Many SEOs are still using these methods, so please check your implementations so they do not break. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Last June we reported that Google was looking to build directly into WordPress the automatic generation and submission of XML Sitemaps. This way when you publish content, and you didn’t set up an XML Sitemap, the XML Sitemap file will be done automatically

John Mueller from Google shared a document from Google published in 2011 that showed how many different ways and how many different users spelled Britney Spears in Google search back then.

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

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Google seems to be heavily testing a new search results interface. Outlined search result snippets with a shadow effect.

Site owners should not be so concerned about ranking well in Google that they lose sight of making content that’s useful to people. The post Google’s John Mueller: “Ranking Isn’t Always the Goal” via @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

YouTube announced the launch of 4 new features designed to help creators enhance their videos and moderate their channel. The post YouTube Launches 4 New Features For Video Creators via @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google’s John Mueller responded to a tweet asking why Pinterest ranks so well in Google search when the Pinterest pages have little to no textual content on the pages. John Mueller from Google said “sometimes images, even with minimal textual content, can be exactly what people are looking for

The move follows other efforts to block “annoying” ads from loading on the browser. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article