Yes, The Google Sitemap Ping Tool Still Works

Google's John Mueller was asked on Twitter if the sitemap ping tool still works or not. John said that he is "not aware of any changes there, and the URL seems to be responding to get requests as usual." In fact, the official documentation still has this as an option.

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Google: We Now Use Titles 87% Of The Time vs 80% & Here Is Why

I've been asking Google for a month now how big of a change was the title change - where did it go from and to? Well, Google did tell us it uses HTML title tags 80% of the time but it didn't tell us what that number was before. Now Google changed it to use it 87% of the time. What was it before the change, I am not sure.

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Google: Intrusive Interstitials Don't Impact Indexing But Can Impact Ranking

Google's John Mueller said on Twitter that mobile intrusive interstitial elements won't generally impact indexing but it can have a ranking impact. This goes back to the old Google Intrusive Interstitials Mobile penalty.

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Google: Accessibility Site Changes Aren't Against Our Webmaster Guidelines

Google's John Mueller made it sound like making site changes in the spirit of accessibility won't result in a Google penalty or violation of Google's Webmaster Guidelines. John said on Twitter "I don't see a problem."

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Acrobats At Google Kirkland, Seattle

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