For many aspects of SEO, Google treats subdomains as individual sites, rather than as merely sections as a whole. While subdomains are often part of the main site, subdomains can also represent individual users or businesses, such as how Blogger/Blogspot uses subdomains. The question was whether manual actions or algorithmic penalties on subdomains could impact […]
Archives for February 2016
Google Local Knowledge Panel Adds “Send to Your Phone” Option
Google has added a new feature to the local Google My Business knowledge panels in the Google search results. Searchers are now presented with a “Send to your phone” option, that is displayed within the local knowledge panel that displays in the right sidebar of the search results. When you click the “Send” button in […]
Google Displaying AdWords Only at Bottom of Some Search Results
Normally if you get the first position in Google AdWords, you are positioned right at the top of the search results, either in the top spot above the organic or on the top spot in the right hand sidebar, for queries that still display ads there. Well with the changes with showing 4 ads at […]
Google Doubles Up “People Also Search For” in Search Results
If you aren’t a fan of Google reducing the organic result footprint within their search results, you probably won’t be happy to see this test. Google is testing running two “people also search for” in the search results. The user michel221 shared the following screenshot on Reddit. As you can see, there are two different […]
AMP Results Now Live in Google Search Results
It seems that the reported date of February 24th as the date that AMP would go live was incorrect. Google began pushing out AMP results late on February 22, 2016, rolling out across mobile devices in their news carousels. Here is a screenshot showing AMP on the 22nd. AMP results are listed with both a […]
Google Sending Newly Renamed Major Spam Warning Messages
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 […]
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 […]