Google has announced the official launch of Search Console’s new Search Analytics API. If you’ve used any of Google’s other APIs, or maybe one of the existing Search Console APIs, then getting started will be easy! The how-to page has examples in Python that you can use as recipes for your own programs. For example, […]
Google Launches Critic Review Schema Markup Including JSON-LD
We posted yesterday about spotting snippets of critic reviews on some movie related knowledge cards. A few hours later, Google officially announced they were adding support for critic reviews with information for webmasters wanting to implement it. Here is how the reviews look in the search results. The markup also supports JSON-LD, and some examples […]
Google Adds Software Knowledge Cards With Official Download Link
Google wants to make sure when searchers download a piece of software that they are downloading from the legitimate resource and not from a third-party site that often piggybacks spyware and changes default search and browser settings. Google has added new knowledge cards to the search results that are triggered when someone searches for “<software […]
Google Begins Showing Featured Snippets for Betting Odds
Google has begin showing betting odds in featured snippets in their search results, that are triggered by including “odds” in the search query along with a person, sporting event, sports team or player. Dan Barker was the first to notice featured snippets being displayed for sports betting odds. Google is starting to (attempt to) show […]
Movie Theme Carousels in Google’s Movie Knowledge Panels
If you are a movie buff, you are going to love a new feature from Google. When you search for a movie on Google, such as a favorite movie or a movie in a favorite genre, Google will also present three different carousels that users can click on to see related movies in a specific […]
Google Adds Snippets to Movie Review Knowledge Cards
Google recently made a change to include movie review scores in their knowledge cards at the top of the search results. They have now expanded those cards to include not only the ratings but also quotes from the reviews themselves. You can then click to expand and see more critic reviews. Here is another one, […]
Google Displays Both Related Questions & Featured Snippets in Same Search Result
We have seen a huge increase in the number of Related Questions showing up in the Google search results, the drop down with the “People also ask” in the box header. But now that we see more of them, we have noticed they often have a chance to also show up with featured snippets in […]
Server Go Down? How Google Handles Rankings & SEO After
Having a website go offline is one of the top concerns for nearly every webmaster. Not only do you have the fact you are losing traffic to your site and causing your visitors to go to your competitors instead, there is also the very real issue of how it affects your Google rankings. The question […]
Use a 503 Status Code for SEO Reasons When Taking Website Offline
If you have to take down your website for any reason, such as to do backend maintenance that requires a site be taken offline or if you are re-doing an entire site after it has been hacked, it is important to use a 503 server status code for SEO reasons. Using a 503 server status […]
Google Adds Movie & TV Show Review Ratings to Knowledge Panel
A new feature has popped up in the Google knowledge panel that shows reviews given by the leading movie and television review sites, which displays on the right hand side of the search results in the Google knowledge panel. There are a couple different ways that Google displays them in the panel. Here is the […]