Archive for September, 2021

Google to enforce unique product identifiers on free merchant listings

2021/09/14

Starting on September 15, 2021, Google said it will begin to enforce the requirement of products having unique product identifiers in the merchant feeds for free listings.

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Google Embedding Links In Featured Snippets Again

2021/09/14

It looks like Google is testing embedding links in featured snippets again. It is hard to find examples of this but Brodie Clark and a few others spotted some examples.

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Google: content-visibility CSS Won’t Impact Google Search

2021/09/14

Google’s John Mueller said that he does not believe that the new content-visibility CSS that modern Chrome browsers support won’t impact Google Search. It may impact the speed of your pages, that can impact your core web vitals but outside of that, it should have no significant impact on rankings.

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How 4 Worldwide Agencies Prove SEO Value via @sejournal, @seomonitor

2021/09/14

Aside from showing clients how SEO efforts can translate into business outcomes, agencies should negotiate what success means from the get-go. Here’s how

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Google: Lead Gen Forms Or CTAs Can Sometimes Be Seen As Ads When…

2021/09/14

Google’s John Mueller said that sometimes Google can treat a large lead generation form or call-to-action as an ad if the content on the page is not on the same topic as what is in the lead gen form or CTA. And when that happens, Google may say there is an ad pushing down the primary content of the page and thus it may be impacted by the old page layout algorithm.

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YouTube Expands Community Posts to More Creators via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

2021/09/13

YouTube is lowering the eligibility criteria for community posts, which will give many more creators access to a tool to better connect with their audience. The post YouTube Expands Community Posts to More Creators appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 13, 2021

2021/09/13

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

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Do Prominent Lead Gen Forms Impact SEO? via @sejournal, @martinibuster

2021/09/13

Google’s John Mueller answered question regarding under which conditions prominent lead generation forms may cause a site to rank lower The post Do Prominent Lead Gen Forms Impact SEO? appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Long Volatile Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update: 9/9 – 9/12

2021/09/13

Starting Thursday, September 9, 2021 and going on through even today, September 13th, there has been a lot of chatter and volatility in and around the Google search results. It has not really cooled or calmed down, not yet, at least

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State of SEO Client Insights: Budgets, Traffic & SEO Tactics via @sejournal, @theshelleywalsh

2021/09/13

What is the average budget for SEO clients and how do SEO agencies allocate time to tasks? We surveyed 1,241 SEO professionals to find out. The post State of SEO Client Insights: Budgets, Traffic & SEO Tactics appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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