Archive of September, 2019

September, 30 2019

Google Says H1 Headings Are Useful but Not Critical via @martinibuster Google's John Mueller answers why H1 headings are useful but not critical - Search Engine Journal
Google on How to Rank Category Pages via @martinibuster Google's John Mueller answers how to rank a category page instead of a product page. - Search Engine Journal
Large-Scale Multilingual Speech Recognition with a Streaming End-to-End Model Posted by Arindrima Datta and Anjuli Kannan, Software Engineers, Google Research Google's mission [...] - Google Research
Can SEO Have a Negative Effect? via @martinibuster Can some SEO practices backfire and have a negative effect on rankings? - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads enables reporting across accounts in Report Editor Unfortunately it's currently limited to Manager accounts with no more than 10 accounts. - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Report Editor Updated With Easier Cross-Account Analysis via @MattGSouthern Google Ads is making it easier to analyze performance across multiple accounts using Report Editor. - Search Engine Journal
Instagram is Encouraging More Content Creation But Offers No Added Incentive via @MattGSouthern Instagram has launched an account dedicated to encouraging creators to publish more and longer [...] - Search Engine Journal

September, 29 2019

September 2019 Google Update – Winners and Losers via @martinibuster Publishers report mild wins and gains. But Google appears to have put the screws to certain link [...] - Search Engine Journal

September, 28 2019

WeWork Selling Conductor SEO Company – Layoffs Possible via @martinibuster WeWork is said to be selling Conductor SEO Tech Company. Layoffs predicted. - Search Engine Journal

September, 27 2019

Google Sept. 2019 Core Update ‘weaker’ than June core update A detailed look at the early impact from the latest Google core update. - Search Engine Land
In response to Google change, Yoast SEO will opt users into all snippet features by default The change comes with versions 12.2, coming October 1. - Search Engine Land
Publishers Claim that Google Filters Website Traffic via @martinibuster Publishers discuss a Google filter that removes search traffic. - Search Engine Journal
Businesses can now opt out of Google’s online food ordering Here's how restaurants can opt out of "order online." - Search Engine Land
4 Things to know about Google posts in the 3-pack and local finder We have not found content used in the Google Post has any impact on ranking so, focus on keywords [...] - Search Engine Land
On Google’s 21st birthday, a look back in time Google’s exact “birthday” remains a mystery, but the official line is that [...] - Search Engine Land
Google My Business Lets Restaurants Opt-Out of Online Ordering via @MattGSouthern Google My Business is letting restaurant listings remove links to online ordering. - Search Engine Journal
Google Search News: coming soon to a screen near you The world of search is constantly evolving. New tools, opportunities, and features are regularly [...] - Google Webmaster Central

September, 26 2019

Facebook to Officially Start Hiding Like Counts on Posts via @MattGSouthern Facebook will begin hiding like counts on posts in a test that begins September 27th in Australia. - Search Engine Journal
Google September 2019 Core Update Impact Now Being Noticed It took some time, but now the SEO community is noticing the impact of the Google September 2019 [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Introduces Improved Keyword Recommendations via @MattGSouthern Google Ads is updating optimization scores by improving the relevancy and quality of keyword [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads Changes the Design of Call-Only Ads via @MattGSouthern Google is rolling out a new look for call-only ads which is said to help drive higher quality leads. - Search Engine Journal
WeWork looking to sell or spin out acquisitions, including SEO firm Conductor A Conductor deal has been in process "for awhile," says source. - Search Engine Land
Google 21st Birthday On September 27th - Here Is The Doodle Tomorrow is Google's 21st birthday and Google has already released its very own birthday Doodle to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Snapchat Extends Length of Video Ads from 10 Seconds to 3 Minutes via @MattGSouthern Snapchat has substantially increased the maxmimum duration of video ads from ten seconds to three [...] - Search Engine Journal
Pinterest’s New ‘Shop the Look’ Ads Can Feature Multiple Products in a Single Ad via @MattGSouthern Pinterest is rolling out a new ad format as well as an all new design for business profiles. - Search Engine Journal

