Archive for January, 2019

Google & Bing With Martin Luther King Jr. Day Logos & Themes

2019/01/22

If you visit Google or Bing’s home page today at Google.com or Bing.com you will see special tributes for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Google’s Doodle shows the young Martin Luther King Jr

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Google Posts Allows Anchor Text Links For Verified Authors

2019/01/22

Google appears to be allowing some with access to use Google Posts to add hyperlinks, either URLs or anchor text links. Brodie Clark spotted this and posted an example on Twitter

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State of Social 2019: Untapped Opportunities for Marketers by @MattGSouthern

2019/01/21

Results of the State of Social report from Buffer have been published, revealing what marketers are focusing on in 2019. The post State of Social 2019: Untapped Opportunities for Marketers by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Daily Search Forum Recap: January 21, 2019

2019/01/21

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

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Google’s John Mueller Explains Why Rel=Canonical is Sometimes Ignored by @MattGSouthern

2019/01/21

Google’s John Mueller responded to an SEO seeking advice regarding issues with canonicals and the use of angular JavaScript.

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Facebook is Wrong 27% of the Time When Detecting Users’ Interests [STUDY] by @MattGSouthern

2019/01/21

According to a recent study, 27% of US adult Facebook users say the platform’s classification of their interests is inaccurate. The post Facebook is Wrong 27% of the Time When Detecting Users’ Interests [STUDY] by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Google: There Is No Time Frame For Algorithmic Changes To Take Effect

2019/01/21

Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter yesterday “There is no fixed timeframe for algorithmic changes to take effect, past the need to recrawl & reprocess pages from the site.” This isn’t necessarily a new comment but it is good to share again.

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Google: Image Schema Or Noscript Tags Are Good For Images

2019/01/21

Last October we learned a lot about how Google supports the noscript tag for lazy loaded content, in order to help Google understand the images. Melody Petulla from Merkle asked John Mueller if you need both the noscript tag and image schema for helping Google understand the images. John responded that either one is fine.

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Twitter Accidentally Reveals Private Tweets of Android Users by @MattGSouthern

2019/01/21

A Twitter bug has prevented the “Protect Your Tweets” setting from working as intended for some Android users. The post Twitter Accidentally Reveals Private Tweets of Android Users by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Google is Creating Featured Snippets from PDF Content by @MattGSouthern

2019/01/21

Google has been spotted pulling content from PDFs to create featured snippets.

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