Archive of January, 2022

January, 17 2022

DuckDuckGo Reaches 100B Searches, But Growth Is Slowing Down via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern DuckDuckGo celebrates a milestone of 100 billion total searches, but the search engine's [...] - Search Engine Journal

January, 16 2022

Google Ads bug again for Gmail on desktop Safari browsers Google has confirmed a bug impacting how ads are served on Gmail desktop with Safari browsers. - Search Engine Land

January, 14 2022

Google’s Help Documents Aren’t Always Up To Date via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google admits its help documents aren't always up to date and says it's worthwhile doing your own [...] - Search Engine Journal
What happened when we turned off AMP We went into this experiment knowing there was some risk, but haven't seen anything to make us [...] - Search Engine Land
Shopify chat bug lead (1) titles in Google’s search results The issue is resolved but it might take time for your titles to be reprocessed. - Search Engine Land
IndexNow: Announcing Sharing of Submitted URLs Want more control over the content you publish to search engines? Want to have an easier process to [...] - Bing Webmaster
Poll: 90% Of SEOs Are Vaccinated A Twitter poll with over 1,320 votes shows that 90% of SEOs are vaccinated. Well, at least 90% of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Showing (1) In Shopify Websites Titles Most SEOs often look at titles tags when browsing web sites, I mean, I do, while the average person [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Learning to Route by Task for Efficient Inference Posted by Sneha Kudugunta, Research Software Engineer and Orhan Firat, Research Scientist, Google [...] - Google Research
Microsoft Bing Tests Related Searches On Left Microsoft Bing is testing placing the related searches list on the left side of the search results [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 13 2022

IndexNow Enables Data Sharing Between Search Engines via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Microsoft is making the IndexNow protocol easier to implement by ensuring submitted URLs are [...] - Search Engine Journal
Survey Says SEOs To Allocate More Resources To Content Over Other Areas Aleyda Solis posted a Twitter poll asking "in what area do you expect to allocate more [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to build a long-term, search-first marketing strategy A transformed digital landscape means marketers must think search-first. - Search Engine Land
Google Business Profile Makes New Mangers & Owners Wait 7 Days To Manage Profiles Google is putting new Google Business Profile owners and managers into a sandbox, penalty box or a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Fluff Content Hard For Search Engines To Understand & Maybe Rank Google's John Mueller the other day said on Twitter the example given to him was "less about [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
IndexNow now officially co-sharing URLs between Microsoft Bing and Yandex Plus, you can now use api.indexnow.org's endpoint to submit URLs. - Search Engine Land
How to build a long-term, search-first marketing strategy A transformed digital landscape means marketers must think search-first. - Marketing Land
DuckDuckGo passes 100 billion searches DuckDuckGo, the privacy focused search engine, keeps growing steadily. - Search Engine Land
Google Local Search Results Grouping, Carousels & Count Labels Google has been pushing the limits of its user interfaces in the local search results in web search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 12 2022

Google Business Profiles sets waiting period for new owners and managers Newly granted users now must wait 7 days before they can manage all the features of the profile. - Search Engine Land
Google Search Ranking Update On January 11th (Unconfirmed) There may have been a Google search ranking algorithm update on January 11, 2022. This would be [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Yoast SEO 17.9 adds keyphrase performance tracking Yoast SEO partnered with SEO tool provider Wincher for these capabilities. - Search Engine Land
Your guide to Core Web Vitals tactics using Cloudflare and WebpageTest Here is how to test Core Web Vitals scores and code changes using Cloudflare Workers as a reverse [...] - Search Engine Land
Why does Google tip us off to search updates with minor ranking impacts but surprise us with the major ones? It is the updates Google does not give us huge lead time to prepare for that impact the rankings [...] - Search Engine Land
E-commerce sales jumped this holiday season as search marketers weathered Google updates Despite supply chain challenges, U.S. consumers spent more than $204 billion online this holiday [...] - Search Engine Land
Become a master of search marketing in 2022 Say hello to the SMX Master Classes -- live, virtual, two-day deep dives into your search marketing [...] - Search Engine Land
Poll: SEOs Not Confident In Giving Advice Around Google Discover Alan Kent from Google posted an "informal poll" on Twitter asking SEOs "how [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Still Recommending Disavowing Whole Domains With Machete Google's John Mueller said on Twitter "disavow the whole domain if you know there's an issue [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 11 2022

