Google has been adding more features to their hotels in the Google search results, most notably with the 3-pack of hotel listings directly within the search results that allow searchers to search availability and which lists pricing. I noticed something unusual when doing a search. For some hotels, Google does not display a listed price […]
How to Create Tracking URLs for Google Analytics
Did you know you can create tracking URLs for Google Analytics, even if you are not currently using a third party tool that will do this automatically for you? Just because you don’t have fancy tools doesn’t mean you can’t use the standard tracking URLs in Google Analytics. If you would like to be able […]
Both Bing Search & Yahoo Search Suffer Outage
If you use either Bing or Yahoo, both services have been down since 2:04 PST on May 14th. Bing is serving no results, while Yahoo – that is powered by Bing Seach – is running no organic results but is including their own shopping results, “____ from Tumblr” section and suggested searches. Bing’s screen says: […]
Google Uses Same Search Algo Worldwide But Have Country & Language Boosts
Some SEOs have wondered whether Google has different variations of their core search ranking algorithm depending on what country the searcher was searching from. Spam is certainly more prevalent in some languages and countries more than others. But does Google have special variations targeting different countries? Google uses the same search algorithm throughout the world, […]
All SSL Certificates Equal For Google Ranking Purposes
There’s been plenty of debates about where to buy an SSL certificate ever since Google initially announced their HTTPS ranking signal. Would bargain basement priced secure certificates be viewed as equal to the more expensive options in the eyes of Google? According to Gary Illyes from Google, he said that Google does, in fact, consider […]
HTTPS Acts as Tie Breaker in Google’s Search Results
We have a bit more insight into just how much of a boost HTTPS gives in the Google search results. When Google first announced HTTPS as a ranking signal, many webmasters rushed to get their sites secure. John Mueller later clarified that webmasters shouldn’t expect a visible ranking change in the search results as the […]
Bing Launching Their Own Mobile Friendly Algorithm
Bing has announced that they are launching their own mobile friendly algorithm for Bing searches coming from mobile devices. Last month, Google began giving a boost to mobile friendly web pages in their own search results for searches done from a mobile device. So it’s not surprising that Bing is following the lead to include […]
Mobilegeddon “Inaccurate” to Describe Google’s Mobile Friendly Algo
At SMX Sydney, Gary Illyes addressed the topic of the mobile friendly algo, and more specifically, the term “Mobilegeddon” that has been commonly used as its unofficial name, and said,”The term mobilegeddon is inaccurate”. The term “Mobilegeddon” started because Google didn’t have an internal name for the mobile friendly algo other than, you guessed it, […]
Google Considering Adding Hreflang Issues to Webmaster Tools
Mess up hreflang? Google Webmaster Tools might be adding a feature that would show when they feel there might be an error in a site’s usage of hreflang on their pages. At SMX Sydney Wednesday, Gary Illyes did a session on hreflang and dropped a few tidbits including the possibility of showing potential errors. The […]
Bing Search Testing Reminders When You’ve Visited a Webpage
Bing is adding reminders in their search results when you have previously visited a webpage. This is similar to a feature Google has, which most often appears to users using Google Now. This type of feature always has mixed results, as some people find it useful, while others find it on the creepy side, since […]