Google Search Console Tutorial: Analyzing Traffic Drops

Google has published on the Search Off The Record podcast, which was a recording from brightonSEO session, where John Mueller of Google said that he believes that over time, links as a ranking factor will be not as important and not as big as a ranking factor as it is today. In short, links won’t... <a class="read-more" href="https://goodmorningcoffee.club/index.php/2022/11/06/google-links-will-be-less-important-as-a-ranking-factor-in-the-future/">more...</a>

Google’s John Mueller suggests that keyword-rich domain names may be detrimental to a website’s long-term success.

Google has posted a new help document for posting restrictions around user-generated content in Google Maps. This is specific to reviews, photos, and videos users may update to Google Maps. This may also include content such as ratings or Q&A topics. I spotted this via LocalU who wrote, “This is the first time that Google has broken down the... <a class="read-more" href="https://goodmorningcoffee.club/index.php/2023/01/23/new-google-maps-posting-restrictions-for-user-generated-content-reviews-photos-videos/">more...</a>

Yes, Google can pass PageRank and other link signals from an HTTP non-secure URL to HTTPS secure URL through redirects. John Mueller from Google said this is how Google does canonicalization and that there is “no special “security dust” involved.