Google Updates Canonical Documentation To Explain What Attributes Break The Canonicalization

Google Updates Canonical Documentation To Explain What Attributes Break The Canonicalization

Google has added a section to the use rel=canonical link annotations section of the canonical search documentation to clarify that rel=canonical annotations with certain attributes are not used for canonicalization. Google explained that “annotations with hreflang, lang, media, and type attributes are not used for canonicalization.” Google added this section: Google supports explicit rel canonical … Read more

Google Business Profiles Adds Disabled-Owned & Indigenous-Owned Attributes

Google Business Profiles Adds Disabled-Owned & Indigenous-Owned Attributes

Google has added two new attributes for businesses listed in Google Business Profiles. These attributes are identifies as disabled-owned and identifies as Indigenous-owned. You can access them by editing your Business Profile and clicking on the attributes section (more on that over here. Here is a screenshot of the full list of attributes: Google only … Read more

Google Business Profiles Auto Edits Business Attributes

Google Business Profiles Auto Edits Business Attributes

There are reports that Google is automatically editing the attributes of businesses within Google Business Profiles. I am told these edits are helpful and logical, since Google is using okay logic to make the necessary changes to attributes when business owners are not. A thread at the Local Search Forum from JS Girard was the … Read more

Google Business Profiles Attributes For Nursing Room & Are Children Allowed For Restaurants

Google Business Profiles Attributes For Nursing Room & Are Children Allowed For Restaurants

Google has added a couple of new attributes to Google Business Profiles. One is for does the location has a nursing room for mothers to feed their babies, and the other is an attribute to specify if the location allows children to enter. This was spotted by Laura Alfonso, who wrote on X, “I have … Read more

Google’s John Mueller Reminds Of Nuance In Nofollow Attributes

Google’s John Mueller Reminds Of Nuance In Nofollow Attributes

Google’s John Mueller answered a tweet about the proper use of nofollow for SEO, while agreeing with the tweet, he also pointed out a nuance about the nofollow attribute that was missing. The tweet arose from an infographic that shared when and when not to use the nofollow attributes. Nofollow Infographic A Yale study showed … Read more

Identifying Subjective Attributes Of Entities

Identifying Subjective Attributes Of Entities

Sharing is caring! Identifying UGC Subjective Attributes Of Entities This recently granted patent is about identifying subjective attributes of entities. I haven’t seen a patent about subjective attributes of entities or responses to those entities. A critical aspect of it is that it is user-generated content. We get told that user-generated content (UGC) is becoming … Read more

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