Google Chrome on Android will soon receive an update that provides answers to search results without having to actually submit a query. As users type queries into Chrome’s address bar, answers will show up in the section underneath along with other recommended queries. “Now on both desktop and Android, answers will show up inside the…
Google announced an algorithm update intended to rank original news higher. Despite Google’s update, apparently an authority site like Yahoo News can syndicate content and outrank the original. Google’s Top Stories Ranks Syndicated Content Syndicated content is original content that is licensed to be republished by another publisher, in this case Yahoo News. In a…
In the latest instalment of the #AskGoogleWebmasters video series, John Mueller addresses a question about AJAX crawling. Here is the question that was submitted: “What is the current status of #! AJAX crawling? How do I set up redirects?” Mueller addresses both parts of this question. His responses for each are summarized in the sections…
Google has added one more type of structured data to its growing list of structured data reports in Search Console. A dedicated report on ‘datasets’ structured data is now available in Search Console. Those who are using dataset structured data on their website will find the new report in under the Enhancements sections. Google introduced…
ADVERTISEMENT Online trolls have been the bane of rational, civil internet users since the beginning of the web. It turns out, when you give certain people the shield of anonymity to hide behind in the form of a computer screen, things get ugly. Internet trolls started popping out of the woodwork as early as the…
In the latest instalment of the #AskGoogleWebmasters video series, Google’s John Mueller answers a common question about JSON-LD structured data. Here is the question that was submitted: “Is it possible to insert JSON structured data at the bottom of theinstead of the? It seems to work fine for many websites.” In response, Mueller says “yes.”…
Google has updated the Google Ads app with support for campaign optimization scores. Optimization score is a metric that was introduced last year – it’s designed to evaluate how well a Google Ads campaign is optimized. The score ranges from 0% to 100%, with 100% meaning that your account is set up to perform at…
Crawl budget is a vital SEO concept that often gets overlooked. There are so many tasks and issues an SEO expert has to keep in mind that it’s often put on the back burner. In short, crawl budget can, and should, be optimized. In this article, you will learn: How to improve your crawl budget…
Microsoft Advertising has launched a report that identifies negative keyword conflicts in shopping campaigns. A negative keyword conflict refers to a keyword being erroneously blocked from the wrong campaign. This also refers to a negative keyword with a match type that’s appropriate for one campaign but not another. Microsoft’s product negative keyword conflicts report shows…
Google announced a major change to how nofollow links are counted. Previously nofollow links were treated as a directive, meaning Google obeyed the nofollow, period. Starting today, for ranking purposes, Google is treating nofollow as a hint. This means that Google will decide whether to use the link for ranking purposes or not. This change…