Google search

Colons: When using Google search to search for specific websites or even content from particular sites, you can include colons in your search. For example, Coffee: Starbucks will give results for Coffee made from Starbucks company. All other unrelated information to Starbucks will not be displayed. Sometimes you may be using an individual site, and maybe it does not give satisfactory results, therefore you may want to try out other related sites. This can be very easy if you can adapt this trick; (related: Alibaba.com). This will not only give you Alibaba results but also other related sites which can be very useful and time-saving. … [Read more...] about Useful Tips for Better Google Searches in 2018

If you try to check your Google Search Console report for crawl stats, you may notice that the report has not been updated for about a week. The last data you can get is from back on May 23rd. There are several reports of this in the Google Webmaster Help. … [Read more...] about Google Search Console Crawl Stats Stopped Updating On May 23rd

Note that Search Console metrics can be aggregated by either site or by page (URL). This is configured in the Data Source creation flow, where users can select either “Site Impression” or “URL Impression”. To learn more about the distinction between these two methods please see the Search Analytics Report Help Center article. … [Read more...] about Google Data Studio Integrates With Google Search Console

Update: This was shared by Alan by mistake, he didn't realize he was under NDA when he shared it with us. It was posted on Search Engine Land and afterwards, he realized it was something he was not allowed to share. By then the story and images were out and it was too late. Alan, like everyone, made a mistake - I make mistakes also, plenty of them. But removing the story now, doesn't really solve the issue, in my opinion. And honestly, it is not like any leaked credit card data or the information that can hurt someone. … [Read more...] about New Beta Google Search Console Screen Shots

Going forward from July 14, 2017, the metrics may look different because of how Google measures the search results in the lower positions. Google updated the data anomalies page to say they made an "incremental improvement in Google's logging system now provides better accounting for results in lower positions." Google explained that "this change might cause increase in impressions, but also a decrease in average positions." … [Read more...] about Google Search Analytics Report Updated To Better Account For Lower Position Search Results