This week, we covered that the Google March 2024 core update is still rolling out 38 days later, but we saw more volatility this week. Just a reminder that the Google helpful content update no longer exists. Gary Illyes from
Google once again said that its indexing systems are completely independent of its ranking updates, like the core update. Gary Illyes from Google said indexing, canonicalization, and those types of "systems are independent" of core updates. Truth is, this is not news, Google has said this numerous times. In 2016, Gary Ilyes said crawl rate spikes before/during updates are a myth - they do not work like that he said. In 2022, John Mueller said helpful content updates don't trigger crawling...
As a reminder, with the release of the Google March 2024 core update, the old Google helpful content update is no longer a thing. As we reported, Google has incorporated helpfulness signals into the overall core update, but that old helpful content update is no longer around.I still see people talking about how this is a helpful content update or that the old helpful content update is simply now part of the core updates. Technically, I believe, Google has probably used elements of the old...
Google's John Mueller recommended that you do not disallow your internal footer links. A Reddit thread asked, "Should I disallow some pages that are in footer?" John replied, "If you do this, future-you will be annoyed by the problems current-you is creating."Google has often said not to nofollow internal links, calling PageRank sculting a waste of time. Heck, even Matt Cutts said in 2010 not to use nofollow for internal links.Previously, John Mueller said, "You don't hoard anything when you...
Google's Find My Device has offline tracking, but owners may disable it at their discretion. The Find My Device network from Google is incredible tech that can help users locate their devices even when they are turned off.
Google is removing searchable links to California news websites.
MUMBAI (News Agencies) – A day after the brazen firing at Bollywood megastar Salman Khan’s home, police have say one is Vishal from Gurugram and the other from Rajasthan, both reported to be members of the Rohit Godara’s gang. While Vishal a.k.a. Kalu is a […]
Google is pulling links to California news sites ahead of pending news-focused legislation. That bill, dubbed the California Journalism Preservation Act (CJPA), would require Google to pay for providing news content. Jaffer Zaidi, Google’s vice president of global news partnerships, said in a Friday (April 12) blog entry that the tech giant would conduct “a short-term […]
Google has updated the Suggest an edit feature within Google Maps business listings. Google said the new flow is "easier" and should help make updates to the Google Maps data.Google posted about this change over here and explained how the flow now works:Search for a place or select it on the map. Select “Suggest an edit” from the place listing. Select the item you wish to update, like the business name or operating hours. Make a change or select “Don't know, but this is incorrect” if you...
A recent LinkedIn discussion sparked a debate about whether Google's core algorithm updates cause delays in regular indexing processes.
The Studio Bot in Android Studio is a coding assistant that helps Android developers write better code. Today, Google announced that it is renaming Studio Bot as Gemini in Android Studio. The Gemini in Android Studio is built on Gemini 1.0 Pro model and it offers much improved responses when compared to the existing Studio […]
Google continues rolling out Gemini to different products as today the company announced that Android Studio’s bot is getting upgraded with Gemini Pro. In May 2023, during the Google I/O developer event, the company introduced Studio Bot powered by the PaLM-2 foundation model. The company is rolling out Gemini in Android Studio in more than […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.