Google’s Gary Illyes said that you should not ignore the HTTPS ranking signal. He said “the signal affects enough queries measurably that I wouldn’t ignore it.”

Google announced a change to how Google shows websites in the search results. It’s not a change to how Google ranks websites. The post Google Announces Site Diversity Change to Search Results via @martinibuster appeared first on Search Engine Journal

At SMX Advanced yesterday, Frédéric Dubut from the Bing spam team said that he still recommends that you use the disavow link tool for making sure you don’t have bad links hurting your web site. Google says you don’t need to use the disavow tool as much these days, but Bing is more for using the tool.

Posted by Cyrus-Shepard We’re bringing back an oldie but a goodie this Friday! In today’s highly popular throwback, Cyrus Shepard calls out seven super-easy and timeless hacks to keep your title tags clickable in the SERPs. Check them out and share your own with us in the comments below ! Click on the whiteboard image above to open a high-resolution version in a new tab! Video Transcription Howdy, Moz fans. Welcome to another edition of Whiteboard Friday

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…

The other day we reported that John Mueller of Google said they won’t show content hidden within expandable divs or accordions as snippets in search. Yes, they will index and rank that content but not show it as snippets

A recent study on voice search indicates that answers typically rank in the top 3 web search positions. The post 80% of Voice Search Answers Are From Top 3 Organic Results [STUDY] via @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Another Google search update has rolled out this week, this one deals with domain diversity in the search results. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Representatives from Mozilla, parent company of Firefox, have explained why the browser is now blocking Google Analytics by default. The post Google Analytics is Blocked by Firefox, Mozilla Explains Why [UPDATED] via @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

The site appears to have been hit hard by the Google’s June core search algorithm update. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article