Google’s John Mueller confirmed yesterday in a hangout at the 15:38 mark that Google is indeed testing the mobile first index in the live search results. He did not explain what percentage of searchers are seeing these live test results but I have to…
A Search Engine Watch Forums post by Discovery alerts the community to the official launch of MSN ContentAds, which occurred yesterday. Every advertiser has now been pulled into the service. As Barry mentioned earlier, you must opt out manually. To do so, Discovery…
Google has added a new feature to the external keyword tool, they have added approximate search volume numbers. For example, I conducted a search for SEO and the results returned showed columns for “Approx Search Volume: June” and “Approx Avg Search…
Please expect a lot of chatter over at SEW forums at the thread I started named SEMPO Launches Members Only Forum. This is what I wrote: No official announcement yet, but I logged into my SEMPO account and found a link…
Facebook shares information about content that didn’t pass its Community Standards rules and how many times it took action. Facebook has released its first-ever transparency report, outlining the amount of content it has identified as breaking Community Standard rules between October…
For years we’ve been covering questions around how to deal with A/B testing and Google indexing/crawling. Is it cloaking? Can it mess up your indexing? Will it hurt your rankings? All valid questions when you show multiple variations of your…
Horrible news for many SEOs who have come to rely on Yahoo Site Explorer as a free, comprehensive and search engine backed competitive analysis link tool. Sad news for me, being that Yahoo keeps failing on search. But we know.…
Even if Apple’s smart speaker sales don’t grow, they could still generate $800 million this year. On a recent trip to the Apple Store to get my iPhone battery replaced, I noticed that the HomePod was displayed off to…
Price extensions are available in the US and rolling out to international markets this month. Bing Ads announced the rollout of price extensions on Wednesday. Price extensions appear in text ads that appear in the top spot in mobile and…
Microsoft is integrating its digital wallet service into Outlook, as announced during Build 2018 on Monday. Called Microsoft Pay, users can soon make payments on invoices and bills through emails without leaving Outlook and switching to another app or service. All it…
