Don't Flat Line After The Google Medic Update
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As you know, the Google Medic update was pretty big and Google'a advice is there is no fix. But that does not mean you should sit on your hands and just wait it out. You need to work harder, make your site better or just give up altogether but don't sit idle and expect your rankings to get better without doing anything.
Google: Useful Content Position On A Page Doesn't Matter
Google's John Mueller hints that where you place your content on the page doesn't matter. This comes after Google's Gary Illyes kind of said the opposite.
Google Doesn't Always Show "More Results" Button, May Show "Next" Button
I was testing some searches on Google's mobile search results this morning and for some queries I was able to bring back the "next" button at the bottom of the search results. Google replaced the "next" button on mobile search with a "more results" button back in April. But I can consistently get the next button for specific types of queries.
Beta Google Search Console Adds Verify Sites, Manage Users & Mobile Usability Report
The new beta version of the Google Search Console keeps porting over features from the old version. In this mornings announcement Google said you can now manage users and permissions, add sites and validate ownership and view the mobile usability report.
Google: Manual Actions Are Not Based On A Single Bad Link
Google's John Mueller said on Twitter that Google does not issue manual actions, search ranking penalties, over a single bad link. The only way to get a manual action is to have a lot more than just one bad manipulative link.
Google: The Medic Update Is Global; All Categories Of Search, Not Just Health
You all know that I named the August core Google algorithm update the Medic Update because it seems highly slanted in terms of the impact it had on the health, medical and fitness niches. But Google is still going with this is a global update.
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