The digital revolution has truly become a global phenomenon. In the European Union, Internet penetration reaches over 80 percent, with some countries reaching well above 90 percent. In China, there are 731 million internet users, representing only 53 percent of…
The feature has been showing in paid search results for several months. This week, some marketers noted that Google’s organic “People also search for” box of suggested queries is showing up within the paid search results after a user clicks…
After six months of preparation, the Google Speed Update is now rolling out. It only impacts the mobile search rankings of the slowest of sites on the internet. Google has updated its original blog post around the Speed Update saying…
Google clarifies that if you have a fast site, making it faster ‘won’t change things’ with your rankings specific to the upcoming Speed Update. With Google’s Speed Update coming sometime this month, I asked Google’s John Mueller to clarify what…
With the explosive growth of click share coming from remarketing audiences, contributor Andy Taylor feels it’s important to consider both incrementality and personalization when using audiences for paid search management. Since its introduction of remarketing lists for search ads (RLSA)…
Google’s John Mueller said that data-href attributes are not links and thus do not pass link signals or PageRank. If you want it to pass link signals then use simple href link attributes. He said this on Twitter when someone…
Users will be able to ask repeated follow-up questions without the need to say ‘OK Google.’ Among the ways that Google is trying to make interactions with the Assistant more natural is enabling follow-up questions and interactions without injecting “Hey…
If you missed the changes Google made late last year on labeling country services, you’re not alone. Contributor Patrick Stox goes through the update and explains why you’re seeing a better experience for local users. Today, we’ve updated the way…
Thinking of getting your college degree? Google aims to make the decision easier by tailoring the search results for college-related queries. Google has announced a new search feature designed to help would-be college students find the right school for them. When…
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…
