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We know Google says there is no pro or con to using private domain registration for SEO or Google ranking purposes. But Fabrice Canel from Microsoft Bing has hinted that it might be a ranking signal for Bing. Fabrice Canel said on Twitter, “Whois data helps us establish trust and gain knowledge.” It is hard […]

Wylie Gustafson, the “yodel king,” who created and voiced the signature “Yahoo-oo-oo!” for Yahoo back in the late 90s, is now back at Yahoo. He snapped a selfie and wrote on Instagram, “Back at work for the internet giant!” Here is the sound, if you want to listen: Not sure if you know this, but

Have you ever wanted to learn SEO away from your computer screen? We just published a beautiful hardcover book teaching the fundamentals of SEO. Here it is in all its glory: It covers everything from how search engines work to keyword research to link building. In other words, all the stuff you need to know to hit

Google’s John Mueller does not want you to make generalizations about links. Links from news sites or sites from Germany, or sites from really good-looking SEOs (bad joke?) are not necessarily worth more or less than links from other types of sites. The topic came up this morning where John replied to a Twitter thread

Google’s John Mueller was asked if it makes sense to publish 8,000 new pages at once or slowly publish them over time. Like, would publishing them all at once cause some of SEO issue with Google Search. The answer is no, go ahead and publish the 8,000 pages at once. But John Mueller said on

Google has pushed out another feature for Google Bard. When you click on the “Google it” button, it now doesn’t take you directly to Google Search, but rather it gives you related topics to click on to see search results for those topics. Google is also publishing a release notes document so we can stay

Google recently brought the business name and business logos to desktop search ads after bringing them to mobile search ads last October. Now, Google posted an update saying, “a subset of advertisers may qualify to voluntarily submit their identity verification to access the Business Information feature which allows advertisers to use a business name and

This is a programming note that I will be completely offline on Wednesday and Thursday for the last days of Passover, that is, April 12th and 13th. Any stories and videos published here will be scheduled, written beforehand, and not posted live. I will be completely offline, so any social media posts, tweets, or anything

A couple of weeks ago, we spotted Google testing a verified Google Ads badge in the Google search ads snippet. It was a round blue icon, this one is more of a badge or shield-shaped verification icon, but also in blue. Here is the old one we spotted: Here is the new one from SaadAK