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What’s new with markup & structured data

Posted on: July 10, 2016 by in SEO
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Structured data makes certain types of web content highly accessible and understandable by search engines and other third-party programs. Because the data on the page is tagged with standardized identifying code, it’s far easier to process and interpret than a regular webpage. For that reason, people refer to this type of data as “Linked Data” (similar to the way that the World Wide Web links billions of documents together). At June’s SMX Advanced, Aaron Bradley did an awesome job in Continue Reading ...

eBay goes AMP, sign it might break out past news?

Posted on: July 5, 2016 by in SEO
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eBay announced they are now serving over 8 million pages using AMP, Google’s accelerated mobile project initiative. This is the first major non-news site that has deployed AMP widely in a production setting. eBay said deployed it for many product and category based pages for mobile only. They even gave example URLs of the pages that support it including this one and this one. eBay said you can add the amp/ parameter to any browse URL when you are on the mobile site and you should see the AMP Continue Reading ...

Google search analytics report adds the ability to compare queries

Posted on: June 16, 2016 by in SEO
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Google has quietly added a new option within the Search Analytics report, within the Google Search Console, to compare one query against the next. This feature was first spotted by @Jonny_J_. The purpose of the “Compare queries” filter is to compare one query against another. You can currently only compare two queries. Here is what that report looks like when you do the comparison: You can access this feature by logging into your Google Search Console account and clicking on Search Continue Reading ...

Infographic: The ultimate guide to SEO-friendly URLs

Posted on: June 13, 2016 by in SEO
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When it comes to URL structure and SEO, there can be a lot of confusion and debate. To help, Brian Dean, Founder of Backlinko and I, CEO of Ignite Visibility, compiled tips drawn from commonly shared wisdom and accepted advice. From URL length to keyword usage to canonical issues to folders to status codes, it’s all listed in this infographic. We hope you enjoy this resource. Get the infographic! Want the infographic for yourself? You can use this embed code: <img Continue Reading ...

Google: Autocomplete does not favor any candidate or cause

Posted on: June 12, 2016 by in SEO
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Google has denied claims surfacing today that the company manipulated its autocomplete search suggestions in favor of Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton. Google’s communications team issued this statement today: “Google Autocomplete does not favor any candidate or cause. Claims to the contrary simply misunderstand how Autocomplete works. Our Autocomplete algorithm will not show a predicted query that is offensive or disparaging when displayed in conjunction with a Continue Reading ...

Bing News PubHub, a portal for news publishers to submit their sites for consideration

Posted on: June 8, 2016 by in SEO
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Bing announced a new portal named Bing News PubHub at pubhub.bing.com. At the Bing News PubHub, publishers can submit their news sites to Bing for inclusion consideration in Bing News, which is syndicated in front of Windows 10 users through Cortana and in front of Outlook users through Outlook News Connector, in the Bing mobile apps on iOS and Android and other places. To get your site included, first you need to ensure your site follows and complies with the Bing Webmaster Guidelines. Then Continue Reading ...

Google says it’s not deliberately filtering “Crooked Hillary” suggested search to favor Clinton

Posted on: June 4, 2016 by in SEO
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Type “lying” into Google, and it will suggest “Lying Ted,” the moniker US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump placed on his once-rival Ted Cruz. But type “crooked” into Google, and it doesn’t bring up the “Crooked Hillary” label that Trump has attached to his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. What’s going on? It’s not because Google has done anything deliberate to favor Clinton, either through automated or manual means, the company told Search Engine Land. It Continue Reading ...