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Google tested red slow labels in the mobile search results back in February. This month Google began testing another form of this label that reads "slow to load."

The slow to load labels are not red, but rather look like yellow hazard signs...

So, one of the big questions in SEO these days is why some queries end up triggering Answer Boxes in search results, and others don’t.

A Recent Bloomberg article explores how Google might use machine learning to answer questions, titled,...

A little over three weeks ago, Google's Gary Illyes said on stage at SMX Advanced that the Panda data refresh is coming soon. He said, somewhere around 2, 3, or 4 weeks...

A couple of weeks ago I did a talk on Enterprise UX at UX Burlington. You can now read a written version of the talk on A List Apart. From Unsuck the Enterprise:

So if you’re someone who works in enterprise software, come a bit closer—I need to tell you something…

I know the work can be difficult. I know there are an infinite number of factors involved in getting product live, and sometimes what gets launched isn’t what you had in mind. I know there are sleepless nights about...

Joe Hall asked on Twitter a question many SEOs are wondering, what triggers Google to conduct a manual review of a web site for a manual action penalty...

Last night on This Week In Google on TWIT.TV, Matt Cutts was a guest.
Before the show, Leo Laporte, the host, asked Matt Cutts about his leave with Google and Matt Cutts said (on the non recorded part) that Google was nice enough to extend his leave until the end of this year. He said later on in the recorded part

Are click through rates on search results a ranking signal? The idea is that if the third result on a page is clicked more often than the first that it will, over time, rise to the second or first result.

I remember this question being asked numerous times when I was just starting out in the industry. Google representatives employed a potent combination of tap dancing and hand waving when asked directly. They were so good at doing this that we stopped hounding them and over the last few...

Tonight, I am joining Barbara Starr in giving a two Person Presentation in San Diego, at the Courtyard San Diego in Old Town, titled Ranking in Google Since the Advent of the Knowledge Graph.

The presentation is a meetup cohosted by a few...

On June 17th, we reported about a Google update, Google later confirmed the update as being part of their core algorithm and not related to Panda or Penguin or even HTTPS.
Marcus Tober provided some really interesting insight into this update basically showing how sites with news or fresh content seemed