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Every now and then I like to highlight when Google gets it wrong with their featured snippets. It is really a daily occurrence but here is a funny one. If you ask Google how old are the pyramids, Google will tell you they are 85 years old. Of course, if you look at the text of what Google is showing you, you can see Google is answering a different question here. Here is a screen shot:Bing handles it differently but not extracting what it thinks to be the answer in this case and rather just shows this result:You see, both Google and Bing are sourcing the same web site but they show the answer differently to the searcher.Again, Google's featured snippets get it wrong a ton but way more often than not, they get them right. Danny Sullivan from Google did respond saying they will look into it: Forum discussion at Twitter. … [Read more...] about Google Feature Snippet: Pyramids Are 85 Years Old

It looks like Google is taking a jab now at third-party link audit tools now. John Mueller from Google said on Twitter that if a random tool can figure out if a link is a bad link, then Google's own algorithms can probably detect these bad links and thus ignore them without you having to disavow them. John said on Twitter "ultimately, if some random tool can tell you which ones to disavow, they're probably already being ignored." Here are the tweets: I mean - Google is all for third party tools but Google, as I said numerous times, doesn't want SEOs to spend so much time focusing on links. They rather they spend the time focusing on useful content for the web site and the readers of that site.Forum discussion at Twitter. … [Read more...] about Google: If A Random Tool Can Find Bad Links Then Google Probably Ignores Those Links Already

There is so much paranoia around linking in the SEO community that some questions seems a bit overboard to me. For example, someone asked if it is okay to create a page showing the company's media mentions and link to them or will Google frown on that.Google's John Mueller said on Twitter that this is fine - a lot of sites like to have a page that publicize their mentions in the media and doing so is perfectly okay with Google.John said "I don't see a problem with that -- it's kinda natural to do that, lots of sites are proud of their media mentions and are keen on pointing them out."Here are the tweets: The person went on to ask if they should nofollow those links. You can, if you want to be super safe, but again, I wouldn't worry about it.Forum discussion at Twitter. … [Read more...] about Google: Linking To Your Media Mentions Is Fine

Today on Google's home page is a special logo for the 139th birthday of Paul Klee. Paul Klee is a Swiss German artist who was known for his painting, drawing, watercolor, and printmaking. He was born on December 18, 1879 in Switzerland and passed on June 29, 1940 also in Switzerland.Google said the Doodle "pays homage to his Rote Brücke (Red Bridge), a 1928 work that transforms the rooftops and arches of a European city into a pattern of shapes rendered in contrasting yet harmonious hues."You can learn more about Paul Klee at Wikipedia. Google added:Born in Münchenbuchsee, Switzerland on this day in 1879, Klee was the son of a German music teacher and a Swiss singer. An accomplished violinist, Klee played in a symphony orchestra before dedicating himself to becoming a painter. He brought a musical sense of rhythm to the visual arts.Sketching landscapes and caricatures even in his early teens, Klee began keeping meticulous records of all his creations in 1911, whether … [Read more...] about Google “Red Bridge” Logo For Paul Klee 139th Birthday

Alexis Sanders, an SEO at Merkle has another talent outside of SEO, she can do some art. She put together what she is calling Googlebot caffeine fan art and shared it on Twitter. It is super detailed and looks like a lot of work went into it. You can see a higher resolution version on Twitter. How cool is this?This post is part of our daily Search Photo of the Day column, where we find fun and interesting photos related to the search industry and share them with our readers. … [Read more...] about Googlebot Caffeine Fan Art From Alexis Sanders