SEO

Why machine learning and understanding searcher intent is so important to search

Posted by admin on 2020/08/18 at 9:23 am

Write for the user, don’t get bogged down in keywords – it is all about searcher intent. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

Yelp’s updated ‘Request a Quote’ and new ‘Nearby Jobs’ provide lead-gen for SMBs

Posted by admin on 2020/08/18 at 9:08 am

No longer merely a ‘review site,’ Yelp repositioning as a ‘one-stop local platform’ to communicate and transact with local businesses. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

A Private Google Office 5 Months Into COVID-19

Posted by admin on 2020/08/18 at 8:29 am

Google Search Console can now help you fix your Signed Exchanges (SXG) AMP problems

Posted by admin on 2020/08/18 at 8:01 am

The AMP enhancement report and the URL inspection tool can now show you issues with your signed exchanges. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

Google Australia Notice – The Way Aussies Use Google Is At Risk

Posted by admin on 2020/08/18 at 6:43 am

Australians who go to Google are seeing a notice, a pop up, on Google Search that reads “The way Aussies use Google is at risk.” It adds “your search experience will be hurt by new regulation” and then asks the user to dismiss the alert or learn more.

Google: XML Sitemap Do Not Help With User Experience

Posted by admin on 2020/08/18 at 2:49 am

Pascal Birchler, a Developer Programs Engineer at Google and works closely on WordPress related tasks, used this 𤅠facepalming emoji after quoting this on Twitter “a good-looking XML sitemap will bring a better user experience.”

Bing to Share Future Updates Via New Twitter Handle via @MattGSouthern

Posted by admin on 2020/08/18 at 1:39 am

Bing’s engineering team has a new home on the web for sharing official news and answering questions from site owners.

Google: We Do Not Want Machine Translated Content In The Index

Posted by admin on 2020/08/18 at 12:47 am

There has been a ton of chatter in the SEO industry around GPT-3, Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3, an autoregressive language model that uses deep learning to produce human-like text and its use for translating content that Google might want to consume. Google does not want to consume it, Google does not want you to use GPT-3 to translate your content and be fed it for indexing.

Google Chrome to Highlight Fast Pages on Mobile via @MattGSouthern

Posted by admin on 2020/08/17 at 9:02 pm

An update to Google Chrome will highlight certain pages with a “fast page” label. That’s determined based on whether they provide a good user experience. The post Google Chrome to Highlight Fast Pages on Mobile via @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Daily Search Forum Recap: August 17, 2020

Posted by admin on 2020/08/17 at 8:10 pm

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