Archive of August, 2019

August, 31 2019

How to Avoid SEO Misinformation via @martinibuster There is a lot of SEO misinformation. This is how to recognize the best information about Google. - Search Engine Journal
Study Finds ‘Like’ Buttons Are the Most Harmful Social Media Feature via @MattGSouthern A study commissioned by the Royal Society for Public Health finds ‘like’ buttons are [...] - Search Engine Journal
Heads Up: Google Ads Banned Someone for Paying With the New Apple Card via @MattGSouthern A Google Ads user reports they’ve had their account banned for attempting to pay with [...] - Search Engine Journal
Podcasts Are Getting Attacked With Negative Reviews With No Help in Sight via @MattGSouthern Angry fans are review-bombing podcasts with one-star reviews, and podcasters have nowhere to turn [...] - Search Engine Journal
It’s OK if Structured Data From Desktop Version is Missing from AMP via @martinibuster Google's John Mueller affirms that it's fine if structured data from desktop version is missing [...] - Search Engine Journal

August, 30 2019

Signs Of A Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update On August 29th There are signs of a Google search ranking update touching down late August 28th through August [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Research: 55% of Consumers Use Videos for Purchase Decisions via @martinibuster Shopping decisions are influenced by online videos. - Search Engine Journal
Google Doesn’t Intend to Bring All Old Features to the New Search Console via @MattGSouthern Google’s John Mueller confirmed there are no plans to bring all legacy features to the new [...] - Search Engine Journal
The line between subdomain leasing and alternative revenue strategy How search engines handle subdomain leasing may carry implications for all businesses. - Search Engine Land
Study Finds Which Types of Digital Ads Are Most Annoying for Consumers via @MattGSouthern A survey of US digital ad buyers reveals which types of ads are likely to be most annoying for [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google’s Danny Sullivan Responds Directly to DuckDuckGo’s Anti-Privacy Claims via @MattGSouthern In a rare move from Google, Search Liaison Danny Sullivan has responded directly to negative claims [...] - Search Engine Journal
Bing Places Also Lets You Import Your Google My Business Listings Yesterday we reported that Bing Webmaster Tools lets you import your Google Search Console [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google My Business Insights Now On Google Maps Profiles Google is now showing your Google My Business insights, or a snap shot of it, directly on your [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Image Search Removes Exact Size & Larger Than Tools Google has removed the exact size and larger than search tools for image search. There are [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

August, 29 2019

Google now showing competitor ads on local business profiles The unit is from Local Campaigns and businesses cannot pay to remove them. - Search Engine Land
Facebook Rolls Out Automated Lead Generation in Messenger via @MattGSouthern Facebook’s launching automated lead generation, which lets businesses qualify leads in [...] - Search Engine Journal
Bing Webmaster Tools allows site verification via Google Search Console The beta option enables site owners to skip verification by importing. - Search Engine Land
Google Begins Penalizing Domain Leasing Google issued a warning about sites that lease out its own subdomains and subfolders so that other [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Study Finds 4 in 10 Smart Speaker Users Engage in Shopping-Related Activities via @MattGSouthern A study on how US consumers use smart speakers finds 4 in 10 engage in some kind of [...] - Search Engine Journal

August, 28 2019

Does Nofollow Anchor Text Help Google Rankings? via @martinibuster Many SEOs report that nofollow anchor text helps web pages rank. Is there truth to this? - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads Introduces Seasonality Adjustments for Smart Bidding via @MattGSouthern Google Ads is rolling out seasonality adjustments for smart bidding for search and display [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google: JavaScript SEO is not Dying, It’s Evolving via @MattGSouthern Google’s John Mueller and Martin Splitt recently debunked the notion that JavaScript SEO is [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google moves to simplify, standardize content policies for publishers The updates will go live in September and apply to all publishers using AdSense, AdMob and Ad [...] - Search Engine Land
Google on Mobile-First Indexing: Be Patient, It Will Happen Eventually via @MattGSouthern Google’s message to site owners with respect to mobile-first indexing is be patient, it will [...] - Search Engine Journal