September, 25 2019

Keywords Everywhere tool goes paid on Oct 1 ‘The only other option would have been to shut it down,’ developer says. - Search Engine Land
John Mueller Answers How to Block Google from a Staging Site via @martinibuster Google's John Mueller suggests the best way to block Google from a testing server or staging site. - Search Engine Journal

September, 24 2019

Alert: Google To Release September 2019 Core Update Later Today Google just announced that it is releasing a new core update later today. Google wrote on Twitter [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google is Releasing a Broad Core Algorithm Update Today, September 24th via @MattGSouthern Google has given SEOs and site owners advance notice that a broad core algorithm update will be [...] - Search Engine Journal
Contributing Data to Deepfake Detection Research Posted by Nick Dufour, Google Research and Andrew Gully, Jigsaw Deep learning has given rise to [...] - Google Research
Google September 2019 core update to roll-out later today Google has pre-announced that a new core update is rolling out sometime later today, are you ready? - Search Engine Land
Google’s new snippet settings give webmasters control over their search listings display Google adds max-snippet, max-video-preview, max-image-preview and more to the nosnippet snippet [...] - Search Engine Land
More options to help websites preview their content on Google Search Google uses content previews, including text snippets and other media, to help people decide [...] - Google Webmaster Central
Getting started with Google Tag Manager Here's how you set up a GTM account, create your first tags and triggers, and use the platform to [...] - Search Engine Land
BrightEdge Unveils New Technology That Puts SEO on Autopilot via @KristiKellogg BrightEdge has announced a new technology called BrightEdge Autopilot that will automate certain [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Lets Site Owners Customize Their Search Results Snippets via @MattGSouthern Google is giving site owners the ability to customize how their content is previewed in search [...] - Search Engine Journal
Publishers Report Possible URL Removal Tool Bug – No Word from Google via @martinibuster Several publishers report problem with Google's URL Removal Tool. Some report that it is working. - Search Engine Journal

September, 23 2019

Latino genealogists use Google to search for their roots Editor’s note: For National Hispanic Heritage Month, we teamed up with Los Angeles-based [...] - Inside Search
Fresher data in your site’s Search Performance report We analyzed our user feedback, and today would like to announce a new improvement to the report [...] - Google Webmaster Central
Google Search Console speeds up data in performance reports Google also updated the export to let you choose the timeframe of the export. - Search Engine Land
Google Search Console Can Now Report on Same-Day Data via @MattGSouthern Google is updating Search Console with the ability to return fresher data – as recent as less [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads Lets Users Set Up Conversion Tracking During Campaign Creation via @MattGSouthern Google Ads is now letting users set up conversion tracking during the campaign creation process. - Search Engine Journal
Google Search Console Performance Report Data Now Less Than A Day Old Google announced this morning that Performance Reports within Google Search Console is now going to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
YouTube ‘Video Reach’ campaigns let advertisers upload multiple videos for single campaign Ford reports the new offering reduced campaign costs by more than 20% compared to its previous [...] - Search Engine Land
YouTube Introduces Video Reach Campaigns for Brand Marketers via @gregjarboe With YouTube video reach campaigns, you upload multiple video ads into a single campaign and let [...] - Search Engine Journal
Pinterest Enhances Group Boards With New Collaboration Tools via @MattGSouthern Pinterest is enhancing users’ ability to collaborate on group boards with the roll out of [...] - Search Engine Journal
Instagram Has New Policies for Content Promoting Weight Loss Products via @MattGSouthern Instagram is rolling out new policies around content that promotes weight loss products or cosmetic [...] - Search Engine Journal

September, 22 2019

Facebook Rolls Out New Types of Interactive Mobile Ads via @MattGSouthern Facebook is giving advertisers access to new types of interactive ads, including AR ads and video [...] - Search Engine Journal

September, 21 2019

18 years after Google Images, the Versace jungle print dress is back Nearly 20 years ago, a green Versace dress broke the internet, and Google Images was born. It was [...] - Inside Search
YouTube Backtracks and Lets Channels Keep ‘Verified’ Badges via @MattGSouthern YouTube has officially backtracked on controversial plans to take away ‘verified’ [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Rolls Out 6 Easter Eggs to Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of ‘Friends’ via @MattGSouthern Google is marking the 25th anniversary of the ‘Friends’ sitcom with six new Easter eggs [...] - Search Engine Journal

