Webcology takes a deeper look at the ecosystem of the Internet as it affects webmasters and web marketers from the points of view of two well known web marketers, Jim Hedger and Dave Davies. Based on interviews with special high-profile guests or panels, Webcology introduces, explores and explains how the various segments of the web marketing world work.
Google Union Busting https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/01/google-hired-union-busting-consultants-to-convince-employees-unions-suck/ Project Vivian.” In the words of one senior manager, Project Vivian existed “to engage employees more positively and convince them that
Moving into the New Year I have a strange sense of déjà vu. Tonight we’re gonna party like it’s 2020 Two, the updated edition. This
Jim and Dave speak to Mike Rhodes, a serial entrepreneur and founder of one of Australia’s largest digital marketing firms, Websavvy about his book, the
The SEO who wasn’t (learned a few tricks) https://www.seroundtable.com/seo-learned-a-few-tricks-job-32596.html Google <3’s affiliates just like affiliates <3 Google – No nofollow? No Problems https://www.seroundtable.com/google-wont-penalize-no-nofollowing-affiliate-links-32597.html You don’t
The Effect of Expired Landing Pages and other items from your website’s landfill on SEO https://searchengineland.com/how-expired-landing-pages-kill-your-google-rankings-377055 Great piece by Kasper Szymanski at SEL.Google local search
Jim Hedger hosts a Holiday SEO Roundtable Discussion with Kristine Schachinger, Jenny Halasz, and Ryan Jones. 6 signs you need to migrate your ecomm store. Now
Jim and Dave speak with Mark Traphagen (VP of Product Marketing & Training) and Mitul Gandhi, (Chief Architect & Co-Founder) of seoClarity. They discuss the
Old XML Sitemaps won’t help your migration recoveries very much https://www.seroundtable.com/google-old-xml-sitemaps-url-migration-32441.html Google’s SEO Interactive Checklist https://www.seroundtable.com/google-interactive-seo-checklist-32447.html https://developers.google.com/search Google Translated Search https://www.seroundtable.com/google-translate-help-docs-32446.html Google Updates Indian searches
Google November spam update is fully rolled out by @rustybrick. November Spam Update might be a bit less well adjusted than… https://www.seroundtable.com/google-november-spam-update-impactful-32394.html Hi Robot https://www.seroundtable.com/googlebot-ip-addresses-32402.html
Google Tackles Spam and Adult Content An update targeting content that doesn’t follow the Google guidelines started rolling out today. Named the November Spam Update…
Facebook changes company name to Meta https://cnb.cx/3blo77s The company will also change its stock ticker from FB to MVRS, effective Dec. 1 Out of the
Facebook Corporate Rebrand To Reflect Role In the Metaverse https://dailyhive.com/toronto/facebook-new-name-rebrand-report Story broke in TheVerge https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/19/22735612/facebook-change-company-name-metaverse Facebook doesn’t know how they will rebrand (short history of
More actionable error reports for Rich Results in Google Search Console https://www.seroundtable.com/google-rich-results-status-reports-detailed-32212.html Penalizing Interlinked Link Schemes https://www.seroundtable.com/google-interlinked-link-schemes-32207.html Carbon Rating your Flying Routes – Sustainable with
Are You Older Than Google? MUM (multitask unified model) It’s not just a new algorithm; it’s a new way of ordering and facilitating search -Things
Google Search Console Performance Data outage appears to have ended https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-console-performance-report-back-32131.html SMX will remain a virtual conference until at least 2022. https://www.seroundtable.com/smx-virtual-through-2022-32128.html Google is now
Jim and Dave interview Lily Ray, the Sr. Director, SEO & Head of Organic Research at Amsive Digital, where she provides strategic leadership for the
Sometimes website quality can’t be fixed with technical changes Maybe it’s not the Core Web Values. Perhaps it’s not links or that nasty pagination problem.
Google’s Data’s Gone Dave it’s Gone, the Data’s Gone… the data’s gone away https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-console-performance-report-data-gone-32011.html (read from page if necessary) Twitter $uper Followers Twitter is allowing
Rumour has it TikTok might have just bought a Virtual Reality company – Robert Scoble FB Tease The metaverse is quickly gentrifying from a virtually
Core Update Recovery – How do you know you’re on the right track? https://www.seroundtable.com/google-core-update-quality-changes-track-31940.html Keep Rollin’ Rollin’ Rollin’ Rollin’ – Google Spam Update still rolling
Maximize Discover results with the Max Image Preview tag.https://www.searchenginejournal.com/increase-google-traffic-with-max-image-preview-tag/416123/ Explaining Google’s new Work at Work or Lose at Home Pay Scale Plans https://finance.yahoo.com/news/pay-cut-google-employees-home-100348715.html In which
Dave Davies is joined by guest co-host Jason Barnard, CEO and founder at Kalicube. Google: If You Remove A Part Of Your Site, The Site
Webcology – July 29, 2021 We have another sad announcement to start the show with this week. Erik Stafford, the witty and well loved Creative
Google’s three strikes and you’re out ad policy https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-three-strikes-and-your-out-policy-31784.html (X) Warning: First instance of ad content violating our Enabling Dishonest Behavior, Unapproved Substances and Dangerous
July 2021 Core Update is over https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-july-2021-core-algorithm-update/413204/ seroundtable.com/google-local-core-update-31739.html Yandex SEO Comrad https://www.searchenginejournal.com/yandex-seo-guide/252885/ Google hit by fine by French Government https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-fined-e500-million-for-french-news-negotiation-breach/413436/ News Corp Website set up
Jim and Dave talk about Brand SERP optimisation and knowledge panel management with Jason Barnard, the CEO and founder at Kalicube. This is a day
Google puts all its policies on one page. https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-content-policies-31648.html (list of all it covers) https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/10622781 Spam Updates – Spam Algo update ran yesterday, another scheduled
Google Page Experience update is slowly rolling out. Will ratchet it up between now and end of August. https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2021/04/more-details-page-experience June 2021 Core Update v1 done.