Google Can’t Provide Details About Core Algorithm Updates via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Announcements about core algorithm updates are unlikely to get more detailed in the future, as [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google: Nofollow Is Not A Substitute For Noindex via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's Search Advocate John Mueller advises that the nofollow link attribute isn't a substitute [...] - Search Engine Journal
Does Uniqueness of Content Help Rankings? via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller offers a surprising insight on uniqueness of content and ranking - Search Engine Journal
Google Research: Themes from 2021 and Beyond Posted by Jeff Dean, Senior Fellow and SVP of Google Research, on behalf of the entire Google [...] - Google Research
Google’s page experience update coming to desktop next month This won't be a big update, but do expect new Search Console reports soon as well. - Search Engine Land
Why server logs matter for SEO Server log analysis can provide unparalleled insights into crawl prioritization, enabling SEO teams [...] - Search Engine Land
Should your SEO team invest in SEO tools? Before you purchase these essential tools, make sure your organization has the resources, and the [...] - Search Engine Land
SEO Strategy: A Full Year Blueprint (+Template) [Ebook] via @sejournal, @mirandalmwrites Get an easy-to-follow 12-month SEO blueprint to create profitable strategies, track your progress, [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google: Links Have To Be On Indexed Pages To Be Counted & Not Also All Indexed Links Are Counted Google said it is okay to ignore toxic links that some tools are reporting but why? Well, we know [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
6 key elements of a successful ABM strategy In this webinar, learn how modern B2B marketing is more insightful, global and illuminating than [...] - Marketing Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 11, 2022 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Web Stories For NFL Games (In Place Of YouTube Videos) Google is testing displaying web stories in place of YouTube videos for searches on NFL games. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Local Campaigns Ad Scheduling Isn't Allowed Did you know that your local campaigns in Google Ads can now be scheduled to turn on or off on [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Logo On Barbell Weight Plates - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 10 2022

Google Has Two Types Of Crawling – Discovery & Refresh via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google utilizes two types of crawling methods when it goes through webpages — one to discover [...] - Search Engine Journal
Does Google Use Analytics and Chrome Data for Ranking? via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller answers questions about bounce rate and whether Chrome and Analytics data is [...] - Search Engine Journal
3 ways to check technical SEO health issues on your website Technical SEO is vital to keep your website healthy. At SMX Next, Ashley Berman Hale shows how [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads releases disapproved ads auditor tool This tool is for developers to integrate into their backends and helps you flag and delete policy [...] - Search Engine Land
SEO software tools: What marketers need to know SEO platforms offer numerous capabilities that range from keyword research and rank-checking to [...] - Search Engine Land
Many SEOs Will Buy Links In 2022 Despite Google's Webmaster Guidelines Tim Soulo from ahrefs posted a Twitter poll asking will you pay money to get links in 2022? Sadly, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Ignore Threats For Do-Follow Links Google's John Mueller said you can ignore threats and blackmail emails from people who demand [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 10, 2022 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Vlog #154: Riley Hope On Ethics in SEO & Automotive SEO Riley Hope came to visit me at my office in October to talk SEO. Riley started in SEO by doing [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 8 2022

How To Help Google Rank Products With Duplicate Descriptions via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller answers what to do about duplicate descriptions for products that are [...] - Search Engine Journal

January, 7 2022

Google: One Part Of Site Can Hurt Entire Site Quality via @sejournal, @martinibuster John Mueller discusses how Google assesses websites for site quality, which is important given how [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google: Ignore Toxic Links, Some Tools Make The Wrong Assumptions Google's John Mueller said it again, when it comes to "toxic links" you can ignore them. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Keyword Density Still Not An SEO Search Ranking Factor So it is now 2022 and some folks are asking if keyword density is an SEO Google search ranking [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads to allow ads for sport betting in New York Mobile or online sports bets can be placed in New York beginning Saturday morning and with that [...] - Search Engine Land
Google AdSense related search experiments re-enabled 8-months later, Google AdSense related search custom search style experiments is working again. - Search Engine Land
Google Adds Shops Section To Search Results Google has recently added a new section to the mobile search results named "Shops." This [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Bing's IndexNow For WordPress, Google SEO Topics, Links In 2022 & More It was a slow start to 2022 but I guess that is welcomed by most of you - I have my January 2022 [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
SEO Office Hours: Recent Session Recaps, January 2022 SEO Office Hours: Recent Session Recaps & Key Takeaways — We’re kicking off the new [...] - DeepCrawl Blog
Trying To Adds Exact Match Keywords To Google Ads? Google Says Nope, We're Adding Broad Match Keywords Drew Cannon posted on Twitter a screenshot of him adding new exact match keywords to his Google Ads [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AdSense Resumes Related Search Experiments After 8 Months Google has resumed the AdSense related search Custom search style experiments after pausing it back [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 7, 2022 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 6 2022

