Google Updates Guidance on Cross-Domain Canonicals

Google Updates Guidance on Cross-Domain Canonicals

Google has updated the guidance on Cross-Domain Canonicals for Syndicated content; however, the guidance for syndicated news remains the same. Cross-domain Canonicals A canonical link element is a way to tell search engines that a webpage should not be considered the original source of the content, that it should be considered a duplicate page and … Read more

Google Updates Canonicalization Help Document: Don’t Use Canonicals For Syndicated Content

Google Updates Canonicalization Help Document: Don’t Use Canonicals For Syndicated Content

Google has updated its help documentation for canonicalization. It removed a line about syndicated content and also updated a line about noindex to prevent selection of a canonical page within a single site. But Google added a whole section around not using a canonical tag for syndicated content anymore; more on that below. If you … Read more

Changelog: Serpstat Updates

Changelog: Serpstat Updates

Multi-user mode in Local SEO, new AI content tool, Google BigQuery and Looker Studio in reports. 2023.05.03 Tools: New Teamwork in Local SEO Work with your colleagues on projects together with a multi-user mode in the tool. Have access to each others’ locations to manage them, publish posts, reply to reviews, and analyze statistics. AI … Read more

Roku streaming collaboration and 5 other Microsoft Ads updates for May

Roku streaming collaboration and 5 other Microsoft Ads updates for May

Microsoft has just announced six new updates, focusing on tools and features that aim to assist advertisers in refining their campaigns and improving performance. Let’s dive in. Roku. The collaboration between Roku TV streaming ads, Microsoft Audience Ads, and Bing’s paid and organic search is now underway. Advertisers interested in using the new cross-channel marketing … Read more

Google updates site names in search results after numerous complaints

Google updates site names in search results after numerous complaints

Google has pushed out a fix to resolve some of the inappropriate or unexpected site names selections displayed in the Google Search results. This comes days after Google posted a web form asking for user feedback about site names that were inaccurate, inappropriate, or wrong, as we reported earlier this week. As a reminder, Google … Read more

Bing Chat Better At News / Sports & Google Bard Can Code, Plus More AI Updates

Bing Chat Better At News / Sports & Google Bard Can Code, Plus More AI Updates

Google and Bing announced more updates for Google Bard and Bing Chat. Google said Bard can now code, and indeed it can. At the same time, Bing Chat announced a few updates, including being better at showing information on news and sports, amongst other updates. Bard Can Code Google announced Bard can now code in … Read more

Google Updates Googlebot Verification Documentation

Google Updates Googlebot Verification Documentation

Google updated their Search Central Documentation to on verifying Googlebot, adding documentation about user-triggered bot visits, information that was missing from previous Googlebot documentation, which has created confusion for many years, with some publishers blocking the IP ranges of the legitimate visits. Newly Updated Bot Documentation Google added a new documentation that categorizes the three … Read more

Google removes several search ranking algorithm updates from its ranking systems page

Google removes several search ranking algorithm updates from its ranking systems page

Google quietly updated its documented Google ranking systems page and completely removed several page experience-related ranking systems from the page. Google removed the page experience system, the mobile-friendly system, page speed system and the secure site system from the page. These removals makes you wonder if any of these algorithm updates mattered at all to … Read more

Google Updates Helpful Content Guidance, Streamlines Search Console Reports

Google Updates Helpful Content Guidance, Streamlines Search Console Reports

Google is updating its guidance on creating helpful content by adding a section dedicated to page experience. The update aims to help site owners consider page experience more holistically during the content creation process. What’s New? Google’s help page on creating helpful content has been revamped with a new section on providing an excellent page … Read more

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