Tag Archives: Google Algorithm

Don’t Slow Your Website Down To Increase Time on Website – It’s Not A Google Ranking FactorI spotted Google’s John Mueller laughing at a LinkedIn post that is telling SEOs to slow down webpage load time so that people spend more time on your page. The advice says that Google uses time on website asContinueContinue reading “Don’t Slow Your Website Down To Increase Time on Website For Google SEO”

Google: Core Updates Do Not Impact Autocomplete Search PredictionsGoogle said that core updates have no impact on what Google shows in the autocomplete search predictions or suggestions. Danny Sullivan, Google’s Search Liaison was asked about this and he said no, there is no impact.The question was asked by Tony Hill who wrote, “are the predictionsContinueContinue reading “Google Says Core Updates Do Not Impact Autocomplete Search Predictions”

Bing Chat Third-Party Plugins In The WildWe are all expecting to see Bing Chat support third-party plugins really soon, and for now, Bing is testing it. We now see some screenshots of plugin support in Bing Chat in the wild.Wladimir Kirianov spotted them and shared a ton of screenshots on X of how it works.ContinueContinue reading “Bing Chat Third-Party Plugins”

Bing: We Release Search Features Globally (We Don’t Discriminate)Bing’s CEO, Mikhail Parakhin, said that Bing does not release some features slower or delayed in some countries. He said they release “All countries at the same time,” adding that they “don’t discriminate.” Sometimes there are regional differences for legal reasons but for the most part, BingContinueContinue reading “Bing Says It Releases Search Features Globally”

Google Explains How 304 (Not Modified) HTTP Status Codes Can Go Very WrongGary Illyes from Google posted how serving a 304 HTTP server status code can “backfire spectacularly,” even though the 304 can be a super useful signal for search engines.Gary Illyes wrote on LinkedIn, “HTTP 304 (not modified) is super useful to signal crawlersContinueContinue reading “Google: How 304 (Not Modified) HTTP Status Codes Can Go Very Wrong”