Posted by Laura.Lippay [Estimated read time: 13 minutes] (header photo “Kenzie” by H.L.W. from the Blind Photographers Flickr Group .) Search engine optimization (SEO) evolved by search engines creating algorithms to automate the classification and ranking of websites, with SEOs manipulating the loopholes in those algos. Accessibility, on the other hand, is born out of a desire to be inclusive; to connect humans to information through assistive technology (AT)

Yesterday in that Google Hangout on Google+ with John Mueller, John said at the 22:28 mark that Google updates schema, structured markup and rich snippets almost immediately…

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.

The Now on Tap Android feature works across all apps, displaying relevant information for selected words, phrases or photos. The post Google’s latest Now on Tap update shows more info for selected words & photos appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

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Mobile design focuses, or should focus, on the user. This so-called user-centric design has generated a healthy obsession with the three Us: user experience (UX), usability and user interface (UI). These terms, and the roles associated with them, are commonly mistaken and/or used interchangeably

You might be surprised at how much SEO changed in a short time. Here’s an SEO checklist for 2016 brought to you by Neil Patel. The post SEJ Wrap-Up: SEO Checklist for 2016, Bing Taking Search Share from Google?

Privacy-focused browser Tor has begun serving search results from DuckDuckGo by default. Previously, Tor used a privacy tool called Disconnect to access Google’s search results, but there is now an issue where Disconnect no longer has access to Google search.

Over the past few months since AMP has been more visible on Google’s mobile search results and other places, more and more have been asking in the Google Webmaster Help forums about how they can disable it from showing up as a searcher…