{"id":806,"date":"2017-06-08T08:27:37","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T08:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webigg.com\/blog\/?p=806"},"modified":"2018-12-08T11:19:24","modified_gmt":"2018-12-08T11:19:24","slug":"the-2017-google-search-algorithm-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webigg.com\/blog\/the-2017-google-search-algorithm-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2017 Google Search Algorithm So Far"},"content":{"rendered":"

Only 10 days into the 2017, and we were hit with an update that\u00a0targets mobile websites with intrusive pop-ups or interstitials<\/strong>. As both a consumer and an SEO \u2013 I\u2019m all in with this change. Why didn\u2019t they think of this sooner?! After all, there\u2019s the right way to do a pop-up and there\u2019s the wrong way to do one because no one likes pop-ups that take up the whole screen. Google finally recognized that the bad way lessens the user experience and happens on low-quality pages. The\u00a0Intrusive Interstitial Penalty<\/strong>\u00a0points to Google\u2019s growing focus on the mobile search experience.<\/p>\n

The Growing Trend Towards Mobile<\/h2>\n

At the end of 2016, Google announced they were experimenting with\u00a0mobile-first indexing. This means Google will soon primarily get their data from mobile sites as opposed to from desktop data, which was their main source in past years.<\/p>\n

To pile on the mobile trend, accelerated mobile pages (AMP) were created to provide a fast way to get the content to the searcher. It has now become noticeably\u00a0prevalent in the Google search results page. There hasn\u2019t been an official announcement, but the SEO trends for 2017 all point towards a mobile friendly Google search algorithm.<\/p>\n

What We Can Expect in 2017<\/h2>\n

This leads us back to 2017 and what we think Google has in store for us. The reins were loosened on backlinks thanks to Penguin 4.0,\u00a0but we don\u2019t know for how long<\/em>. Google has said they are not planning on announcing any new updates to their Penguin algorithm, but I would expect them to eventually tighten up the reins again. People in the SEO community will see how far they can test the limits, which will eventually lead Google towards placing more control on the issue.<\/p>\n

AMP and Structured Data Will Rise in Prominence<\/h3>\n

We can certainly expect more updates that emphasize a positive mobile experience for Google users. I suspect it\u2019s going to expand the use of AMP and place greater importance on those pages. Also, the growing trend is to enhance the search results page with search features that include carousels, rich cards, knowledge graphs, and answer boxes. With Google favoring these types of search results, this will place more emphasis on adding structured data. Google keeps adding\u00a0more types of rich cards\u00a0and if you have a website that applies, you\u2019ll want to mark up your site.\u00a0In 2017, your goal could be to rely less on ranking #1 and more on showing up in other search feature areas on page 1.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Only 10 days into the 2017, and we were hit with an update that\u00a0targets mobile websites with intrusive pop-ups or interstitials. As both a consumer and an SEO \u2013 I\u2019m all in with this change. Why didn\u2019t they think of this sooner?! After all, there\u2019s the right way to do a pop-up and there\u2019s the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[19,13,17,31,18],"class_list":["post-806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internet-marketing-internet-marketing","tag-best-online-marketing-company","tag-internet-marketing-india","tag-online-marketing-companies-new-delhi","tag-online-marketing-company","tag-search-engine-marketing-new-delhi"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webigg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webigg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webigg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webigg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webigg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.webigg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":807,"href":"https:\/\/www.webigg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806\/revisions\/807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webigg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webigg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webigg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}