Google: Lighthouse Scores Do Not Affect Google Search

Google's John Mueller, with a tad of annoyance, posted on Twitter that "lighthouse scores do not affect Google Search." He then shares a tweet about people cloaking and cheating their lighthouse scores as a scam to trick Google.

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

SEOs Want Opt Out For Google Title Change But How

This title change has been causing a lot of stir in the SEO community. Personally, I think it will eventually blow over, like so many other things. But ultimately most SEOs by far want an opt out feature to force Google to use your HTML title tag over something else it finds on your page or pointing to your page.

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

Google's Title/Header Change Does Not Impact Rankings

There are a lot of people asking if the title/header change Google made on August 17th has any impact on rankings. Like, is Google uses the new title it itself generated for ranking purposes. The answer is no, there was no ranking change with this - as I wrote originally.

from Search Engine Roundtable https://ift.tt/38ohlMD

Survey Says Most SEOs Do Not Use Bing Webmaster Tools

Most SEOs do not login to Bing Webmaster Tools, a recent Twitter poll determined. The poll asked "SEO's do you ever log in to Bing Webmaster Tools?" It had 1,220 results, which is a pretty big response.

from Search Engine Roundtable https://ift.tt/3gKpUG5

Google My Business Mentor Trophy

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

Wading Into Local SEO: 7 Absolute Beginner FAQs, Simply Answered

Miriam answers seven of the most common questions from searchers looking for an introductory understanding of what “local SEO” means, who needs it, how it works, how to study it, and more!

from The Moz Blog https://ift.tt/3kxSP1r