For over a decade, adding noindex directives on your robots.text file has been supported by Google. However, Google is starting to make changes on some of the unsupported directives on robots.txt file, this includes the noindex directives. According to Google, effective 1 September 2019 it will stop supporting all codes that handle unsupported and …
0These days, businesses rely a great deal on their online reputations. With every search for a store, service provider or place of business, you get hit with star ratings and customer reviews which you can’t ignore. And it certainly doesn’t hurt when a business has plenty of good reviews and 5 star ratings. So how …
0Have you noticed a new item on your list of suggestions when typing a search into google? Many users have been noticing a new link at the bottom of their suggestions – Report Inappropriate Suggestions. This is a new feature Google has been testing in conjunction with their newest update, “Project Owl”. After a recent …
0Google has been working on a new feature to bring home services, such as plumbers, electricians and gardeners, to the searcher through new “local service ads”. The update has been progressively rolling out, most recently coming out in San Francisco, which Google themselves have confirmed. The purpose of Google’s home services ads is to promote …
0A new patent was recently granted to Google which could see a change in the way that search results are calculated. This is big news for online marketers and SEOs. What is this change? How it works is Googlebot is considering all the queries that are being inputted in Google and looks at it like …
0Have you come across Microsoft’s “SCROOGLED” ad campaign? Not many have so I thought I would take this opportunity, introduce it to you and voice my thoughts. Pointed directly at Google Microsoft is acting like a 5 year old in desperation for attention! “You Wait Google, I’m gonna show you, im gonna tell all your …
0So whats new in webmaster tools? Google is warning all site owners that their websites may be disadvantaged in search, especially in mobile search. Since October 2014 Google has introduced a new feature into webmaster tools tracking your mobile design and performance. If you don’t have a mobile site your webmaster tools will simply throw …
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