Last week Google began testing showing the Google Guaranteed badge in the Google Local pack and Google Maps listings for some businesses. Joy Hawkins first reported this on November 18th and others do seem to have seen it after.
As Google gets better at understanding content it will more important to focus on real readability metrics and not something fabricated by your favorite SEO tool.
There are a number of publishers, including Anna Dubenko, the Deputy Audience Director at The New York Times, who are not happy how Google shows that “Quotes In The News Box.” The issue is, she said, the quotes can be taken out of context because Google is not showing enough context.
Instagram is giving advertisers the ability to publish sponsored posts from users’ accounts through an update to branded content ads. The post Instagram is Letting Advertisers Create Posts With Users’ Accounts via @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that just because someone is copying your content, that doesn’t mean your pages will rank lower in Google Search. He said “others copying your content wouldn’t be reason for your pages to rank lower.”
Twitter is bringing back verifications after shutting down public applications three years ago. The program is relaunching with a few changes made to the process
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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As you know, Google began crawling some sites over HTTP/2 this month. While you can opt out of this, i.e
Google launched an updated Crawl Stats Report in the Search Console. Features more granular reporting.