Articles by Matt Southern

Dwell time is one of many user interaction signals that finds its way into experts’ lists of top Google search ranking factors. The post Dwell Time: […]

LinkedIn Service Marketplace, now available to everyone after a limited launch earlier this year, lets professionals promote their freelance services for free.The post LinkedIn Lets […]

YouTube is removing public dislike counts on all videos, though the dislike button will remain available for users to customize their recommendations.The post YouTube Removes […]

Google’s John Mueller clarifies that URLs are case sensitive, so it matters whether the characters are uppercase or lowercase.The post Google: URLs Are Case Sensitive […]

Google says websites can run into problems if they hide content behind captchas, as its web crawler won’t be able to see it.The post Google […]

Do you think AMP has an impact on search results? Find out if it’s a ranking factor here.The post AMP: Is It a Google Ranking […]

Google is negotiating deals with Instagram and TikTok to index their content in search results, according to a new report.The post Google Working on Indexing […]

Google advises that it’s not always necessary to add extra content to product category pages if the product names describe what’s on the page.The post […]

Twitter is expanding its tipping feature to more users and diversifying the ways in which users can receive monetary contributions.The post Twitter Adds Bitcoin & […]

When Google evaluates how much weight to assign to backlinks it doesn’t consider factors such as referral traffic or whether the link gets clicked on.The […]