Wash Up Monday

Google Updates Multilingual sites should localize alt attributes - A spokesman from Google has mentioned on social media that it is fine for multilingual sites to use the same image and image source URLs for translated pages, however the alt attributes for those images should be localized and translated into the local language. Google my business guidelines forbids irrelevant content…

Google Updates Google adds new features & improvements to ‘test my site’ tool - The search giant has said that they are rebuilding the ‘test my site’ tool. They also mention that that they have added a whole new set of features that can help developers build a faster website. Below are some of the new features in the…

Google Updates Google Ads fixes data leak - Last week on Google Ads, there was a leak of some data about their search ads within the Ad Preview and Diagnosis Tool. The leaf of some data showed ad score, the bid ECPM, Fmt ECPM, the number of rejections and more data. The search giant seemed to have eventually fixed…

Google Updates Google image search add recently viewed section - The Search giant has added a feature to see recently viewed images that are related to the image you are currently looking at on Google Image search results. Google search console notifications to remove Google+ - Google has sent out notifications through its…

Google Updates Google URL inspection tool adds HTTP response, resources, JS logs & screenshots - Google mentioned that there is an update to the URL Inspection Tool within Google Search Console. It adds the ability to see the page's HTTP response, page resources, JavaScript logs and a rendered screenshot of the page. This is a really useful update that gives webmasters and…

Google Updates Use 404s & temporary sitemaps to speed up page removal - If you have a lot of pages you want removed from the Google index but don't want to use the page removal tool for each URL then you can try to 404 and noindex all the pages you want removed and then submit a temporary sitemap…

Google Updates Google link schemes includes contractually requiring follow links - For the past couple months, the search giant has added to their link schemes guidelines page that basically says you cannot require someone to link to you without the nofollow attribute. If you require such a follow link in your terms of service, a contract or some other arrangement, then this…

Google Updates Google URLs in search results snippets now clickable - Google have been testing for a while with the URLs in the search results, and now they are clickable. You may have noticed last week the change. Although this change may not matter to most users, but it is a change to the Google…

Google Updates Google’s new “sold here” feature in local pack results - Google has launched a new feature in the local pack called "sold here" When you search for a product, you will notice that there is a ‘sold here’ sign shown for the store. This feature has been rolled out since November. Google sticky round…

Google Updates Google local services ads tests showing number of bookings - Google has been testing showing the number of bookings that happened through a local services ads directly in the Google ads. Showing the number of bookings does two things; Gives confidence to the shopper that the business is dependable Encourages the business…