Google: Publishing Frequency Does Not Make Something Spam

John Mueller of Google said on Twitter that “publishing frequency alone does not make something spam.” Google’s algorithms don’t look at the content volume as a spam signal alone.So if you publish once a month versus 100 pieces of new content per day, that specifically doesn’t mean Google sees the site as spammy or not.SomeContinueContinue reading “Google: Publishing Frequency Does Not Make Something Spam”

Google Unlikely To Increase Request Indexing Quota In Search Console

Google’s John Mueller said that Google Search Console’s URL Inspection tool to submit a page to be crawled would probably not see the quota increase anytime soon. He said on Mastodon, “given how much junk we get submitted there, I don’t see us increasing those limits.”David Iwanow asked, “the GSC team has to lift theContinueContinue reading “Google Unlikely To Increase Request Indexing Quota In Search Console”

Google Sponsored Label In Product Listing Results

Google is now testing the Google Ads sponsored label in the product listing results within the more products section in an additional result. I cannot replicate this, but Saad AK spotted it and posted two videos of this in action.As a reminder, Google launched the new “sponsored” ad label on mobile last October. Google alsoContinueContinue reading “Google Sponsored Label In Product Listing Results”

Google’s Helpful Content & Link Spam Updates Done Rolling Out On January 12th

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”

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”