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Wix is integrating Search Console URL Inspection API, giving users an easy way to view site health in Google search.
What was the impact of the Google outage on the search community? We look at aftermath, which includes ranking and indexing problems.
Microsoft Bing is adding new annotations to shopping search results, including active coupon codes for retailers’ websites.
Duplicate content in posts published by Google Business Profiles is now considered spam, according to an updated document on content policies.
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Google experienced a rare, widespread outage on August 9. The cause of the outage is currently unknown.
Update to structured data makes product review sites eligible for the new Pro & Con enhancement in Google Search.
DuckDuckGo responds to recent criticism saying the third-party tracking scripts it blocks will now include scripts from Microsoft.
Google updates search results for product review pages by listing an item’s pros and cons in the search snippet.
Starting October 1, 2022, the social media giant will no longer allow retailers to host new or scheduled live shopping events. Instagram will be unaffected.
Google’s Search Advocate John Mueller says you should always try to replace internal links pointing to HTTP URLs with the newer HTTP versions.
Google shares six ways you can make your ecommerce site stand out from competitors on search results pages.
Google confirms the July 2022 product review update, the fourth in a series of updates targeting low quality reviews, is now rolling out.
Google’s John Mueller explains why Search Console CWV report never matches data from PageSpeed Insights
Google is rolling out a new feature for Business Profiles that allows you to set up automated responses to frequently asked questions from customers.
Google’s update to their documentation on how to control title tags in the search results makes the guidelines clearer
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Today, at 10:50 a.m Eastern time, Google confirms there’s an ongoing indexing issue affecting a large number of sites.
Google’s Search Advocate John Mueller answers whether there’s an SEO advantage to choosing one type of content management system (CMS) over another.
HTTPS is a ranking factor. So is there a negative impact to SEO from linking to insecure HTTP webpages?
Google’s John Mueller discusses how Google avoids counting random links against a website.
In response to the Digital Services Act, Google rivals present 10 principles for fair choice in search engines and effective switching.
Google fixed the Course structured data guidelines by adding an important requirement that was previously missing.
A new report from Semrush reveals searches related to small businesses, particularly ‘opening’ a small business, are on the rise.
The organization in charge of HTML and web privacy standards announced a major change to address future of web at a faster pace.
Google updated their structured data guidance to clarify which kinds of pages qualify for structured data and rich results
Despite your best effort to implement canonical tags, Google won’t always choose the same URL to display in search results. How can this be fixed?
Google has added its practice of crawling only the first 15 MB of a webpage to help documentation.
Ahrefs analyzed close to 9 billion clicks across over 146,000 websites to determine how often keyword terms remain hidden in GSC. Here’s what they found.
Google’s John Mueller answers if Google crawls and uses links found in structured data.
At SEODay 2022, Google Search Advocate John Mueller spoke about the impact of page experience on search rankings and changes to how Google scores sites.
