It's time for the big Google Webmaster Report, the January 2024 edition. This month we saw the November 2023 Google reviews update completed after 29 days. But that wasn't the end of the volatility, it was a very volatile month. Google also confirmed it tweaked its local ranking algorithm...
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Google’s John Mueller Providing Webmaster Support On Christmas
Every year, John Mueller, Senior Search Analyst / Search Relations team lead at Google makes a significant effort to help respond to SEO-related questions on Christmas. He has done this since at least 2007, so sixteen-years and counting, and has done it again this Christmas.Here are the...
December 2023 Google Webmaster Report
Here is the December 2023 Google webmaster report for all of you. Here I recap what happened and changed with Google Search on the organic space over the past month or so. The big items, the November 2023 core and reviews updates rolled out. Google also told us the hidden gems algorithm was...
Bing Webmaster Tools To Retire Disavow Links Feature
Bing Webmaster Tools announced a significant change that could affect website owners and SEO professionals who use the disavow links feature. Effective October 2023, the platform will eliminate the disavow links feature and corresponding API. The decision is part of Bing’s effort to...
Google August Core Update, Unconfirmed Updates, Bing Chat Data Not In Webmaster Tools & More
This week I broadcast from Chicago where I cover the latest confirmed Google update, the Google August 2023 core update that rolled out a few days after that big unconfirmed update from the weekend. Google said a page does not need to be in the top ten results to be a featured snippet....