If you never link to any other sites from your own site, could it be considered a penalty? While most know that linking out to high authority sites doesn’t make a site seem higher quality, recent outbound manual actions have definitely made it so that some site owners are a little bit leery of linking […]
Archives for 2016
Google Separating First Search Results for Well Known Entities
Google is separating out the first result for some search queries when someone is searching for well known entities, such as people, brands or companies. Here is an example. They all seem to appear when there are news listings above the “official” site. These aren’t restricted to just the official sites for the brand […]
Bing Testing Rating Percentages in Search Results
Bing is running an interesting test in the search results, and for a minor change, it really stands out when I see it. They have added the addition of a ratings and reviews percentage score, in bright orange to match the color of the stars. Here is an example for a reviews site: And here […]
Google Podium Posts Expands to Regular Search Results
Google Posts – a feature Google had initially launched for political candidates in the US – has no expanded to other areas of the search results. Dr. Pete Meyers spotted Google testing it for a non-political search in the search results, this time for a charter school in New York. Here is how it appears […]
Could SEOs See Keyword Planner Tool in Google Search Console?
In today’s Google Webmaster Office Hours, I asked about the recent change in the Google AdWords Keyword Planner, a tool than is used by many SEOs for keyword research. AdWords changed the tool from showing traffic information for individual keywords to search variants instead. This means that AdWords is now grouping together sets of keywords […]
Google Testing Larger Title Headlines in Search Results
Google is running a test right now that many SEOs will love. Google is testing a significantly larger font size for headlines in the search results. This text is very noticeably difference. Here is how it looks: Kiran Nagula was the first to spot this test in the search results. And here is a comparison […]
Unruly’s Outstream Video Ad Formats Debut on The Wall Street Journal
Advertisers on The Wall Street Journal’s website can now purchase Unruly’s outstream video ad formats, which create new premium video ad inventory within WSJ.com’s article pages. Unruly’s premium outstream video format begins to play only when the video is in-view, as defined by the Media Ratings Council (MRC). Measured by Moat, the format is designed […]
Google Displaying Data from Tables in Regular Search Results
We have seen many cases where Google will show tables in featured snippets in the search results. And some types of structured data have the appearance of tables when Google displays it in the search results, such as event listings. But now Google is pulling information from tables to show in the search results. Here […]
Google Testing Speed Test in Search Results; Bing’s Version Active
Google is testing a new internet speed test that displays right in the search results. And Bing announced that they already include a speed test in their own search results. Dr. Pete Meyers of Mozcast fame spotted the Google test, although he wasn’t able to replicate it. Looks like Google is testing their own internet […]
Google Launches New Google Partner Badges & Adds Premier Partner
Google is introducing brand new Partner badges for advertisers and are launching a new Primer Partner status as well. But what is most notable for many is that Google has finally added information to the Google Partners badge which shows that the badge is for advertising. While it doesn’t show it on the regular view, […]