Lost rankings due to the suspected Google update? You might not be wrong. Google has recently confirmed that they ran a “broad core algorithm update” earlier this month, impacting the appearance and rankings of some websites across search results. Acknowledging the update Google posted on…
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If you have been sitting back thinking that you’re not going to be punished for overlooking page speed, you’re in for a shock. Google has recently announced that from July this year mobile page speed will become a ranking factor in mobile search, and in…
Google has recently confirmed that they have made changes to the way in which snippets show in their search results in order to provide search engine users with more descriptive information. Snippets is a term that refers to the description of a page/website shown underneath…
Following a seven year investigation the European Union has fined Google £2.1billion for abusing its internet search monopoly and favouring its own content in shopping search results. This penalty is the largest ever compensation fine from the European Commission – double of that handed to…
Google has announced that Job Listings are now going to be coming to Google’s search engine results in a much more prominent way – allowing for both job hunters and companies searching for the greatest employees to more easily discover exactly what they’re looking for….
Recent news stories have highlighted how Google is now taking Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) into the main organic mobile search results. Many however have been left confused by this, and after receiving a number of phone calls enquiring about AMP pages, we thought that it…
Google have announced that they are currently testing longer text ads in search results across all devices; saying that these expanded text ads will be accessible to all advertisers at some point later this year. Following the removal of the ads previously found on the…
Recent reports have drawn attention to the largely well-received new search feature on Google; coloured filter buttons across searches, already rolled out in the US. The search engine had already tested the coloured filters on image searches, but now it is being applied across the…
A big problem for online retailers (or anyone who sells a service online) is basket and cart abandonment. This occurs when visitors to a site select products and services to buy, but fail to go through to point of purchase. And of course it is…
In August, Google announced the launch of a parent company called Alphabet. Alphabet encompasses all companies either owned by or tied to Google, some of them being Google itself, Google X, Google Ventures and Google Capital. The reorganisation of Google into Alphabet was completed on…