Bing Ads has finally launched an app for iOS users who want to be able to easily manage their campaigns from an iPhone or iPad. View performance of their accounts, campaigns, ad groups, ads and keywords Edit budgets and bids Pause and enable campaigns, ad groups, ads and keywords Receive critical alerts such as notice […]
3 Ways to Force Google to Reindex Pages for Mobile-Friendly Tags
Are you cutting it really close to the line when it comes to the April 21st mobile-friendly ranking change? Or is Googlebot seeming to ignore many of your pages to check and see if they are indeed mobile friendly? There is a way you can prompt Google to send Googlebot to reindex those pages in […]
No Need for Separate Mobile Sitemap Unless Designed for Feature Phones
When you have finished making your site mobile friendly, do you need to submit a mobile sitemap as well? In the Google Webmaster Help forum, the question was raised about mobile sitemaps, if a separate mobile sitemap is required once a site is made mobile friendly or if they should just duplicate the regular sitemap […]
Google’s Mobile Friendly Algo Will Only Affect the “Ten Blue Links” & Not In the News, In-Depth Etc.
At BrightonSEO today, Gary Illyes revealed that local pack results are not affected by the new mobile friendly ranking algorithm that is due to arrive on April 21st, which makes perfect sense. Then Gary replied to me and tweeted this: @jenstar yep, just the "10 blue links" are, but of course teams who own the […]
Page Speed is Not a Factor in the New Mobile Friendly Ranking Signal
At Brighton SEO today, Gary Illyes, a Google Webmaster Trends Analyst, was talking about mobile and the upcoming mobile friendly ranking signal which will come into play on April 21st. Many SEOs have been emphasizing page speed rather aggressively when it comes to ensuring sites are mobile friendly before the 21st. At SMX West earlier […]
Google’s Mobile Friendly Ranking Signal Will Not Affect Local Pack Listings
Gary Illyes, a Google Webmaster Trends Analyst, was speaking at Brighton SEO today, discussing the upcoming mobile friendly ranking signal that will be starting on April 21st. And he had some interesting things to say about local businesses at their pack listings. According to Illyes, if a local business is appearing in the Google Pack […]
Yahoo Removes “Powered by Bing” From Some Mobile Search Results
Business Insider is reporting that some users searching on Yahoo from mobile devices are seeing the “Powered by Bing” removed from the footer of the search results page. The screenshots show a redesigned look to the search results, looking far different from how they appear to most users today. Could this signal something significant to […]
Why Google Ranking a Non-Mobile Friendly Brand Site is a Good Thing
In this week’s Google Webmaster Office Hours, Barry Schwartz asked John Mueller about brand related searches and whether Google would be demoting brand sites if they are not mobile friendly. After all, this new mobile friendly search ranking signal is supposed to give preferential treatment for sites being mobile friendly. So in general what happens […]
Firefox Pushes Users to Download Firefox for Android
When I updated Firefox this morning, I was presented with an interesting screen once the update was complete – a push to not just download Firefox for Android, but to simply just enter in my email address and they would send it straight to an Android device. This is another push by Firefox to encourage […]
Google Confirms New Mobile Ranking Signal Does Not Affect Tablets
Although it has been said before, Google confirmed on Twitter that the new mobile ranking signal, which is scheduled to launch on April 21st, does not affect rankings on tablets. @Jumzle The upcoming mobile-friendly change is for mobile users, not tablet users. — Google Webmasters (@googlewmc) April 1, 2015 There have been concerns from those […]