Webmasters have been concerned for years about the rich answers/direct answers that Google shows at the top of search results. These are the times when Google provides information directly on the search results page as opposed to sending you to…
Google Rich Answers Increasing, Can You Take Advantage?
Earlier this year, Stone Temple Consulting released a study looking at Google’s rich answers in search. These are the results that appear on search results pages giving the user a direct answer on the page, reducing the likelihood that they’ll…
Site Takes Google Pounding, Reduces Staff
Google updates can have devastating effects on websites that depend on traffic from the search engine to thrive. It’s become clear over the years that it’s not wise to depend on Google or any other one source of traffic, because…
‘NCAA Bracket’ Google Search Returns Bracket On Results Page
Google has a new March Madness feature for basketball fans. When you search “NCAA Bracket” in Google, the search engine will return a bracket on the actual page, so you can see where all the teams are at in the…
Google Makes More Changes To How It Displays “Answers”
Google released its big list of 65 changes it made during the months of August and September, and once again, quite a few of them had to do with “answers”. These are the the results Google delivers that don’t take…
Google Lets You Watch Movie Trailers From SERPs
Google announced via Google+ update today that it has added a “Trailer” button for movie search results, which let you watch a trailer from YouTube without having to leave the search results. Here’s the post: Google59 minutes ago Finding the…
Google Gets Better At Not Having To Send Users To Other Sites
Google went longer than usual without sharing its normally monthly lists of algorithm changes and “search quality highlights,” but finally, at the end of last week, the company put up one giant list covering changes it made in June and…
23 Recent Changes Google Made To Give You Better Quick Answers
On Friday, Google released a list of 86 changes it made to its search engine over June and July. Some of them were directly related to quality, some related to ranking, some related to mobile, some related to how it…
Google Announces Improvements To Mobile Quick Answer Results
Google announced today that it is adding some improvements to some of the quick answers-style search results it gives users, across a variety of subject areas. “Today when you search on mobile or tablet, you’ll see some more improvements in…