Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: A site migration SEO checklist: Don’t lose trafficNov 22, 2017 by Pratik Dholakiya Planning a site migration? Columnist Pratik Dholakiya’s helpful guide will ensure that you …
Read More »How to keep your staging or development site out of the index
One of the most common technical SEO issues I come across is the inadvertent indexing of development servers, staging sites, production servers, or whatever other name you use. There are a number of reasons this happens, ranging from people thinking no one would ever link to these areas to technical …
Read More »A site migration SEO checklist: Don’t lose traffic
Few things can destroy a brand’s performance in the search results faster than a poorly implemented site migration. Changing your domain name or implementing HTTPS can be a great business move, but if you fail to consider how search engines will react to this move, you are almost certain to …
Read More »The SMX West agenda is now live! See the SEO, SEM & Retail sessions in store for 2018
Hungry for the latest in search marketing? Feed your obsession with SEO and SEM with actionable, proven tactics served up at Search Engine Land’s SMX West March 13-15, 2018, in San Jose, California. Our three-day action-packed agenda is brimming with 50+ sessions led by SEO, paid advertising and retail experts …
Read More »Updated: Google home page search box now shows you recent searches by default
Google has changed the default behavior of the search box on the Google.com home page. Now, when you go to Google’s home page, the search box will automatically expand to show you your most recent searches. Seeing these recent searches automatically expand below the search box, before you even click …
Read More »SearchCap: Google recent searches bug, Google mobile shopping & flight search upgrade
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google home page search box now shows you recent searches by defaultNov 21, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Even former Google search executive Matt Cutts calls this …
Read More »Google’s new #SmallThanks Hub automatically creates digital & printed marketing assets for SMBs
In a move to help SMBs — as well as drive up its verified business listings — Google has launched #SmallThanks Hub, an online resource that creates customized digital marketing content and printed materials based on Google reviews. “Simply search for your business name on the site, and we’ll automatically …
Read More »Google AdWords Editor updates to support budget type option for video ads & more
Google has rolled out version 12.2 of the AdWords Editor. It brings a nice number of new features including Gmail asset-based ads, full support for promotion and video extensions and a new budget-type option for video ads. The last update to the AdWords Editor was version 12.1, which brought Shopping …
Read More »Google Flights gets a redesign in time for the holiday season
Google Travel has announced the launch of new design just in time for the holiday travel season. The new design gives searchers “more ways to find cheaper flights,” Google said. It also looks pretty and has a quicker interface. Here is an animated GIF of the new features: You can …
Read More »Google beefs up mobile shopping results for the holidays, adds more product info & buying guides
Google is beefing up its mobile shopping experience to prepare for the holidays, now showing buying guides for broad categories like “sewing machine” and “coffee grinder” searches and adding more product-related information for specific product searches. “When you search for a specific product, Google.com now shows you other helpful information, …
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