According to Google, individual sites that are ready for Google’s mobile-first index will be indexed first. Hall Analysis first covered the mobile-first index announcement a few weeks back. According to Google webmaster trends analyst, Gary Illyes, Google’s mobile-first index is expected to begin in 2018. Although a mobile-first index had been hinted at since 2015, […]
Google’s Test My Site Has New Page Speed Features
On Wednesday, Google revealed a new updated group of features for their Test My Site. This update followed new statistics that show that most web pages lose half of their visitors in the time it takes for the web page to buffer. This updated tool can now indicate the number of visitors a web page […]
Google Claims Website Changes Can Take Up To Three Months to Be Indexed
Google webmaster trends analyst, Gary Illyes, revealed that although Google claims that a site domain move takes two weeks, it can really take up to three months. A site move that can take the full three months might entail creating a new domain followed by rebranding for that name change. Illyes publicized this information at […]
Google’s Mobile-First Index is Slated to Launch in 2018
According to Gary Illyes, Google webmaster trends analyst, Google’s mobile-first index is slated to launch in 2018 at the earliest. The idea of the mobile-first index was announced back in 2015 when Illyes hinted at the subject via a tweet. Then in 2016, Illyes again brought up the topic of the mobile-first index but revealed […]
Google Says Order of HREFLANG Attributes Don’t Matter
John Mueller of Google replied to tweet stating that the order of the hreflang language attributes doesn’t matter, according to Search Engine Roundtable. Mueller, a Google Webmaster Trends Analyst, shared this information as he replied to a tweet. Google uses these hreflang characteristics to show the precise language or local URL in search results. Sites […]