Google successfully challenged a €1.49 billion ($1.66 billion) antitrust fine imposed by the European Union in 2019. The EU’s General Court annulled the fine, citing the European Commission’s failure to consider all relevant circumstances. Why we care. This ruling marks a significant victory for Google in its ongoing legal battles with EU regulators and highlights … Read more
The European Union’s highest court has confirmed a record $2.7 billion (€2.4 billion) fine against Google for anti-competitive practices related to its Shopping service. Details. The fine, initially imposed in 2017, was upheld by the EU Court of Justice today. Google was accused of favoring its own price-comparison service in search results, disadvantaging competitors. Google … Read more
Several site owners have reached out to me recently about a scary spike in indexing that then drops back down to normal levels. This is showing up in the coverage reporting in Google Search Console and the site owners thought it could be a sign of something terrible happening SEO-wise. For example, Google suddenly indexing … Read more
Recent statements by Googlers indicate that the algorithm is working the way it’s supposed to and that site owners should just focus more on their users and less on trying to give the algorithm what it’s looking for. But the same Googlers also say that the search team is working on a way to show … Read more
Here is a new SEO myth I have not heard before… Someone said that using the word “news” in your site’s name is bad for SEO and Google ranking. John Mueller from Google said it is not, it is fine to use “news” in your site name. This question came up deep inside a Google … Read more
Google’s John Mueller for the umpteenth time said that sharing IP addresses and/or having your site on a shared server and/or using a CDN that does all of that, is fine for Google Search, SEO and ranking. In fact, he said it is “normal” for sites to do this. John wrote on X, “There are … Read more
Google’s John Mueller went to Twitter and Reddit to issue a PSA saying, “302 redirects are fine.” Yea, we covered the 302 versus 301 topic countless times over almost 20 years here, so here is the 2023 version. 302 redirects are just fine to use, according to Google. Here is that tweet: 🔥 302 redirects … Read more
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