Google’s SearchLiaison confirmed that some updates happened. But he downplayed their importance. The attempt to trivialize the update was in contrast to the widely felt impact...
Google Chrome announced a plan to introduce badging as a way to encourage publishers to improve site speed. Google proposed a contextual menu on links that...
There is substantial evidence that an unannounced Google Update is underway. This update has been affecting sites across a wide range of niches. Most of the...
Google’s John Mueller recently provided some advice on how to block robots.txt and sitemap files from being indexed in search results. This advice was prompted by...
FTC issued guidance for social media influencers who endorse products. The goal is to educate influencers that they are obligated to disclose relationships with brands when...
Bing announced a new link penalties. These link penalties are focused on taking down private blog networks (PBNs), subdomain leasing and manipulative cross-site linking. Inorganic Site...
A WebmasterWorld discussion brought to light a manipulative spam technique that was reported to be flourishing in Google. It involves competitors creating fake review sites to...
There is a big issue going on in the recipe niche…again. There have been multiple reports from recipe bloggers that they are losing their photos in...
The backlash to the BERT update was swift and without mercy. Many SEOs warned about “how to optimize for BERT” articles before any “how to optimize...
A member of the search marketing community tweeted his surprise that Google ranked a paywalled web page in the featured snippets. Google’s official description of featured...