Google: Include Your Canonical URLs In Your Sitemap File

Google’s Gary Illyes said on LinkedIn this morning that you should “include the URLs that you would want to see as canonical in your sitemaps.” This is not necessarily new advice, Google has said this numerous times, but Gary had a reason to repeat this advice for some reason.Gary added, “It’s normal to have someContinueContinue reading “Google: Include Your Canonical URLs In Your Sitemap File”

Title & Link Are The Important Content For The Google Discover Follow Feature

Google has updated its Get On Discover page in the RSS feed for the Follow feature in Google Discover section to specify the most important content for that section. Google added that the “most important content for the Follow feature is your feed title element and your per item link elements.”This is the new lineContinueContinue reading “Title & Link Are The Important Content For The Google Discover Follow Feature”

Google Ads Outages Impacting Many Advertisers (Now Resolved)

Google has confirmed outages across the Google Ads network, including Google Ads for Search, Google Ads for other surfaces and many of the Google Ads management projects, like Search Ads 360, Display and Video 360 and Campaign Manager 360.The Google Ads Liaison said on Twitter, “We’re investigating reports of an issue with Google Ads. WeContinueContinue reading “Google Ads Outages Impacting Many Advertisers (Now Resolved)”

Google: Spammy Links From Porn Sites Are Not Something To Prioritize

Google has posted one of its Google SEO office-hours, this one was posted today, recorded in January, after the Google layoffs news, and one question asked was about if you should worry about spammy from porn sites and if they can cause bad for ranking in Google Search.In short, Lizzi Sassman from Google said notContinueContinue reading “Google: Spammy Links From Porn Sites Are Not Something To Prioritize”

Google Search Console Insights Achievements Section

Google Search Console Insights seems to have added a new section named “Achievements.” I believe Google would email these achievements but now there is a section at the top of the Google Search Console Insights site that archives these for you.The Achievements section was created by Google “to help you track your site’s progress andContinueContinue reading “Google Search Console Insights Achievements Section”