Search Engine Land

MAY 15, 2023

Generally, the largest of those traffic sources is organic search. Yet, all too often, SEO is not deeply embedded when a new website is being designed (or redesigned), and SEO thinking is often only addressed after a site has launched. Information architecture : How to structure your SEO-friendly site. This is a problem.

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Search Engine Land

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Google Chrome is adding shortcuts to the address bar on desktop that will help you search through your bookmarks, history and tabs. Search marketers do a lot of searching – and I’m pretty sure in our profession it’s illegal not to have dozens (hundreds?) Google Chrome Search History shortcut. Why we care.

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Search Engine Land

AUGUST 1, 2023

Many large sites overlook the power of internal search and behavioral data. Internal search provides crucial insights into what your customers want. Context is key to SEO success Internal search and behavioral data provide the context that unlocks the “why” behind the “what.” What type of content engages them?

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Search Engine Roundtable

MARCH 3, 2023

Microsoft Bing is testing placing a site's favicon on the right side of the search result title's snippet. We are accustomed to seeing it on the left for Google search results, we even saw Bing testing it on the left on mouse cursor hover over, but here it is being tested on the right.

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Orbit Media Studios

JANUARY 18, 2023

It’s that little search box in the header of your website. Visitors use it to search for things. It’s often called “Site Search,” and it helps people find what they’re looking for fast. The site search tool gives you a peek into what your visitors want from you and your website. Select it and import it.

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Search Engine Land

MAY 30, 2023

About a week ago, Google did its last batch of moving sites to mobile-first indexing and some mobile-friendly sites were still noticing their sites were being reported as being crawled using desktop indexing. What Google said. Google’s John Mueller posted on Twitter a few minutes ago about the issue.

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Martech

AUGUST 27, 2021

AI search company Yext, which powers site search for many businesses, announced an update to its search algorithm update along with some key feature additions. The release includes revamped test search and experience training, and also a reimagining of the company’s data connector and app frameworks. Why we care.

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Search Engine Journal

JULY 30, 2022

Make sure your on-site search helps convert site visitors into customers with these SEO best practices. The post On-Site Search Best Practices For SEO & User Experience appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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Search Engine Roundtable

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Google is officially rolling out the new site name and favicon design, along with the new sponsored ad label, in the mobile search results. Yes, this is something Google has been testing and we saw this coming but now it is official and live in English, French, Japanese, and German regions.

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Search Engine Land

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Google is now rolling out what it calls “site names” in the mobile search results. Site names more prominently show the name of the website, as opposed to just the URL, at the top of the snippet. Here is a GIF of this new site name and favicon placement: Availability. Controlling site names.

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Search Engine Land

MARCH 8, 2023

Google has rolled out the site names, updated favicons, and sponsored labels on desktop search after launching this on mobile search last October. Google has been testing the desktop version since last November , and now it is officially live both on desktop and mobile search. What it looks like. Upgrading the favicon.

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Search Engine Journal

APRIL 4, 2022

A new solution for ecommerce sites provides Google-quality search and recommendations on retailers’ digital properties. The post Google Introduces Retail Search for Ecommerce Sites appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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Search Engine Land

MARCH 10, 2022

On-site search can provide marketers with key insights into their audiences. At SMX Next, Stephen Rahal shows how to optimize this important site function. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

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Search Engine Journal

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Google's John Mueller answers question about quantifying site quality and mentions having inquired about a Search Console Quality Metric The post Can Site Quality Be Quantified in Search Console? appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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Neil Patel

AUGUST 9, 2021

An internal site search is a must-have. So what should you know about improving your site search? Here are a few tips on making the most of site searches. What is Internal Site Search and Why Does it Matter? Adding internal site search to your website helps users find what they are looking for.

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Search Engine Roundtable

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Google's John Mueller said that your site or page would not be removed from the Google Search results over page speed issues. He was asked about this on Twitter and said no, page speed won't lead to your site on the basis of page speed.

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Search Engine Roundtable

MAY 13, 2022

One of the few sessions at Google I/O on Google Search was presented by John Mueller, who you all know, and also Dikla Cohen, a Technical Solutions Consultant at Google. This covers some of the more basics around Google Search Console, some of the newer features released - all of which you should all know about if you read this site daily.

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Search Engine Roundtable

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Google is testing, again, placing the site name above the URL and description in the mobile search result snippets. Also, we are seeing more rounded favicons in those snippets as well.

