Boost your skills with Growth Memo’s weekly expert insights. Subscribe for free! Taking a break from analyzing leaked Google ranking factors and AI Overviews, let’s come back to the question, “Do big sites get an unfair advantage in Google Search?” In part 1 of David vs. Goliath, I found that bigger sites indeed grow faster than smaller … Read more
If you can believe it, Sprout recently celebrated its 14th anniversary. Thinking back on what social media looked like in 2010—Pinterest and Instagram had just launched, Vine and Google+ weren’t even around yet—it’s safe to say our industry has endured more than one evolution over the last few years. Through that time, our north star … Read more
The SERPs are a volatile place right now. Since March 2024, the SEO industry has seen significant disruptions, with Google rolling out its latest algorithm changes. From the deindexing of websites to the delivery of manual penalties, site owners and SEO professionals have found themselves in a tough spot as Google attempts to clean up … Read more
Explore the aftermath of Google’s March Core Update and Spam Updates and uncover four major trends shaping the search landscape. Source link
While Google informs the public about broad core algorithm updates, it doesn’t announce every minor change or tweak, according to Google’s Search Liaison Danny Sullivan. The comments were in response to Glenn Gabe’s question about why Google doesn’t provide information about volatility following the March core update. OK, I love that Google informs us about … Read more
Google unveiled four Display & Video 360 updates during IAB NewFronts 2024 on Monday morning, while the YouTube evening reception failed to make any news during their Monday evening event. Why did Google hold one NewFront event on Monday morning and YouTube hold another one on Monday evening at the 2024 IAB NewFronts? There’s a … Read more
John Mueller, a Google Search Advocate, provided guidance this week regarding the path forward for websites impacted by recent search algorithm updates. The discussion started on X (formerly Twitter) by SEO professional Thomas Jepsen. Jepsen tagged Mueller, asking: “Google has previously said Google doesn’t hold a grudge and sites will recover once issues have been … Read more
Google Ads has announced a series of updates to Performance Max campaigns. The enhancements give advertisers more granular control over their campaigns, improve customer insights, and manage budgets better. 🆕 ✅Several #PMax updates announced today for more insights, goals and control. Here are the highlights: – New Customer Value mode is now in beta for … Read more
Boost your skills with Growth Memo’s weekly expert insights. Subscribe for free! Sites can lose significant organic traffic from Core Updates without obvious patterns when analyzing rank changes. One hidden cause is subtle intent shifts. Two outdated models prevent us from seeing what’s really going on. One, we often think of user intent as transactional, navigational, informational, … Read more
Google updated the structured data documentation for the Structured Data Carousels (beta) that show rich results for qualifying topics. The new documentation clarifies specific requirements and makes it more explicit that the rich results features are limited to a single geographic area. Structured Data Carousels (beta) Carousels Structured Data (beta) enables web publishers that aggregate … Read more
By now, you’ve likely seen the announcements about the March 2024 Core Update. This major update will roll out over the entire month and aims to reduce “unhelpful” content by 40%. Interestingly, Google also updated its spam policies to call out some new types of spam it targets. Let’s delve into what exactly changed in … Read more
Google has updated its “Search Quality Evaluator Guidelines,” a comprehensive 170-page document that serves as a framework for quality raters to assess websites effectively. The update on follows the search engine’s latest Core and Spam updates. Insights Into Trustworthiness The updated guidelines provide valuable insights into how Google determines the trustworthiness of webpages and websites. … Read more
Google rolled out several game-changing algorithm shifts last year that shook up the SEO world, from core updates to Helpful Content. In order to master SEO in 2024, staying ahead of the curve is more crucial than ever. That’s why we’re hosting an insightful webinar on March 13, where we recap the most impactful updates … Read more
Google updated their emergency and non-emergency image removal guidance with added details that give new clarity to the documentation. Removing Images From Search Index Google offers multiple ways to remove images from the search index on both an emergency and non-emergency basis. There are multiple relatively trivial changes but these are the topics that had … Read more
Google updated their rel canonical documentation in order to clarify how Google handles the extraction of rel canonical annotations. The clarification is not meant to indicate a change in how Google handles rel=canonical annotations but rather to make it explicitly clear how Google processes them. Canonical Link Relation – RFC 5988 Google’s documentation has always … Read more
Google updated the Web Stories documentation to reflect that Web Stories will no longer appear in Google Images, among other changes. Google Web Stories Web Stories is a visual short content form that is designed for short moments like when riding on a bus. They’re visual with short sentences and are in a carousel form … Read more
Google has announced that its new Interaction to Next Paint (INP) metric will officially replace First Input Delay (FID) as a Core Web Vital on March 12. INP measures when a user interacts with a page (e.g., clicking a button) to when the browser can render the changed pixels to the screen. It aims to … Read more
In a recent episode of “Search Off the Record,” Google’s Search Relations team provided information about upcoming changes to Google’s SEO Starter Guide. The team, composed of John Mueller, Lizzie Harvey, and Gary Illyes, says the guide maintains a 91% user satisfaction rating. However, they believe it’s due for an overhaul to streamline outdated advice … Read more
