Google announced on the official Google Webmaster Twitter account that mixed content may break your pages for users and Googlebot. If you moved to HTTPS and Chrome doesn't show a gray lock icon, there's...
If your website has been hacked, Google might show a warning label next to your website in the search results. What is hacked content? According to Google, hacked content is ‘any content placed on...
Once again, Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that websites should not use m-dot domains (m.example.com) for mobile websites. Google prefers responsive websites that work with desktop computers and mobile devices. My 2 cents...
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that it’s good to understand that the different HTTP status codes that your web pages can send. It's good to understand the difference between 200, (301/302), (404/410), 500,...
Google has confirmed several smaller ranking algorithm updates on Twitter. According to Google, these were minor updates. Some webmasters saw dramatic ranking changes. Some have asked if we had an update to Google Search...
Does your website load slow? Google Chrome might tell potential visitors so in the future. According to a new announcement, Chrome may identify sites that typically load fast or slow for users with clear...
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that Google will still show your website in other regions if you use the geographic target setting in Google Search Console. This setting only helps Google understand that...
If your robots.txt file or your sitemap file is ranking for normal queries, you should improve the quality of your web pages. That’s what Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter: Use the x-robots-tag HTTP...
John Mueller said on Twitter that Google primarily uses spam reports to improve Google’s algorithms. For example, they won’t remove a page from search just because of inappropriate structured data on the page. We...
Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that you should not break Google’s guidelines even if a competitor does it without getting penalized: Is your question "others are breaking the guidelines, can I do it...
Bing has announced a new penalty to address ‘inorganic site structure’ violations. The new penalty will apply to malicious attempts to obfuscate website boundaries, which covers some old attack vectors (such as doorways) and...
Google’s John Mueller said in a webmaster hangout on YouTube that Google won’t index dynamically created content if it requires an interaction from the website visitor. “You’re saying this is behind JavaScript functions. There’s...
Google’s Danny Sullivan said on Twitter that BERT doesn’t assign values to pages. It’s just a way for Google to better understand language. BERT is about sentences and phrases. There are other ways to...
