Bing has added a new search feature for some of the more popular sites in the Bing search results. They have added a new carousel for “Trending on <Site Name>”. This seems to be a search feature that appears after the sitelinks, or in some cases, after the sitelinks and site search box. It is […]
Archives for February 2018
Canonicals: Sitemap Canonicals Weaker Signal Than Rel=Canonical
Using rel=canonicals on webpages has been the default standard for referencing canonicals. But for larger sites, some have been utilizing sitemaps for showing Google their canonicals. Google has updated their help page on canonicals and it now includes information on how it views canonicals in different formats. Most notably, Google now states officially that canonicals […]
Over 60% of Google Search AMP Clicks Go To Non-News Sites
Google has released some new stats about AMP pages and one of the new stats should really make site owners and publishers take notice. While AMP originally launched as primarily a tool for news sites, the expansion of that to non-news sites has grown tremendously. Dave Besbris, VP of Engineering at Google, confirmed that now […]
Bing Testing Stacked Sitelinks in Search Results
Bing is running an interesting test for sites with sitelinks. Instead of the usual two columns of sitelinks and descriptions, Bing is testing a stacked version that runs across the entire width. Here is what it looks like: Even though this style catches the eye initially, it is actually much harder to quickly skim the […]
Google Chrome to Flag Sites as Not Secure in July 2018
Google has been warning site owners that Google Chrome will begin flagging sites as being “not secure” in a future version of Chrome. And now we know when it will officially begin. Google posted today and both the Google Security Blog and the Chromium Blog that beginning in July 2018, sites that are not HTTPS […]
Google Changes Image Size Requirements for AMP articles
Google has updated their AMP help articles that changes the minimum image size requirements for AMP articles, increasing the size of the image significantly. Originally, Google asked for the image size to be a minimum of 696px wide. The new size is a minimum of 1200px wide, almost double the width. Google also changed the […]
Google Search Console Alerts for Sites Without High-Res Favicons
Google has added a new alert to Google Search Console, this time for favicons for sites that are still utilizing the older and smaller favicons for their site. Paul Macnamara shared the screenshot of the new alert. For sites with favicons that are lower resolution, Google is sending this alert out asking site owners to […]
Google Crawls Images Less Frequently Than Web Pages
If you are looking to get your images ranked in Google, John Mueller recently made a comment regarding indexing images that SEOs should take note of, that could impact sites relying on traffic from image search. In the last Google Webmaster Office Hours, someone asked about images being crawled when switching to a CDN or […]
Bing Adds Coupon Carousels to Search Results for Retailers
Bing has added coupons very prominently to their search results, highlighting numerous of the better known coupon sites for various retailer searches. It shows up for both “retailer name” + “coupons” as well as just for the retailer name alone. Here is an example. This one was showed up for the query “Home Depot”. When […]
Google’s Page Speed Algo Independent of Indexing
Does Google’s page speed algo, or how slowly a page loads, have any impact in indexing or are there no connections between the two? With the new page speed algo coming soon, there is definitely some confusion around it and if it changes anything with indexing. The short answer is theoretically, nothing is changing. But […]