Gary Illyes, one of the faces of Google webmaster relations in the post-Matt Cutts era, gave an interview to Search Engine Journal discussing Accelerated Mobile Pages, the Mobile-Friendly update, and more. When mobile-friendliness came up in the conversation, he noted…
Google Will Announce The Long-Anticipated Penguin Update
Well, here we are halfway through April, and still no sign of that long-anticipated Penguin update. Google has been hinting at rolling this thing out for many months. At one point it was supposed to happen before the end of…
Google Talks Coming Penguin Update
There’s no telling when Google will finally launch the next, much-anticipated Penguin update. Now, Google’s Gary Illyes, who has been hinting at dates over the past year (only to have these dates pass by penguinless) has said that he’s just…
Google Is Changing How It Sends Webmasters Messages
Google announced that over the coming weeks it’s going to be changing the way it sends messages in Search Console (formerly Webmaster Tools) and to whom it sends them. Google Webmaster Trends analyst Gary Illyes announced this in a post…
Google Says Penguin Refresh Is Still Months Away
Early last month, Google provided webmasters and SEOs with an update on what was going on with Panda and Penguin. The former was said to be coming in two to four weeks from that time, but that never happened. It’s…
Google Wants To Watch You While You Work
Google revealed that it wants to start going to people’s places of business, and watch them work. It says it wants to learn about how it can help you manage your sites easier. Google’s Gary Illyes talked about it in…