How long does a site link take to show on Google?
In Google’s world, a “site link” is a specific term that refers to additional links that show up under main organic listings.
What’s in my SEO Toolbox for 2019
Welcome to the 3rd annual What’s in my SEO Toolbox post. SEO is always interesting. It’s always changing. But 2019 has been a particularly interesting year with respect to SEO. How? Well besides the typical algorithmic changes by the search engines, Google switched from desktop indexing to mobile indexing. And then there’s voice search (Alexa,…
Google Expands Rich Results Widget with Question and Answer pages
As the world’s largest search engine, Google is used by people who are seeking information to all kinds of questions. Many of those questions are answered by Companies who publish answers to questions users have asked their customer service departments, but that’s not the only source of information. Often, the information users are looking for…
Search Engine Strategies Conference Shuts Down
It was reported earlier this week by Barry Schwartz (Rusty Brick Consulting and Search Engine Roundtable) and Bill Hartzer that Search Engine Strategies – the series of SEO conferences started by industry pioneer Danny Sullivan back in the late 1990s – and ClickZ Live Events are no more. While the ClickZLive site (https://www.clickzlive.com/events) is still online, the SES conference…
The Future of Search
How yesterday’s science fiction has become today’s reality. In his keynote address at SMX West this morning, Beshad Behzadi (Google’s Director of Conversational Search) opened with two video clips. The first – from a 1960’s episode of Star Trek – showed Captain Kirk (William Shatner) asking the ship’s computer for information on two different people. The second was a trailer from the…
Google Updates Webmaster Guidelines
Google Updates Their Webmaster Guidelines If you’re not an SEO professional, you’re probably asking yourself, “Why do Google’s Webmaster Guidelines matter to me?” The answer is quite simple: Following Google’s Webmaster Guidelines “…will help Google find, index, and rank your site.” And that’s a good thing. If there’s any doubt as to how important these changes…
Is There A Right Time to Think About SEO?
Before you answer, I should tell you that this is a trick question. There really isn’t a “right” time because if you’re going to do SEO properly, the right time is all the time. So maybe the better question is, is there a wrong time to think about SEO. The answer to that question is easy. Yes, there is a…
Can Any Inbound Linking Hurt My Ranking?
The answer to this question used to be a simple “no”. However that is not longer the case. What your inbound link profile looks like – how many links you have coming into your web site as well as the authority and trust value those links come from – can and will influence your sites…
Local Lighthouse Sued for Impersonating Google
At one point or another, if you’re a business owner, you’ve probably received a robocall call that goes something like this: “It’s extremely urgent that we speak to the business owner! We’ve tried to reach you numerous times. Our records indicate that your Google Business Listing has not been claimed…” The caller on the other…
International SEO Considerations
Paying attention to a few details before you roll out that new web site can make a big difference with your international SEO efforts You’ve done your due diligence. You have selected the countries where your company has a solid business opportunity; you’ve picked out your products and services; you’ve designed your web site and made sure that…