Ever since Google sent out the alerts asking webmasters to unblock all Javascript and CSS on their webpages, it has been a struggle with all the third party resources – including some from Google itself – that show up as an error in Google Search Console. While Google has said that webmasters don’t need to […]
Organic Search Results No Longer Displayed Above Google Local Pack Results
Google seems to have made yet another change to how they present local search results with 3-pack results and it will hurt those who aren’t in the top 3. One of the saving graces for some businesses with the switch to the 3-pack is that if the business ranked #1 for the search query, they […]
Google My Business Asking Inactive Accounts to Verify Local GMB Information
There has been a lot of talk recently about what Google planned to do about dormant Google My Business listings that are showing up for local searches on Google. While it seemed Google was removing some, it turned out they were merely removing some listings that were compiled with third-party resources but were never claimed […]
App Indexing Ranking Signal Applies When Users Do Not Have App Installed
Google is experimenting showing app indexing results to users who do not have the app already installed, if Google feels the app result is a good result for the particular search query. And the app indexing ranking signal applies to those results too, for searches coming from an Android. Google hosted a Webmaster Office Hours […]
iOS 9 Content Blocking Loads Pages 3.9X Faster
There has been a lot of talk about the upcoming iOS having content blockers – aka ad blocker – and TheNextWeb has brought attention to some interesting tests being done with iOS beta and focusing on ad blocking technology that is included with it… and it should scare anyone who makes money with online advertising. […]
Tweets Appearing Real Time in Desktop Google Search Results Now
You might want to be a bit careful about what you tweet about, because Google has made tweets front and center in the search results for both personal names and company names. Google now displays tweets in real time for a wide variety of searches now. While tweets have been appearing in mobile search results […]
Referral Spam Hitting Google AdSense Publishers Too
It seems as though those annoying Google Analytics referral spammers have a new target – your Google AdSense account. Last week I noticed that there were some new sites that popped up under the “Sites” report that show all domains that ads are displayed on. Semalt has been the largest referral spammer in Google Analytics, […]
Google Showing GMB Categories in Packs & Local Search Results
Google is now showing Google My Business primary categories in some Google local search results, both in pack listings and in the expanded map listings. Brian Barwig was the first to notice the difference, although looking back on some screenshots, it does appear in a few of them. However, because of the nature of the […]
Google Adds Script for Search Tools Filters in Search Results
Google has made a slight adjustment to their search results, using a script to show the “Any time” and “All results” filters when clicking on “Search tools” filtering options. It replaces the usual line “About xxx,xxx search results (o.x seconds)” at the top of the search results when it is clicked. Here it is in […]
Googlebot Has New iPhone User-Agent for Crawling
It looks like Google has given its Googlebot crawler a brand new iPhone. If you track Googlebot visits to your site, or emulate one to “view as Googlebot” for testing purposes, you should be aware that Googlebot has a new iPhone user-agent to reflect the iOS 8 from iOS 6 difference. The new iPhone Googlebot […]