Google’s John Mueller recently stated there is no ideal sitemap size when it comes to optimizing a website’s crawl speed. The post Google’s John Mueller Says There is No Ideal Size for Sitemaps via @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal

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…

Google has had expandable featured snippets officially for over a year now but Google seems to have recently been testing changing the design and layout of those. It is now showing less content in the expandable element

Google will stop supporting Flash later this year, which includes web pages with Flash content as well as SWF files.

A conversions report details which content converts the most users, which content contributes to the most conversions and the types of conversions.

Google is giving consumers more control to opt-out but likely priming the market for more ambitious advertising products in Maps. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Here is another fun poll Lily Ray posted on Twitter, asking if you or your company have bought links in the past five years. The results are literally 50/50.

Don’t try to optimize for BERT, try to optimize your content for humans. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Good SEO pros guide their clients in navigating Google’s algorithm changes and finding the right tactic to improve their business. The post Google’s Baby Algorithms: How to Think About Them for SEO via @tonynwright appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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