After a year of testing, the replacement to Webmaster Tools has now graduated out of beta and now features a new Manual Actions report and a ‘Live Test’ feature to the URL Inspection tool. Google has announced that their Search Console tool is now out of beta – after more than a year of testing […]
How to recover from the Google Medic update – and how to prepare for any future E-A-T based algorithm updates
Google released a major update on 1 August 2018, which caused major fluctuations in search rankings. Although Google called the update a ‘broad core algorithm update’ (which means it affects all search results), SEOs quickly noticed that sites in the health/medical/well-being sector were hit the most – which led to Barry Schwartz quickly coining the term […]
What link data should you use when disavowing links?
With so many different sources of link data out there, how do we know what data to use to create the most comprehensive and effective disavow list? Whether you have suffered a link-based penalty, or if you have noticed a lot of ‘dodgy’ links in your link profile, submitting a link disavow file to Google […]
Google Search Console adds Links and Mobile Usability reports
The beta version of the new Search Console tool has had new features imported from the old Webmaster Tools. The new features added to Search Console this week include the Links Report and Mobile Usability Report. The Links Report is now a combined internal and external links report, rather than the separate reports formerly used […]
Google confirms another ‘broad core’ algorithm update was released on April 16th
Update follows on from a similar ‘broad core’ algorithm update in March, and was again related to ‘content relevance’. Google has confirmed that they rolled out another broad core algorithm update last week, following on from a similar update they implemented in March. After the usual rumour and speculation in the SEO industry that an […]
Majestic launch an increased Fresh Index with more data
One of the most popular link analysis tools around has upped their game even more with a larger Fresh Index. After announcing their largest ever Historic Index of links last month, Majestic have now released their new, improved and larger Fresh Index dataset. They have increased the Fresh Index to include the last 120 days […]
New Chrome extension automatically scrapes ‘People also search for’ keywords from Google search results
One of the first steps when undertaking keyword research is to check the ‘People also search for’ keywords Google provides in search results, to start getting an idea on other keyword variations on whatever topic you are researching. For example, if you are working in the travel insurance space in the UK you will find […]
Google adds new visual updates to Search Console reports
Google continues to work on the new Search Console, and has added new visual updates to add more context to the data. Google has implemented several new visual updates to the Search Console reports, which aim to offer more context to the data in the reports. The updates include: Annotation cards: If you hover over […]
Top 5 free Google SEO tools
Google offers an array of free online tools to help SEOs improve their websites and increase their rankings. Here we identify the top 5 SEO tools developed by Google. Whether you’re a seasoned SEO professional or just getting started in the world of SEO, it’s likely you already use one of Google’s many SEO tools […]
Google to prioritise new stories in search results for paying subscribers of the publisher
Move comes after publishers request more tools from Google to help them reach readers who already subscribe. Searchers on Google who subscribe to newspapers and other publishers will soon see articles from those publications ranking higher in search results, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The move is reportedly part of Google’s efforts to […]