August, 27 2019

Exploring Weight Agnostic Neural Networks Posted by Adam Gaier, Student Researcher and David Ha, Staff Research Scientist, Google Research, [...] - Google Research
LinkedIn Reveals the 10 Most Followed Pages in 2019 via @MattGSouthern LinkedIn shared a list of the 10 most followed pages with insight into what other pages can learn [...] - Search Engine Journal
Yelp adds new personalization features in bid to regain local momentum from Google The new capabilities are the beginning of 'major product changes' according to the company. - Search Engine Land
Yelp Introduces Personalized Search Results via @MattGSouthern Yelp is giving users the option to personalize their search results based on diet, lifestyle, and [...] - Search Engine Journal

August, 26 2019

Google: Web Site Traffic Is Not A Ranking Factor Want some pure myth busting from Google? Well, here it is. Google's official Google Webmaster [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google testing highlighting content on-site based on the search result clicked Make sure to check your call to action and ad placements. - Search Engine Land
Twitter Reveals Tweets With Video Generate 10X More Engagement via @MattGSouthern Twitter has revealed that adding video to a tweet can attract ten times the engagement as a tweet [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google: Dynamic Rendering is Not Cloaking via @MattGSouthern Google recently updated one of its developer documents to clarify that dynamic rendering is not [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Search Console API drops more app features If you are using the Google Search Console API, please make sure to update your tools for these [...] - Search Engine Land
Facebook Makes Changes to Housing, Employment, and Credit Ads via @MattGSouthern Facebook is requiring that advertisers use a new process when buying ads related to housing, [...] - Search Engine Journal
LinkedIn Introduces a Central Hub for Actionable Marketing Insights via @MattGSouthern LinkedIn rolled out a new page dedicated to insights and research, which is designed to help [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google’s inconsistency with third-party reviews is a confusing user experience Google would be better off removing “reviews from the web” because the lack of [...] - Search Engine Land
Study Finds the Structure of Most Blogs May Be Hurting Search Rankings via @MattGSouthern A recent study on blog structure finds most blogs are making a critical mistake that could impact [...] - Search Engine Journal
Video: Local search expert Joy Hawkins shares an unexpected finding from her Google reviews research Hawkins talks to Search Engine Land editor Barry Schwartz about breaking out on her own, buying [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Says it Doesn’t Require Fixing Structured Data Warnings via @martinibuster Google's John Mueller said Google doesn't require fixing structured data tool warnings. But [...] - Search Engine Journal
Moving To A New Domain To Escape A Google Penalty Might Not Work Says Google This isn't exactly new, news - I covered this in 2014, but with the news around Dejan getting hit [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google’s John Mueller is Asked About Links and E-A-T via @martinibuster Links have traditionally been a metric of website authority and trustworthiness. Do links [...] - Search Engine Journal
University Scholars Accuse Google of Gaslighting Privacy via @martinibuster Two university PhD researchers accused Google of gaslighting about Chrome browser and privacy. - Search Engine Journal

August, 23 2019

Google Still Penalizing Sites For Unnatural Links & It Can Hurt Bad I absolutely love when the industry is transparent and Dan Petrovic from Dejan SEO said his site [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Introduces Relative Mobile Conversion Rate Metric via @martinibuster Google officially introduces Relative Mobile Conversion Rate, a way to measure and improve mobile [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads Lets Users Add Filters to the Overview Page via @MattGSouthern In response to user feedback, Google Ads is introducing filters to the Overview page. - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads Overview Page Filters & Bidding Maximize Conversion Value Google Ads adds features all the time, I don't cover them all but two ones I want to highlight are [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Owners Can Now Reply To Reviews On Google Maps Android Google now lets owners and managers of verified businesses can reply to reviews directly from their [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Content Indexing Bug, GoogleBot Chrome 76, Favicons, Link Penalties & More This week I tried to zoom in on sections of the video as I was talking, so you can see the screen [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

