Twitter Tests Threaded Replies and Online Status Indicators by @MattGSouthern
Twitter gave users a sneak peek at some changes that are in the works, including comment threads and the ability to see when someone is online.Sara Haider, Twitter’s director of product management, showed off these new features by tweeting a…
Why Google Shows Featured Snippets With Images from Another Site
For a few years now, Google has sometimes shown featured snippets where the text is from one site, but the image shown within the featured snippet itself is actually from a second site. Last year, Google confirmed that it would…
Google My Business Adds “Veteran-led” Identifier for Local Listings by @MattGSouthern
Google has added a new attribute to Google My Business listings for identifying when a business is led by a veteran.Google’s Sean O’Keefe, a former Staff Sergeant in the US Army, made the announcement today while revealing that millions of…
Expect Googlebot Crawl Increase With Changes to CDNs
Whenever you make major changes to something about the website, it is natural you see significant changes in the amount of crawling the Google but does on the site. This is completely normal and expected.The same is also true when…
The Time is Right for ABM
Google Tests New Design for Desktop Search Results by @MattGSouthern
Google has been spotted testing a new design for desktop search results, which features a sticky header and a rounded search bar.A Reddit user noticed the test and started a thread that contains a couple of screenshots.I have not seen…
Facebook bans first app since Cambridge Analytica, myPersonality, and suspends hundreds more
Google Sending Out Notifications for HTTPS Site Migration Issues
Google is now sending out a new notice to search console users detailing issues that Google has discovered when a site has migrated to HTTPS.The email notice states what percentage of the site is no longer indexed after the HTTPS…
Agile SEO: Moving from Strategy to Action by @jes_scholz
Impactful SEO is rarely executed by a lone wolf.You need buy-in for resources. Often from someone higher up.Say, your CMO.Well speaking as a CMO, I’m sorry to tell you, that those detailed multi-page SEO documents where you lay out your…
Google Does Not Use Quality Raters for Machine Learning Algos
Whenever there is a new quality raters guidelines released by Google, there is always lots of speculation about what Google does with the data from those ratings. And does that include machine learning?Google confirmed that they use quality raters to…
LinkedIn to Integrate Groups into the Mobile App by @MattGSouthern
LinkedIn plans to bring Groups back to mobile by integrating the feature into its flagship app.Previously, LinkedIn offered a standalone Groups app for iOS. However, it was removed this past February.When LinkedIn removed the standalone Groups app the company announced…