Google Updates Us On Search Updates Communication
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I guess Google is sick of me asking them about their search algorithm updates because they posted a long Twitter rant/stream on how they communicate updates. Danny Sullivan on the @searchliaison account posted when and why they communicate about updates, how many updates they do, what it means to you and what you can or cannot do about them.
Google: Huge Opportunity In Knowing JavaScript For Technical SEO
Google's John Mueller believes that there is a lot of opportunity for a technical SEO to learn JavaScript. He said that there is going to be a lot more JavaScript development over the next couple years than in the previous two decades and having that skillset as a technical SEO gives you a competitive advantage over other SEOs.
Google Again Tests Favicons In Search Results Snippets
Google is once again testing favicons in the search results snippets near the title of the result. We've seen Google test this last year, in 2013, in 2009 and other times. Here is a more recent screen shot from this year from Ric Rodriguez on Twitter.
Google: If It Is Not Documented, It Can Change Over Time
Here is some advice from Google's John Mueller on Reddit. He said, "my go to answer for these kind of questions is if it's not documented it could change over time." The question was on how Google treats 301 versus 308 redirects.
New Google My Business Clear Option For Attributes
Google My Business lets you add attributes to your local business listing but there is no quick way to remove or clear these attributes. That is until today, Google just added a new feature clear out some of the attributes on your business.
Google People Also Search In Local Search Results
It looks like Google also has the "people also search for" feature in the local search finder results as well. If you go to the local results and click on a result and then click back to the results, Google will show you the "people also search for" carousel under that snippet.
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