Marie Haynes spotted a new change on a recent alert from Google Search Console – instead of the usual Pure Spam related messages, it was renamed as Major Spam Warning. Here is how it looks: This change seems to be a name change only, and not anything different about what the manual action is specifically […]
Archives for February 22, 2016
Google’s Review Stars Rich Snippets Continue to Drop in Search Results
Wondering where your review stars have gone in the search results? Google continues to further reduce the number of search results showing review stars in the organic search results. On February 22, Google began to drop the number of review stars in the search results significantly. The first day we saw a drop by 14.5%, […]
Updates on Google’s 4 AdWords Ads & No Sidebar Ads Change
When Google officially made the change where the 4 ads above the organic search results went from small test to live, it was pretty significant news for many, especially for SEOs who are seeing their sites being pushed further down the page, and for advertisers who are suddenly seeing the AdWords bidding landscape changing. Here […]
Google Considering Article Recommendations in Chrome
Google is considering a new service in Chrome that would recommend articles based on browsing history. There articles would be served when a new tab is opened in Chrome. It sounds as if it would offer articles similar to how Google Now recommends articles to users based on browser history, such as searches and sites […]
Google Allows Only 10 Submit URLs & Direct-Links Crawls Per Month
Do you use Google’s Fetch as Googlebot in Google Search Console, then submit it to the index? Google has changed the limits on submissions via the “submit this URL and it’s direct-linked pages”. But most significantly, this is applying to all sites on a Google Search Console account, so this change isn’t on a per […]