SEOs noticed Google began utilizing structured data markup with JSON-LD in July when it was noticed Google was displaying recipe data using JSON-LD in their search results. Google has added support for reviews in JSON-LD since then, and it is “supported for all Knowledge Graph features, sitelink search boxes, Event Rich Snippets, and Recipe Rich […]
Google Testing Red Stars in Local 3-Pack & Mobile Results
We noticed Google testing red stars in both their AdWords ads and for reviews in the regular organic search results last week. They are now also testing it in local 3-packs as well, and in the mobile search results too. Here is a screenshot of the red stars in local: Google began testing red stars […]
Google’s PageSpeed Insights Tool Now Reports on App Interstitials
If you use Google’s PageSpeed Insights Tool, a tool designed to help webmasters better optimize both desktop and mobile webpage load times, you may have noticed some very recent additions, with the most significant one being the addition of interstitials. Google is now including app interstitials as a problem under “consider fixing” in their reporting. […]
Google Authorship Isn’t Dead After All, Google Recommends Including It
One of the surprising things to come out of Thursday’s Ask the Search Engines session at SMX East was a comment from Gary Illyes regarding authorship… something that many webmasters stopped implementing a year ago after authorship and related photos were dropped from the search results. But looks like you might want to consider adding […]
Google Panda 4.2 Still Rolling Out
If you have been wondering whether the “months” that Google planned to roll out the latest Panda 4.2 update is over, it is not. Gary Illyes from Google confirmed at SMX West Thursday that as of Wednesday it is still rolling out, and he expects it to continue rolling out for months. When Panda 4.2 […]
Apply to be a Google Trusted Tester for Search
Google is soliciting applications for their “trusted tester for search” for those who are interested in testing new search tools, documentation and services. They are currently looking for those in these roles: Web-developer App-developer Design / UX SEM SEO Marketing Management Owner Other The survey takes about 5 minutes to fill out and Google will […]
New Google Search Ranking Boost for App Indexing API
Google is introducing a brand new ranking boost for popular app indexed content in the mobile search results, for those apps that use API app indexing. Mariya Moeva, a Webmaster Trends Analyst from Google, made the announcement at SMX East. With the API, Google gets access to data about which pages users visit the most, […]
Ad Block Plus to Set Up Independent Board to Determine Acceptable Ads
Ad Block Plus is making a major change with how it decides what ads get blocked and what ones remain unblocked. Until now, their decision to decide what to unblock had a lot to do with companies that pay them to unblock ads. Eyeo GmbH, the parent company of Ad Block Plus, is setting up […]
Full Addresses & Phone Numbers Back in Local 3-Packs… Again
Google has changed things once again and have returned both phone numbers and addresses back into local 3-pack results. We have seen Google going back and forth over whether full addresses and phone numbers display in 3-packs over the last week. They were removed shortly after Google made the 3-pack change earlier this year, added […]
Twitter Planning to Lift 140 Character Restriction… But How?
Twitter is looking into making changes that make the social media platform unique – a change that would see the limits raised beyond their usual 140 characters in a tweet. Depending on how this is implemented, it could fundamentally change how Twitter works and how users consume tweets. Currently, there are third party services that […]