Google Launches New Local Search Features
As more searchers look up the query “news near me” than ever before, Google is launching new features for local search results and new tools for journalists. Google reports that…
Google Cloud Networking Outage Darkens Websites
Google Cloud is experiencing an outage that is causing websites to display 404 page not found errors. The problem at this time is partially resolved and sites are coming back…
Google’s first virtual summit for Product Experts
Thursday, November 05, 2020 More than ever, users are relying on Google products to do their jobs, educate their kids, and stay in touch with loved ones. Our Google Product…
Why Getting Indexed by Google is so Difficult
The author’s views are entirely his or her own (excluding the unlikely event of hypnosis) and may not always reflect the views of Moz. Every website relies on Google to…
Google Maps Adds 4 New Features For Local Shopping
Google Maps launches four new features to improve the local shopping experience for customers, which in turn can lead to more sales for businesses. In addition, Google has published statistics…
Data Seemingly Proves Googlebot Crawling Has Slowed
There have been an ongoing discussions over the past few weeks across social media that Googlebot has dramatically reduced its crawling. For example, the founder of a web crawl analysis…
Conductor Raises $150M, Funding Company’s Growth In Organic Marketing Revolution
This post was sponsored by Conductor. The opinions expressed in this article are the sponsor’s own. Conductor, the leading enterprise organic marketing technology company, announced a $150 million funding round…
6 Important Insights About Title Tags (953,276 Pages Studied)
Google’s recent switch to relying less on title tags to generate SERP titles caused a stir in the SEO industry in August and September. The feedback from SEOs has been…
8 Google Business Profile Updates To Make For The Holidays
The peak holiday season is rapidly approaching – in fact, for many, it’s already in full swing. E-commerce sales for November 2021 to January 2022 are forecasted to rise 11%-15%…
New and improved crawl stats for your site
Tuesday, November 24, 2020 To help website owners better understand how Googlebot crawls their sites, we’re launching a brand new version of the Crawl stats report in Search Console. The…
How Review Management Is a Critical Part of Local SEO Success
Recently, online reviews have increasingly become an important and non-negotiable part of a business marketing strategy. The volume and number of review websites have grown, so have the rates that…
What To Do When Google Is Ranking The Wrong Page For Your Keywords
You’ve taken all the steps you believe are necessary to rank a page for a particular keyword – and then another page on your site shows up for that keyword.…
Updates to Search Console’s API | Google Search Central Blog
Wednesday, December 9, 2020 A few months ago we announced an API infrastructure upgrade to improve the performance of the Search Console API as demand grows. Today we’re happy to…
11 Proven Tips to Get More Social Media Followers
If you’re serious about growing your social media following, you’ve come to the right place. In 2020, over 3.6 billion people worldwide were using social media, with that number projected…
Progressive Web Apps Don’t Rank Better Than Regular Sites
Google’s John Mueller states that progressive web apps (PWAs) do not, by default, rank better in search results than traditional websites. This topic is discussed during the Google Search Central…
How To Build Rapport With Editors And Get Guest Content Published
Guest writing for industry publications is a great way to establish yourself as a thought leader and even earn credible backlinks. However, building rapport with editors is easier said than…
Search Console Discover report now includes Chrome data
Tuesday, February 02, 2021 Discover is a popular way for users to stay up-to-date on all their favorite topics, even when they’re not searching for something specific. Publishers and site…
GMB to GBP: 3 Invitations for Google to Alter Their Indifference towards SMBs
The author’s views are entirely his or her own (excluding the unlikely event of hypnosis) and may not always reflect the views of Moz. Software dashboards are supposed to feel…
SiteGround Hosting Outage Over – What Happened
SiteGround web hosting suffered a significant four day outage beginning Monday November 8, 2021. It wasn’t until November 12th that they tweeted that they had resolved the problem. Many customers…
Join us at Search Central Live | Google Search Central Blog
Thursday, February 18, 2021 On February 24 JST, we will host our first installment of our new event series called Search Central Live. This will be the first of a…
9 Essential Ecommerce Site Optimizations to Boost Holiday Sales
Whether you like to plan ahead or are rushing around at the last minute like the rest of us, boosting holiday sales is essential for ecommerce sellers of all kinds.…
New Association functionality added to Search Console
Monday, February 22, 2021 We’re happy to announce that Search Console has an enhanced Association page within the settings menu. Association is a connection between a Search Console property, and…
Providing better product information for shoppers
Friday, February 26, 2021 Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information, and organizing product information for shoppers and retailers is an essential part of this mission. In the last…
Bolded Text Can Help Your SEO
Google’s John Mueller confirms bolding important text in a paragraph can help your site’s SEO as it allows Google to understand the content better. This is stated during the Google…
What You Need to Know
Fresh content helps you rank better in Google’s organic search results. That’s the claim – you’ve probably heard it quite a few times in SEO. But is it true, false,…
WordPress Template Plugin Vulnerability Hits +1 Million Sites
Starter Templates — Elementor, Gutenberg & Beaver Builder Templates plugin by the publishers of the Astra WordPress theme contains a vulnerability affecting over a million websites. The exploit allows an…
Is It A Google Ranking Factor?
Does Google favor older, established domains in its search results? Does buying a brand new domain name put you at an SEO disadvantage? These are just a couple of the…
Expanding support for APAC Search Central Help Communities
Friday, April 9, 2021 Earlier in 2020, we opened Google Search Central Help Communities in multiple markets like the Polish, Turkish, and Arabic communities. As we’ve been continuously working to…
Why Google Discover Traffic Goes Away
Google’s John Mueller answered an Office-hours hangout question about the reasons why Google Discover traffic might all of a sudden stop. His answered covered ways to diagnose on-page issues and…
More time, tools, and details on the page experience update
Monday, April 19, 2021 Update on August 4, 2021: Clarified that Safe Browsing isn’t used as a ranking signal. Safe Browsing systems continue to play an important role to keep…