New Google Speed Update

January 22, 2018 More Ways to Stay Updated: RSS Twitter THE SMALL BUSINESS GUIDE TO SEARCH MARKETING  Starting July of 2018, Google will use page speed as a ranking factor in mobile search  GOOGLE SAYS The "Speed Update," as we're calling it, will only affect pages that deliver the slowest experience to users and will only affect a small percentage of queries.  ABOUT THE GOOGLE SPEED UPDATE The Google Speed Update - Search Engine Land Back in 2010, Google said page speed was a ranking factor but it "was focused on desktop searches" only. Now, in July 2018, it will look at how fast your mobile pages are and use that as a ranking factor in mobile search. Google has been promising to look at mobile page speed for years now, and it is finally coming.  FAQs on new Google Speed Update - Search Engine Land We asked Google several questions about this update, including how this impacts desktop pages, whether pages with AMP URLs but slow canonical URLs will be impacted, if webmasters will get Search Console notifications and more.  Google to Use Page Speed as Ranking Signal in Mobile Search - Search Engine Journal As important as speed will become, Google says it can be superseded by query intent. A slow page may still rank well if it's content is highly relevant to what the user is searching for.  Google Algorithm Designed To Downgrade Slow Mobile Pages - Search Engine Roundtable Google says you can measure your page speed multiple ways and they are not sharing a specific single metric to know if your site was hit by this algorithm update or not.  $100 in FREE Text Link Ads! Check out our new Link Buying Starter Kit and get: 1. A Free Link Buying Guide 2. $100 in Free Text Link Ads Get started today! MORE SEARCH ENGINE MARKETING ARTICLES Top advice and articles about search engine marketing  SEARCH ENGINE LAND What's next for technical SEO? As web technologies continue to grow and evolve, interest in technical SEO is growing along with it. Columnist Patrick Stox looks ahead to see what advancements are on the horizon and how these may impact technical SEO.  SEARCH ENGINE JOURNAL Duplicate Content on Product & Category Pages On a recent Google Webmaster Hangout a publisher asked if using content from product pages on the category pages will cause either of those pages or both to be demoted. Google's John Mueller offered his opinion on how Google handles the duplicate content  SEARCH ENGINE ROUNDTABLE Google My Business Videos Now Live Videos will appear in the overview tab of the Google My Business Dashboard. Customer uploaded videos can be found in the 'customer' tab. Merchant uploaded videos can be found in the 'by owner' tab. All videos can be viewed together in the 'videos' tab.  $100 in FREE Text Link Ads! Check out our new Link Buying Starter Kit and get: 1. A Free Link Buying Guide 2. $100 in Free Text Link Ads Get started today! Return to the Top of this Page Newsletter Information This newsletter may be freely redistributed by email in its unedited form. We encourage you to share it with others. © Copyright 2017  - Search Engine Guide - 35 W Main Street #1250, Frisco, Colorado 80443