Google’s Danny Sullivan today announced new search commands, the before: and after: commands. The new commands allows users to restrict searches to specific dates. The new search command is something Google is testing. How do the Before/After Commands Work? The commands accomplish the same functionality as the date range tools for restricting searches to specific…
Google is working on fixing a widespread technical issue that has led to web pages getting removed from Google’s index. Webmasters and SEOs have been affected by this issue since this past Thursday. Google didn’t officially acknowledge there was an issue until Saturday. On Saturday, Google’s John Mueller incorrectly reported that the problem was fixed:…
Recently, I was talking to a client about a new project when he raised an interesting question. He was curious to know how I measured E-A-T, or “expertise, authoritativeness and trustworthiness,” in relation to SEO. If you’re unfamiliar with E-A-T, it’s a term taken from Google’s Quality Rater Guidelines, a set of instructions that Google’s…
On a recent Google Webmaster Hangout, John Mueller gave tips on how to fix a home page ranking for a keyword phrase when an inner page is the better page. Signals for Web Page to Rank over Home Page “You said Google’s algorithm doesn’t automatically favor the homepage ranking above other pages. What should we…
On Friday, Google said it fully resolved the de-indexing issue that started on Thursday afternoon. But now Google is saying it is not fully resolved just yet and is still working on reprocessing a lot of the URLs that were delisted from the search index on Friday. Google suspects the issue should be resolved shortly…
Yesterday Google said it fully resolved the de-indexing issue that started on Thursday afternoon. But now Google is saying it is not fully resolved just yet and Google is still working on reprocessing a lot of the URLs that were delisted from their index on Friday. Google suspects the issue should be resolved shortly and…
Many SEOs and site owners reported seeing pages drop out of the Google search index over the last couple of days. The issues were visible in Google Search Console and when using the site command in a browser. “Technical issue” fixed. It was apparently the result of a technical issue at Google, according to Google’s…
An update to Google Assistant on Android devices will allow it to provide better visual responses and more complete information. When answering queries, Assistant returns a screen that more resembles what you would see in Google search results. Here’s a before & after example of asking Assistant for events in Mountain View: Another new thing…
In an update to Google My Business profiles, product catalogs will now appear in desktop and mobile search results. Previously, product catalogs would only appear in mobile search results. Now we know this isn’t a mobile-only feature. Product catalogs are a fairly new addition to Google My Business pages, as they were first seen in…
By now, you’ve probably heard that Google is no longer supporting rel=prev/next markup. In fact, Google hasn’t supported it for years. That’s unfortunate because Google forgot to tell anybody. Many digital strategists were implementing rel=prev/next code thinking that it would offer some SEO benefit. It did at one time. It doesn’t anymore. So what happened?…