Usually I start off these monthly updates with what I’ve learned this month, but I didn’t want to bury the important Google announcements. You can see my excitement and key takeaways from Mobile Moxie’s presentation later in this post. In the meantime, here are the big announcements over the last month that I wanted to share: […]
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Google Search Console limitations and measurement issues
Editor’s note: This post was updated on February 6, 2024, to add new data about keyword information missing from Google Search Console (GSC), how GSC measures impressions, and areas where Google Search Console (GSC) and Google Analytics differ in their reporting. Google Search Console data can be misleading. I want to walk through how Google’s […]
Goodbye rel=prev/next – Why you might still want to use it
Did you see the Google announcement that they don’t use rel=prev and rel=next? The SEO community is in an uproar around not being told that this signal has not been used by Google for YEARS without telling us. If you’re just catching up, here’s the Google announcement: And here’s a screenshot from their blog post about […]
New SEO Tips and Tricks I Picked Up: January 2019
Search and social news and what I learned about SEO last month… Over the last year I’ve been sharing SEO and social media news with you monthly and I’ve decided to change the format a bit. In addition to sharing with you what I believe are the news announcements, research findings, and new tactics of […]
Search and Social Updates: December 2018
Wow. 2018 is coming to a close and what a year it has been for search updates! It’s also been a big year for me personally and professionally. It’s been nice over the last next few weeks during the holiday break. I’ve used it to catch up with my own reading and professional development. I hope […]
Search and Social Updates -October 2018
October was busy for me with lots of new opportunities, existing client work and a family wedding in Maine that we attended. It was a busy month for SEO updates too. Here are the search updates in October that I thought you shouldn’t miss: Impact of Google’s 20th Anniversary announcements on SEO Google celebrated their […]
Search and Social Updates -September 2018
Again, another month has gone by and I’ve rounded up the search news and research that I think you can’t miss. Google (as usual) has made some changes over the last month, they celebrated their 20th year in business, rolled out new features, and have given us a hint of where they are going. There’s […]
Search & Social Updates for August, 2018
Here we go. There is only one update for August, and I’m realize that I’m posting it in September. This is not because there weren’t any updates (in fact, there was a big Google “broad core” algorithm update). There’s a great SEO community discussion about the update on this Twitter thread that I think is […]
Search & Social Updates July 9 -July 31, 2018
There was great SEO research this week in addition to Google announcements, updates and changes in Google Analytics. So, let’s get to it. SERPs without an organic opportunity Spotted in the wild: A SERP with 13 “other” links besides URLs. A good reminder to check your SERPs before picking a keyword to target: Google Human […]
Weekly Search & Social Updates June 25-July 8, 2018
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted a search news update -My family took a break for the entire July 4th week. We enjoyed the DC museums and, like the rest of the country, tried desperately to stay cool. There were so many updates this week that this post is longer than usual. So buckle in […]
Are you tracking all of your Organic traffic in Google Analytics?
I saw this great article on Moz about Direct traffic by Tom Bennett the other day and it prompted me to write this post, which includes a checklist you can use to ensure that you’re tracking all of your organic search traffic (and SEO work!) in Google Analytics. I also wanted to make sure that my […]
Weekly Search & Social Updates June 1-15, 2018
Dear Reader, I’ve been gathering some great stuff to share with you over the last three weeks. I’m now back in the DC area from a wedding in Victoria, BC and from Search Love Boston. First – my SEO insight from the wedding: I counsel a few clients on international expansion and whether or not […]
