59% of US Adults Do Not Trust News on Social Media
A study on social media as a news source finds 59% of US adults believe the information shared on social platforms is inaccurate. Pew Research Center surveyed over 9,000 Americans…
Google Structured Data Testing Tool Lives On At New Domain
Google is not shutting down the Structured Data Testing Tool after all, as per an announcement stating the tool will be migrated to another domain. It was only 5 months…
Google Reveals Top Searches of 2020
Google’s annual list of top trending search terms shows what the world turned to Google for during one of the most historic years on record. “2020 was the year we…
Google Maps Rolls Out 4 New Features
Google Maps has four new features to improve the experience for users as well as businesses who use the platform to reach customers. Here’s a look at everything new in…
Google Explains Discovery & Refresh Data in Crawl Stats Report
Google’s John Mueller offers more detail about new data in Search Console’s updated Crawl Stats report – the ‘discovery’ and ‘refresh metrics. The Crawl Stats report in Google Search Console…
Google Combines Hreflang Signals from HTML & Sitemaps
Google’s John Mueller discusses how hreflang signals are handled when directives appear in a sitemap as well as on-page HTML. The topic of potentially conflicting hreflang signals is discussed in…
YouTube Algorithm: 6 Questions Answered
YouTube is sharing more details about how its search and recommendation algorithms work in a new video where the company answers questions from users. The YouTube team published a similar…
Google’s John Mueller: Long Anchor Text Gives Us More Context
There is one key difference between using many words in anchor text compared to using fewer words, according to Google’s John Mueller. The topic of anchor text is discussed in…
Snapchat Awarding Users $1 Million a Day to Use Spotlight
Snapchat is investing heavily in promoting its new Spotlight feature, to the tune of $1 million per day for users who submit the best content. Spotlight is being described as…
YouTube Analytics Now Reports on Traffic Sources
YouTube Analytics is getting updated with a new report that will show creators how viewers are finding their videos. In the latest news bulletin for channel owners on the Creator…