Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that Google “generally recommends not keeping open redirects.” An open redirect is when a parameter values (the portion of URL after “?”) in an HTTP GET request allow for information that will redirect a user to a new website without any validation of the target of redirect.

YouTube is testing the removal public dislike counts on videos, but will not be getting rid of the dislike button altogether. The post YouTube Tests Hiding Dislike Counts On Videos via @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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

Facebook is giving users more control over their experience on the website with changes to post comments and news feed filters. The post Facebook Lets Users Limit Who Can Comment On Their Posts via @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google’s John Mueller answers a mixed bag of SEO questions in rapid fire style in the latest video on the Google Search Central channel. The post Google’s John Mueller Answers Rapid Fire SEO Questions via @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal

In December 2020, Google posted a Core Web Vitals & Page Experience FAQs.

The Privacy Sandbox is Google’s initiative responding to third-party tools going ‘far beyond their original intent.’ Today, FLoC is launched. The post Are You Ready To Join A Cohort? Google Releases FLoC via @RebekahDunne appeared first on Search Engine Journal

How much Google knowledge and SEO experience is needed for Apple or Android app store optimizations? Turns out plenty. In this episode, Jackie Chu of Uber will be discussing ASO and how SEO’s may have an upper hand when it comes to the optimization of apps as some SEO knowledge spills over into the world of ASO.

Google has updated its help documents to explain that now it has limited which video providers can show up with the key moments interface in Google Search. It is available for all YouTube videos based on just adding a video description and now a “small set” of video providers at this time.