If you have suddenly noticed a drop in the number of errors in Google Search Console for AMP, you didn’t accidentally change something. Google has updated the error reporting in Search Console to prepare for Google showing AMP in the main search results. The change in reporting is made with the upcoming addition of AMP […]
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Google Adds Rich Results Report to Search Analytics in Search Console
There is a new report for webmasters in Google Search Console. In Search Analytics, you can now get data for all “rich results”. The rich results report includes all rich results, which includes structured data that shows up in Google’s search results for the site’s pages as well as any rich cards. It appears under “Search […]
New AMP Features Including Social Sharing, Sidebars & Collapsing Sections
The AMP project has announced some new additions to AMP that gives publishers more flexibility on the look and feel of AMP pages while still being fast for users. They include one much-requested addition – social sharing buttons. <AMP-SOCIAL-SHARE> This will populate some of the most popular social sharing buttons. including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and […]
Why Google Removed the Right Sidebar AdWords Ads
When Google removed the right sidebar AdWords ads earlier this year, and added 4 AdWords ads at the top of the search results, they did not say much about why they made this decision, other than it was a test initially. But at the Google Performance Summit for AdWords, and in a new blog post […]
Google has 125+ Million AMP Documents Indexed in Search Results
During yesterday’s I/O presentation of the mobile content ecosystem by Richard Gingras, he revealed how popular AMP has become with publishers. Google has 125+ million AMPlified pages indexed in the search results, coming from 640,000 domains. He also commented about how active and supportive the developer community has been, with over 7300 developers with 1900+ […]
Google Launching Search Indexing API for Real Time Indexing
One of the more interesting things to come out of I/O for SEOs is Google’s announcement of their new Real Time Search Indexing API. This API is for real time indexing from publishers, ensuring the most up to date and accurate content is available for searchers to find. This means that publishers using the API […]
AMP Expanding to Recipes in Mobile Search Results
It has been long rumored that AMP would be expanding to other parts of the search results. At Google I/O today, Richard Gingras announced that AMP will be coming to recipes in the mobile search results. Recipes in AMP will be in the carousel format and include a photo, similar to how we see AMP […]
Google Launches New Rich Cards in Search Results
Google has announced the addition of rich cards in the mobile search results. Rich cards are similar to rich snippets, but in an expanded format in a carousel. Google is initially showing these new rich cards for recipes and movies in the mobile search results. There is also a new related rich cards section in […]
Google Adds “People Also Search For” Thumbnails to Search Results
Google has expanded how they display their “People also search for” feature in the search results. Instead of a text version, Google is now displaying the feature with thumbnails. Here is how it appears in the search results: When you click through to “View 2+ more”, it takes you to a carousel style result in […]
Google: Normal For AMP Traffic to Fluctuate
If you have been watching your analytics for traffic to AMPlified pages, you have probably seen some wild fluctuations in the amount of traffic received. Google commented in the Webmaster Help forums about why traffic can very so much. Tomo Taylor from Google responded that because the factors used to determine the stories that appear […]