Google launches ‘Shops’ section in mobile search results The Shops section shows three to ten retailers based on their organic search rankings. - Search Engine Land
Does Domain Extension Affect SEO? Google’s John Mueller Explains via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's Search Advocate John Mueller answers whether your domain extension affects SEO, and other [...] - Search Engine Journal
How customer reviews can improve your SEO efforts Customer reviews aren't just for show. At SMX Next, Kyra Sammis explains how marketers can use [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads error tells advertisers exact match keywords are saving as broad match The issue has no impact on how keywords are saved and Google is working on a fix. - Search Engine Land
Google Discover Tests New Look For Trending Searches Google is testing a new look and design for the trending searches you see on the Google home page [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
IndexNow WordPress Plugin Released By Microsoft Bing Our friends at Microsoft Bing released a holiday gift over Christmas, the IndexNow WordPress [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Street View Skier With 360 Cameras - Search Engine Roundtable
Cars For Sale On Google Business Profiles Google is showing more and more cars for sales in the local search results. Saad AK spotted it the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google People Also Ask With Read Full Answer Button Google is testing a new option on some people also ask results, an option to click a button that [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 5 2022

Microsoft releases IndexNow plugin for WordPress Microsoft Bing has released a plugin for WordPress to let you easily integrate the IndexNow [...] - Search Engine Land
How to automate your ad copy without sacrificing control Expanded text ads are going away, but they can still help you unlock the potential of RSAs. At SMX [...] - Search Engine Land
Google fixes user and permissions issue with Search Console Full user permissions no longer shows as delegated owners for some - this is now resolved. - Search Engine Land
Google: Rel Sponsored Not Needed For Internal Links To Affiliate Product Reviews You do not need to nofollow or use a rel sponsored attribute on your internal links, even if those [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Console Users and Permissions Issue Fixed A few months ago we reported about a Google Search Console users permissions issue. Well, that [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Comscore launches new cross-platform measurement solution Comscore Everywhere will provide deduplicated insights into media consumtpion across channels. - Marketing Land
Google Search Console Office Corner - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Stock Levels Should Not Impact Search Rankings Google's John Mueller was asked if stock levels can impact the ranking of products on an e-commerce [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 4 2022

Google Search Console Geotargeting Can Hurt Search Rankings via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Utilizing Google Search Console's international targeting feature, also known as [...] - Search Engine Journal
Yoast SEO to launch on Shopify The well-known WordPress app will be available for Shopify merchants on Jan. 18, 2022. - Search Engine Land
Author Archive Pages And E-A-T via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller answers what effect would no-indexing author archives have on E-A-T - Search Engine Journal
How marketers can prepare for and respond to Google’s algorithm updates Google updates its algorithms all the time, which leaves many marketers playing catch-up. At SMX [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Console International Targeting Setting Can Take Weeks Google's John Mueller said that it can take from a week to a couple of months for Google Search to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The not-so-SEO checklist for 2022 Best-selling author, Kris Jones debunks SEO myths and dishes out logical advice on the three things [...] - Search Engine Watch
Advice: Don't Migrate Domains & Drop Google AMP The Same Time It might not be the best idea to migrate to a new domain name and at the same time also drop your [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Tests Blue Header Ric Rodriguez has spotted Google testing a blue colored header for the mobile search results. He [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
ON24 announces new integrations with Drift Virtual events and conversational marketing are teaming up to deliver cross-channel insights into [...] - Marketing Land
Google Local Results Displays Bike & Car Charging Icons In Local Results Google is now showing bike icons for the bikeshare data it shows in the local search results, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Pages That Look Like Error Pages Can Be Considered Soft 404s Several months ago Google told us that returning a "results not found" type of page can [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 4, 2022 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google's User Agent Horse Wears A Mask - But It's A Bit Hoarse - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 3 2022

Google: Quality Of Your Languages On Your Multilingual Site Can Impact Each Other Google's John Mueller confirmed on the December 31st SEO hangout that if you have multiple versions [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Vlog #153: Colt Sliva On Going Beyond Frequency Statistics In SEO In part one, we spoke about how Colt Sliva became an SEO engineer and some topics around [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Console Products Rich Result Report Updated On December 28, 2021, Google updated the rich results report for product structured data in Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Site Duplicated With IP Address Won't Lead To Your Site Being Removed From Search Generally Google will list a site in its search results with the domain name, not the IP address [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 3, 2022 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Biking At The GooglePlex - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: The Coverage Report Won't Get unavailable_after Meta Tag John Mueller of Google was asked if the Google Search Console coverage report can show the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
John Mueller Of Google Helping Webmasters On New Years 2022 As expected, John Mueller of Google was at it again on New Years eve and New Years day - helping [...] - Search Engine Roundtable