In a recent blog, Google reports that “the time has come to retire the Content Keywords feature.” Content Keywords were the primary method webmasters used to see how Google viewed their site and if Google could crawl their pages or if their site was hacked. Why We Don’t Need Content Keywords The blog’s author, John...Read More
A new Twitter Timeline feature is spreading its wings today to show popular Tweets you’ve missed. Like the “While you were away” part from a year ago, this new Timeline will show conversations from the “best Tweets from people you follow” after you’ve been away from Twitter for a while. Want to try it out...Read More
Move over, Alfred and Jarvis—Alexa, Siri, Cortana, and Google Home are on the job, and these digital assistants are answering local search queries better than ever before. Digital assistants are great at what’s becoming known as “conversational search”—queries that use actual conversations instead of the two-to-three syllable phrases we’ve been barking into our phones. The...Read More
This month, we were named a top SEM company not once but twice. And now we’re in a sharing mood. One of the big takeaways from our recent PPC webinar was that SEO and PPC work great together. Think about it: pairing organic listings with paid advertisements can cover a wide range of potential customer...Read More
Google Penguin 4.0 is here! The long-awaited update (and the last of its kind) has released today and is running in real-time as part of Google’s core algorithm. This is the last Penguin update we will hear about, as further updates will be baked into Google’s continuous algorithm updates. Read on to find out more...Read More
With Google placing a greater emphasis on AMP pages, more users are attempting to “AMPlify” their pages. As a result, Google recently shared two helpful guides to help users successfully implement their accelerated mobile pages. Google’s first guide shows how users can use Google Search Console to check up on your AMP pages. Google stresses...Read More
If you’re reading this blog on our site, congratulations—you’re visiting an Outstanding Website according to the 2016 WebAwards! That’s right—the WebAwards have awarded us an ‘Outstanding Website’ achievement! The WebAwards is an annual competition that recognizes the best and most effective websites. It’s basically like a website Hall of Fame, curated by a panel of...Read More
Google has made several new additions to its Reviews Guidelines, focusing on local business reviews. The new guidelines discourage adding markup for reviews from third-party websites, stating that reviews may only come from the site itself. The new guidelines read as follows: Do not include reviews that are duplicate or similar reviews across many businesses...Read More
The search quality ranking guidelines wasn’t the only Google document to get updated recently. Google has augmented its “Improve your local ranking on Google” help page. With it comes more information on the local ranking factors: Relevance, Distance, and Prominence. The updated document also contains specific steps you can take to help your business show up in...Read More
Sorry, slowpokes—Google’s news carousel is for Accelerated Mobile Pages only now. Sites that aren’t AMPed won’t show up in this featured news area. If you haven’t made the move to faster, better mobile pages, now you’ve got one more reason to. No matter how important your news is, or how attention-grabbing the image you chose...Read More
