One of the most requested features for AMP is the ability to add forms in order to capture leads, subscriptions, polls or other information from site visitors. The AMP Project has now launched support for forms. Forms can be added via “amp-form”. Regular navigation and XHR (XMLHttpRequest, aka Ajax) form submissions are both supported, but […]
Hackers & Phishers Using Google’s AMP URLs to Disguise Malicious Links
For most web savvy users, checking the URL to ensure that it is a legitimate google.com URL is pretty standard, and ensuring that everything before the first / looks legitimate. Many phishers and hackers use URLs like www.google.com.someotherurl.com/blahblah.html to disguise links (for reference, the bolded part shows the true domain – the google.com part of […]
Google Testing Icons on Mobile Sitelinks
Google has a new test where they are showing a variety of icons next to common types of pages that shows up in a site’s sitelinks in the mobile search results. Here is how they look: Sergey Alakov spotted them and posted screenshots on Twitter. This seems to be a limited test, as I was […]
Exit Page Interstitials Not Impacted by Google’s Mobile Interstitial Change
If you have an exit interstitial – an interstitial that only displays once a user tries to leave a site – they won’t be impacted by Google’s upcoming mobile interstitial change which would see pages with interstitials lose their mobile friendly ranking boost. The question came up in the Google Webmaster Office Hours this week […]
Google Adds New AMP Testing Tool
If you are still working on getting your pages AMP ready, the AMP related reporting in Google Search Console can be a bit frustrating since the error reporting is quite delayed. And while the structured data testing tool can help show errors, it isn’t as intuitive for AMP, especially for those with little experience with […]
Google Search Switching to Mobile First Index from Desktop Index
Gary Illyes at Pubcon announced today that Google is switching to a mobile first index. This means that Google will be indexing the mobile versions of pages and not the desktop as its primary index. This is a huge change. Google has always used the desktop version of a page for ranking, even when serving […]
Google Serving AdWords Local 4-Packs in Mobile Search Results
Google is stepping up their local pack ads in a big way. Google is testing new 4-pack local ads, showcases up to 4 “nearby businesses” for local related mobile search queries. This is pretty significant, since it is expanding Google’s expansion into local pack style ads. But it pushes down the organic search results when […]
AMP Results Now Live in Google’s Organic Search Results
Have you made your content AMP ready yet? Google has officially turned on AMP results in the “ten blue links” in their mobile search results. This means when a webpage has an AMP version available, Google will swap out the non-AMP version and display with AMP version instead, complete with the AMP tag in the […]
Site Not Mobile Friendly? Google Offers Mobile Friendly Version of Page in Chrome
If you visit a page that isn’t mobile friendly, Google Chrome will now offer users the option to view a mobile friendly version of the page instead. Joy Hawkins shared a screenshot that shows a non-mobile-friendly page, with a “Make page mobile-friendly” option at the bottom of the page. When you click the option, it […]
Disqus Comments Now Support AMP
If you have been reluctant to switch over to AMP because of the loss of comments on your pages, you will be happy to know that Disqus has announced they now offer support for AMP. AMP for Disqus utilizes the <amp-iframe> tag to bring comments into the AMP page. However, it requires the unusual step […]