A new, free tool for SEOs tracks what percentage of Google search results pages in the US contain local packs. The post New SEO Tool Gathers Google Search Insights From 60M Queries via @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
Posted by Brie-E-Anderson Website analytics can tell us a lot about our audience and how they interact with our site. Oftentimes, we rely heavily on these analytics for reporting. But what if I told you that Google Analytics provides data that can be used as a strategy tool
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Microsoft Ads identified an increase in policy-breaking behavior. Here’s what caused it, what they’re doing about it, and how you can help.
Rand Fishkin came out with yet an eye popping study, saying that based on SimilarWeb data “64.82% of searches on Google (desktop and mobile combined) ended in the search results without clicking to another web property.” The previous year he used JumpShot data which showed 50.33% of all Google searches ended without a click to any web property in the results.
Questions about whether a browser assigning users into cohorts counts as a use of personal data, without consent, may be a privacy violation.
Recently, Google’s John Mueller posted about what to do if your site goes offline. The advice was to serve a 503 server status code if the outage is short term. So someone asked if they can serve a 502 server status code instead.
JavaScript has its benefits when used correctly. Learn about JS SEO best practices and tools for JavaScript debugging here. The post JavaScript SEO: Best Practices and Debugging Tools via @azarchick appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
Analysis of trillions of actual site visits yields insights into user behavior shifts that may impact SEO The post Research: Trillions of Site Visits Uncover SEO Insights via @martinibuster appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
It’s important for businesses to not ignore the importance that reviews still have in local search results even as customer sentiment around reviews shifts.