Google has added a new style of PLAs to the search results. It is a carousel that divides products by the company selling them, rather than the usual unsorted PLAs. Here is what it looks like in the mobile search results: As you scroll through the companies, it only lists companies and not individual products, […]
When Google Rankings Drop After Submitting a Disavow File
When submitting a disavow file, oftentimes people also disavow great links that help rankings, and not just the bad links. For some site owners, identifying the links that should be disavowed (spammy links or links that were paid for in some way) versus the great natural links. And sometimes those great links are really helping […]
Google Adds Carousel & Rich List Suggestions for Blog Queries
Looking for a blog in a particular market area? Google has added a new feature with both rich lists and carousels that lists popular blogs in a variety of market areas and verticals. Here is the carousel look: And here it is in a rich list style: The difference between the two triggering seems to […]
Google AMP Recipe Carousels Live in Search Results
If you have a recipe site and aren’t already testing out AMP, you might want to consider testing it sooner rather than later. Google is displaying AMP recipes in the mobile search results both in regular card style formats as well as the much talked about AMP carousel style too. Google first announced AMP recipes […]
How Google Handles New HTTPS Pages With Mixed Content Warnings
If you have been thinking of switching over to HTTPS but haven’t wanted to deal with fixing all the potential issues that come up with an HTTPS migration, at least one of the most common issues won’t cause significant issues when you make the leap – and that is the problems surrounding mixed content warnings. […]
Google Adds More Filtering Options to Local Business 3-Pack
Google has added new filters to the local 3-pack on both desktop and mobile for all users. This allows searchers to filter listings with their own preferences. The two standard filters are “ratings” and “hours” that show up above the first listing in the local 3-pack. It also shows up for mobile users as well, […]
Reminder: There Is No Google Sandbox Affecting New Sites
Google has reminded site owners once again that there is no Google sandbox. The question came up on Twitter, and Gary Illyes commented again on the supposed sandbox. @seobybrett we don't have a Google sandbox — Gary Illyes ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ (@methode) December 12, 2016 There are still many sites, including “penalty checkers”, that promote […]
Google Expands Features of Property Sets in Search Console
When Google launched Property Sets in Google Search Console, while webmasters were happy to see Google doing something to address the issue of sites being spread across multiple properties – such as https and http as well as www and non-www – the lack of features that could be viewed with Property Sets was pretty […]
Google Adds “Test Your Site With Google” to Google Homepage
Google is testing a new prompt on their homepage, alerting searchers that they can test their sites with Google, and get a free report on improving it. Here is what it looks like: The link for testing goes to Google’s mobile page speed insights. It is interesting Google is promoting this on the homepage. […]
Google Soliciting Their Own Movie Review Ratings in Search Results
Google has added “Like” and “Dislike” buttons to movie knowledge panels in their search results, as part of the drive to show their own movie ratings, in place of third party movie ratings which have been featured in Google’s knowledge panels for over a year. Here is what the new addition to the movie knowledge […]