September, 20 2019

Google Search Console Adds a New Structured Data Report for Breadcrumbs via @MattGSouthern Google has added another structured data report, allowing site owners to quickly check whether [...] - Search Engine Journal
TripAdvisor says it blocked or removed nearly 1.5 million fake reviews in 2018 Most of the fake reviews that are submitted (91%) are "biased positive reviews." - Search Engine Land
Store visits now available for Google Ads smart bidding optimization Now smart bidding can take foot traffic and online conversion actions into account. - Search Engine Land
Google "Friends" Easter Eggs If you search for some of the character names from the show Friends on Google you may see some [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Old Content On New Domains Is Okay John Mueller from Google was asked if it is okay for a site to have content that pre-dates when the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 19 2019

Google Chrome Will Provide Answers to Queries Right in the Address Bar via @MattGSouthern Google Chrome will soon receive an update that provides answers to search results without having to [...] - Search Engine Journal
Breadcrumb structured data reports now available in Google Search Console The new report can help you debug issues with breadcrumbs displaying in the search results. - Search Engine Land
Catching SEO errors during development using automated tests Avoid the high cost of catching SEO issues in the production phase by using automated testing [...] - Search Engine Land
Search Ads 360 rolls out auction-time bidding for Google Search campaigns It enables access to Google Ads' Smart Bidding capabilities. - Search Engine Land
Google explains why syndicators may outrank original publishers How to ensure your syndicated partners don't outrank you in Google. - Search Engine Land
Google: The Reviews Rich Results Algorithm Still Rolling Out Danny Sullivan from Google said yesterday that the new algorithm to be more restrictive on when to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 18 2019

Project Ihmehimmeli: Temporal Coding in Spiking Neural Networks Posted by Iulia-Maria Comșa and Krzysztof Potempa, Research Engineers, Google Research, [...] - Google Research
Organic search responsible for 53% of all site traffic, paid 15% [Study] According to BrightEdge, paid and organic search drive more than 70% of revenues for B2B and the [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ranks Syndicated Content Over Original Publisher via @martinibuster Despite Google's announcement to rank original news, Google is still showing bias to big sites that [...] - Search Engine Journal
Noticeable drop in reviews showing in Google search results It has begun, Google is showing fewer review stars in its search results. - Search Engine Land
‘Intent’ should be every marketer’s #1 obsession We need to be focused on what people are looking for and why we’re creating that content. - Search Engine Land
Is FAQ Structured Data Dominating Google Search? via @martinibuster SEO community calls attention to a quirk in how Google displays FAQ data in the search results. - Search Engine Journal
Google can crawl AJAX just fine No special action necessary for webmasters. - Search Engine Land

September, 17 2019

Instagram Posts Can Now Be Scheduled in Advance Through Facebook via @MattGSouthern Instagram posts can now be scheduled to publish at a later time through Facebook’s Creator [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google search adds key moments for videos in search It is live, the "in this video" timeline feature in search is officially live and works [...] - Search Engine Land
You can’t advertise that: The big list of prohibited ads across social and search platforms To get ads approved in a timely manner, brands need to know what content is allowed, what’s [...] - Search Engine Land
Search helps you find key moments in videos There are a lot of ways that Search helps you discover visual, textual, and even audio information, [...] - Inside Search
LinkedIn Now Has a Way for Users to Verify Their Skills via @MattGSouthern LinkedIn is introducing skill assessments which allow users to demonstrate their expertise and add [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Updates Rules For Displaying Reviews Rich Results In Search Results Google has updated its rules for how and when it shows the reviews rich results, the review stars, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Console Adds a New Type of Structured Data Report via @MattGSouthern Google has added one more type of structured data to its growing list of structured data reports in [...] - Search Engine Journal
Pinterest Upgrades Visual Search With Shoppable Pins via @MattGSouthern Pinterest is integrating shoppable pins with visual search, making it easier for users to buy [...] - Search Engine Journal
Yoast 12.1 adds custom favicons to the mobile snippet preview Also introduces more schema filters and matches Google’s search font size on desktop. - Search Engine Land
Snapchat Introduces 3D Effects for Selfies via @MattGSouthern Snapchat is introducing a 3D camera mode that adds depth to photos taken with the front-facing [...] - Search Engine Journal

