changes in order to stay in the game. Here are a […]
Yahoo Testing Light Turquoise URLs for Ads & Organic Search Results
Hot on the heels of Yahoo testing out purple titles in their ads and organic search results, they are testing out a wild shade of turquoise too. Here is a full page screenshot showing the new color they are testing. It is quite noticeable, but it also kind of has the look of search results […]
Google AdSense Publishers Required to Add EU User Consent Policy to Sites
If you are using Google AdSense and serve any visitors from the European Union, you are now required to ask those visitors permission to use their data. You have probably all come across instances where you see something asking you for permission for cookies on the top of a website, something that is especially common […]
Google Manual Actions Issued for Image Mismatch Including Hotlink Prevention
If you have suddenly noticed many of your images suddenly being dropped from the Google Image Search results, Google has been issuing manual action penalties for the little known “image mismatch” manual action. While the manual action targets those who are displaying different images on the site to users when compared to the images shown […]
Google Product Listing Ads With “Price Drop”
Google has added a new type of notation to their Product Listing Ads (aka shopping ads), this time allowing retailers to add a notation when the price of a product has dropped by a certain percentage. They are being displayed for Product Listing Ads that appear both above the search results and in the right […]
Twitter Removing Tweets With Copyrighted Content
Has anyone stolen your tweet and you want revenge? Twitter will remove tweets via their DMCA form if they determine the tweet’s content was stolen. The Verge broke a story that a freelance writer was filing multiple DMCAs against a multitude of Twitter handles for tweeting out the same “joke” she had tweeted previously. The […]