June 2021 Core Update: Lots of movement but this is a two part update so… Not really much to say. Google Search Central UnConference 2021
Half the URLs Google is now crawling are HTTP/2 which saves a lot of bandwidth. This would affect your crawl budget. “Using stream multiplexing and
Half the URLs Google is now crawling are HTTP/2 which saves a lot of bandwidth. This would affect your crawl budget. “Using stream multiplexing and
Google I/O runs next Tuesday May 18 – Thursday May 20 – Open to everyone https://www.seroundtable.com/seo-related-sessions-at-google-i-o-31405.html https://events.google.com/io/?lng=en Preparing for page experience ranking Immersive storytelling on
Trump’s Ban from Facebook continues for at least six more months. Oversight committee asks Facebook to clarify rules in light of how easy it is
Canada’s Bill C10 described as a full blown assault on free expression online. What started as a way to ensure Canadian content continued to be
User Generated Reviews ,Trust Seals and New Page Experience Report in Search Console User Generated Reviews will likely not fare well. Expert reviews are where
Google Research Paper Reveals a Shortcoming in Search | Wix and WordPress War Toronto COVID Update Roger Monti’s piece in SEJ Google Research Paper Reveals
Google Search Console adds RegEx and other Data Filters https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-console-gains-regular-expressions-more-data-filters-31219.html Regular Expressions – RegEx (aka: Reginald Xavier) https://www.seroundtable.com/staging-sites-authenticated-user-passwords-block-google-31209.html Use a form of user-name / psw
Opening Day! The 2021 Baseball season opens today. The Jays play the Yanks – Go Jays Go EAT Your Money, EAT Your Life, https://www.seroundtable.com/google-medical-commerce-sites-31181.html Core
interview with Mike Rhodes – Founder of Websavvy Mike Rhodes is a serial entrepreneur. Founder of one of Aus’s largest digital marketing firms, Websavvy, Rhodes
Vulnerablities everywhere and not a thought to think WordPress Eliminator Microsoft Exchange Google is looking for your feedback – Gary Illyes wrote on yesterday on
Lots of flux in Google’s Algo Stability https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-ranking-update-last-night-31067.html Technically and Practially Indexed https://www.seroundtable.com/google-technically-vs-practically-indexed-31058.html The Bureau of Internet Accessablilty says – Stop screwing with headings
Rich Results Vanishing? Does Google Simply not trust your website? https://www.seroundtable.com/rich-results-site-wide-trust-issue-31024.html?fbclid=IwAR0NdT1scws9RAkUaUdOMWFqVZXGVrpVzt0oPPt65Ltos3B9sAkrvd9XG6w Google to stop tracking users after it abandons Cookies https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-will-not-track-users-after-replacing-third-party-cookies/397739/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=facebook-auto-publish&fbclid=IwAR2UZLJ13feXDP1MoJErkbgzZMWMOvnFm–5JV6Ut04o-j_GniP0VHUnKu8 AI as ideology rather
Aussie Journalists Get Help From Facebook and Google Facebook agrees to Aussie journalism fund as Google already agreed to pay Australian journalists through its News
The Boney M Rasputin TikTok Challenge and Texas is Snowed In Texas : How to help and How to survive No Aussie News on Facebook
Michelle Stinson Ross – Marketing Director at Mindful Abby, a mental health focused startup. Michelle is one of the go-to social media experts in the
AI and Google Ads Auto-Applied Recommendations Google Ads Auto Applied Recommendations: Every setting, explained About this Result https://www.seroundtable.com/wikipedia-gatekeeping-about-this-result-google-30872.html The Google Experience Trust Mark https://www.seroundtable.com/google-experience-update-label-all-factors-complaint-30870.html Core
An It was the Worst of Times edition. A sad story started spreading through the SEO community last night as word of Hamlet Batista’s passing
Old Disavow Tools is gone, replaced by the Disavow Links List. Apparently it does the same thing but speculation suggests it might rat out sketch
WordPress now offers Website Development https://www.searchenginejournal.com/built-by-wordpress/392315/#close Automattica is the business arm of WordPress, the one that runs WordPress.com, WooCommerce, JetPack, Gavatar, and Akismet. Will introduce
Welcome to Webcology on WMR.FM, the post-revolution edition. I call it that because something remarkable has happened in a horrible but less than disastrous way.
