Google: If You Want Your Images To Rank Then Use Alt Text

Google's John Mueller said this morning on Twitter that if you want your images to rank in Google Image search, it is extremely helpful to Google if you add alt text to your images. The advice itself is not new, it dates back over 10 years ago but this is a nice reminder from a Googler.

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Google Ads Restricts Third-Party Technical Support Providers

Google announced late Friday that they will begin restricting ads from third-party technical support providers due to an increase in misleading ad experiences. Google will roll out a "verification program" to validate these technical support providers are legit.

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Google Search Console Now Defaults To BETA Version

When you go to the main Google Search Console home page at google.com/webmasters and click the sign in button, you are now taken to the new BETA version of the Google Search Console. You are no longer defaulted to the old version of the Google Search Console.

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Google Displays AMP Icon Within Story Image

Google is showing the AMP icon in the carousel within the story image, as opposed to outside of the story image. You can still see both versions depending on the type of snippet you are looking at.

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Google Cloud Pool Table

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Beautystack is a glimpse into the future of female-centric tech

Sharmadean Reid will host a TNW Answers session tomorrow (Wednesday, September 5th). You can ask her questions now! When I was a kid, I bit my nails. It wasn’t normal nail biting — it was anxiety biting. I’d chew on them ‘til they bled. My fingers looked like the stump from The Giving Tree — except way more bloody and depressing. My parents tried everything — they taped mittens on my hands, dipped them in vinegar, threatened to execute my goldfish if I didn’t stop (kidding, but it would have been effective). All failed. The only way I stopped myself from treating…

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