How To Do SEO on YouTube If you’re wondering how to do SEO on YouTube, then you are not alone. Lots of individuals just believe that you toss up a video on YouTube then magic happens and you get popular, but there is far more to it. There is a …
Read More »Google updates mobile-friendly test, rich results test tools to better support JavaScript sites
Google has updated the mobile-friendly test and the rich results test tools to support JavaScript sites better. Google posted on Twitter that you now will see rendered HTML, console log, exceptions and stack traces. This means those who build sites in JavaScript, AJAX and other forms of JavaScript frameworks can …
Read More »Save the date: SMX East returns to New York City in October
Search Engine Land’s SMX East search marketing conference is returning to New York City Oct. 23-25. If you’re involved in marketing, PR, social media or any other customer-facing activity, you owe it to yourself (and your company’s or client’s bottom line) to attend the show. SMX East delivers cutting-edge tips …
Read More »Google asking dissatisfied searchers to submit questions manually in the search results
Google has confirmed it’s testing a new feature in the search results that asks searchers to submit a more detailed question to the company directly in the search results box. The box says, “Get the answer that you’re looking for added to the web,” and it feeds the information to …
Read More »SearchCap: Google Maps, ads, AMP & search updates
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 asking dissatisfied searchers to submit questions manually in the search resultsMay 9, 2018 by Barry Schwartz If Google doesn’t have content for your query, it …
Read More »Google announces ads updates for app developers at Google I/O
With the kickoff of the annual Google I/O developer conference today, Google announced updates for app developers buying and selling ads via AdWords and AdMob, respectively. Google added that Android users downloaded 94 billion apps from Google Play last year. That’s up from 82 billion apps downloaded in 2016. There …
Read More »Demoed at Google I/O: AMP cache URLs showing publisher’s URL instead of Google AMP URL
In January, Google announced a solution for the AMP cache URL problem where Google would show and allow you to share the Google AMP URL instead of the publisher’s URL. Google at I/O demonstrated an early beta of how this would look like for a publisher. For example, instead of …
Read More »A time-saving free script to keep Ad Grants accounts out of trouble
Google updated its policies for Grants accounts at the start of 2018 and introduced a 5 percent click-through rate (CTR) criterion that has to be met for two months in a row to keep accounts from being suspended. With four full months of the new policy now behind us, I’ve …
Read More »Google Posts now accepting videos for local businesses
Google has launched a new Google Posts feature that supports the ability to upload videos, in addition to photos, in your Google Posts. Google Posts has only worked with photos uploading, but now Andy Simpson says he can upload videos as well. A Google spokesperson has now confirmed with Search …
Read More »Google Image Search updates guidelines, adding structured data, speed and more
Google updated the Google Image Publishing Guidelines document today, adding more details around structured data, page speed, title management and user experience details. The old documentation can be viewed in this screen shot I captured previously. The new guidelines have updated content around creating a better user experience with your …
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