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Search Engine Roundtable

MAY 12, 2022

We know that Google will stop collecting data within Google Search Console when a site is not verified or removes its verification. But did you know if you do not use Search Console, you verify it but never go in to look at the reports, Google may stop collecting data for that profile?

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Search Engine Journal

AUGUST 17, 2021

Google’s John Mueller says the results of a site: query are not a comprehensive collection of all a website’s pages. The post Google: A ‘Site:’ Search Doesn’t Show All Pages appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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Search Engine Roundtable

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Gary Illyes from Google said on LinkedIn that if your server returns a 500/503 HTTP status code for an extended period of time for your robots.txt file, then Google may remove your site completely from Google Search.

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Search Engine Roundtable

AUGUST 3, 2022

Google is testing promoting the source of the images it displays in web search by adding the full site name and the favicon from the site in the image box. This was spotted by James on Twitter and I simply cannot replicate this.

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Search Engine Roundtable

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Google has no documented limit on the number of characters for the site name as listed in Google Search. In fact, the documentation says "there's no limit to how long a site name can be" but Google does recommend being concise with the name.

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Martech

DECEMBER 3, 2021

It is optimizing your content for organic, paid traffic and site search that converts. By exploring the relationship between SEO, SEM and on-site search, you can begin to optimize the experience your prospects get when they arrive at your site. Sign up here to learn more about on-site search.

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Martech

OCTOBER 20, 2021

“Our goal has always been to meet Samsung customers where they are, and offer services that are most convenient for them,” said Scott Messina, Director of Search and Design Strategy at Samsung. In the first weeks of pandemic lockdowns, customers were finding Samsung’s support site. Traffic to the website exploded.

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Search Engine Journal

MARCH 8, 2022

You can use the power of search intent for more than just getting visitors to your site. The post On-Site Search Intent: 3 Powerful Ways To Increase Sales appeared first on Search Engine Journal. Learn how in this webinar recap.

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Search Engine Land

JANUARY 28, 2022

There are multiple reports about ‘Untitled’ title tags appearing in Google’s search results that redirect users to spam sites. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

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Search Engine Journal

MAY 10, 2022

The SEO community has developed ways to incorporate voice search into site optimization. Learn how to make sure your site is in voice results. The post Voice Search: 10 Ways To Optimize Your Site For Future SEO Success appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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Search Engine Roundtable

JANUARY 18, 2023

Google's John Mueller was asked about if it is okay with Google Search to have a website with the same name as another site on the internet. John said he could not give legal advice around copyright issues but he said when it comes to Google Search and SEO, it is fine.

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Search Engine Roundtable

APRIL 25, 2022

In the coming weeks, Google Search for desktop will soon support signed exchanges for some sites. Sites serving different HTML based on the user-agent header (i.e. using dynamic serving) will need to opt out by adding a meta tag to your page.

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Search Engine Roundtable

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Google added a new annotation to the Google Search Console performance reports on December 5th, saying that sites that use Subscribe with Google may see an increase in clicks and impressions. I'll be honest, I am a bit confused by the annotation was added this week and not in 2018 when the feature was added.

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Search Engine Roundtable

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Gary Illyes from Google is back and this time he said that those "Checking if the site connection is secure" interstitials you see on some sites, some of the time, is the "last search-friendly things you can do."

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Search Engine Roundtable

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Google also has rolled out a new Site name and favicon design for the mobile search results, with new structured data. The Google October 2022 spam update, the first spam update since last November, started and was completed within 42 hours, I have more on that in the video.

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Search Engine Roundtable

JANUARY 25, 2023

John Mueller from Google said that bulk-generating fake URLs of your competitor's site should not lead to negative SEO and ranking issues for that site. This is not something I'd worry about," he added.

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Content Marketing Institute

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Read on for a seven-step process that uses the free Google Search Console to make those discoveries and explore the opportunities. Continue reading → The post How to Use Google Search Console to Increase Traffic to Your Site appeared first on Content Marketing Institute. How would that knowledge help you boost traffic?

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 19, 2020

X number of people are searching about Y = write an article about Y if it’s vaguely related to your area of business. Bring More Traffic to Your Site and Better Talent to Your Team. If you are ready to get more traffic to your site with quality content published consistently, check out our Content Builder Service.

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Search Engine Roundtable

AUGUST 19, 2022

Google's John Mueller was asked what percentage of content-to-ad ratio is too much to rank well in Google Search. As you can imagine, John said there is no number he can share. He said you should just know, if it is "too much" - you'd know.

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