In my last post, I wrote about how Google Chrome was showing a Not Secure warning on websites that are not HTTPs. There appears to have been a recent change, whereas Google Chrome version 62 is now showing a Not Secure warning in the regular mode. Previously, it was only showing this warning if you […]

I’ve mentioned this here before. Starting in October, Google Chrome will start warning users that an HTTP website where they’re going to enter information is not secure. In Google Chrome version 62, Google is, in fact, warning users that the page is not secure.

Last night I wrote about how you can get your domain name listed on Google’s HSTS Preload List, which is used with Google Chrome. I do recommend that you get your domain name on this list if you’ve moved your website to HTTPs already. At this point that should be everyone–if you are reading this […]

As you are well aware by now, I moved this site to HTTPs (a secure SSL site) back a few years ago when Google announced that HTTPs is, in fact, a search engine ranking factor. Google has announced that they’re making HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security) the default on all of the Google-owned TLDs, starting […]

It looks like there is a strict limit of the number of URLs that you can submit to Google using the submit URL to Google feature that I’ve written about before.

It’s no surprise that there are a lot of keyword searches being performed for keywords related to Hurricane Irma. I’ve been following the trends of keywords related to Hurricane Irma, and have been able to see some interesting data from Google Trends. People are turning to the web, specifically Google, to help make up their […]

Google’s John Mueller has confirmed that link rot is normal website maintenance. I will go one step further and say that you should be dealing with it on a regular basis. There is no confirmation or indication that dealing with link rot will improve search engine rankings. However, I personally believe that dealing with link […]

Google Search Console is reporting that pages from Microsoft’s Bing search engine are links back to websites. Today, in my regular review of the links to my website in Google Search Console, I found several suspicious links. I found about 10 Bit.ly links listed. This is normal, as others will use URL shorteners in social […]

You may recall me posting just the other day that Google’s search analytics data is one week behind. Usually, the data is two days behind. But, even after about a week, the search analytics data is now still about one week behind from being reported in Google Search Console.

Google’s Search Analytics data, available to website owners in Google Search Console, is now delayed one week. Under normal circumstances, the search query data is delayed only two days. However, right now the keywords used to find your website is now delayed one week. And Google reps so far, when questioned about this, aren’t providing […]

Starting October 2017, Google Chrome (version 62) will show a “NOT SECURE” warning when users enter text in a form on an HTTP page, and for all HTTP pages in Incognito mode. If your website is not HTTPs, and you have not moved your website to HTTPs from HTTP, then your website’s visitors will start […]

A bug in the Google My Business Posts feature, recently released to all GMB users last month, doesn’t allow businesses to use an HTTPs URL when adding a button and link to their post. As you know I’ve been critical of Google My Business and certain features, such as website URLs easily being overwritten.

I know I’ve been a pretty touch critic of Google lately, but I continue to see search results in Google that I don’t agree with. So, of course I’m going to bring it up. I recently wrote about the fact that Google’s maps results were showing up for a particular search query, antique auctions northeast […]

A while back I noticed an error in Google Search Console that was flagging Google Analytics code. The error looks like this:

This is a new one that I have not seen before. Google’s own map results are ranking in the top 10 search results for a search query. For a certain search query, “antique auctions northeast georgia”, Google is showing the maps results. But, further down the page, in the organic search results, Google is showing […]

On my site, this site, I want to track how many visitors are coming to my site’s AMP pages. I use the official WordPress AMP plugin, the one that’s officially endorsed by Google. After installing the plugin, or updating it, I edit the code and add the Google Analytics code. This has been handy for […]

I analyzed the past 6 months of Googlebot’s crawling activity on my website, specifically looking to see how often AMP pages, versus blog posts, versus pages are being crawled by Google on my site. What I found was pretty interesting.

Google’s Search Console appears to be having another possible data issue. Google Search Console is reporting no indexed pages in the Indexed Pages report. One particular website that I have verified in Google Search Console does, in fact, have pages indexed in the Google search results. However, viewing Google Search Console, they show that no […]

Can you submit a web page URL to Google from someone else’s website, that’s not indexed yet, and get that page indexed quickly? Well, Marie Haynes asked that question on Twitter and thus this blog post was born.

If you’re a website owner, you have the opportunity to verify your website with Google and get access to the Google Search Console. Previously called Google Webmaster Tools, the GSC’s goal is to provide helpful information about your website. In most cases, you can get helpful insights into areas of your website that could be […]

Update: April 20, 2017: As of April 20, 2017, this feature is fixed. I have verified this by using the tool to submit a URL to Google and getting it indexed fairly quickly (within minutes). The Submit URL to Google feature, that I wrote about a while back, is broken today. Turns out that if […]

For April Fool’s 2017, Google Maps has implemented a new feature that allows you to play Ms. Pacman on the roads. It’s Google Maps Ms. Pacman. Apparently, though, I cannot play it on the roads where I live. Turns out that there aren’t enough roads where I live, so I cannot actually play the game:

Apparently I’m one of the top SEO bloggers, according to Google. If you search Google for this: list of SEO bloggers, you will see that Google is showing a list carousel of, well, SEO bloggers. And, according to Google, I’m number nine on the list (which puts me in the top 10). Take a look […]