August, 22 2019

Google AdSense Announces Crackdown on Invalid Clicks via @martinibuster Google announced AdSense will stop ads from showing BEFORE invalid clicks happen. - Search Engine Journal
Never go over budget again with this advanced Google Ads Script Here's an advanced budget tracking script so you can track media spend with alerts when you get [...] - Search Engine Land
You can now add custom JavaScript to AMP pages The new amp-script component offers more feature flexibility and interactivity. - Search Engine Land
Are other teams unwittingly killing your SEO (and revenue)? Executives should treat SEO as a company-wide mandate. Here's why. - Search Engine Land
Next steps to ensure transparency, choice and control in digital advertising Ads play a major role in sustaining the free and open web. They underwrite the great content and [...] - Inside Adwords
What is ‘Google Screened’ and how does it differ from ‘Google Guaranteed’? The company introduces a second screening program for professional services. - Search Engine Land
Google Fully Dropping URLs For Breadcrumbs On Desktop? Back in 2015, on mobile, Google went from showing the URL to showing the site name, plus the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
You Can't Hide From Google's Mobile-First Indexing Like we covered before, you cannot opt out of Google's mobile-first indexing initiative - it is [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Local Listing For Dodge Dealership Shows Toyota Advertisement Ben Fisher posted on Twitter a screen shot of Google showing an ad within the Google Local [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

August, 21 2019

Google rolls out maximize conversion value smart bidding strategy It is now available in all Search campaigns. - Search Engine Land
Google Search Console Now Shows Image Search Data for AMP Pages via @MattGSouthern Google has finally started to show image search data in Search Console – but there’s a [...] - Search Engine Journal
Are we right for fawning over core algorithm updates? Every update Google rolls out needs to be discussed on some level but the amount of attention [...] - Search Engine Land
You can’t opt into or out of mobile-first indexing Google's John Mueller reminds us that one day, there will only be mobile-first indexing. - Search Engine Land
Twitter Introduces More Flexible Bidding Options for Video Ads via @MattGSouthern Twitter is giving advertisers the option to bid on the first 6 seconds of a video ad view. - Search Engine Journal
Traffic from Image’s Swipe to Visit feature now appears in Search Console Data is available under the new ‘Amp on Image Results’ search appearance. - Search Engine Land
Bing Webmaster Tools adds Domain Connect verification integration Bing makes it easier to verify some sites with Bing Webmaster Tools. - Search Engine Land

August, 20 2019

Google may be having indexing issues again Is your new content not showing up in Google search? Google may have yet another indexing bug. - Search Engine Land
Google: Says Dates On Articles Makes It Easier To Recognize High-Quality Evergreen Content Google's John Mueller again is saying that putting dates on content and articles is a good thing [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Why Bidding On Your Brand Name is Important via @martinibuster I may seem counterintuitive but PPC bidding on your own brand name makes sense. - Search Engine Journal
Google’s Lightweight Search App ‘Google Go’ Available Worldwide via @MattGSouthern Google Go, a scaled-down alternative to the flagship Google app, is now available to all Android [...] - Search Engine Journal
“Lite” but packs a punch: Google Go comes to Android everywhere Google Go is a lightweight, fast app that helps you access information, both online and in the [...] - Inside Search

