Ready for some SEO news? Things have been moving just a little as the year gets into motion. Here’s what happened this week in SEO. Google Maps updates for both iOS and Android Google has released updates for the Maps app on both iOS and Android that are based on time data. The Android maps…
Search Engine Optimizers (Why All Websites Need One)
If you’re a business owner who’s already sold on the importance of search engine optimization (SEO), then you’re probably under the impression that you can handle it all on your own. Think again. SEO experts, often referred to as search engine optimizers, make a good living for a reason. The reality is that SEO is…
Move Over Google, New Search Engines in Town | SEO Buzz
SEO news is finally picking up a little bit, as the last seven days showed. Here’s what happened this week in SEO. Matt Cutts Officially Resigns from Google, Confirms He’s Staying Acting Administrator of the USDS Matt Cutts, Google’s webspam team captain, officially confirmed that he will not return to Google. He resigned on December…
New Mobile Penalty Has Rolled Out | SEO Buzz
Not much news over the past seven days but some of the news is pretty big. Here’s what happened this week in SEO.
Blackhat SEO Leads to Hacked Sites and More | SEO Buzz
Not much this week as we’re still unwinding from the holidays. However, we did find a few tidbits of interest. Google: SEO Is One of the Main Reasons Why Sites Are Hacked This past week, on the Google+ webmaster channel, Google posted that one of the main reasons a website is hacked is because of…
SEO Predictions for 2017: Expert Insights for Success
It’s a brand new year. If history repeats itself, we’ll see many changes in SEO over the next 12 months. But how, specifically, will SEO change? Nobody knows for sure, except maybe a few folks at the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. Of course, even those folks might not know everything that’s going to…
Amazon Reviews Guidelines: The Ultimate Guide
Nothing impacts a business quite like user reviews. For nearly 9 in 10 consumers, online reviews are just as important as personal recommendations. The internet has become a forum where these consumers can evaluate products and services based on feedback from other customers. It’s unsurprising, then, that e-commerce giant Amazon lets people write reviews of…
CDN’s are Safe, Mobile Index Isn’t Live | SEO Buzz
This week: Google added a new feature to mobile search results, CDNs are safer than many SEOs think, and guess what’s missing from the mobile-first index? Here’s what happened this week in SEO. Google: Mobile-First Index Isn’t Live Yet Some webmasters are under the impression that Google’s new mobile-first index is fully live. It’s not….
Google Adding Full Year of Search Data to Search Console
This week: moving around the header tags on your page won’t affect rankings, Google will change AMP results so you can share publisher URLs, and the Search Console now distinguishes between critical and non-critical errors. Here’s what happened this week in SEO. Google Will Change AMP Search Results so Users Can Share Publishers’ URLs Currently,…
Disabling AMP? Google Crawl Budget | SEO Buzz
This week: You can soon prevent Google from showing AMP results when you perform a mobile search, the crawl budget doesn’t work like you think it does, and there’s a new desktop search interface. Here’s what happened this week in SEO. Google: The Crawl Budget Doesn’t Work Like You Think It Does You might think…