Not to be confused with HTML sitemaps, which are designed to be viewed by humans, XML sitemaps are solely for search engines. Given that XML sitemaps are intended to assist Google, site owners may assume they play a role in search rankings. SEO experts even suggest XML sitemaps are so crucial to search that the absence of one can negatively impact rankings. Alternate claims suggest Google has progressed past the need for XML sitemaps, and site owners can forego them altogether. Despite only… Source link
Read More »Refs a factor in Cowboys & Raiders losses while Bills, Chiefs & Bucs dominate
Five of the six Wild Card games are in the books, and they certainly did not finish without controversy. Charles Robinson & Frank Schwab recap the five weekend games from 2022’s Wild Card slate, opening with the Dallas Cowboys‘ 23-17 loss to the San Francisco 49ers. Were the referees really at fault for the timing of the final play? Should Mike McCarthy lose his job for this playoff collapse? Can the SF run game be Green Bay’s achilles heel in the second round? Charles & Frank discuss it… Source link
Read More »The real Omicron fear factor that’s moving the market: Morning Brief
This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Tuesday, November 30, 2021 Investors are less spooked by the virus than officials’ reaction to it Out of nowhere last week, the Omicron variant of COVID-19 appeared out of nowhere to sow fear, confusion — and lots of red ink on Wall Street. As the World Health Organization’s director general so eloquently phrased it, the mutation’s big… Source link
Read More »The outrage factor in the Trump Organization indictments
Charges of larceny, tax fraud and other crimes come at inconvenient time for the Trump Organization and its chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg. Company attorneys say New York prosecutors politically hostile to Trump are chasing trivial matters no other prosecutor would bother with. Yet the details of the indictment reveal wealthy executives padding their bank accounts by exploiting privileges ordinary workers can only dream of. It’s exhibit 999 or maybe 1,001 in the recent parade… Source link
Read More »That’s NOT a Google Search Ranking Factor
In the wake of a few recent Twitter and SEO forum arguments about ranking factors, I wanted to dispel some common misconceptions about what is and is not a ranking factor. There are plenty of things related to, correlated to, or associated with ranking factors that are not (or most likely are not) ranking factors themselves. Why do we assume some of these non-factors may be considered in Google’s algorithm? In this post, you’ll find some of the most commonly brought up by other SEO… Source link
Read More »Google Says Word Count Not a Quality Factor
Will Adding Relevant Content Help Rankings? Updating Content is Not a Simple Process Is Content Quality Linked to Word Count? What About Thin Content? Improving Articles for Better Rankings Citation Google’s John Mueller answered if it’s helpful to add more words to a web page to help it rank better. The idea was that if a page wasn’t ranking, adding more relevant content will help. Will Adding Relevant Content Help Rankings? The person asking the question wanted Mueller’s opinion as to the… Source link
Read More »Duplicate Content is Not a Negative Ranking Factor
Google’s John Mueller clarifies a misconception about duplicate content, saying it’s not a negative search ranking factor. Having the same content repeated across multiple pages is not something that would cause a site to rank lower in search results. Mueller says it’s normal for sites to have a certain amount of duplicate content. Google’s algorithms are built to handle it. He touched on this topic last week, but it’s brought up again during this week’s Google Search Central SEO… Source link
Read More »Jan 19, 2021 – YorkBridge Wealth Partners, LLC Buys Amazon.com Inc, Apple Inc, BTC iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF, Sells Kinder Morgan Inc, Yandex NV, BTC iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF
Investment company YorkBridge Wealth Partners, LLC (Current Portfolio) buys Amazon.com Inc, Apple Inc, BTC iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF, Cowen Inc, Illumina Inc, sells Kinder Morgan Inc, Yandex NV, BTC iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Chubb during the 3-months ended 2020Q4, according to the most recent filings of the investment company, YorkBridge Wealth Partners, LLC. As of 2020Q4, YorkBridge Wealth Partners, LLC owns 214 stocks with a total value of $298… Source link
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