• Google: Sites Hit By Helpful Content Update Could See Improvements With Next Core Update If

    Google's John Mueller was asked when can a site expect to recover from the September 2023 helpful content update, assuming the site took all measures to "fix" their site. John Mueller said you can assume "bigger changes would be visible when the next core updates happen."This came up on X:Question: Assuming a site hit by HCU in 2023 has fixed everything that caused the sitewide classifier to be applied, what is the timeframe for the site to start climbing again? Answer: "Fix" is hard to say...

  • Google Search updates, helpful content, and recovery: a guide for marketers

    On April 29, 2024, a conversation on Twitter between SEO professional Thomas Jepsen and Google's John Mueller, a Search Relations team lead, shed light on website recovery following Google's recent Helpful Content Update (HCU).

  • Google: Sites Hit By The Old Helpful Content Update Can Recover & Grow

    Google's John Mueller said again this morning that sites hit by the old September helpful content update or even new core updates can recovery. He said on X and on LinkedIn that it is possible to recover but it is not a simple change you can tweak on your website, but rather it takes a lot of effort, over time, to recover.John said that not only can you recover but you can grow. He said this morning, "Yes, sites can grow again after being affected by the "HCU" (well, core update now)."Last week...

  • Google Maps is getting two helpful new features in its latest update

    Google Maps is changing up the way you find EV charging points and giving more context to searches for roads.

  • Remove Your Content From Google's AI Overviews

    When Google announced it is rolling out AI Overviews in the US search results and last year when Google launched SGE in labs, SEOs and content creators wanted to know how to prevent their content from showing up in these responses. Well, you can, but only through Google Search controls as I covered in my larger story.Glenn Gabe tested the nosnippet control out and it worked - he wrote up a detailed case study here. He was able to remove his content and link card from the AI Overview by adding a...

  • Google updates the Play Store to be more developer-friendly

    The Google Play Store is where you get your apps, but at I/O 2024, Google has announced some updates they’ll be making.

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    You could help update the framework for regulating the cannabis industry

    PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Are you interested in helping the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission to draft rules and policies? The OLCC is looking to broaden and diversify its pool of prospective Advisory Committee participants. We are collecting information from interested individuals and industry representatives to lend their expertise to OLCC Advisory Committees. Throughout the

  • Google Again On Difference Between Algorithm Updates & Data Refreshes

    Danny Sullivan, Google's Search Liaison, posted on X explaining the differences between algorithm updates, like core updates, and then data refreshes, the data that goes into those ranking systems. This is actually something Matt Cutts, former Googler, did back in 2006, on his blog and now Danny Sullivan did a short version of it on X.In short, Google has coding updates to how algorithms work and then Google is constantly doing data refreshes to the signals that the algorithms use for ranking....

  • Google helps improve your productivity with Gemini AI in Workspaces

    Google has today announced a wealth of new updates to its AI models including new features and availability of its Gemini 1.5 Pro together with two new Gemma AI models and 1.5 Flash. Google has also introduced new ways that you can improve your productivity using its Gemini AI in Google Workspaces. Google Gemini AI […]

  • When will my Google Pixel get the Android 15 update?

    Google has released the first Android 15 beta ahead of a wider rollout later this year – but when exactly will the final version of Android 15 be released? And more specifically, when will eligible Google Pixel devices get the update? While we’re still some time away from Android 15 landing on your Pixel smartphone, here, we cover everything there is to know about the upgrade right now, from Pixel rollout date speculation to supported devices and how to get in on the action early with the...

  • What do Google’s AI updates mean for everyday users?

    The tech giant has confirmed a range of new tools and services are on the way.

  • Ask Google Photos to help make sense of your gallery

    Google is inserting more of its Gemini AI into many of its product and the next target in its sights is Photos. At its I/O developer conference today, the company's CEO Sundar Pichai announced a feature called Ask Photos, which is designed to help you find specific images in your gallery by talking to Gemini.  Ask Photos will show up as a new tab at the bottom of your Google Photos app. It'll start rolling out to One subscribers first, starting in US English over the upcoming months. When you...