This is part of the say something nice about an SEO/SEM series – feel free to nominate someone over here. Matt McGee, 49 years old lives with his family in Tri-Cities…

So Google announced the other day, as I covered at Search Engine Land, that they are keeping their “current practices regarding the AdWords API Terms and Conditions and the domain-by-domain opt-out following the expiration of the voluntary commitments…

Posted by randfish It’s hard enough as it is to explain to non-SEOs how to rank a webpage. In an increasingly complicated field, to do well you’ve got to have a good handle on a wide variety of detailed subjects. This edition of Whiteboard Friday covers a nine-point checklist of the major items you’ve got to cross off to rank in the new year — and maybe get some hints on how to explain it to others, too.

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 post SearchCap: Google expands reviews, disallows some negative reviews & top SEO columns appeared first on Search Engine Land.

Here are several trends that will affect nearly every search marketer in the year ahead.

Google’s John Mueller explained in a webmaster video at the 54:51 mark that long term noindex, follow commands will eventually equate to a noindex, nofollow directive as well…

Program has been in place since 2016 and involves direct, opt-in integration. The post Google again showing third-party reviews in local results appeared first on Search Engine Land

Danny Sullivan posted on Twitter that he hopes Google will communicate more about larger Google updates in the future.