Google Launches 2 Improvements to Search Console Reports
Google Search Console gets two new features designed to improve the efficiency of analyzing data in reports.
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Yahoo Answers Shutting Down May 4, Content Will Not Be Archived
Yahoo Answers comes to a close on May 4 with no plans to provide an archive of the website’s 16 years of content.
YouTube Rises to Number 1 App by Consumer Spend
YouTube is currently the number one app in terms of consumer spend, according to a report on worldwide app spend in Q1 2021.
Facebook Analytics is Shuttering on June 30
Facebook Analytics will stop being accessible after June 30, 2021, which gives marketers less than three months to export their data and find other solutions.
YouTube Expands Monetization To More Types of Content
YouTube is allowing ads to run on more types of content, which will expand the monetization opportunities for content creators.
YouTube Tests Hiding Dislike Counts On Videos
YouTube is testing the removal public dislike counts on videos, but will not be getting rid of the dislike button altogether.
Facebook Lets Users Limit Who Can Comment On Their Posts
Facebook is giving users more control over their experience on the website with changes to post comments and news feed filters.
Google’s John Mueller Answers Rapid Fire SEO Questions
Google’s John Mueller answers a mixed bag of SEO questions in rapid fire style in the latest video on the Google Search Central channel.
LinkedIn Users Can Add An Intro Video to Their Profile
LinkedIn is updating user profiles with the ability to add introduction videos, and rolling out an all-new ‘Creator’ mode.
Google Enhances Business Profiles For Stores With Delivery & Pickup
Google is adding more information to Search and Maps about businesses that offer options for grocery delivery and pickup.
Google: Mobile-Friendly Does Not Mean Ready For Mobile-First Index
Google’s John Mueller advises site owners that mobile-friendliness is not the same as ready for mobile-first indexing.
Google: No Benefit to An Artificially Flat URL Structure
Google’s John Mueller says there’s no benefit to having an artificially flat URL structure compared to one that shows directory depth.
Google’s John Mueller Stresses Importance of E-A-T For YMYL Websites
Search Advocate John Mueller stresses that Google is most concerned with expertise, authoritativeness, and trustworthiness (E-A-T) when ranking content that deals with health & finance.
Google: Fine If AMP Page Has More Ads Than HTML Page
Google’s John Mueller says the search engine’s recommendation to maintain parity between AMP and canonical HTML pages does not apply to ads.
Google Supports New Schema Markup For Education Sites
Google is adding support for a new type of schema markup with the introduction of rich results for education sites.
Googlebot Doesn’t Click On Buttons – What to Use Instead
Google advises site owners that the use of buttons on web pages is not optimal as Googlebot is not able to click on them.
Instagram Will Let Users Draft Stories to Save For Later
Instagram users will soon be able to create stories and save them as drafts to publish later, the company confirms in an announcement.
Pinterest Search Trends Show All-Time Interest in Travel
Pinterest’s latest report on recent search trends show that people are more interested in travel now than they were before the pandemic.
Google Shares Technical SEO Best Practices For Ecommerce Sites
Google provides guidance to SEOs and ecommerce site owners on best practices for providing the search engine with accurate information about products.
New SEO Tool Gathers Google Search Insights From 60M Queries
A new, free tool for SEOs tracks what percentage of Google search results pages in the US contain local packs.
Twitter Tests Improvements to Tweets With Photos & Video
Twitter confirms it’s testing long requested updates to publishing tweets with photos, and working on YouTube integration for a better video experience.
Facebook Adds 3 New Ways to Make Money With Video Content
Facebook is launching three updates aimed at helping creators of video content make more money.
YouTube Shorts Rolling Out in the US With In-App Creation Tools
YouTube Shorts is rolling out in the US as part of a beta launch that will see creation tools added to the mobile app.
YouTube Adds Real-Time Subscriber Counts in Channel Dashboards
YouTube is now letting creators see how many people subscribe to their channel with a new counter that updates in real-time.
Google’s 5 Video SEO Best Practices
Google recommends five best practices for site owners to follow when optimizing video content for search results.
DuckDuckGo Blasts Google Over New iOS Privacy Labels
DuckDuckGo is calling out Google over its new privacy labels on iOS which reveal how much data the company is collecting from iPhone users.
Google: Possible Quality Issue if Copied Content Outranks Original
Google’s John Mueller says there might be a site quality issue if copied content is consistently ranking above the original source.
Google Predicts These 4 Pandemic Changes Are Permanent
Companies have changed the way they do business since the pandemic. In a new report, Google forecasts which of those changes are here to stay.
Google to Face $5B Lawsuit Over Tracking Users in Incognito Mode
Google Chrome’s Incognito Mode is at the forefront of a $5 billion class-action lawsuit which alleges users are being tracked during private browsing sessions.
YouTube Adds More Analytics Data, Updates Studio Mobile App
YouTube creators now have access to new metrics about video views, and the Studio Mobile app is getting refreshed with efficient ways to view data.