August, 19 2019

Google Ads to remove accelerated ad delivery option next month Search and Shopping campaigns using accelerated delivery will be switched to standard delivery by [...] - Search Engine Land
On-Device, Real-Time Hand Tracking with MediaPipe Posted by Valentin Bazarevsky and Fan Zhang, Research Engineers, Google Research The ability to [...] - Google Research
Google Ads is Switching Search & Shopping Campaigns to Standard Delivery via @MattGSouthern Google Ads is changing its ad delivery methods, switching search and shopping campaigns from [...] - Search Engine Journal
YouTube Stops Copyright Holders From Making Unfair Claims Against Creators via @MattGSouthern YouTube is making it harder for copyright holders to file unfair claims and take revenue away from [...] - Search Engine Journal
Are SKAGs dead after Google’s latest match type changes? PPC pros can now leverage new ad formats like RSAs to further boost auction-time relevance. - Search Engine Land
Voice assistant usage now at ‘critical mass’ as Google Assistant crowned smartest Google Assistant scored 93%, Siri 83% and Alexa got 80% of answers right in a recent study. - Search Engine Land
FTC smacks down anti-review ‘non-disparagement clauses’ in form contracts Make sure your contracts don't have terms that violate the CRFA. - Search Engine Land
Why is there so little innovation in local? The alpha and omega of local is now Google. - Search Engine Land
Google’s John Mueller: Links From Non-English Sites Aren’t Always Spam via @MattGSouthern Google’s John Mueller recently advised that links from non-English websites aren’t [...] - Search Engine Journal
A Google Leak? Google News 4,000 Submissions Per Month, Web Spam Works With News Spam, Blacklists & Fringy Search There is a lot of talk around Project Veritas - of course, hard to know for sure if the documents [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Ranking & Algorithm Update Over The Weekend? Over the weekend, maybe started late Friday, August 16th, more noticeable on Saturday, August 17th, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

August, 16 2019

Instagram to Crack Down on Fake Stories Views via @MattGSouthern Instagram is reportedly working on a solution for the wave of inauthentic story views that has [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google My Business adds bulk review management You can now save time and find reviews faster with this new Google My Business feature. - Search Engine Land
Are your Google text ads getting truncated? Here’s what to consider Cut off expanded text ad headlines and descriptions aren't new, but you may have noticed it more [...] - Search Engine Land
Joint Speech Recognition and Speaker Diarization via Sequence Transduction Posted by Laurent El Shafey, Software Engineer and Izhak Shafran, Research Scientist, Google Health [...] - Google Research
Instagram is Working on Layouts for Stories, New Boomerangs, More via @MattGSouthern Instagram has been found testing several upgrades to stories that include a layout mode, new [...] - Search Engine Journal
New Google Easter Eggs: Multi-Sided Dice via @MattGSouthern Google has updated its “roll a die” tool, one of its longest standing eater eggs, with [...] - Search Engine Journal
How one in-house SEO team is taking on industry incumbents A look at HomeToGo’s Search Engine Land Award-winning initiative to gain media coverage and [...] - Search Engine Land
Conductor purchase price revealed: $15.8M cash + $97.8M stock The purchase price was less than 2X what Conductor had raised. - Search Engine Land
Google Discover Driving Traffic To E-Commerce Product Pages Did you know that Google Discover can also show product pages that may interest you? Merlinox [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

August, 15 2019

Explore college opportunities with new Search features Summer is winding down, and students across the country are heading back to the classroom. For many [...] - Inside Search
Top Ranking in Google Local Can Be Rented via @martinibuster You can rent top positions in Google's local search rankings. - Search Engine Journal
Google doesn’t pass PageRank on nofollow links. Here’s why you still see them in GSC Nofollow links will be included in your Link Report. - Search Engine Land
Google’s Mobile-Friendly Test Doesn’t Follow Robots.txt Rules via @MattGSouthern Google’s John Mueller recently advised the company’s mobile-friendly test doesn’t [...] - Search Engine Journal
33% of People Are Now Using Voice Assistants Regularly via @MattGSouthern In a new report, eMarketer declares the use of voice assistants has reached a “critical [...] - Search Engine Journal
Compare and monitor performance of manual and Smart Bidding strategies with this script This script helps you monitor performance to make informed decisions about what's working in Google [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Expands Its College Search Features via @MattGSouthern Google is expanding its college search features, introduced last year, with the ability to search [...] - Search Engine Journal
Growing in-app viewability coverage with Open Measurement People are spending more time on their mobile phones, especially in apps, and move across screens [...] - Inside Adwords

August, 14 2019

Now, more 50% of Google searches end without a click to other content, study finds Zero-click searches hit an all-time high in June. - Search Engine Land
Google is aware of sites hosted on another’s subdomain It’s improving its systems to recognize such content and treat it accordingly. - Search Engine Land
Did Googler’s Tweet Imply Google Doesn’t Catch All Paid Links? via @martinibuster A tweet by Google's Gary Illyes about devaluing 700 domains for link selling implied the paid links [...] - Search Engine Journal

