Five years ago, yes, that long ago, Google first began seeking applications for small business experts to become official Google Advisors. Well, after five-years, Google has launched its official Google Small Business Advisors program. This program is available for businesses located in the US. They can consult with Small Business Advisors about Google products. These small businesses can schedule a one-on-one, 50-minute video call with […]
First it was known as Google Sitemaps, then Google Webmaster Central and now it is Google Search Central. Why? Well, the team and tools are not just focused on webmasters – the same reason Google Webmaster Tools changed its name to Google Search Console. Google Sitemaps was in 2005, then in 2006, Google expanded the name to be called Google Webmaster Central. That name stuck […]
Yesterday we saw Google Search Console replace the speed report with a core web vitals report. Now, the PageSpeed Insights report also was updated to show the core web vitals report and data. Any core web vitals metrics show a blue label or badge next to it. Here is a screen shot from Glenn Gabe who posted on Twitter “FYI PageSpeed Insights was just updated […]
It sounds like the Google Search Relations team, aka John Mueller, Gary Illyes, Martin Splitt and others have started a podcast, in addition to the YouTube channel. The podcast was probably Gary’s idea, since he is camera shy. This podcast is named Search Off The Record and listening to the introduction, it sounds like this is going to be a lot of fun to listen […]
It has been a rough few months for a lot of us, so here is a corny SEO and Google joke I found on Twitter. Rob Delory asked John Mueller of Google “how many SEO’s does it take to screw in a light bulb?” John responded, “it depends.” It depends. — ? John ? (@JohnMu) May 14, 2020 Why is this a joke? Well, outside […]