September, 16 2019

Making Review Rich Results more helpful Search results that are enhanced by review rich results can be extremely helpful when searching for [...] - Google Webmaster Central
Google Updates Reviews Rich Results – Check Your Structured Data via @martinibuster Google updated Reviews Rich Results. Change affects publishers with reviews structured data. - Search Engine Journal
Google tests “in this video” search feature How cool is this new Google search feature that breaks down the sections of the video you are [...] - Search Engine Land
Google cracks down on some review rich results If your review rich results in Google search disappear, here is maybe why. - Search Engine Land
Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update Signs Heating Up More On Friday, yes, Friday the 13th (hence the graphic), I reported on signals of a possible Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Console adds Datasets to enhancement reports section Check out this new report within Google Search Console and if you don't see it, do not panic. - Search Engine Land
Google Shortens Title Length In Search By ~5 Characters On Average The folks at RankRanger are showing data that on average, the title tag length shown in the Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
10 Takeaways from the state of SEO survey We explore the top 10 takeaways from the survey data - think of it as a TLDR version of data [...] - Search Engine Watch

September, 14 2019

Google’s John Mueller on Where to Insert JSON-LD Structured Data via @MattGSouthern In the latest instalment of the #AskGoogleWebmasters video series, Google’s John Mueller [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads App Now Displays Campaign Optimization Scores via @MattGSouthern Google has updated the Google Ads app with support for campaign optimization scores. - Search Engine Journal

September, 13 2019

Using Deep Learning to Inform Differential Diagnoses of Skin Diseases Posted by Yuan Liu, PhD, Software Engineer and Peggy Bui, MD, Technical Program Manager, Google [...] - Google Research
Google Confirmation: Changing Nofollow Was About Link Signal via @martinibuster Gary Illyes confirmed that nofollow links deprived Google of important link data. - Search Engine Journal
Google Updates Search Rankings to Favor Original News Reporting via @MattGSouthern Google is updating search rankings to give more weight to the original reporting of news stories. - Search Engine Journal
Subdomain leasing and the giant hole in Google’s Medic update In today's Soapbox, a warning about the hack in low-authority medical advice with content mirrors [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Our Newer Search Algorithms Have Been Promoting Original Reporting In Search Yesterday Google announced yesterday that algorithmic updates it made to the search results a few [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Friday The 13th Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update Chatter I am seeing some early chatter of a Google search ranking algorithm update today on Friday the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 12 2019

Elevating original reporting in Search Google Search was built to provide everyone access to information on the web—and with tens of [...] - Inside Search
Google now gives more preference to original reporting in search Google has updated its algorithms to show more original reporting in search and Google News results. - Search Engine Land
What really matters in Google’s nofollow changes, SEOs ask Who benefits, who will implement the new attributes and how much change should sites expect? - Search Engine Land
Google Will Now Treat Meta Robots Nofollow as a Hint via @martinibuster Google announced that the Meta Robots Nofollow will also be treated as a hint. Google will no [...] - Search Engine Journal
A script to create a Google Ads Experiments dashboard This script generates a dashboard with a comprehensive view of experiments across My Client Center. - Search Engine Land
WordPress To Adopt Google's New rel=ugc in Next Release Joost de Valk, from Yoast but a person who is super tight with WordPress, said WordPress will adopt [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Yes, you can add JSON structured data to the body of your pages Head or body, Mueller explains that Google can read both just fine. - Search Engine Land
Meta robots nofollow gets the hint treatment too Robots won’t support the new UGC and sponsored link attributes, says Google’s Gary [...] - Search Engine Land
SEO is a team sport: How brands and agencies organize work I interviewed 31 people, from Content Specialists to SEO Directors, and CEOs to ask them about how [...] - Search Engine Watch

