Google: AJAX Crawling Scheme For Search Not Supported Again

The AJAX crawling schema has like nine lives, it has died many deaths but has kept coming back. The latest, John Mueller of Google said last week that "we dropped support for AJAX crawling a while ago, and now just index / render #! URLs directly." But just a reminder, it died in 2015, 2017, 2018 and in 2020 it still lived on, a bit.

from Search Engine Roundtable https://ift.tt/2RWZGak

Google Will Prefetch Websites Built Using Signed Exchanges

Jeffery Jose, Google Product Manager, not only announced that the page experience update is coming to desktop at Google I/O but also announced that "Google Search will prefetch websites built using signed exchanges." He said this was announced earlier this year but can make a huge difference with your core web vitals scores.

from Search Engine Roundtable https://ift.tt/3yYYhkr

Hide Your Phone Number In Google My Business / Google Local

Google seems to be adding a setting to Google My Business to allow businesses to hide their phone numbers from showing up in Google Maps and Google Search's local results. An updated Google help document says you can now "hide the phone number on your Business Profile."

from Search Engine Roundtable https://ift.tt/3i5qxeR

Dragon Added to Google Signage At GooglePlex

from Search Engine Roundtable https://ift.tt/3fWCWzg

Memorial Day Logos From Google, Yahoo & Bing

Today is Memorial Day in the United States and to honor the day, Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft Bing all have special logos or themes on their home page. Google also has a special inside page for its search results with an animated top right section with American flags in the grassy hills.

from Search Engine Roundtable https://ift.tt/3p7V4uk

8 Ways to Champion Animals in Your Local Business Marketing Strategy

The majority of American households now include pets, and recent global quarantines have only brought us closer to them. In today’s blog, Miriam outlines eight ways you can honor the relationships your customers have with their animals, plus tips for weaving those efforts into your local business marketing strategy.

from The Moz Blog https://ift.tt/3uFUDIt