Google has reiterated that when it comes to being eligible to show course rich results in Google Search, you need to have marked up at least three courses on your site. The guidelines were updated to say “you must mark up at least three courses,” but this has always been a rule.

I rarely look at the link report in Google Search Console because, well, I rarely look at my links for this site.

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

Co-founder and CEO of Neeva, Sridhar Ramaswamy, speaks about building an ad-free search engine and lessons learned from 15 years at Google. The post Building a Better Search Engine: Lessons From Neeva’s CEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal

How is decentralized Web 3.0 changing SEO, marketing, and content? Find out in this episode of the SEJ Show with Jon Henshaw.

How is decentralized Web 3.0 changing SEO, marketing, and content?

Google’s John Mueller said it is probably safe to completely delete your link disavow file if you have not had manual actions for links before and/or you don’t have a history of link schemes on the site. He said, he would remove the disavow file because Google is good at ignoring typical spammy looking links that you do not build yourself.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew denied allegations that China-based employees have access to sensitive user data.

While popular in Asia, TikTok has abandoned its plans to bring shopping into the U.S. after its failed launch in the UK. The company had also planned to expand into mainland Europe, but those plans have also been scrapped.   What happened in the UK.  Several team members in the UK working on the launch were either demoted after taking leave, were sick with stress or were removed from client projects altogether.

Jaimie and Jon Clark came for a visit and we all spoke SEO and a lot more. Jaimie Clark is the VP of SEO at Centerfield, she was previously the Head of SEO at Wirecutter, a New York Times company..