September, 11 2019

Compare 19 top SEO tools and platforms Let MarTech Today's 'Enterprise SEO Platforms: A Marketer’s Guide' help you make the informed [...] - Search Engine Land
Learning Cross-Modal Temporal Representations from Unlabeled Videos Posted by Chen Sun and Cordelia Schmid, Research Scientists, Google Research While people can [...] - Google Research
How Google’s recent changes affect higher education websites College websites are often large, decentralized and unwieldy so it's important to create a [...] - Search Engine Land
Everything Google Has Said On The Nofollow Link Attribute Change Google announced a change to the nofollow link attribute yesterday and with that announcement, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Search used when brands are unknown, but it’s direct navigation for existing customers A new survey from Yext explores what content sources are more trusted and what's at stake in not [...] - Search Engine Land

September, 10 2019

Evolving “nofollow” – new ways to identify the nature of links Nearly 15 years ago, the nofollow attribute was introduced as a means to help fight comment [...] - Google Webmaster Central
Google Evolves “Nofollow” and Introduces Two New Link Attributes via @MattGSouthern Google is evolving the nofollow link attribute and introducing additional attributes to help Google [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google to treat nofollow link attribute as a ‘hint’ Google is also adding two new link attributes, one for sponsored links and one for user generated [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Nofollow Links Ranking Change – How it Affects SEO via @martinibuster Google's announcement that nofollow links may help rankings changes digital marketing in a profound [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Launches a Native Lazy-loading Plugin for WordPress via @MattGSouthern Google has released a new WordPress plugin that’s designed for Chrome’s new native [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google: Our Systems Cannot Determine Accuracy Of Content Danny Sullivan from Google said on Twitter "Machines can't tell the "accuracy" of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Content accuracy is not a ranking factor Google’s Danny Sullivan explained that its systems rely on topic relevance and authority to [...] - Search Engine Land
SMX Overtime: Your questions answered about Google penalties and their impact on websites SMX London attendees asked SEO expert Fili Wiese a wide-ranging number of questions about [...] - Search Engine Land

September, 9 2019

Google Says Goodbye to the Old Search Console via @MattGSouthern Google is officially sunsetting the old version of Search Console - Search Engine Journal
Saying goodbye to the old Search Console Today we are reaching another important milestone in our graduation journey , we are saying [...] - Google Webmaster Central
The old Google Search Console is no longer available After over two years since the new version of the Google Search Console has come out, Google has [...] - Search Engine Land
All 50 states’ attorneys general join in antitrust investigation of Google Facebook is also being investigated in another multistate action lead by New York. - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Introduces New Policies for Certain Types of Medical Ads via @MattGSouthern Google is introducing a new policy to prohibit ads for unproven or experimental medical techniques. - Search Engine Journal
Google: Headings Won't Make Or Break Your Sites Rankings Google's John Mueller said in a Reddit thread that while "headings on a page are great for SEO [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Updates The Search Quality Raters Guidelines On September 5th Google has updated the Google search quality raters guidelines handbook on September 5, 2019. That [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
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Google Finally Responds To Paid Links Allegations On Apache.org For years we have known Apache.org, the Apache Foundation, has been giving thanks to its big [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 6 2019

Announcing Two New Natural Language Dialog Datasets Posted by Bill Byrne and Filip Radlinski, Research Scientists, Google Research Today’s [...] - Google Research
Google Makes Changes to GMB Listings With Distance-Based Service Areas via @MattGSouthern Google is going to automatically apply changes to Google My Business listings with distance-based [...] - Search Engine Journal
Quality Raters Guidelines Update – This is What Changed via @martinibuster Google updated the Quality Raters Guidelines. Changes may indicate SEO trends to follow. - Search Engine Journal
Learn to think like an SEO developer Enhance your skill set by bringing your SEO knowledge to the world of computer programming. - Search Engine Land
Change log: Google updated its Search Quality Rater Guidelines Here's what's new, compared side-by-side with the last version. - Search Engine Land
Google on Algorithm Update Recovery – 4 Takeaways via @martinibuster Google's John Mueller offers four takeaways recovering from a broad core algorithm update. - Search Engine Journal
Lessons I have learned from adding FAQ schema: A test of 1,000 keywords FAQ snippets take more space in SERP and that can keep you on top. - Search Engine Land
Majestic’s enhanced tool now gives SEOs a lot more useful context about backlinks New "link context" visualizes where the link appears on the page, the surrounding text [...] - Search Engine Land

