Thanks to a find from Martin MacDonald, Google are explicitly giving this warning in the SERP’s (meta desc placeholder): “A description for this result is not available because of this site’s robots.txt – learn more.” Here’s an example screenshot generated by this query: https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ayoast.com%2Fbugs%2F&pws=0
Update Vanity URL’s are now being rolled out, have a look at the headline strap on your profile if you can claim your URL. A recent post by Saurabh Sharma at Google gave examples of vanity URL’s becoming available for Google+ for profiles and pages, she cited examples of brands and celebrities. Until now the only way to get…read more →
Ok did you just get the dreaded Google unnatural links warning message in Webmaster Tools? Oh no is my site to be penalised? Usually this would be the way, but no, even more confusion and panic after the latest spam messages received as Google’s head of web spam Matt Cutts explained on G+: If you received a message yesterday about…read more →
Google are finally launching Google TV in the UK, it’s been a long time coming and set-top boxes made by Sony will be available in UK stores from 16 July, prices starting at £200. What is Google TV (If you don’t already know)? Google TV allows you to surf the internet, play games and watch videos through your TV using Android software…read more →
Another month and another Google update from their Inside Search quality changes for March. Google have announced 50 new search updates, I will look at a few specifics in detail: As I eluded to in last months Google February 40 changes post, there was an interesting update was mentioned regarding link evaluation, now there is a little bit more detail and will…read more →
Google updated their Inside Search quality changes for February this week and announced 40 new updates, i will digest the list and feedback on specific SEO related changes. Firstly, an interesting update was mentioned regrinding link evaluation, as ever Google are quite vague on the update as to not unlock Pandora’s box with secrets of the algorithm, but interesting none the less as to what…read more →
So it begins, Google to kill off organic data to webmasters for logged in users, I won’t re-hash and rant as there are plenty of useful posts out there. I will provide a quick summary though, the data is still there but Google only offering aggregated data through Webmaster Tools but as mentioned by Barry Schwartz on Search Engine Roundtable, it’s…read more →
Ok i’ll get straight to the point of my +1 post, i won’t bore you with will it kill SEO or how cool is it? I have been playing around with this new social tool and spotted a couple of observations when a site has been +1′d: When using the preview option for a +1 site, you get a little…read more →
Google Recipe Search Not sure what to make for your tea (dinner if not a mancunian)? Google Recipe will make your life easier http://www.google.com/search?q=red+thai+curry&tbs=rcp%3A1 Only on google.com at present, also tells you calories where available. You want a prawn curry (shrimp if you’re an American) not chicken I hear you ask? Simply select the recipe element you don’t want in your…read more →
Quick post, it has been announced that a Google algorithm update is to happen in the US only for now but the recent Chrome block sites extension has helped identify 84% of blocked sites match in the algo. What does this mean? Potentially for UK SERPS in the future sites that may be marked as link selling or spam sites…read more →