SEO

Video: Matt Cutts, former head of Google web spam, on his days at Google, current work at US Digital Services

Posted by admin on 2019/12/23 at 9:13 am

An old industry colleague and friend in the White House is working to improve government websites — and is hiring. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Page load time and crawl budget rank will be the most important SEO indicators in 2020

Posted by admin on 2019/12/23 at 9:10 am

Based on my own testing, PLT and CBR are the technical aspects I believe will determine website success, or failure, in the new year. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

SMX Overtime: Here’s how to take control of your account ad groups and search terms

Posted by admin on 2019/12/23 at 8:00 am

PPC veteran and SMX speaker, Brad Geddes, explains how adapt your approach to search terms and conversions after Google’s exact match update last year. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

SEO-Friendly Hosting: 5 Things to Look for in a Hosting Company via @amelioratethis

Posted by admin on 2019/12/22 at 1:00 pm

Good, reliable web hosting matters. Here are the five key features that define an SEO-friendly hosting company.

Google Indoor Ski House

Posted by admin on 2019/12/21 at 3:57 pm

Google: Using Google Domains Does Not Help You Rank Better

Posted by admin on 2019/12/21 at 12:09 pm

John Mueller from Google said that using Google’s own domain name service, Google Domains, will not help you rank better in Google search or with your SEO. Well, most of that statement is true. If you want me to nitpick, it does help you slightly verify your domain name with Google Search Console.

The Web Hating On SEOs – Sad

Posted by admin on 2019/12/21 at 9:06 am

John Mueller from Google retweeted a post from a person named Holly who posted a very anti-SEO statement.

Google Adds Checkmarks In Boxes For Search Console Reports

Posted by admin on 2019/12/21 at 5:38 am

This is a small but useful change Google made in Google Search Console. So the report overview pages for the performance reports, the coverage report, etc, now have small checkboxes in the boxes so you know when a specific category is selected. I always thought highlighting the box in a color was good enough but I guess some were confused

Google: We Try To Understand Comment Sections But It Is Primary Content

Posted by admin on 2019/12/21 at 2:17 am

Google’s John Mueller said at the 3:16 mark into a webmaster hangout from December 13, 2019 that Google does try to understand the blog comments section of a page but at the same time would still categorize that section as primary content. We have covered many times how Google reacts to comments sections over the years and we’ve heard Google said they can help or hurt your site.

Daily Search Forum Recap: December 20, 2019

Posted by admin on 2019/12/20 at 10:56 pm

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web…