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Hallelujah! Google Search Console Adds A Years Worth Of Data On Beta
Google has released a years worth of data in Google Search Console - well the beta version. If you have access to the beta version of Google Search Console and go to...
Google Now Recommends Longer Meta Descriptions For New Longer Snippets
Last week, Google confirmed they are rolling out longer search snippets but they also said via Danny Sullivan that you do not need to, nor should you...
Google: We Don't Recommend Generic Disavow Files
There are many folks out there that have generic or master lists of disavow files that they bring over from one site to the next. But Google doesn't recommend using a generic disavow file and goes as far as to call them potentially "unnecessary work...
Google Responds To Blog Bribes: It Can Lead To Search Penalties
Over the past few days, the community has been buzzing about an article on The Outline named How brands secretly buy their way into Forbes, Fast Company...
December 2017 Google Webmaster Report
This month, the big items are around two possible Google updates that went unconfirmed. Google did confirm they extended the snippets all the way to a max of 320 characters. Google also warned about two penalties...
Google Extends Search Results Snippets To Max 320 Characters
Google has officially extended the search results snippets to a maximum character length of 320 characters...
14 Years Covering The Search Industry
Today is the 14th year anniversary of this site, the Search Engine Roundtable. This site, started as a way to keep my notes on the changes happening in the SEO/SEM space, has been consistently around and documenting those changes for 14 years straight...
Matt Cutts Dislikes How Google Links To Search Results
Matt Cutts, former Google executive and star amongst the SEO community, posted on Google+ how he is not happy with how Google is linking to the "10 blue links," the core Google search results.
Matt showed how Google is not directly linking from the core search results to the site...
Matt showed how Google is not directly linking from the core search results to the site...
Google Will Penalize Your Site For Using Event Markup Incorrectly
Google has had enough of people using the event markup in a misleading way and is now sending out a strict warning that if you use this markup in any other way then its intended purpose...
My Google World Is Upside Down: Matt Cutts Complains & Danny Sullivan As Google Spokesperson
I am telling you, my Google and SEO world is literally upside down right now. So yesterday, at Search Engine Land, I reported how Google had a bug where they showed recent searches pop up automatically on the Google home page under the search box...
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