August, 13 2019

Why White Hat SEO is No Longer a Thing via @martinibuster It's time to be realistic about how we define SEO for Google - Search Engine Journal
Google Search Console Now Reports on More Types of Structured Data via @MattGSouthern Google is adding three more types of structured data to the rich results report in Search Console. - Search Engine Journal
WordPress’ Parent Company Acquires Tumblr for Shockingly Low Sum via @MattGSouthern Automattic Inc., owner of WordPress.com, has acquired Tumblr for what is reported to be very low [...] - Search Engine Journal
YouTube Updated its Algorithm in July, Upsetting Many Creators via @MattGSouthern A recent report reveals YouTube launched a significant algorithm update in July – and [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Temporarily Lost Part of its Search Index in April via @MattGSouthern Google revealed new details about its indexing issues in April, saying part of the search index was [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google JavaScript SEO Docs Adds Meta Noindex Examples Google recently posted a new help document around JavaScript and SEO. Google received some early [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

August, 12 2019

Prepare to say goodbye to average position in Google Ads on September 30 Update any scripts, rules and reporting and look to Google's new position metrics. - Search Engine Land
Google Ads to Remove Average Position Metric on September 30 via @MattGSouthern Google announced that the average position metric is getting removed from Google Ads starting the [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Warns: Embedding Instagram Images Can Cause SEO Issues Google's John Mueller was asked about why a site saw a major dropping in image search traffic after [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
When indexing goes wrong: how Google Search recovered from indexing issues & lessons learned since. Most of the time, our search engine runs properly. Our teams work hard to prevent technical issues [...] - Google Webmaster Central
Google’s Mueller Asked About Increasing E-A-T with Structured Data via @martinibuster Google's John Mueller answers question about increasing E-A-T and structured data. - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads’ Optimization Score Now Includes Shopping Campaigns via @MattGSouthern Optimization scores in Google Ads will now include shopping campaigns as well as search campaigns. - Search Engine Journal
Google: Submitting Redirect URLs for Indexing Doesn’t Make Sense via @MattGSouthern Google’s John Mueller recently explained that submitting a URL for indexing, when it [...] - Search Engine Journal
More from Google on its indexing issues Google has shared more details on the indexing issues it experienced over the past few months. - Search Engine Land
TikTok’s Parent Company ByteDance is Launching a Search Engine via @MattGSouthern ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, is now part of the search market as it rolls out its own [...] - Search Engine Journal
Hotels can now add services, amenities in Google My Business Now you can control your hotel details on Google Maps and Google Search. - Search Engine Land
Here’s how a learning mindset can propel your marketing career Andrew Cooper, a Search Engine Land search marketer of the year takes learning-by-doing to heart. [...] - Search Engine Land
Ecosia says it will boycott ‘search choice’ auction on Android in Europe Will other European search engines also reject Google's antitrust remedy? - Search Engine Land

August, 9 2019

How to Reach More People on Facebook via @martinibuster Tips for increasing the reach of Facebook posts for Facebook groups and business pages. - Search Engine Journal
Here’s how Google’s new keyword selection preferences work A look at the potential impact of same-meaning close variants for exact match, phrase match and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google’s indexing issues are resolved Google has just confirmed the indexing issues from yesterday are fully resolved. - Search Engine Land
Paid Search is the Fastest Growing Ad Format in Retail [REPORT] via @MattGSouthern A new report on retail digital ad spending in 2019 reveals that paid search is the fastest growing [...] - Search Engine Journal
Search marketing is moving back toward more human interaction PPC expert Mark Irvine shared his insights during SMX London on what lies beyond the data to manage [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads is Emailing Accounts That Haven’t Switched to Automated Bidding via @MattGSouthern Google Ads appears to be emailing owners of accounts that haven’t made the switch to [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google My Business Lets Hotel Listings Customize Their Amenities via @MattGSouthern Hotel listings in Google My Business can now customize their services and amenities in a new [...] - Search Engine Journal

