BusinessResources
Google: In Future, Pages With Bad Mobile SEO Won’t Rank As Well In Mobile Search
Mobile issues hurt rankings.
BusinessResources
Google Changes Ranking Advice
Says build quality sites not links.
BusinessSamples
Google Testing Huge Banner Ads For Branded Queries
Google may be ready to break the “no banner ads ever” promise.
BusinessOpinions
Google’s Matt Cutts: Don’t Duplicate Your Meta Descriptions
Even no meta descriptions at all is better.
BusinessResources
Google Toolbar PageRank Lives On With The First Update In Over 10 Months
“No one expected a Toolbar PageRank update this year.”
BusinessOpinions
Confirmed: Google Reduces Authorship Rich Snippets In Search Results
Rich snippets may be taken away for low quality sites.
BusinessResources
Google’s Matt Cutts Explains How Google Search Handles 404 & 410 Status Codes
GoogleBot rechecks 404 and 410 responses for years.
BusinessTools
Big Win For DuckDuckGo: Apple Adding To Safari As Private Search Option
The search engine also seems to be set to come to iOS 8 as an option.
BusinessResources
Google Drops Profile Photos, Google+ Circle Count From Authorship In Search Results
Google rolls out a new design for authorship in the search results.
CodeTools
Google Webmaster Tools International Targeting Now Available
The new feature explained.
BusinessResources
Google Webmaster Guidelines Update Calls “Low Quality Guest Blog Posts” Spam
Google has already penalized several guest blog networks.
BusinessResources
Explainer: How Google’s New SSL / HTTPS Ranking Factor Works
New facts on the Google HTTPS ranking signal.
BusinessResources
Mobile Search Ranking Study: Rank Number One Or Not Rank At All
“Ranking in position one in mobile is way more important than on desktop search.”
BusinessResources
Google: Try To Avoid Link Building Because It Can Do More Harm Than Good
John Mueller doesn't recommend link building.
BusinessResources
Google Testing A Red ‘Slow‘ Label In The Search Results For Slower Sites
Searchers would be warned if a particular web page is slow.
BusinessResources
Google Clarifies The Mobile-Friendly Algorithm Will Roll Out Over A Week, Be A Yes/No Response & More
“You are either mobile-friendly or not, there are no degrees of mobile-friendliness in this algorithm.”
BusinessResources
Google Brings App Indexing Support To iOS Apps
“iOS users may see content from apps in their mobile search results.”
BusinessResources
Bing To Encrypt Searches By Default & Referrer Data To Go Not Provided This Summer
The [not provided] saga will be expanded from Google to Bing.
CodeResources
How To Quickly Unblock Google From CSS & JavaScript, What Google Looks At & Number Notified
A quick fix.
BusinessResources
Google Finally Releases The Full Version Of The Search Quality Rating Guidelines
What types of pages Google wants to show in their search results.
BusinessResources
You Can Now Install Android Apps Directly From Google’s Search Results
Google is working on a new way for users to get Android apps.
BusinessResources
Google has confirmed it is removing Toolbar PageRank
But the company still uses PageRank data internally.
BusinessOpinions
Now we know: Here are Google’s top 3 search ranking factors
Links, content, and RankBrain.
BusinessResources
Google says keywords in the TLD part of your URL are ignored for ranking purposes
New top level domains like .NEWS do not count.
BusinessOpinions
Google Doesn't Follow Links In SVGs
Links in HTML and links in Scalable Vector Graphics are not treated equally.
BusinessResources
Google begins mobile-first indexing, using mobile content for all search rankings
How you can benefit from the mobile-friendly ranking boost.
BusinessTools
Google Knows Of 130 Trillion Pages On The Web - 100 Trillion More In 4 Years
Are we back to index size wars?
BusinessTools
Confirmed: Google Rolling Out New Desktop Search Interface
How the interface looks like.
BusinessResources
Searchmetrics' Google ranking factors study says content gaining while links losing in importance
Key takeaways from the study.
BusinessTools
Google has officially killed off their link command
link:www.domain.com is no longer functioning.
BusinessResources
Should Google Penalize Sites With Auto-Play Video Ads?
Short answer: yes.
BusinessResources
Google quietly expands rich cards worldwide
Rich cards are now available globally.
BusinessTools
Google beta testing brand-new Google Search Console design
Screen shots of the new user interface.
BusinessTools
Google has dropped Google Instant Search
The company makes search more inline with mobile devices.
BusinessResources
New Google link study shows links are as important as ever for ranking well in search
Results of a link study done three years in a row.