After taking a website for a quick pre-launch spin before its designers moved it off the development server a developer said, “SEO is not part of development.” Although I was performing accessibility compliance tests for my client, not SEO, I was stunned. I started building websites in 1995 and SEO was been part of that […]
Archives for 2015
App-Only Content Now Appearing in Google Search Results
Google has stepped up promoting app content in the search results by now adding the ability to show content that is only available within an app. Google is showing it in the search results even to those users who might not have the app installed. Because we recognize that there’s a lot of great content […]
Google Search Analytics Will Be Fixed By End of Week
After a brief period of updating, Search Analytics in Google Search Console is once again delayed. It began updating again but now it has stalled once again without any updates since November 11, 2015. Zineb Ait Bahajji posted an update on Google+ that the team is aware of the issue and they are working on […]
Ad-Supported Apps in Google Play Store Will Be Labeled
In a move that could have a profound impact on both those who create apps as well as those who advertise in apps, Google is planning to begin listing when an app in the Google Play Store is supported by in-app advertising. Google currently states when an app has in-app purchases available, and they do […]
Third Party Content in Google Now Cards Coming
For those of you who are Google Now fans, Gary Illyes from Google said they are wanting to add third-party cards into Google Now. We do see cards that are considered third party, primarily extracted from emails with the appropriate markup, such as the ones we see for flight details, hotel reservations and package shipping […]
Bing’s Duane Forrester Announces He is Joining Bruce Clay Inc
Duane Forrester, part of the Bing Webmaster Tools team, recently announced he was leaving Bing and Microsoft but didn’t reveal where we was planning to move to. And now we know… he is joining the team at Bruce Clay Inc. Duane made the announcement during his keynote at State of Search in Dallas, Texas on […]
100 Billion Deep Links Indexed; Results Returned in 45% Android Searches
During Gary Illyes’ keynote at this week’s State of Search, he revealed some updated stats about app indexing which should make some webmasters stand up and take notice, especially those who might be sitting on the fence about whether or not to do an app or not. First, Illyes said that Google currently has 100 […]
WordPress & Joomla Working with Google on AMP – Accelerated Mobile Pages
Gary Illyes, Webmaster Trends Analyst from Google, keynoted State of Search on Monday talked about AMP and how Google will be pushing it aggressively in 2016. But he also mentioned something else, that Google is working with both WordPress and Joomla to support AMP as well. WordPress has previously announced their efforts with AMP. But […]
Structured Data Markup Will Be Bigger in 2016
If you are a fan of structured data – and as an SEO, you should be – Google is planning to make structured data even bigger in 2016. We have seen Google add multiple new markups this year, such as the critic review schema, and there are many markup features which are now standard in […]
AMP – Accelerated Mobile Pages Will Be Pushed Aggressively in 2016
2015 saw Google pushing mobile aggressively, and to a slightly lesser extent, HTTPS. At State of Search in Dallas, Gary Illyes from Google revealed what the next big thing for 2016 would be, and it is AMP, also known as Accelerated Mobile Pages. And he said they will be pushing it aggressively in 2016. This […]