SEO

Google Ads Allows Stock Photos For Image Extensions via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Posted by admin on 2021/12/12 at 5:48 pm

Google Ads is relaxing its policy on the use of stock photos in image extensions, meaning you’re no longer required to source your own visuals.

Is The Quantity Of Images On Your Webpage A Google Ranking Factor? via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Posted by admin on 2021/12/12 at 5:00 pm

You may have heard or read that the number of images on your webpage can impact your Google search rankings.

Google Investigating Mass Notices From Search Console Coverage Issue Redirect Errors

Posted by admin on 2021/12/12 at 4:04 pm

Over the past 24 hours or so, Google has sent me dozens of notices from sites I have verified Google Search Console properties with. The notices say “New Coverage issue detected” and the specific error is a “redirect error.” Google said it is looking into why all these notices went out.

Are HTML Lists A Google Ranking Factor? via @sejournal, @mirandalmwrites

Posted by admin on 2021/12/12 at 3:00 pm

Can you use HTML lists, ordered or unordered, to rank higher in Google Search results?

Google SafeSearch Filter Removed After A Month & New SafeSearch Notice

Posted by admin on 2021/12/11 at 8:17 am

Google has told us that you want to avoid buying a domain name that was filtered by the Google SafeSearch adult filter. Well, servers.com had this issue and after asking Google to remove the filter, Google did so in about a month of time. Plus, Google has a new notice to let searchers know that some results may be explicit and you can filter it out with SafeSearch.

Alexa.com Going Away – Old Tool SEOs Used To Predict Google Rankings

Posted by admin on 2021/12/11 at 3:33 am

Back in the early 2000s we use to cover Alexa, an Amazon related website ranking service here a lot. SEOs use it like they used PageRank, and how they now use Domain Authority or other third party website measurement services.

Google: Category Or Topic Name In URL Slug Is Not Important For SEO

Posted by admin on 2021/12/11 at 1:13 am

Google’s John Mueller said putting the category name or topic name in your URL slug has zero impact on your rankings.

Daily Search Forum Recap: December 10, 2021

Posted by admin on 2021/12/10 at 9:56 pm

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

Catastrophic Log4j Security Fail Threatens Enterprise Systems & Web Apps Worldwide via @sejournal, @mirandalmwrites

Posted by admin on 2021/12/10 at 9:24 pm

The vulnerability, listed as CVE-2021-44228 in Apache Log4j Security Vulnerabilities, enables remote attackers to take control of an affected system. The post Catastrophic Log4j Security Fail Threatens Enterprise Systems & Web Apps Worldwide appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Official: Google Moves Local Pack Results Higher & Map On Right Side

Posted by admin on 2021/12/10 at 8:05 pm

After many months of testing, Google has confirmed it is moving the local pack results to the top and the map on the right of those local results on desktop search. Google said the search company “expects this to be broadly available over the coming weeks.”