Tag Archives: Google Algorithm

Google Analytics UA 3 Still Collecting Data But Google Says Not For Long…On Saturday morning many of us were surprised to see that Universal Analytics 3, Google Analytics (not GA4) still showed to be collecting data, after the deadline. Well, Google said it takes time for sites to be shut down and it will happen,ContinueContinue reading “Google Analytics UA 3 Still Collecting Data But It Won’t For Long”

Google Search Showing 50% Fewer Twitter URLs After Twitter Blocked Unregistered UsersOn Friday afternoon, Twitter decided to block unregistered, signed-out users, from seeing public tweets. That meant that for Google’s normal crawling purposes, it was unable to see some of these tweets. It seems that Google now has about 52% fewer Twitter URLs in itsContinueContinue reading “Google Drops 50% Of Twitter URLs From Google Search After Blocking Unregistered Users”

Google: Word Count For SEO & Google Rankings Is Not A ThingThe Google Search Liaison, Danny Sullivan, posted another PSA last week on Twitter, saying word count is not a thing again. He said, “Reminder. The best word count needed to succeed in Google Search is not a thing! It doesn’t exist. Write as longContinueContinue reading “Google Says Word Count For SEO & Google Rankings Is Not A Thing”

Google: New Web Sites Homepages Should Get IndexedGary Illyes from Google on the last Search Off The Record podcast said that for brand-new websites, their homepages should be indexed without a problem. If not, then the site has a bigger issue. Plus, the Google’s John, Martin and Gary spoke more about indexing.Gary said at theContinueContinue reading “Google Says New Sites Homepages Should Get Indexed”

Bing Webmaster Tools Testing Sitemap Index Coverage Report In The WildA few months ago, Fabrice Canel from Microsoft Bing, told us and even showed us an example, of a new Sitemap Index Coverage Report within Bing Webmaster Tools. It seems some are now seeing this report live for some of their verified profiles within BingContinueContinue reading “Bing Webmaster Tools Begins Rolling Out Sitemap Index Coverage Report”