If you have noticed a huge decrease in the XML sitemap index numbers showing in your Google Search Console account, you are not the only one. There is a reporting issue currently affecting the numbers. The decrease began on July 13th and has continued to slide since then. Glenn Gabe shared this image showing the […]
Google Will Increase Warnings for Unsafe Websites
Google is making changes to their Safe Browsing filter so that more users will see warnings alerting users that a site has been compromised or is using unsafe practices that could cause harm to the user’s computer, such as malware, ad injectors, phishing and unwanted software downloads. Last year, we announced our increased focus on […]
3 Reasons Your SEO Integrations Fail
More and more companies are considering bringing their SEO activities in-house to better integrate SEO into the digital marketing flow rather than to keep it siloed as completely separate projects. It is a welcomed trend, considering the fact that the SEO has many touch points and often times depends on many other departments. However, is […]
How Would You Improve Google Search Console Messaging?
How would you improve the messaging in Google Search Console? Or what would you love to see added or removed? Google is looking for feedback about what you would like to see changed with the messages within Search Console. Mariya Moeva, a Google Webmaster Trends Analyst, has posted a survey for webmasters that asks for […]
Google Search Console Making Changes to Whom Receives Site Messages
Google Search Console is making some changes in the coming weeks to whom exactly will receive site related emails about issues or problems. When the change comes into play, only direct owners of the site in question (child sites) will receive the emails, not owners of parent sites as well. For consultants who might only […]
Google Sending Hreflang Implementation Warning Notices in Search Console
Google is sending out error messages to users for incorrect implementation on Hreflang through Google Search Console, warning webmasters if they have made mistakes while implementing it on a site. Dan Sharp, the Founder & Director of Screaming Frog tweeted one of the warning emails. The warning is fairly standard about possible hreflang issues that […]
Google Testing 4 Line Description Snippets in Search Results
Google is testing out longer snippets in the descrption for some Google search results, giving some results 4 lines of description over the standard two lines that you see in the majority of results. While Wikipedia triggered the first 4 lines of description as information sites, as you can see with the Hobbycraft result, commercial […]
How to Properly Format Last Modified (lastmod) for XML Sitemaps
If you have a burning desire to properly format last modified (lastmod) time for xml sitemaps, you are in luck because Gary Illyes from Google has posted everything you need to know in order to format it properly. Illyes commented on StackOverflow how to do it properly, also mentioning that it is mostly ignored by […]
Google: Penguin Algo Refresh is “Months Away”
While we have known that a Panda refresh is coming soon for the last month or so, there hasn’t been much information on an upcoming Penguin update or refresh… until now. Gary Illyes, Webmaster Trends Analyst from Google, says that the “Penguin refresh is months away.” @mrjamiedodd No. Penguin refresh is months away — Gary […]
Panda Refresh in “Soon” Phase; No ETA for Technical Reasons
Another week has gone by in the wait for the Panda update, and it is still coming “soon.” Gary Illyes from Google made the comment on Twitter that Panda is still coming but it is still in the “soon phase” and is unable to give an ETA due to technical reasons. @thebesthostnews heyya, it's still […]