Google reduces Featured Snippets/FAQs to two results
Google don’t seem able to make their mind up on Featured Snippets and FAQs. At one point, they were everywhere, then they vanished for a […]
Why does Google Ranks Plagiarism Over Original Content?
Another day, another answer that isn’t an answer from Google’s resident genie John Mueller. I’m pretty sure that in a previous life Mueller would have […]
Google Says Total Number Of Links Is Completely Irrelevant For SEO
For approximately the three thousand and forty-seventh time, Google have said that counting the links coming into your website is pointless. The total number It’s […]
DuckDuckGo’s Chrome extension blocks Google’s controversial new FLoC tracking technique
DuckDuckGo, the privacy loving search engine, has taken aim directly at Google’s new FLoC technology with a Chrome extension that promises to protect your privacy […]
They’re baaaack! Google start experimenting with Featured Snippets again.
So, I kicked off a conspiracy theory on Twitter this week… … because Featured Snippets are back in a big way. I suggested in my […]
Google say: It’s Fine if 30-40% of URLs in Search Console are 404s
Your website will throw a 404 error if someone tries to go to a webpage that isn’t there. Also known as “broken links”, 404s are […]
Is Google killing Featured Snippets?
I’ve made no secret of my dislike of Featured Snippets. This week there was some good news that maybe, just maybe, Google was turning back […]
Why Long Title Tags Are, and Aren’t, an SEO problem
I always find it interesting when Google let out little nuggets of information that either confirm or debunk long held beliefs in the SEO industry. […]
Google: Duplicate Content is Not a Negative Ranking Factor
The reaction of the average SEO to duplicate content is pretty much the same as Bella Lugosi’s reaction to some open curtains and a wonderful […]
A prediction on search, Apple, and 2021…
Prediction: Apple’s rollout of “Ask App Not To Track” is the opening volley of a war with online advertising providers. Apple has been quietly building […]