In a move that could have a profound impact on both those who create apps as well as those who advertise in apps, Google is planning to begin listing when an app in the Google Play Store is supported by in-app advertising. Google currently states when an app has in-app purchases available, and they do […]
Third Party Content in Google Now Cards Coming
For those of you who are Google Now fans, Gary Illyes from Google said they are wanting to add third-party cards into Google Now. We do see cards that are considered third party, primarily extracted from emails with the appropriate markup, such as the ones we see for flight details, hotel reservations and package shipping […]
100 Billion Deep Links Indexed; Results Returned in 45% Android Searches
During Gary Illyes’ keynote at this week’s State of Search, he revealed some updated stats about app indexing which should make some webmasters stand up and take notice, especially those who might be sitting on the fence about whether or not to do an app or not. First, Illyes said that Google currently has 100 […]
WordPress & Joomla Working with Google on AMP – Accelerated Mobile Pages
Gary Illyes, Webmaster Trends Analyst from Google, keynoted State of Search on Monday talked about AMP and how Google will be pushing it aggressively in 2016. But he also mentioned something else, that Google is working with both WordPress and Joomla to support AMP as well. WordPress has previously announced their efforts with AMP. But […]
Structured Data Markup Will Be Bigger in 2016
If you are a fan of structured data – and as an SEO, you should be – Google is planning to make structured data even bigger in 2016. We have seen Google add multiple new markups this year, such as the critic review schema, and there are many markup features which are now standard in […]
AMP – Accelerated Mobile Pages Will Be Pushed Aggressively in 2016
2015 saw Google pushing mobile aggressively, and to a slightly lesser extent, HTTPS. At State of Search in Dallas, Gary Illyes from Google revealed what the next big thing for 2016 would be, and it is AMP, also known as Accelerated Mobile Pages. And he said they will be pushing it aggressively in 2016. This […]
Gary Illyes’ Recommendations for Getting Featured Snippets
During Gary Illyes’ keynote at State of Search in Dallas, he talked quite a bit about featured snippets and gave some advice for those who are looking to get into the featured snippets. He said pages should either implicitly or explicitly state the question on the page, then answer the question. While he didn’t go […]
Google May Release Documentation Getting Featured Snippets
While there are plenty of SEO tricks to try and get featured snippets in the Google search results, Gary Illyes said that he is pushing to get oddicial documentation released on how to get featured snippets. It would be nice to see something official from Google on this. They haven’t talked much at all about […]
How Many URLs & Duplicates Google Knows About
During the State of Search keynote yesterday in Dallas, Texas, Gary Illyes shared a pretty incredible stat – Google knows about 120 trillion URLs, and of those URLs, 60% of them are duplicate. Now keep in mind Illyes does not say these are all indexed and ranking – merely that 60% of the URLs Google […]
Structured Data Markup Does Not Influence Featured Snippets… Yet
Many SEOs have been busy reverse engineering featured snippets to increase their odds of getting them. But Gary Illyes from Google debunked one of the common rumors that has been floating around recently. During his State of Search keynote Monday in Dallas, Illyes talked quite a bit about featured snippets and one thing he mentioned […]