There’s been some thought that since Google knows a good bit about real-life user activity, such as when stores are busy, they might use that data to affect search rankings. At least for now, that doesn’t seem to be the case. Read more thoughts on this topic over on this post from Search Engine Roundtable. […]
DigitalCast Episode 028 – Search ranking changes are unrelated to Google’s new mobile-first indexing
Google has been making a lot of algorithm changes lately, but they seem to be (and should be) unrelated to the mobile-first indexing. Read more about how mobile-first indexing could affect your site in this article on Search Engine Roundtable. Over the past few months, Google’s been pushing hard to get their new mobile-first index […]
DigitalCast Episode 027 – Word count and other metrics can’t measure quality
People working on their SEO often want to know exactly how best to build their pages; how many words, how many outgoing links, how many backlinks, things like that. Google’s given us the answer — stop counting that stuff. You can read more about this discussion on this post from Search Engine Rountable. A Twitter […]
DigitalCast Episode 026 – Making links to your site violates Google’s guidelines
Links pointing to your website are one of the biggest factors to help rank well in Google, but they’re one of the most difficult and confusing to understand. Google tried to help explain more, but it’s still pretty messy. You can read more in this article on Search Engine Roundtable, or see more about the […]