Pam Aungst July 4, 2020 Users prefer websites that provide great user experiences. The user experience has become so important to a website’s success that Google just announced that they’ll be adding page experience criteria to their search algorithm in conjunction with Chrome’s recently released Core Web Vitals. Here’s what you need to know about … Continue reading Google’s Latest Algorithm Update
It’s one step closer to the podcast analytics advertisers have been waiting for. George Nguyen on May 5, 2020 Google has introduced Podcasts Manager, a new tool that provides podcast publishers with listening data such as minutes played, listening duration and other retention analytics, the company announced Tuesday. Podcasts Manager’s audience retention dashboard. Source: Google. … Continue reading Google’s new Podcasts Manager tool offers deeper data on listener behavior
Google’s Complex Search Technology Halting Progress For SEOs Amid COVID-19 Crisis by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, April 10, 2020 System and program delays have impacted the search industry for months, but seemingly have worsened as Google tries to prioritize projects that assist the U.S. government and healthcare system in the battle against the COVID-19 crisis. SEO … Continue reading Google’s Complex Search Technology Halting Progress For SEOs Amid COVID-19 Crisis
Kristina Henry — April 3, 2020 On January 22, 2020, Google announced via Twitter that featured snippets will now be counted as one of the main organic search results, meaning that the same URL can no longer hold both the featured snippet and another organic listing on page one of Google. Google holds that this … Continue reading What Google’s Featured Snippet Deduplication Means for Your Site
Noa Eshed — March 16, 2020 Recently Google announced that it was penalizing guest blog post articles. This is a huge deal for many marketers basing their SEO strategy on link building. At Bold we’ve ceased utilizing this best practice for a while now. Backlinks built via link building outreach tactics are in many cases … Continue reading How to Approach Linkbuilding in Light of Google’s Latest Announcement
Matthew Goulart — March 10, 2020 If you haven’t already taken notice, Google keeps changing its features constantly. To rank for them, you must know exactly how these features work to stay current and ahead of the game. Featured Snippets are usually the first thing we see when we search for something on Google. These … Continue reading Google’s Featured Snippets
Kristina Henry — December 5, 2019 Every few years, Google announces a significant update to its organic search system. From the inclusion of semantic search in Hummingbird to the announcement of machine-learning (RankBrain). Google is trying to get better at two things: understanding the intent behind a query and understanding the language of webpages. The … Continue reading How Google’s BERT Works In SEO
Gordon Donnelly — November 19, 2019 Keeping track of Google’s algorithm updates is a full-time job—especially considering the fact that Google doesn’t always explain why frequent fluctuations in the SERP (Search Engine Results Page) occur. Mostly, these updates occur in the name of increasing relevance in the SERP. They benefit sites that produce quality, fresh, … Continue reading What to Do About BERT & Google’s Recent Local Algorithm Update
Manisha Sukhyani — November 9, 2019 Follow @msukhyani As per Search Engine Land’s latest study, approximately 49% of all U.S. Google searches resulted in zero clicks in the first quarter of 2019. Another study from SparkToro showed that 60% of mobile searches ended without clicks. Brands are trying hard to earn clicks from organic searches … Continue reading 3 Best Practices to Deal with Google’s Zero-Click Searches
Google’s Algorithm Upsets Search Rankings by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, March 19, 2019 It may benefit brands to take a little power back from Google and Bing by building a direct consumer following, rather than relying so much on additional traffic from Google and Bing. I’ve even cut my reliance on shopping through retail … Continue reading Google’s Algorithm Upsets Search Rankings
