Google: You Shouldn't Be Creating Links To Your Site

Google's John Mueller said on Twitter this morning "you shouldn't be creating links to your site in general." So there you have it - do not create links to your site, he added that he recommends you check out the webmaster guidelines.

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Google May Use IndexNow Protocol For Instant Indexing

Surprise, surprise, Google has confirmed it is testing the new IndexNow protocol that was headed by Microsoft Bing and launched a few weeks ago. I am honestly shocked and I didn't expect Google to participate since the search company has been shy when it comes to pushing content to its index over the years.

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Google Video: How Key Moments Work In Videos In Search

Danielle Marshak, Product Manager at Google, posted an absolutely outstanding video on how video key moments work in Google Search and how to get them working for your videos. While the details on the implementation are not new, they have been in the help documents for months, the video walkthrough is new and it is done super well.

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The Google November Spam Update May Have Legs

I am honestly surprised to report that I am seeing the chatter build up around ranking drops since the rollout of the Google November spam update. I am seeing numerous posts from people in the forums and on social that they got hit by this update - some claiming to be 100% white hat and not spammy.

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Googleween Is Back: Googlers In-Person, Dressed Up For Halloween

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