Category: Google and other Search engine News

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Uptime Released by Google: Watch Youtube Videos with Your Friends

Google’s in-house start-up Area 120 Incubator, recently came up with Uptime. It is an app that was basically made to allow two or more users comment and watch YouTube content online.

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Google Updates Everyday: Here’s What You Need to Know

A couple of days ago, some webmasters were discussing what they believe to be a Google algorithm update. In response to that, John Mueller, a Webmaster Trend Analyst, kindly reminded everyone that “[Google] makes changes almost every day.”

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Google App Now Shows “Trending News” Cards on Mobile

I’ve been browsing Reddit a lot these days and a couple of hours ago, I stumbled upon what seems to be an update for the Google App – and several people have confirmed that this update is available for both the Android and iOS version of the Google App. Basically speaking, Google App now displays “Trending News” alongside the ever-present “Related Stories” carousel.

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Everything That You Need to Know About Yoast SEO 4.4

Yoast SEO is one of the biggest WordPress plugins in the world and it has recently received updates for all of its available versions. Here’s everything that you need to know:

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Google iOS App Now Supports AMP Alongside Other Changes

Google’s iOS app now finally supports AMP in the search results. It’s been about a year or so since AMP became more widely spread and finally, Google’s iOS app now supports the much-desired feature. Essentially, this means that Apple users now have access to the instant-loading pages whenever they browse the net.

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Anti-Piracy Code to Be Implemented by Google

Google has been doing their best to fight the outbreak of fake news. In line with this, Google with the cooperation of the other ‘big’ Search companies is nearing the completion of an agreement that aims to implement anti-piracy measures for search results. The code is essentially a means to purge the presence of links that violate copyright, or the law in general.

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Facebook is Changing the Way They Rank Videos

Facebook is one of the most widely accessed websites on the internet right now. It is a great way of connecting with people regardless of their distance and it’s a great way of putting out content that you want to be shared. Everyone is using Facebook with a majority of the people accessing the social media giant on their mobile phones.

It is fair to say Facebook is one of the best ways to get noticed on the internet, for good or for worse.

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HTTPS Now Mandatory for Secure Data in Chrome

If your website is one that stores sensitive personal information such as personal data or passwords then please bear in mind that at the end of January, websites without HTTPS will be marked by Google as “non-secure”.

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Google’s Mobile Interstitials Penalty has Begun

Google is keeping up with their efforts in making search more efficient by valuing pages that offer more content. This is part of their campaign to help users find the best answers to their questions with whatever device that they are using. On the other hand, this also means that they have to devalue pages that have what we call “interstitial”.

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Google’s “AMP Reports” Now Distinguish Critical and Non-Critical Errors

Google has recently announced that they made some changes to Google Search Console’s AMP reports which aims to distinctly distinguish between critical issues and non-critical issues. This is done to help users and webmasters understand the issues that would prevent their pages from being served with AMP-related issues on search as well as the non-critical issues that can simply be fixed.

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