As Web Stories become more popular, Google now supports labeling them as such in Google Search Console and its testing tools. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Your ranking decline is likely not due to an update and good luck trying to figure out the ranking factors impacting your site.

Shopify makes it easy to start selling, but there are limits to its SEO and customization capabilities. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

A couple of weeks ago, Google announced the Rich Results Test Tool is out of beta and the Structured Data Testing Tool will be eventually deprecated. SEOs did not like this news and it seems like Google has heard the feedback.

Google’s John Mueller speaks on whether it’s okay to publish charts as images, or if it’s more beneficial to use HTML. The post Google’s John Mueller: Use Images Instead of HTML to Display Charts via @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

We have seen Google local pack carousels with images and also Google showed what was “sold here” but I do not believe I’ve seen local pack carousels with products with inventory status. Jackson Lo noticed this and posted a video screen grab of this in action on Twitter

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

Google’s Martin Splitt discusses the importance of page speed and its impact on SEO in the latest episode of SEO Mythbusting. The post Google SEO 101: Page Speed Optimization via @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google’s John Mueller was asked about why Google is showing a blank screen for the Google Cache. Well, John said “to be blunt, perhaps don’t show a loading screen and instead just show your content. *ALL* time you spend showing a loading screen is a delay for users.” I love when John responds in a “blunt” manner