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NEW Google Confirms Links Are Not That Important via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Google's Gary Illyes said that Google needs very few links, confirming that we're closer to a post-links algorithm Search Engine Journal

Make 2024 the year you take home the highest honor in search

Boost company morale, attract new business, and take home the highest honor in search. Search Engine Land

Google Answers Whether Having Two Sites Affects Rankings via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Google's John Mueller offers his thoughts on whether publishing multiple sites can negatively affect rankings Search Engine Journal

NEW How to fix a huge traffic drop after rebranding

Bounce back from a post-rebrand slump and regain branded and non-branded traffic through technical SEO, affiliate promotions and more. Search Engine Land

Google On Diagnosing A Deindexed WordPress Site via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Google's John Mueller on diagnosing why a WordPress site disappeared from the search index after changing web hosts Search Engine Journal

NEW Google Chrome IP masking could radically impact search advertising

Google's plan for IP protection would give them a monopoly on location data and drive up costs for advertisers. Search Engine Land

Google On 404 Errors And Ranking Drops via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Google's Gary Illyes responded to a question about 404 errors that coincided with a drop in search rankings Search Engine Journal

NEW Google Tests Discussion and Forums Questions With Answers Box

Google is testing showing answers in the Discussions and Forums section within the search results. Google will show the question and then add a shaded box with one of the selected answers under the [...] Search Engine Roundtable

Google Tests More Google Ad Card Formats

Google is testing another ad format, another card like format, for its search ads. We previously saw the vertical and tall ad cards, then the carousel horizontal card format and now here are just [...] Search Engine Roundtable

NEW Google Search With 16 Shopping Ads

It is good to have choices but too many choices might not be good, said some wise man. Well, here is Google giving you 16 choices of bikes in the shopping ad spot at the top of the Google Search [...] Search Engine Roundtable

NEW Google: We Need Very Few Links To Rank Pages; Links Are Less Important

Gary Illyes from Google spoke at the SERP Conf on Friday and he said what he said numerous times before, that Google values links a lot less today than it did in the past. He added that Google Search [...] Search Engine Roundtable

NEW Google Tests Posts Button In Local Listing Business Profile

Google is testing showing a "Post" button in the carousel of buttons in the Google Business Profile local listing panel. So when you view your owned business in Google Search, you may see a [...] Search Engine Roundtable

Google: It's Unlikely Your Rankings Dropped Because You Have Two Websites

Google was asked if having two websites and Google finding out about them would cause the websites to drop in rankings. John Mueller from Google said that is "not likely," adding that many [...] Search Engine Roundtable

Google Answers If Changing Web Hosting Affects SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Google's Gary Illyes answers whether changing web hosting platforms can negatively impact SEO Search Engine Journal

Daily Search Forum Recap: April 19, 2024

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... Search Engine Roundtable