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On April 6th, Google said it made an update to “the algorithm for counting image impressions in Search results.” This might lead to a “Small drop” in the image impressions you see reported in the Google Search Console Performance Report. Google posted this information on the data anomalies page where Google wrote, “Search Console improved […]
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Google’s John Mueller has said many times that 302s vs 301s are pretty much the same thing in terms of how Google treats redirects. He often said not to worry about using a 302 over a 301 or the other way around. The question is why? John basically said that most of the web uses
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Google has announced a new search ranking quality algorithm update to its search engine it is called the product reviews update. This update is aimed at rewarding high-level product review content, above thinner product review content. Google said “we know people appreciate product reviews that share in-depth research, rather than thin content that simply summarizes
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Google made a small update to the video structured data help documents to communicate that the thumbnailUrl now also supports WebP and SVG image formats, in addition to the already documented BMP, GIF, JPEG, and PNG image formats. Google wrote that on April 7, 2021 it “updated the Video structured data documentation to state that
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Google updated its Google Discover guidelines to specify that it won’t show “content that’s not desired or that might confuse readers.” Google specifically gave these examples of content that it might not show in Google Discover: Job applications Petitions Forms Code repositories Satirical content without any context Here is the paragraph
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The big news this week is that a new confirmed Google search ranking algorithm hit the shelves today, Google named it the Google Product Reviews Update, I tell you all about it in this video. Google updates the Google Discover guidelines to say it won’t show content that is not desired or might confuse readers.
Google’s Pascal Birchler, Developer Relations Engineer, posted a nice video on how to get started with Web Stories. The video goes through what Web Stories are, how to create Web Stories, and how to rank well and get traffic using your Web Stories. Here is the video: Here is what was covered and when: 00:30
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Struggling to find the right tactics to promote your business? Here’s a list of tactics we’ve used at Ahrefs to grow +65% year-on-year. They’re mostly free. You can use them to promote your business too. Get listed on popular directories Blog regularly Create YouTube videos Repurpose your content on multiple channels Build an email list Run
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The homepage is often the most visited page on a website, which makes it highly important for both new and returning users. Homepages are a company’s chance to make a good first impression on new users and provide everyone who lands on your site with the information they are looking for. If you are exploring
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Ahref, the popular SEO link tool, posted on Twitter that it will be giving some folks some of their Swag. They wrote “Who wants this pretty box with some Ahrefs’ swag and goodies?” What do you need to do? Ahrefs said “Just tell us which Ahrefs’ feature is your favourite. We’ll select 10 people at