After a long slow, and paused rollout, Google has said that both the December 2022 helpful content update and December 2022 link spam update are now both rolling out. Google said both completed rolling out on Thursday, January 12, 2023.The December 2022 helpful content update started on December 5, 2022, and was completed rolling outContinueContinue reading “Google’s Helpful Content & Link Spam Updates Done Rolling Out On January 12th”
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Apple Business Connect: Manage Your Business On Apple Maps
Apple has preannounced its toolset for businesses to manage their business listings on Apple Maps. It is now called Apple Business Connect, previously named Apple Places and before that Apple Maps Connect.Apple said this updated (or they say new) tool “allows businesses of all sizes to claim their location place cards and customize the wayContinueContinue reading “Apple Business Connect: Manage Your Business On Apple Maps”
Google: Keep Your HTML Head Section Clean
Google’s John Mueller said that when it comes to your HTML head section, you want to ensure it is clean and tight. If possible, you don’t want it to have broken syntax because it can break other parts of the page and make it hard for Google to read the page and your users.And JohnContinueContinue reading “Google: Keep Your HTML Head Section Clean”
Google Search Tests Trending Stories From Country
Google Search is testing displaying news stories for users in a specific country or region, from a specific country or region. Google titles this section “Trending stories from country/region” and then shows the country or region as the header.This specific test was spotted by Punit, who posted a screenshot on Twitter showing news from Canada.ContinueContinue reading “Google Search Tests Trending Stories From Country”
Google Says Writing SEO Case Studies Are Quite Challenging
Google has this SEO case studies and success stories page since 2019, and they have updated it a few times, I believe. Recently, someone Mariachiara Marsella asked John Mueller if Google could add new case studies.John Mueller responded on Mastodon, “I find it quite challenging for us to do these since search is so dynamic.”IContinueContinue reading “Google Says Writing SEO Case Studies Are Quite Challenging”