Posts about Google Updates

Google Confirms September 27 Update

Google Confirms September 27 Update

Google's Danny Sullivan replied to a Twitter question to confirm that Google rolled out a "small" algorithm update on September 27.

Greg Snow-Wasserman

By Greg Snow-Wasserman 01/10/2018

Free SSL Certificate: Wordpress Guide to Going Secure

Free SSL Certificate: Wordpress Guide to Going Secure

Acquiring an SSL certificate has never been more important, but it doesn't have to cost you a penny to implement. Follow this step-by-step guide for a free SSL certificate.

By Sam Gooch 20/09/2018

New Search Console is (Finally) Out of Beta!

New Search Console is (Finally) Out of Beta!

The new Google Search Console is finally out of beta! Take our guided tour of the tool to see all the new features and learn how to get the most out of all the data Google provides.

Greg Snow-Wasserman

By Greg Snow-Wasserman 06/09/2018

Google Search Console Query Data Drop Explained

Google Search Console Query Data Drop Explained

Google Search Console users saw a large drop data when filtering to exclude certain queries. We dive into Google's explanation and reactions from the industry.

Greg Snow-Wasserman

By Greg Snow-Wasserman 31/08/2018

8 Experts On Why Google's "Page Speed" Update Makes Sense

8 Experts On Why Google's "Page Speed" Update Makes Sense

Mobile page speed might not have been an official ranking factor until a few weeks ago, but proactive marketers have been optimizing for it for years.

Joydeep Bhattacharya

By Joydeep Bhattacharya 22/08/2018

Google's Latest Core Algorithm Update: What We Know

Google's Latest Core Algorithm Update: What We Know

What is Google's Broad Core Algorithm update? Learn what it means, how it's impacting the web and what everyone else is saying about it.

By Sam Gooch 07/08/2018

Google Increases Pressure to Secure Your Site

Google Increases Pressure to Secure Your Site

Time has run out of HTTP: Chrome will now be marking all HTTP sites as “not secure”, making it more important than ever to take the leap to https.

By Sam Gooch 24/07/2018

Pogosticking is NOT a Ranking Signal for Google

Pogosticking is NOT a Ranking Signal for Google

Long though to be a negative ranking signal, it turns out the user behavior known as "pogo-sticking" is not used by Google to rank pages in search results. What does this mean for SEO?

By Sam Gooch 17/07/2018

Google's Speed Update has arrived!

Google's Speed Update has arrived!

Google has introduced its new Speed Update algorithm. We go over what the speed update is, what it means and what you can do to get ready for it.

By Sam Gooch 09/07/2018

Google Treats Hreflang in Sitemaps and HTML the Same

Google Treats Hreflang in Sitemaps and HTML the Same

In a recent Twitter exchange, John Mueller informed us that Google sees and processes hreflang tags in sitemaps and page HTML the same way. What doe that mean for SEO?

By Sam Gooch 13/06/2018