Google is currently experiencing an issue where it may have selected unrelated URLs.As a result, the unrelated URLs may be reflected in the breadcrumb trails on mobile.In what are said to be rare cases, this issue may prevent proper indexing.According to an announcement made this evening, Google is aware of the issue and in the process of fixing it.A further update will be provided when the issue is fully resolved.Speaking of indexing issues, Google is still working on resolving the problem with Search Console’s indexed pages report.As of today the issue still isn’t resolved, but Google is working on correcting it with fresh data and accurate live status reporting. … [Read more...] about Google Issue is Causing it to Select Unrelated Canonical URLs
DuckDuckGo is Google’s Only Competitor to Gain Organic Search Share in Q1 2019
DuckDuckGo’s organic search growth is outpacing other search engines, with particularly strong gains reported in mobile search.On mobile devices, DuckDuckGo’s organic search visits are up 78% year-over-year. Overall search visits are up 54%.By comparison, Google’s total organic search visits fell 2% year-over-year in Q1 2019. However, Google’s mobile search visits grew 6%.Bing and Yahoo saw either neutral or negative growth in Q1 2019.This data was revealed in Merkle’s Q1 2019 Digital Marketing Report, which also includes statistics about paid search, social, and Amazon ads.In this post, I will highlight the key findings related to organic search.Organic Search in Q4 2019Organic search produced 26% of all visits and 24% of mobile website visits in Q1 2019.Total site visits produced by organic search declined by about 2% in Q1 2019.On phones, organic search visits were up 13% while desktop visits fell 13% and tablet visits fell 12%.Phones accounted for over … [Read more...] about DuckDuckGo is Google’s Only Competitor to Gain Organic Search Share in Q1 2019
Javascript SEO: How Search Engines Understand Javascript
Erik Newton As the Web has become increasingly complex, Javascript has found itself playing a useful role in the development of engaging websites. Although it was once used to accent content that was otherwise contained within HTML, it is now increasingly on the center stage. Issues with Javascript and SEO, however, remain a concern for many website developers. Site owners want to make sure that Googlebot and other search engine crawlers can properly understand sites that contain a lot of Javascript so that their pages do not suffer in the search engine results. This discussion has even prompted Google to release a series of videos on Javascript and SEO to help you ensure that you prepare your Javascript pages for the SERPs effectively. We wanted to break down the essentials of Javascript SEO to help our community keep their sites optimized and ready to compete on the SERPs. Understanding rendering Before we can dive into Javascript SEO, we must first explore how … [Read more...] about Javascript SEO: How Search Engines Understand Javascript
Programming Note: Offline For Passover 5779
This is a programming note that I will be 100% offline on Friday April 26th, for the Passover holiday.Any story published on Friday April 26th were pre-written and scheduled to go live on that date. That includes this post announcing I am offline, this was pre-written and scheduled. It also includes the search video recap, which was produced on Thursday and scheduled for Friday.If there are any comment spam that slip through the comment spam filters on those days, I won't be able to get to it until I come back online.I hope anyone celebrating Passover has a nice holiday and be back on Monday morning all! … [Read more...] about Programming Note: Offline For Passover 5779
15 advanced link building tactics & tips to boost your SEO
Kristopher Jones Kristopher B. Jones is an entrepreneur, investor, and best-selling author. He's the founder and CEO of top 10 SEO and digital marketing company LSEO.com. Link building remains the SEO industry’s white elephant. Many proclaim that link building is spammy, dead, and even harmful to your SEO. But link building remains a primary part of an effective performance-based SEO strategy. And when executed properly contributes to higher organic search rankings. I recently gave a presentation at YoastCon 2019 outlining my white hat toolbox of advanced link building methods. Which I’ve used for nearly two decades. First as founder and CEO of affiliate juggernaut Pepperjam, later as Chairman of Internet Marketing Ninjas, and more recently as CEO of US-based Top 10 SEO company (and Yoast Preferred Partner) LSEO.com. Some of you have probably heard of some of these tactics and some are probably hearing about these for the first time. Regardless, my hope is to … [Read more...] about 15 advanced link building tactics & tips to boost your SEO