Posts about Google Updates

Google's "Big" NoFollow Change Is Arriving

Google's "Big" NoFollow Change Is Arriving

Google is now treating NoFollow links its finds on the web as a hint, instead of a directive to better understand the web. Do you need to change to react to this update?

Greg Snow-Wasserman

By Greg Snow-Wasserman 28/02/2020

January 2020 Core Update: Google Gives 1 Hour Advance Notice

January 2020 Core Update: Google Gives 1 Hour Advance Notice

The latest Google update, the January 2020 Core Update, has now gone live. It will be impacting search results over the next several days.

Greg Snow-Wasserman

By Greg Snow-Wasserman 13/01/2020

Google News No Longer Requires Submission

Google News No Longer Requires Submission

Google has updated the way it displays news stories in its Google News SERP features and eliminated the need to submit your site to appear in Google News results.

Greg Snow-Wasserman

By Greg Snow-Wasserman 17/12/2019

Google Update for Local Search is Confirmed

Google Update for Local Search is Confirmed

Google's latest update focuses on using neural matching concepts to improve its local search results. Read more to learn the details of this local search update.

Greg Snow-Wasserman

By Greg Snow-Wasserman 03/12/2019

Google Confirmed Broad Core Update in Early November

Google Confirmed Broad Core Update in Early November

Google's Search Liaison Twitter account confirmed that a broad core algorithm update was released in early November. Learn all about this update now.

Greg Snow-Wasserman

By Greg Snow-Wasserman 13/11/2019

Google: BERT is a Big Deal

Google: BERT is a Big Deal

Google announced a big update, known as BERT, that changes how they read and understand searchers' queries. Learn what BERT is and how it might impact you.

Greg Snow-Wasserman

By Greg Snow-Wasserman 25/10/2019

New Google Snippet Controls Coming "Soon"

New Google Snippet Controls Coming "Soon"

Google's new snippet settings, added as either the robots meta tag or HTML attribute, will give webmasters control over how their content is shown in search results.

Greg Snow-Wasserman

By Greg Snow-Wasserman 16/10/2019

September 2019 Broad Core Update is Here

September 2019 Broad Core Update is Here

Google announced it will release the September 2019 Broad Core Update sometime on September 24. Stay tuned for updates on this developing Google update.

Greg Snow-Wasserman

By Greg Snow-Wasserman 24/09/2019

NoFollow has "Evolved" with 2 New Link Attributes

NoFollow has "Evolved" with 2 New Link Attributes

Google has introduced 2 new link attributes: "sponsored" and "ugc" to go with nofollow. Learn what this means for your website's SEO and backlinks.

Greg Snow-Wasserman

By Greg Snow-Wasserman 11/09/2019

Google Sends Alerts to Sites Using NoIndex in Robots.txt

Google Sends Alerts to Sites Using NoIndex in Robots.txt

Websites with a noindex in their robots.txt files are receiving alerts in Search Console. Did you receive a notification? Here's what it means and what you should do.

Greg Snow-Wasserman

By Greg Snow-Wasserman 29/07/2019