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3 Pitfalls of Using Social as a Ranking Signal & Why Links STILL Matter

Google built their algorithm around links and they remain the strongest ranking signal. While social metrics are important and they provide value outside of SEO, there are a number of pitfalls...

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Google Action Against Pregnancy Center Ads Stirs Confusion, But Does Not...

You may have read this week that some paid ads by pro-life oriented crisis pregnancy centers have been removed by Google after pro-choice political advocacy group NARAL claimed credit for getting the...

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Google “Pigeon” Updates Local Search Algorithm With Stronger Ties To Web...

Google has released a new algorithm to provide a more useful, relevant and accurate local search results that are tied more closely to traditional web search ranking signals. The changes will be...

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Google Says HTTPS Is A Ranking Signal, But It’s Not Really

Is it worth it for webmasters to switch to HTTPS in light of Google’s recent announcement? The post Google Says HTTPS Is A Ranking Signal, But It’s Not Really appeared first on Search Engine Land....

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Google May Use What’s On TV As A Ranking Signal, According To New Patent by...

Bill Slawski at SEO By The Sea broke the news this morning that Google has been granted a patent that appears to show they’re working on a method to use information about what’s airing on TV in your...

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Google Patent Aims to Use TV as a Signal in its Search Algorithm

A new patent granted to Google will use signals related to TV shows that are “currently being displayed in proximity to an electronic device” being used to perform a search. View full post on Search...

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Mindshare and Google Collaborate to Create Search As Signal

Search As Signal provides real-time insights that have the potential to influence keyword search and paid media choices. View full post on Home – SearchEngineWatch

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SEO: Google to Make ‘Mobile-friendly’ a Ranking Signal – Practical Ecommerce

Practical Ecommerce SEO: Google to Make 'Mobile-friendly' a Ranking SignalPractical EcommerceDo you have a mobile or responsive site? If not, on April 21 you may find it harder to rank in Google's...

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Google: User Experience As A Ranking Signal Is Currently Only For Mobile...

Google’s desktop algorithm doesn’t use web page user experience as a ranking signal – that is only a mobile ranking signal. The post Google: User Experience As A Ranking Signal Is Currently Only For...

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Is Google AMP a ranking signal?

So I’ve been working my backside off trying to implement Google’s Accelerated Pages, with limited amounts of success and bucket-loads of frustration and I’ve come to the point now where I have to ask…...

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Why links are still the core authority signal in Google’s algorithm

Link metrics have been the foundation of Google’s ranking algorithm since the beginning, but could anything ever surpass links as a ranking signal? Columnist Jayson DeMers speculates. The post Why...

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Teaching your self-driving car to say “Try a turn signal, jerk!”

Signs, waves, and honks are all part of traffic vocabulary, providing drivers with an efficient way to tell pedestrians and other drivers what they are about to do. In the autonomous future, cars...

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