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XML Sitemap Last Modified Correct Format

Published: 12/26/2018 3:32 PM

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During the review process of the sitemap and recent article modified date updates, I noted that I had missed adding the last modified date to my dynamic XML sitemap. I couldn't recall the correct format so thought I would post it for later use.

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Bryan Myers - "The Web Guy"

Advanced Digital Channel Engineer

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Google Analytics Annotations API

Published: 12/20/2018 11:12 AM

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After finding out last night that the mobile version of Google Analytics doesn't have a readily available way to access annotations, I thought I would look into the possibility of an automated update via an API. Google doesn't seem to support this nor do they appear to want to.

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Bryan Myers - "The Web Guy"

Advanced Digital Channel Engineer

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Google Analytics Mobile App Missing Annotations

Published: 12/20/2018 2:08 AM

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Wanted to keep my Google Analytics reports updated with the website updates. Using the annotation feature is invaluable for this purpose. Why is it missing in the mobile app?

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Bryan Myers - "The Web Guy"

Advanced Digital Channel Engineer

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SEO Presentation and SEO Writing Workshop in Germany

Published: 12/16/2018 3:43 AM

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Looks like the first month of 2019, I will be doing my first international flight. Destination? Germany. While I am there I will be combining an SEO presentation and an SEO Writing Workshop.

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Bryan Myers - "The Web Guy"

Advanced Digital Channel Engineer

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JSON-LD vs Microdata for Structured Data

Published: 12/10/2018 12:09 PM

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Taking a second look at JSON-LD vs Microdata for structured data format. Google identifies JSON-LD as the recommended format, but that doesn't make sense to me. Here is why.

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Bryan Myers - "The Web Guy"

Advanced Digital Channel Engineer

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Google Adds Q&A and Livestream Structure Data Types

Published: 12/10/2018 11:54 AM

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In my recent search results on Google Search I noticed that there are some new rich results showing up. Specifically, question and answer results are popping up in the regular SERP data. Thought I would look around for some official information on the topic.

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Bryan Myers - "The Web Guy"

Advanced Digital Channel Engineer

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Google Analytics for Power Users on Google Analytics Academy

Published: 12/10/2018 11:19 AM

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Google Analytics Academy has released a new course for Google Analytics focusing on power users. I just recently took the course and passed. I thought I would share my thoughts on the experience.

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Bryan Myers - "The Web Guy"

Advanced Digital Channel Engineer

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Google Search Console - Limited Functionality

Published: 12/10/2018 10:08 AM

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Got an email notification from Google Search Console this weekend that one or more of my AMPs had an issue that needed to be addressed. After reviewing the code, I found that my recent inclusion of Google Analytics (GA) for AMPs had multiple Google Tag Manager JavaScript includes.

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Bryan Myers - "The Web Guy"

Advanced Digital Channel Engineer

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AMP XML Sitemap Updated In Google Search Console

Published: 12/3/2018 1:54 PM
Last Updated: 12/5/2018 2:39 AM

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Quick update and some thoughts based off of new information withing Google Search Console regarding amp specific XML sitemaps.

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Bryan Myers - "The Web Guy"

Advanced Digital Channel Engineer

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Mobile-first Indexing Change Notifications

Published: 11/30/2018 2:08 AM
Last Updated: 12/3/2018 5:40 PM

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Got a notification in Google Search Console tonight that appeared in the overview section of the coverage graph. The notification marked for Sunday, November 25 states "An event has occurred in Google Search that might affect your site's data." There is also a link provided detailing the update.

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Bryan Myers - "The Web Guy"

Advanced Digital Channel Engineer

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