Google's New BERT Algorithm Update: What You Need to Know and 6 Takeways You Can Apply Today
Google BERT Update - “The biggest leap forward in the past five years, and one of the biggest leaps forward in the history of Search.” (Google) Did you catch that Google launched what they deem one of the biggest advances in Search that…
How To Rank on Google Maps
Want to learn how to rank higher on Google Map? If your business doesn’t rank well on Google Maps, does it even exist? It is common knowledge that the 3-pack on Google Maps is the holy grail of local search, and that appearing as one of…
Best Local SEO Tips and Resources for 2019
Looking for some good local SEO tips? Local search has become a de facto standard for businesses that service consumers in specific locales. Your online presences is just as important (if not more important) than your offline presence. If…
How to Optimize Google My Business - Beginner's Guide
What do you get when you put ‘Google’ and ‘my business’ together? Google My Business. It’s simple grammar really (of a sort). You know what else is simple? Optimizing your Google My Business account. It’s also a complete no-brainer. At…
Get Ready! Google Chrome to Block Mixed Content Starting December 2019
If you've ignored website security and HTTPS over the last five or so years it's time to get your ducks in order because Google Chrome will block mixed content as of December 2019. Google made the big announcement concerning HTTPS and how…
How Search Intent Modifiers Affect Google SERP Features
Did you know that just one or two extra words in a search query can affect the type or types of SERP features Google shows in its results? In the world of SEO, we call these one or two extra words ‘search intent modifiers’. Why are we bothered…
How to Use Google Search Console for SEO in 2019 Like a Pro
Why is Google Search Console important? “The best place to hide a dead body is on the second page of Google Search.” We’re not entirely sure who said this famous quote first. Not even Google could tell us. What we are sure of is: (a)…
Google Data Changes Clarified in Recent Statement
Recent Google data changes in the query reports obtained through the Google Search Console (GSC) has caused a lot of headaches for website owners. Google has taken note of the confusion and recently issued a statement in an effort to clarify…
How Long Does It Take to Rank in Google Infographic
The usual answer to this burning question is ‘it depends’. Luckily, thanks to a study from marketing data company Ahrefs, we finally have a more concrete answer. In order to determine the average age of the pages in Google Top 10 results,…
New Study Finds Average Load Time for a Mobile Page is 22 Seconds
What We Can Learn from New Mobile Page Speed Insights Mobile benchmarks are changing rapidly. According to an article on Think With Google titled Find Out How You Stack Up To New Industry Benchmarks for Mobile Page Speed, the average loading…
Can Grammar Issues Eliminate Featured Snippets in Google Search?
Recently Britney Muller of Moz Blog indicated in a brief article titled Does Google Drop Featured Snippets Over Typos? on the Search Engine RoundTable site that a simple typographical error was the probable cause behind Moz losing a featured…
Understanding Crawl Budgets and How to Increase Your Website Crawl Budget with Google
Google admitted in their Webmaster Central Blog on January 16, 2017, that they don’t have an official “crawl budget definition”, indicating that a single term would not suffice. They went on to indicate that they would clarify what they…