Google’s John Mueller said on Reddit that when it comes to linking from your site to your social medial profiles you should not nofollow those links. He added that you should add the rel=me attribute to them because it is an open standard to help others validate that this profile is yours.John wrote, “Links toContinueContinue reading “Google: Don’t Do Nofollow Links To Your Own Social Media Profiles”
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New Google Search Algorithm Ranking Fluctuations On December 26th
While it has been calm for the past several days, today is a new day and I am seeing some signs of more volatility and ranking fluctuations as of the past 24 hours or less. Some of the automated tracking tools are picking it up, and I am seeing some renewed chatter in the SEOContinueContinue reading “New Google Search Algorithm Ranking Fluctuations On December 26th”
Links On YouTube Won’t Help Your Google Rankings & SEO
An SEO asked if links on YouTube videos will help with your Google SEO. Then someone said that it would help get your content indexed faster. Both are false and myths because YouTube links have nofollow attributes on them, so Google does not count them.John Mueller from Google even replied that links on YouTube videoContinueContinue reading “Links On YouTube Won’t Help Your Google Rankings & SEO”
Google Provides SEO Advice Around LastPass Security Breach
As some of you may know, LastPass had a pretty big security breach that is pretty concerning. But outside of password issues, what do SEOs need to consider with this security issue? John Mueller of Google noted that the website URLs in the breach were unencrypted and thus can be published and accessed by bots.JohnContinueContinue reading “Google Provides SEO Advice Around LastPass Security Breach”
Does Being Internet Famous Help Get SEO Support From Google?
I spotted this thread on Mastodon where both John Mueller and Danny Sullivan of Google were helping internet legend Tim Bray with some SEO issues, he was having with Google Search. Yes, he got two Googlers helping him, which is rare, but has happened before.Tim Bray is famous, well, internet famous, he has a WikipediaContinueContinue reading “Does Being Internet Famous Help Get SEO Support From Google?”