I’m going to do something a little unusual here; rather than spend a couple thousand words talking circles around a topic before I answer it, I’ll give you an answer straight-up.Does Google penalize a website when that website has an autoplaying video embedded on the page?The answer, according to Google’s John Mueller back about a year ago – early March 2017 – is no. User Merlinox asked John if Google penalizes autoplaying video. John’s response was “Not at the moment. Should we? (I don’t like them either :-/).”What this means is that, as of one year ago, Google does not penalize autoplaying video, no matter how much individual users don’t like it, and even when those users work for Google. Now, you and I both know that a lot can change in a year, but I can’t find any indication or official word from Google that autoplaying videos earn a penalty now. Incidentally, if you know of any new word about the subject, please … [Read more...] about Can Autoplaying Videos Hurt Your Search Engine Rankings?
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Apple WWDC Keynote: Retina-Display MacBook Pro, iOS 6 Gets Facebook, Smarter Siri & Apple’s New Maps
At Apple’s WWDC keynote today, announcements came as expected: a new Retina-display MacBook and iOS 6 — when released this fall — to feature Facebook integration, a new all-Apple created mapping experience and a smarter Siri that handles more tasks. Apple Integrates Facebook Into iOS6 here on Marketing Land covers more about the Facebook news. Apple Gets Into Local Search With New Maps App and Apple Siri To Add Sports, Restaurants, Reservations, Movies & App Search on our sister-site Search Engine Land cover the Siri and Maps stories. Below is my my live blog of live blogs of the event below. I wasn’t at the event myself, so I watched these places that were: 9To5Mac, AllThingsD, Betanews, CNET, CNN, Engadget, Gdgt, GigaOM, Gizmodo, Mashable, New York Times, Reuters, San Francisco Chronicle, The Next Web, The Verge, TechCrunch, TechnoBuffalo, … [Read more...] about Apple WWDC Keynote: Retina-Display MacBook Pro, iOS 6 Gets Facebook, Smarter Siri & Apple’s New Maps