As part of a larger effort to explain how YouTube works, Google published a new page to answer commonly asked questions about YouTube search results. The post Google Explains How YouTube Search Works via @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal

LinkedIn is seeing a surge in content creation and consumption, and engagement between users is up as well. The post LinkedIn Content Creation is Up 60% Compared to Last Year via @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Searching for the original source of an image online? Here’s your complete guide to reverse image search on all the major search engines.

Many say that Google uses sentiment analysis to rank web pages. These are the facts. The post Does Google Use Sentiment Analysis to Rank Web Pages

Google’s John Mueller’s comment on stock images and rankings is a starting point for thinking about the use of images for SEO.

Google announced it has expanded the business messaging features it launched in Google Search and Google Maps. This service can now be integrated with your customer service platforms and Google added smart replies, visual product carousels, and unique welcome messages.

In May of this year, Google said on the Google Australian blog that “in the last year, news-related queries accounted for just over 1 percent of total queries on Google Search in Australia.” Google said this represents “a very small part of this content.”

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…

Facebook is updating its interface with a new type of notification that’s likely to hurt traffic to older pages.