This week, I posted the monthly Google Webmaster report and we had more search ranking volatility over the weekend. Google Search Console had huge delays…
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Search Console Difficulties, Google Ranking Volatility, Zero Click Study, Google Ads & More
Google seems to have fixed the Google Search Console Performance Reports last night at about 7:45pm ET. I posted a short update in my story yesterday, but waited until this morning to post a new story that it is fixed because sometimes I’ve seen it recover and then slip back
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Google Search Console Performance Reports All Caught Up
Google’s John Mueller said on that using the request indexing feature in Google Search Console’s URL Inspection Tool does not change canonicalization. The question that was asked is if it can help speed up URL removal for a 301 redirected URL.
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Google: Request Indexing Does Not Change Canonicalization
Do you use a CDN for some or all of your website and you want to manage just one robots.txt file, instead of both the CDN’s robots.txt file and your main site’s robots.txt file? Gary Illyes from Google said that all you need to do is redirect your main robots.txt to the CDN and control it on the CDN.
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Google: Using A CDN & Want One Robots.txt File, Redirect Yours To The CDN
Google has made a small update to its image SEO best practices documentation, specific to the “Use HTML image elements to embed images” section. The update seems relatively minor but the changes to the wording was done for a reason.
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Google Updated Image SEO Best Practices For Embedded Images
Google is testing a longer search bar, so I guess you can enter in a longer query into the search box.
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Google Search Tests Long Search Bar Variations
Google’s Gary Illyes offers an unusually precise reason why negative SEO links don’t work The post Google Gives Exact Reason Why Negative SEO Doesn’t Work appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Google Gives Exact Reason Why Negative SEO Doesn’t Work via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Learn about the latest trends in consumer usage of social media platforms and how it affects brands in a recent survey. The post Consumer Usage Of Social Media Platforms Is Shifting (Again) appeared first on Search Engine Journal
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Consumer Usage Of Social Media Platforms Is Shifting (Again) via @sejournal, @gregjarboe
Get a comprehensive overview of Facebook’s reach, user behavior, and influence with the latest statistics and facts so you can adapt your social media strategy. The post 42 Facebook Statistics & Facts For 2024 appeared first on Search Engine Journal
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42 Facebook Statistics & Facts For 2024 via @sejournal, @annabellenyst
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In this Whiteboard Friday, Garrett discusses AI Overviews and how to optimize your SEO strategy for this new super-charged AI-powered search ranking snippet.
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Optimizing for AI Overviews