YouTube is rolling out thumbnail A/B testing to all channels, letting you optimize videos for higher watch time. The post YouTube Rolls Out Thumbnail A/B Testing To All Channels appeared first on Search Engine Journal
Google revised their structured data guidelines to enhance brand panels in a way that may improve merchant search traffic and sales The post Google’s Structured Data Update May Boost Merchant Sales appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
This is a programming note that I will be completely offline for the holiday of Shavout/Shavous, from Tuesday night, June 11th, through late Thursday night, June 13th – I return Friday, June 14th…
The Local SEO guides you need to expand your local presence and visibility, all in one place. The post 6 Local SEO Full-Guides That Help You Rank For Your Business Type appeared first on Search Engine Journal
Google’s Gary Illyes reveals lastmod signal treatment is binary – trusted completely or ignored. The post Google’s Gary Illyes: Lastmod Signal Is Binary appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Google’s Gary Illyes recommends using robots.txt to block crawlers from “add to cart” URLs, preventing wasted server resources. The post Google Reminds Websites To Use Robots.txt To Block Action URLs appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
Google once again said you can recover from the damage inflicted on your site by the September 2023 helpful content update with the next core update.
Google added deeper insights for those who use merchant listings to see how well their merchant listings are performing within the Google Image Search tab. A new search appearance filter works for the image filter in the performance report in Google Search Console.
Now that Google is encouraging publishers to use proper lastmod dates in their sitemap files, what happens if your lastmod date is incorrect and shows the wrong date. Gary Illyes from Google said either Google trusts your lastmod date or doesn’t, there is no in between.