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Need Help With AMP? Google is Rolling Out New International Office Hours
Google is continuing its prioritization of AMP adoption with the rollout of new international office hours.
Google Says AMP Not A Ranking Factor (But Does it Matter At This Point?)
Responding to a question asked in a Google+ Hangout, Google’s John Mueller officially stated AMP is not a ranking factor at this point.
Google Search Console Not Showing Your AMP Pages? Here’s Why
The short answer is because “abrupt changes take time to be visible in Search Console.”
Google Has Slowest Loading Home Page on Mobile Compared to Competitors
As it turns out, Google actually has the slowest loading home page on mobile devices compares to its major competitors.
Wikimedia Clarifies it is Not Building a Global Web Crawler
Wikimedia clarifies that, despite headlines, it is not trying to create a search engine to compete with other platforms, including Google.
Google Search Console Now Ranks Blocked Resources by Severity
Google’s Fetch and Render tool will now give you a more detailed breakdown of what’s being blocked.
Google Backs Down From Proposal to Make AJAX Pages Crawlable
Google has formally announced it is no longer recommending a proposal issued in 2009 related to AJAX crawling.
Google Search Console Indexed Pages Problem Confirmed
Google has announced there’s a problem with reporting on indexed pages in Search Console. Here’s a workaround to the problem
Google Introduces New Schema Markup for Critic Reviews in SERPs
Google has introduced a new type of Schema markup that can be used to display detailed critic review knowledge graph cards in the search results...
Google Sends Mass Warning: “Googlebot Cannot Access Your JavaScript and CSS Files”
Google sent out a mass warning via Search Console that “Googlebot cannot access your JavaScript and/or CSS files.”
Google Improves Crawling and Indexing of Location-Adaptive Pages
Pages can be designed to adapt to a user’s specific location, showing different content to users in different parts of the world. While these types...
Is Google Penalizing Websites With Disallowed Pages?
Recently, I had a client come to me with a very interesting Google penalty. They had made a few changes to their site, nothing major,...
Allow Googlebot Access To Javascript And CSS For Optimal Rankings
You may remember an announcement made by Google several months ago that its indexing system now renders web pages more like a typical web browser....
Google Recommends Using Both XML Sitemaps And RSS/Atom Feeds For Optimal Crawling
Google published a set of best practices for XML sitemaps and RSS/Atom feeds on its Webmaster Central Blog this week, explaining which fields in sitemaps...
Bing Offers 6 Best Practices For Sitemaps, With Advice For Large Sites
Fabrice Canel, Principal Program Manager at Bing, updated the Bing Webmaster Blog this week with six tips for sitemaps, including some advice specifically for large...
Google Releases An In-Depth Guide To Googlebot-Friendly Site Moves
Google announced on their Webmaster Central blog today that they have released an in-depth guide to Googlebot-friendly site movies. “Few topics confuse and scare webmasters...
Fetch As Google Is Getting Better, Now Renders Pages As Googlebot Sees Them
Google announced on their Webmaster Central blog today that they have recently updated their Fetch As Google tool, which now gives users the ability to...
JavaScript Debugging Tool Coming To Google Webmaster Tools
Google reported on their Webmaster Central Blog today that they will be launching a new tool in the next few days to help users better...
Google Introduces New PageSpeed Insights To Make Your Site More Mobile-Friendly
Google announced via their Webmaster Central blog today that they have recently updated PageSpeed Insights with mobile-specific recommendations to help site owners make their page...
Bing’s Duane Forrester Says Adding Schema Markup Is Important For Search Engines
Bing’s Senior Product Manager, Duane Forrester, published a post on the Bing Webmaster Blog today vouching for the importance of Schema markup. For those unfamiliar,...
Google Updates Webmaster Guidelines For Sneaky Redirects
Google took to their Webmaster Central blog today to let everyone know they have made changes to their Webmaster Guidelines in the sections that pertain...
Google Webmaster Tools Now Tracks Indexed URLs For Specific Sections Of Your Website, Including HTTPS
Google announced today on their Webmaster Central blog that Webmaster Tools’ Index Status feature will now offer more precise data for different site variations. Google...
Matt Cutts Explains If You Can Use Multiple Breadcrumbs On A Page Without Confusing Googlebot
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about site structure in his latest Webmaster Help video where a user writes in to...
Matt Cutts Explains What To Do With Pages For Products That Are No Longer Available
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about ecommerce sites in his latest Webmaster Help video where a user writes in to...
Google Offers SEO Recommendations For Pages With Infinite Scroll
Pages with infinite scroll are often appreciated by users but not so much by Googlebot, as Google themselves points out in a post published this...
Matt Cutts Explains How To Deal With Minor Duplicate Content Issues
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about duplicate content in his latest webmaster help video where a user writes in to...
Yandex Islands: Markup Issues and Implementation
What is Yandex Islands? Yandex Islands is a new platform from the Yandex Company. Officially, Yandex Islands were launched in July; they present a new...
Matt Cutts: More Indexed Pages Doesn’t Always Equal Better Rank
In the latest Webmaster Help video from Matt Cutts, he received a question from Leah in New York, if wanted to know that more indexed...
Matt Cutts States Sites on IPv4 & IPv6 Won’t Be Duplicate Content
In a new Google Webmaster Help YouTube video published today, Matt Cutt answers a question from a user regarding IPv4 and IPv6. IPv4 is the...
Matt Cutts States Page Speed Is Not A More Important Ranking Factor On Mobile
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, stated in a video response that page load speed is not any more important as a ranking factor...