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Latest SEO News & updates from Google and other search engines.
YouTube Updates Features from Twitch
YouTube is rolling out new capabilities to reward channel members in a similar fashion to Twitch subscribers. The new advantages may encourage more users to purchase paid memberships, increasing revenue for producers. More on YouTube channel memberships and the new rewards. Members of YouTube’s monetization scheme can charge [...]
Google Updates Page Speed Insights Tool!
This article was updated on August 6th, 2020 at 05:57 amSo, Google just updated its Page Speed Insights tool – the tool webmasters can use to analyze and grade their websites performance. According to Google, the old tool provided suggestions without context on how the website/pages performed in real world, making it difficult for [...]
How Trailing Slash on URLs Affect SEO – Clarification from Google
This article was updated on August 6th, 2020 at 05:57 amDuplicate content is a big deal for SEO. Different versions of same content on your website can create big SEO issues, and if not dealt with properly, can lead to SEO disasters. Trailing slashes have been notorious in creating duplicate content. SEOs have been asking the question [...]
Google Introduces New Rich Results Testing Tool
This article was updated on August 6th, 2020 at 05:57 amGoogle today introduced a new tool into its arsenal of Google Search Console – Rich results testing tool. Ever since Google introduced rich snippets in 2009, it’s been growing in popularity, and Google’s only tool available to test rich snippets was this one. But [...]
Google Launches a New SEO Guide for Webmasters
This article was updated on August 6th, 2020 at 05:57 amIt is things like this that makes you feel old. Remember the classic ‘ol SEO Guide from Google? If you’ve been a blogger, it should’ve been your bible (sort of). And it’s been that way for years. The golden guide of do’s and dont’s from Google [...]
Using annoying popups, interstitials might reduce your chances to rank, says Google
This article was updated on August 6th, 2020 at 05:57 amYou know those websites that have what they call “door mat” popups and stuff? I always thought they were super annoying. Like, you click on a search result, visit the page and all of a sudden, a giant annoying form pushes the whole content down and all you have [...]
Will You Lose PageRank with a 301 or 302 Redirect?
This article was updated on August 6th, 2020 at 05:57 amWell, PageRank is not anymore, but let’s call it “Domain Authority” for clarity sake. One question that gets asked repeatedly in SEO forums and Slack channels (Yes, there are a few) is about 301 and 302 redirects. Whenever there’s a site change, domain name [...]
Is Click Through Rate an SEO ranking factor?
This article was updated on August 6th, 2020 at 05:57 amClick Through Rates or CTRs as they are called have been under the radar of many SEOs for a long time. Some time back in 2014-15, many tests and independent researches done to prove whether or not CTRs affect SEO performances directly. Some results said, yes, some said [...]
The Definitive Guide to 75+ On-page and Off-page SEO Tips (Infographic)
This article was updated on August 6th, 2020 at 05:57 amIn simple words, SEO can be defined as a technique that helps you rank high on search engine results pages. It is a process of optimizing your website for search engine through the means of keywords, URL structure, meta tags, alt tags, etc, which in turn, helps you to improve your [...]
4 Ways My First Backlink Analysis, Changed The Way I Approached SEO
This article was updated on August 6th, 2020 at 05:57 am I’ve been working in the SEO industry for around a decade now. Over that time, I’ve been involved in every aspect, but with my background in writing (and that being my entryway into the industry), in more recent times I’ve generally found myself focusing more on the content side [...]