Engaged Reading Time - Issue #56
Morning all. Some updates on SEO for you here.
There are some changes coming to this email and my blog - look for the links at the bottom of this email to give you a picture of what's happening.
See you tomorrow.
Adam
Speed Pays
“Slow sites have a negative impact on revenue”: Publishers opt for leaner websites to attract and keep users on site
Slow sites hurt your SEO, and they hurt reader experience. If you're selling memberships - this matters.
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Google just got better at understanding your trickiest searches
A new machine learning algorithm is helping Google tell which words in queries matter most—and how they relate to each other.
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Google's Knowledge Panels Are Magnifying Disinformation
Google’s knowledge panels contain helpful facts and tidbits. But sometimes they surface bad information, too.
Is Boris Johnson really trying to game Google search results?
Worth re-reading given the whole election flurry going on…
The far right is dominating the information wars through "keyword signaling"
More about how SEO is being weaponised for political reasons.
Google readies new markup rules for European news publishers
Handy, and worth watching. The approach is a reaction to the EU Copyright Directive, to avoid paying licensing fees.
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Future Plans
One Man & His Blog: the next stage
Some hints as to what is coming for OM&HB.
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