From Search Engine Roundtable
Google Listens & Responds To A Site That Lost 60% Of Their Traffic After An Algorithm Update
In this mornings hangout with Google’s John Mueller, one web site owner who lost 60% of his traffic over a Google search algorithm update several months ago asked John what he should do Read more
Google My Business Insights Shows Branded Searches Now
As I covered yesterday at Search Engine Land, Google has added a new slice in the pie within the Google My Business Insights section to segment out branded searches from direct or discovery related searches. Read more
Google My Business Video Upload Not Working: Server Reject Error
Google has confirmed they are working on fixing a bug within Google My Business for uploading videos to your business listing. Read more
Google Search Console Pipeline Issues Cause Reporting Delays
Google announced this morning on Twitter that some reports within Google Search Console are delayed. Read more
Google Caches JavaScript & CSS Files For A Long Time & Why That Matters
Google’s John Mueller confirmed on Twitter that Google does cache your JavaScript and CSS files for a “fairly long” time. Read more
Google My Business Products Beta Lets You Add Products To Your Local Listings
Last week we showed how Google added a products and services section to the local listings in Google. Now I see reports of Google showing a beta tab in Google My Business to add your own products. Read more
Old Google Search Console Sitemap Bug With Mobile-First Indexing
Google’s John Mueller said in a Google Webmaster Help thread that there is a bug with the Sitemaps reporting section of the old Google Search Console specifically with sites that moved to mobile-first indexing. Read more
Google: Putting Out More Content Doesn’t Make Your Site Better
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that putting out more content doesn’t necessarily make your web site any better, nor does it necessarily make your web site rank higher in Google’s search results. Read more
Google Link Penalty Can Remove Rich Snippets/Results
Google has said they can issue a rich snippets or results manual action, removing the ability for the site from showing rich results in the Google listings. Read more
Google My Business Cards In Google Maps Results
Google Maps is showing some people a card asking them to to take charge of their listings in Google My Business. Read more
Google Finds Content Via Links & Sitemaps; In That Order
Google’s Gary Illyes said at PubCon last week that Google finds content mostly through links and XML Sitemaps. Read more
Bing To Invest In Bing Webmaster Tools
Frederic Dubut from Bing said on stage yesterday at SMX East that they are investing “quiet a bit” into Bing Webmaster Tools in the future. Read more
Google: Safer To Use Absolute URLs With Canonical Tags
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that when it comes to implementing canonical tags on your site, it is recommended to use absolute URLs instead of relative URLs. Read more
Google: We Fixed Over 50 Bugs In Search Console Over Past Month
Google announced on Twitter that they fixed over 50 bugs in Google Search Console over the past month or so. Read more
Bing Confirms & Fixes Bug With URL Submission Tool; Will Add Rate Limits
Earlier this month, we reported that there was an issue with the URL submission tool in Bing Webmaster Tools where URLs that you would submit would not show up in the Bing index for weeks later. Read more
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