Google’s new artificial intelligence algo, RankBrain is definitely interesting (all the details about RankBrain can be found here). We have reached out to 9 industry experts to get their reactions about RankBrain and what it means. Here is what they had to say. Glenn Gabe, G-Squared Interactive There’s been a lot of talk in the […]
RankBrain: Everything We Know About Google’s AI Algorithm
We have a new piece of the SEO puzzle from Google. They have introduced a new ranking signal in the form of machine learning and artificial intelligence called RankBrain. Bloomberg broke the story that not only has Google introduced RankBrain, but that it has already been using it for some time in the search results. […]
Google Penguin Still Not Ready to Launch
If you have been anxiously awaiting the next Penguin update, you will be waiting at least a little bit longer. Gary Illyes from Google has confirmed that “Penguin is not ready for primetime yet.” @AGr4ves penguin is not ready for primetime yet. — Gary Illyes (@methode) October 22, 2015 Of course, this leads to many […]
Did Panda Cause These Often Disavowed Sites to Rebrand and Shut Down?
Fellow disavowers, some old friends have disappeared! Some of the most highly disavowed sites on the internet have quietly disappeared. Did anyone notice? While the disappearance of these sites is hardly earth shattering news, I did find it quite interesting to analyze their demise. Ask Ives Ask Ives was a site that acted as a […]
Google Image Search Reporting Issues in Search Console
Google updated their Data Anomalies page within Google Search Console to include information about a reporting issue for image search. On October 6, Google is reporting lower impressions and click data for image search results, and they note this is particularly apparent for sites with a lot of traffic coming from image search. October 6 […]
Google Adds Safe Browsing Site Status to Transparency Report
Google is now offering additional information on websites that Google has added the malware warning too. The warnings themselves aren’t new, but now users can look up and find out exactly what is triggering the warning that displays “The site ahead contains malware” on the red interstitial. Google has a new site status section in […]
How & Why Google Rewrites Page Titles in the Search Results
SEOs who have spent time carefully crafting the perfect page title get understandably upset when Google decides to rewrite the titles they display for those pages in the search results. And there doesn’t seem to be much rhyme or reason to when or why they will replace the titles. But thanks to an English/Hindi webmaster […]
5 Practical Examples of Structured Data for Rich Snippets in Search Results
Once you familiarize yourself with what structured data markup is and why it’s important for SEO success, your brain should quickly shift into action-mode. How can you leverage structured data markup to in order to help the search engines help you? Well, the key is to avoid getting overwhelmed. When viewed as one massive entity, […]
Google Adds Song Covers to Music Related Searches
Google has added a new feature to music related search results. Now when you search for a song, in addition to the “main” or best known version of a song, Google is now also listing other cover versions of the song. Here is an example for the song “Sweet Caroline” with the best known version […]
Google Link Value Loss When Switching to HTTPS from HTTP
Someone raised an interesting question in today’s Google Webmaster Office Hours today. The question was about how links lose a bit of their value when they go through a redirect. When switching a site from HTTP to HTTPS, it means an entire site will have to go through a redirect, so will the link loss […]