Google has updated their AMP testing tool with a ton of new features. The main update now shows examples of how AMP results appear in the Google mobile search results. Google has also updated features for submitting an AMP page to Google and viewing AMP source code. The new update shows three different styles, the […]
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Site Navigation & Google SEO
Site navigation is one of those areas that has many facets of importance when it comes to both SEO and usability. A good site navigation makes it easier for Google to crawl and index a site, but it also needs to be usable for visitors to the site, since many use that same navigation to […]
Google: Using Nofollow on Links to About Us, Terms, and Policy Pages
When looking at crawl budgets, pages like terms and policy pages are usually among the first to get their links nofollowed, so that Google focuses on pages a site owner thinks are higher priority. But should you nofollow links to those types of pages by default? The question came up in the last Google webmaster […]
How to Turn Youtube Channels into a Reputation Management Powerhouse
Youtube videos rank incredibly well, especially for low-competition phrases which brand terms usually are. On top of that, they usually get that “rich snippet” treatment in search results (diverting searchers’ attention from other (quite possibly negative) listings that mention the brand. Both of these factors make Youtube an indispensable weapon in the hands of a […]
Use Fetch & Render for Most Accurate Google View of Webpage
A question came up on Twitter regarding how Googlebot sees a page and whether the fetch and render within Google Search Console is the most accurate or if using the cache view from within the Google search results is more accurate. John Mueller answered, and he said that fetch and render will be the closest. […]
Google Sending “Safe Browsing Policy Updates” to Previously Hacked Sites
Had a hacked site that Google alerted you to in the past? Google is sending out “Safe Browsing Policy Updates” notices to site owners who have had their sites hacked previously. The notices do not seem to be triggered by any current issues on the site, but seem to be serving as a reminder to […]
404s Do Not Affect Site Quality for Google SEO
One of the reports in Google Search Console is the 404 errors report. Every site tends to have at least a few of these 404s, but is it a sign of low quality? John Mueller was asked about 404s being a sign of low quality, and if 410s are better to use for this reason. […]
Google Sends New Round of Outdated Plugin Warnings
Google has been sending out a new round of Google Search Console warnings for site owners using outdated WordPress plugins. Casey Markee posted a screenshot of the latest warning. Revolution Slider was the reason why hundreds of thousands of WordPress blogs were exploited by hackers back in 2014. And one of the problems was that […]
Google’s Mobile Interstitial Demotion Updates When Page Recrawled
Google launched their mobile interstitial and popup demotion earlier this month which would see sites with interstitials and obtrusive popups receive a demotion in the mobile search results. If you need to remove them, the demotion in the search results will not be removed until after Googlebot has crawled each individual page again. The question […]
Google Crawl Budget: What SEOs Need to Know About Googlebot Crawling
Gary Illyes from Google has posted a blog entry on the Google Webmaster blog, touching on Googlebot and crawl budget issues that site owners might have. First, it is important to note that not all site owners will be impacted by crawl budget issues. For the most part, sites with 4,000 or fewer URLs generally […]