August, 8 2019

Google not able to index new content, again Google is having issues indexing new content again and the URL Inspection tool is also having [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Makes Podcasts Playable in Search Results via @MattGSouthern Google is now surfacing podcast episodes that can be played directly in search results. - Search Engine Journal
A Google Bug is Preventing the Indexing of New Content via @MattGSouthern Google is currently experiencing a bug that is preventing newly-published from being indexed. - Search Engine Journal
Press play: Find and listen to podcast episodes on Search Today when you search on Google, you can find many different forms of information, from videos and [...] - Inside Search
Reservations, AR navigation coming to Google Maps The new features are aimed at making Maps a hub for travelers. - Search Engine Land
Google adds playable podcasts directly in the search results Google can hear you clearly now and surface content within your podcasts. - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Makes it Easier to Manage Multiple Accounts via @MattGSouthern Google Ads is rolling out a new feature designed to help users manage multiple accounts more [...] - Search Engine Journal
Yes, Googlebot can detect JavaScript redirects JavaScript redirects are followed similarly to server-side redirects, Google explained. - Search Engine Land
Google Algo Update Removes Porn from Lesbian & More Search Results via @MrDannyGoodwin Google's algorithm update reduces the sexual nature of search results for queries with both [...] - Search Engine Journal

August, 7 2019

Google Officially Launches Gallery Ads in Beta via @MattGSouthern Google’s new gallery ads, first introduced this past May, are now rolling out to advertisers [...] - Search Engine Journal
Googlebot evergreen rendering in our testing tools Today we updated most of our testing tools so they are using the evergreen Chromium [...] - Google Webmaster Central
Google Search Console sending performance report emails Your clients may be getting emails from Google Search Console with their performance for the month. - Search Engine Land
Google testing tools now support evergreen Googlebot After three months, the Google testing tools are now using the latest version of Googlebot. - Search Engine Land
Google Updates Testing Tools With Better JavaScript Support via @MattGSouthern Google has updated most of its testing tools with Googlebot evergreen rendering, which improves how [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google discontinues Trips mobile app Users will be directed to use Search and Maps for their travel planning. - Search Engine Land
Video: Mary Bowling on the growth of local SEO and importance knowledge panels What a fun discussion with this local SEO legend, who has devoted her life to helping small [...] - Search Engine Land
SEO Community Responds to Google’s Nofollow Advice via @martinibuster SEO community responds to Google's assertion that adding nofollow to links seems "a bit [...] - Search Engine Journal

August, 6 2019

Google Ads’ new account map makes it easier to visualize manager accounts The tool is now available in all manager accounts. - Search Engine Land
Google Image Search launches new image preview box Check out this new interface for Google Image search that is now live after months of testing. - Search Engine Land
Google Top Places List Out of Beta – Uses Machine Learning via @martinibuster Google's Top Places List is out of beta. It now uses machine learning to select local search [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google beats out Microsoft, Amazon, IBM in image recognition study Image search recognition is getting pretty good, here is a study that shows how good it is right [...] - Search Engine Land
EfficientNet-EdgeTPU: Creating Accelerator-Optimized Neural Networks with AutoML Posted by Suyog Gupta, Machine Learning Accelerator Architect and Mingxing Tan, Software Engineer, [...] - Google Research
Google Overhauls Image Search Results on Desktop via @MattGSouthern Google has revamped the image search experience on desktop to provide more context when previewing [...] - Search Engine Journal
Five search reports for ecommerce you can pull now to prep for Q4 For ecommerce companies, it's not too early to start preparing for the holiday season. Here are [...] - Search Engine Watch
Are Google Mobile Searches Now 65% Of All Searches Greg Sterling was at the Engage conference last week and tweeted that a Google representative said [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Team Stricter With Google's Internal SEO Team John Mueller from Google said that the Google search team is very strict with Google's internal SEO [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Still Working On Evergreen GoogleBot Support For Tools Back in May, three months ago, Google released the evergreen GoogleBot. Basically GoogleBot is on [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Rare Photo: Gary Illyes From Google Smiling - Search Engine Roundtable

