Google’s SearchLiaison confirmed that Google’s site reputation abuse update started on Monday May 6th. Many sites from across the web took down webpages that could be perceived as hosting third-party content for the purpose of ranking in search engines. Site Reputation Abuse An old strategy that’s made a recent comeback is one in which a … Read more
Google’s Gary Illyes confirmed at a recent search marketing conference that Google needs very few links, adding to the growing body of evidence that publishers need to focus on other factors. Gary tweeted confirmation that he indeed say those words. Background Of Links For Ranking Links were discovered in the late 1990’s to be a … Read more
SEO professionals have long discussed the concept of a “crawl budget,” which refers to the limited number of pages search engines can crawl daily. The assumption is that sites must stay within this allotted budget to get pages indexed. In a recent podcast, Google search engineers debunked some misconceptions about crawl budget and shed light … Read more
Google’s filetype search operator went missing early Wednesday morning. Other search operators continue to function. SearchLiaison responds that it must be a bug. Filetype Search Operator The filetype: search operator is a way to search for results that are constrained to specific kinds of files like text, pdf, .doc files and many other kinds of … Read more
Google investigating indexing delays affecting some sites since Monday *****, working to identify and resolve root cause. Google confirmed an indexing issue affecting some websites. The issue started around 11:30pm ET Monday *****. Google is investigating the root cause and working to fix it. Source link : Searchenginejournal.com
Google confirmed a search ranking bug, a “very narrow issue,” as Google called it, that affected a “small number of websites” where those rankings would drop out of the Google Search results over the weekend and then reappear during the weekdays. Google’s statement. A Google spokesperson told Search Engine Land this issue has already been resolved … Read more
Google has quietly started testing placing headlines within the ad copy description text in live ads. Advertisers were not given prior notice about the ad copy variation experiment, and the uncertainty about the potential expansion of this test to more accounts has led to frustration within the community. Why we care. Changing the rules without … Read more
Recent findings by SEO professionals suggest that Google has recalibrated its local search algorithm, placing more emphasis on a business’s listed hours of operation as a key ranking signal. According to Joy Hawkins of Sterling Sky, the trend became noticeable after the November 2023 core update, leading to businesses that appear as closed being significantly … Read more
Google is retiring four rules-based attribution ****** for all properties in Google Ads and Google Analytics in mid-October 2023: First-click. Linear. Time decay. Position-based. The ****** listed above will be removed from both the Analytics user interface and Admin API. Why we care. If you’re using these ****** in Google Ads, it will affect you. And … Read more
Google has confirmed reports of an ongoing technical issue causing delays in indexing newly published web content. In a post published to X on Thursday evening, Google’s Search Liaison announced that the company is actively working to identify the root cause of the problem. However, Google didn’t provide an estimated timeline for resolving the issue. … Read more
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