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GMB Product Catalog Feature
Google My Business

Google Made Its Product Catalog Feature Global

On October 2018, Google added Product Catalogs feature in Google My Business pages and this feature was previously available in mobile search results only. But on 4th April 2019, Google made an update to its Google My Business Profiles and with this
301 Redirection
Technical SEO

Does 301 Redirection Count as Backlink?

Recently on Twitter, John Mueller of Google was asked about whether a 301 page from one domain count as a backlink to the target page of another domain? And to provide clarity on this, John said, Google wouldn’t count that as a link and links to t
Old Google Search Console Properties Removal
Technical SEO

Is It Ok To Remove Old Search Console Properties?

Recently on Twitter a query was raised regarding the removal of old search console properties by users once they have created their new domain property in the spirit of good housekeeping. Regarding this question John Mueller of Google replied that i
New Google My Business Community
Google My Business

Google Launched New Google My Business Help Community

Yesterday, Google launched a new Google My Business Help Community. The previous Google My Business Community is still live but in read only mode and will be closed by July 2019. We've launched a new Google My Business Help Community and hope to see
Google Crawl Rate After Missing Sitemap
Technical SEO

Google Won’t Change Crawl Rate If Your Sitemap Goes Missing

A few days back Martin MacDonald asked a question to Google’s John Mueller on Twitter regarding a hypothetical scenario where a popular site having a sitemap with thousands of new pages that is visited by Google every day & suppose the sitemap
Unclean Website Headers Impact
Technical SEO

Google Doesn’t Have Exceptions for Sites with Unclean Headers

Recently on Twitter, Kristine Schachinger questioned whether iframe code added in the head part of the website after the execution of Akamai tracking’s loader snippet is breaking Google Crawler. Also, Barry Adams backed this question and said, the
SEO Bonus for Images
Technical SEO

No SEO Bonus for Having Images on Same Host/Domain

There has been considerable dilemma among webmasters regarding the possible impact of images that are hosted on a CDN which is on a subdomain or separate website on maintaining links, traffic & SEO value. Recently this query was raised on Twitte
Google Search Console Domain Properties
Google

Google Launched “domain properties” in Search Console

Http, https, www, non-www; all these versions of your website might be considered as different domains by Google. That’s why earlier, Google used to ask to add & verify all these versions in Google Search Console manually and to set the preferr
E-Commerce Category Pages Content
SEO Tips, Technical SEO

Google’s View on Content of E-Commerce Websites Category Pages

In E-Commerce websites category pages, we often come across a page heading followed by product listings and then a big chunk of text at the bottom. So, is it a good practice? Obviously NO. We all know this answer as this is not a standard optimiza
Google Maps App Follow Button Feature
Google Maps

Get Updates of Your Favorite Places from the Google Maps App on iOS

Google this week has added one cool feature in its Google Maps app on iOS. This feature enables iOS users to get updated info with a single tap. All you need to do is to search for any new of your favorite place and tap the Follow button. You will b
Google Local Search Results Checker
Google Volatility Report

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