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 … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
All the rage nowadays amongst SEOs is about Google's featured snippets that show up in the search results. It's that coveted "rank zero" that everyone wants to get. Not only can you rank on the first page, but if your content is good enough, then … [Continue reading]
Internal linking on your own website is powerful. When you link to another relevant page on your website, your giving your readers and website visitors a chance to click on over to another page. Another page on your website that they might be … [Continue reading]
We all know by now that you don't need to actually submit your URL to Google or "submit URL to Google". Google's crawlers typically are so good about crawling the web that you don't need to tell them about a new URL or a new page. And, it's been this … [Continue reading]
The search engine Ask.com leaked its server log files, displaying all of its users' aearch queries to the public. For a few hours today, you searched for a keyword on Ask.com, the public could see what you searched for. … [Continue reading]