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How Google may Identify How Related Different Entities Are
by Bill Slawski
Aug 30, 2015
Aug 30, 2015
A patent granted to Google this week attempts to identify similarities between different types of entities, when it finds information about them on the Web. It refers to these types of similarities as commonalities, as in things they may have in...
Google: HTTPS Content Mismatch Errors May Not Get Ranking Boost In Future
In this morning's Google hangout on Google+, John Mueller said at the 18:30 mark that Google may not give HTTPS web pages the HTTPS ranking boost if the page serves up HTTPS content mismatch errors.
Google Search Console Index Status Reporting Bug?
Many webmasters are noticing that the Index Status report within the Google Search Console is showing a significant drop between August 16th and August 23rd. Meaning...
Google+’s Version of Edgerank; How Content is shared based upon Social Interactions
by Bill Slawski
Aug 25, 2015
Aug 25, 2015
A Google patent granted earlier this month looks at how content might be ranked by Google based upon social interactions. It discusses ranking that content based upon social interactions within the context of Google+ and the social circles you...
Google: Again, Social Signals Do Not Influence Your Ranking
We've covered the topic of social signals and Google way way too much. But since John Mueller of Google mentioned it in a hangout last week, I figured why not repeat what he said...
Tweets Come To Google's Desktop Search Results
On Friday, Google announced on Twitter that they have expanded from showing tweets on mobile to also showing them on desktop after about a month of testing them...
Uber Assigns Nine Mapping Patents to Microsoft
by Bill Slawski
Aug 22, 2015
Aug 22, 2015
On June 23, 2015 Uber Technologies assigned 9 patents to Microsoft, in a transaction that was recorded at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on August 18, 2015.
These patents and their abstracts are listed below, and they...
These patents and their abstracts are listed below, and they...
The Mysterious Disappearing Act Of Ripoff Report In Google, Again
On Wednesday, I reported Ripoff Report was deindexed by Google, but that only lasted about 30 minutes. By the time people started seeing the blog post and social media mentions, Ripoff Report was already back in Google's index.
But it was legit...
But it was legit...
How Much Keyword Repetition is Optimal - Whiteboard Friday
Aug 20, 2015
For reference, here's a still of this week's whiteboard. Click on it to open a high resolution image in a new tab!
Video transcription
Howdy, Moz fans, and welcome to another edition of Whiteboard Friday. This week we're going to chat about keyword use, keyword repetition and overuse.
I know this might seem like a basic topic, but actually it's advanced a little bit in the last few...
Video transcription
Howdy, Moz fans, and welcome to another edition of Whiteboard Friday. This week we're going to chat about keyword use, keyword repetition and overuse.
I know this might seem like a basic topic, but actually it's advanced a little bit in the last few...
Google: We Never Index All Your Pages
Google's John Mueller said on Twitter that Google "never will index all pages." Well, it is Twitter and he only had so many characters to write that.
His response was towards a webmaster who wanted to know a way to figure out which pages on his site Google did not index...
His response was towards a webmaster who wanted to know a way to figure out which pages on his site Google did not index...
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