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Google My Business: Edit Listings From Search & Maps
Google is letting businesses make edits to their GMB listings while they’re being viewed in Google Maps and search results.
Google SEO 101: All About Canonicalization
Google’s Martin Splitt, and Rachel Costello of Builtvisibile, discuss common questions about canonicalization in the latest episode of SEO Mythbusting.
20 Tips for Aligning SEO & PPC for Better Ecommerce Results
Ready to win more customers and sales? These SEO and PPC tips can help set up your business for ecommerce success this year.
7 Habits of Highly Ineffective SEO Professionals
Our work as SEO professionals can make or break a client’s success. Learn seven bad habits to break if you want to be more effective.
Structured Data & Relevance: Reading Between the Google Guidelines
Structured data is relevant to just about every algorithm update in the past five years. Learn how structured data markup can future-proof your SEO.
Google May Lose Market Share When This Change Rolls Out
A study commissioned by DuckDuckGo finds Google will lose mobile market share when Android’s search preference menu starts rolling out to users.
Should You Buy & Redirect Expired Domains?
Redirecting expired domains was a tried-and-true tactic in the old days SEO. But here’s why you shouldn’t count on it as an SEO tactic nowadays.
Google Suffers Massive Indexing Glitch
Google suffered an indexing glitch that negatively impacted search quality. This was not an update.
Google Holding First-Ever Virtual Conference on August 26th
Google is holding a virtual conference later this month for the first time in the company’s history. Registrations are open until August 19th.
Why Google Shows Black Doctors in a Search for White Ones
Google search results that seemingly go wrong provide clues about how it ranks webpages.
How to Build & Scale a Program for Global SEO Success
Looking to build an enterprise SEO program that can scale globally? This post will help you get your organization’s international SEO strategy in place.
Google’s Splitt: Meta Description Provides Content Summary
Google’s Martin Splitt tweeted that meta descriptions offer Google a summary of what’s important about a web page.
Google Explains Negative Reviews And Rankings
Google’s Mueller said that a large amount of negative reviews is something the algorithms might try to pick up on.
Google SEO 101: Mobile-First Indexing Problems
In the latest installment of Google’s Lightning Talks video series, Martin Splitt identifies the top issues site owners run into with mobile-first indexing.
How (& Why) Search Engines Render Pages
How do search engines render pages on the web? Why and when do they do it? Find out here.
Can PageRank Predict the NHL Playoffs?
PageRank is really, really good at measuring the authority of webpages. But can it be used to predict the next NHL Stanley Cup champion?
Is Groupon Marketing Really Worth It for Your Businesses?
Should you pursue Groupon marketing in 2020? This post sets the record straight with the most important considerations for business owners.
Divi WordPress Theme Vulnerability
Critical vulnerability discovered in Elegant Themes Divi and Extra Themes as well as in the Divi Builder WordPress plugin.
Google’s Search Quality Raters Do Not Directly Influence Rankings
Google published a detailed explainer about how changes to search rankings are evaluated internally before being rolled out to users.
How Can I Set Up an SEO Agency?
Want to start an SEO agency? You need to look beyond your SEO skills. Find out what it takes to become an SEO agency owner.
How QA Testing for SEO Can Boost Your Traffic & Revenue
Learn why – and how – you can easily integrate SEO testing into your own QA process to prevent SEO problems from ever going live.
Google Adds New Structured Data Properties to Estimated Salary Dev Page
Google announced two optional jobs related structured data properties that will generate rich results.
Dominating Your Ecommerce Category in 2020: What You Need to Know
Customers are looking for a personalized experience when shopping online. Learn how meeting this expectation can make or break your ecommerce brand.
Google: Be Careful Relying on 3rd Parties to Render Website Content
Google’s Martin Splitt cautions site owners about the challenges that come with using JavaScript content rendered by third-parties, such as blog comment sections.
Chrome 85 Will Set Website Referrer Headers if Missing
Chrome 85 will automatically decide referrer information sent for sites that do not set a referrer (referer) header.
Doing More with Less: Automated, High-Quality Content Generation
Discover how technical SEOs can use the latest advances in Natural Language Understanding and Generation to create quality content at scale.
Extra Structured Data Could Be Useful for SEO
Google’s John Mueller describes the benefits of using structured data that goes beyond Google Developer page recommendations.
Google Doubles Up on Articles in the Top Stories Carousel
Google’s top stories carousel in search results may display multiple results for the same story, adding a second link for context.
A Complete List of Google’s Featured Snippets Types
Learn about every type of featured snippet, what they look like in Google’s search results, and a few best practices for winning them.
Google Says Don’t Focus on “Link Juice” Focus on this Instead
Google’s John Mueller answered a question about how to handle so-called internal “Link Juice.”