It seems like Google is now showing multiple referring pages for some URLs in the URL Inspection Tool within Google Search Console. Amy @amy91485 noticed it and Glenn Gabe thinks it is new as well. I spotted up to four different referring pages in this tool now.Here is what it looks like (click to enlarge):Here are those tweets:Hey, thank you! I'm glad you found the cases … [Read more...] about Google Search Console URL Inspection Tool Showing Multiple Referring Pages
Google Subtopic System, Algorithm Update, SMITH & Search Console Updates
This week we learned that Google launched its subtopics ranking systems back in mid-November, which aligned to a few unconfirmed Google updates. Google may have pushed out a small Google ranking algorithm update on January 12th or so. Google published a new research paper a few months ago named SMITH, Google said they are not using it in production search - yet. Google Search … [Read more...] about Google Subtopic System, Algorithm Update, SMITH & Search Console Updates
Microsoft Bing Search Has A Built In QR Code Generator
If you search for [qr code] on Microsoft Bing Search you get a built in QR code generator tool. It is not a huge deal but it is something I had no idea Bing offered and it is something that Google Search does not offer.Here is how it works, search for QR code in Bing and Bing gives you a box to paste a URL into. When you paste the URL into Bing, it changes the QR code to be a … [Read more...] about Microsoft Bing Search Has A Built In QR Code Generator
James Naismith Google Doodle To Celebrate Inventor Of Basketball
Today Google is celebrating the invention of my favorite sport, basketball. The inventor, James Naismith is featured in a Doodle watching kids play his game. James Naismith was a Canadian-American physical educator, physician, Christian chaplain, sports coach, and innovator. He was born on November 6, 1861, Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Canada and passed on November 28, 1939, … [Read more...] about James Naismith Google Doodle To Celebrate Inventor Of Basketball
Should You Have a Trailing Slash at the End of URLs?
A trailing slash is a forward slash (“/”) placed at the end of a URL such as domain.com/ or domain.com/page/. The trailing slash is generally used to distinguish a directory which has the trailing slash from a file that does not have the trailing slash. However, these are guidelines and not requirements.In the past, a folder would have a trailing slash and a file would be … [Read more...] about Should You Have a Trailing Slash at the End of URLs?