Sometimes Google will use DMOZ, the old old web directory, in their search results. They may use the DMOZ description of your web site for the search results snippet in Google. They use to use DMOZ as their web directory but killed it off in 2011..

This morning in a Google Hangout on Google+, John Mueller said he is decided to skip a bunch of questions on the topic of being more transparent…

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web…

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A question was submitted to the Google+ hangout this morning about a site being penalized by Penguin 3.0 back in 2014 and asking for Google to manually update it so the site can break free of the penalty…

The practice of brands engaging with popular bloggers seems to have caught Google’s attention, with the search engine offering some advice on what bloggers should do in this situation. Or, as it’s very easy to interpret, Google is suggesting it may take action if it deems that links have been added to posts in return for free goods

The agenda for our upcoming SMX Advanced show is live and we’ve opened up our “speaking pitch” form for select sessions for the show, taking place on June 22-23, 2016.

This week in search, I published the monthly Google Webmaster Report. Google has officially killed off Toolbar PageRank finally.

You’ve done everything right with your SEO, but you’re still not getting the results you want — what gives?

How should you perform a site audit?