Google has confirmed that their page speed update – officially called the “Speed Update” is now rolling out. The change makes a site’s mobile page speed a ranking factor. Google’s Page Speed Algo had previously only considered the desktop speed forsearch results, with sites with a very slow desktop speed being impacted negatively in both […]
Archives for July 9, 2018
Bing Testing Ads Tag With Border in Search Results Again
One complaint some searchers have with the Bing search results is that their Ads tag on sponsored results isn’t very noticeable, and some people click ads without realizing they are actually ads. While this might be great from a Bing Ads perspective, it is good, but some searchers do not like it. Bing is testing […]
Google Uses Speed Scale for Mobile Page Speed Update
Google’s new mobile page speed update has a new improvement over the desktop page speed algo that Google has used for years… you can improve your mobile site speed on a sliding scale, and that will help rankings. Every mobile page speed improvement made could potentially increase rankings. Previously, the desktop page speed algo was […]
Google Adds GrubHub & DoorDash Ads to Local Knowledge Panel
New ads appearing on Google local knowledge panels are driving orders away from the restaurant direct and instead are directing traffic through extremely prominent ads on the knowledge panel for each business to third party services for food deliveries which require these restaurants to pay a commission for any of the orders placed through the […]