August, 5 2019

Google: Word Count Is Not A Ranking Factor Google's John Mueller said in a Reddit thread that Google does not use word count as a ranking [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Review counts matter more to local business revenue than star ratings, according to study Womply also found businesses claiming their listings on multiple sites generated 58% more revenue [...] - Search Engine Land
An Interactive, Automated 3D Reconstruction of a Fly Brain Posted by Peter Li, Research Scientist and Jeremy Maitin-Shepard, Software Engineer, Connectomics [...] - Google Research
Video: Catalyst’s Paul Shapiro on going beyond technical SEO Natural language processing, SEO testing, technical SEO audits and more were all discussed in this [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Knowledge Graph Reconciliation Exploring how Google’s knowledge graph works can provide some insights into how is growing [...] - SEO by the Sea
August 2019 Google Webmaster Report We had a busy month in terms of Google SEO and webmaster related topics; probably the biggest were [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Danny Sullivan Says He Is The Same Danny Sullivan After Joining Google This is a topic I'd likely be very biased about but I decided to cover it because if it was another [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Video: Voice Search In The Google Search Console Not Recording Google Assistant Results? We've been hearing for a while that Google may be adding voice search filters to the Google Search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Vlog #7: Paul Shapiro of Catalyst On Technical SEO Beyond Crawling & Indexing In episode #7 of the vlog series at the Search Engine Roundtable I interviewed Paul Shapiro [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Test: Google Local Pack Carousel With Ad At The Top Mike Blumenthal spotted this last week, where Google was testing showing not just the local pack [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Surfboard LA Pool Table - Search Engine Roundtable

August, 2 2019

Google tests carousel local pack with ads included In this new design, Google is not showing as many local results by default. - Search Engine Land
Google Core Updates Impact Your Google Discover Feed Rankings This probably does not come as a surprise to most of you who read this site, but Google confirmed [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google to offer mandated ‘search choice’ to EU Android users in 2020 However, use of an auction for inclusion on the choice screen has some search rivals complaining. - Search Engine Land
Google Launched A Freshness Algorithm For Featured Snippets In Late February Yesterday, Google also confirmed that in late February, it launched a new algorithm aimed at making [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing: Never Seen A Case Where Negative SEO Was Attributed To Ranking Decline Bing's spam fighter, Frédéric Dubut, said on Twitter "I haven't seen any case [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

August, 1 2019

What webmasters should know about about Google’s “core updates” Each day, Google usually releases one or more changes designed to improve our search results. Most [...] - Google Webmaster Central
New research shows strong link between Google My Business photo quantity and search performance Here's what analyzing 580,853 images across 15,191 Google My Business listings taught us about how [...] - Search Engine Land
Google launches new algorithm to better understand useful & timely information This doesn't mean all featured snippets need to be new and fresh, it just means when the answer [...] - Search Engine Land
Google advice on improving your site’s ranking for future core ranking update Google has finally given us something we can point to after a core updates negatively impacts a [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Announces Featured Snippets Update via @martinibuster Google announces an update to featured snippets that changes some results by freshness. - Search Engine Journal
Google Publishes Guidance on Core Algorithm Updates via @martinibuster Google published guidance on Core Algorithm Updates and how to create quality content. - Search Engine Journal
Google Search Console doesn’t show data for featured snippets read by Google Assistant In the second episode of #AskGoogleWebmasters, John Mueller explained some voice search nuances in [...] - Search Engine Land
Signs Of Another Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update I am seeing signs both in terms of early chatter within the SEO community and industry and the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Beware: Google Ads Expands Broad & Phrase Match To Include Keyword Close Variants Yesterday, Google announced that in the coming weeks broad match modifier and phrase match keywords [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Finding fresh, helpful information through featured snippets Sometimes when you use Google, you’re seeking information when timeliness matters, even if [...] - Inside Search
Google Posts Help Advice For Sites Impacted By Core Updates Finally, we knew this was coming, and now it is here, Google posted advice on what you can do it [...] - Search Engine Roundtable