September, 5 2019

Announcement of the 2019 Fellowship Awardees and Highlights from the Google PhD Fellowship Summit Posted by Susie Kim, Program Manager, University Relations In 2009, Google created the PhD [...] - Google Research
Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update On September 4th & 5th? I am seeing new signs of yet another Google search ranking update starting late yesterday, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How SEOs can master voice search now Optimizing for voice search means answering questions in featured snippets, paying attention to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google My Business Dropping Distance-Based Service Areas Google announced it is removing the remaining distance-based service area businesses. It will be [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google adds new movie structured data Take note if you have movie listings on your web site. - Search Engine Land
Google Introduces New Structured Data for Movie Carousels via @MattGSouthern Google is rolling out a new type of structured data to help movies appear in new dedicated movie [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google is Changing How People Discover Movies & TV Shows via @MattGSouthern Google is changing the way people use its search engine to find the next TV show or movie to watch. - Search Engine Journal
Google’s Assistant-everywhere strategy reminiscent of old site search playbook Google Assistant "syndication" is a way to battle Amazon Alexa and expand its reach for [...] - Search Engine Land
Twitter Has Temporarily Disabled Tweeting via SMS via @MattGSouthern Twitter is temporarily disabling the ability to send tweets via SMS text messages. - Search Engine Journal

September, 4 2019

We audited Google Ad recommendations: What we learned will surprise you The analysis revealed adding sitelinks to ads, replacing trademark terms with "trending [...] - Search Engine Land
Google selects canonical URLs based on your site and user preference If a different URL is chosen, it doesn’t negatively affect your site. - Search Engine Land
Google’s John Mueller Explains How Canonical URLs are Chosen via @MattGSouthern In the latest instalment of the #AskGoogleWebmasters video series, John Mueller tackles the topic [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google verticals, machine learning and no-click searches expected to have the biggest impacts on SEO Survey also finds that SEOs think government investigations are least likely to impact the industry. - Search Engine Land
Basecamp Google Ad: We Don't Want To Run This Ad But Forced To. Founder & CEO at Basecamp, Jason Fried, posted a screen shot on Twitter of a Google Ad the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Majestic Updates Backlink Tool – You Might Need to See This via @martinibuster Majestic released an improved version of their popular link checking tool. It takes the pain out of [...] - Search Engine Journal
Video: Marie Haynes discusses Google algorithm updates, penalties and more on E-A-T How does one go from being a veterinarian to a running full time SEO agency? - Search Engine Land

September, 3 2019

WordPress Hackers Are Using Vulnerable Plugins to Gain Access to Sites via @MattGSouthern Hackers are reportedly exploiting vulnerabilities in over ten WordPress plugins in order to [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads seasonality adjustments now available for Search, Display campaigns Give Google's bidding algorithms a heads up about short-term conversation rate changes during [...] - Search Engine Land
Facebook Might Follow Instagram By Removing Like Counts via @MattGSouthern Facebook may take a page out of its own playbook by hiding likes, similar to what’s being [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Search Console adds auto-DNS verification Here is yet another, possibly faster, method to verify web sites in Google Search Console. - Search Engine Land
Beyond conventional SEO: Unravelling the mystery of the organic product carousel New SERP features in the US will soon be rolled out globally and involves the use of inputs and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Console Makes it Easier to Verify Domain Properties via @MattGSouthern Google is working with with domain name registrars to automate the process of verifying domain [...] - Search Engine Journal
YouTube Removed Over 100K Videos and 17K Channels in Q2 2019 via @MattGSouthern YouTube detailed the work it put into removing harmful content last quarter, revealing over 100,000 [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Shows Competitors Local Listings Above The Branded Local Knowledge Panel This isn't a good thing - Google can show a carousel feature of competitive businesses in the area [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Introducing Auto-DNS verification in the new Search Console Back in February, we announced domain-wide data in Search Console , to give site owners a [...] - Google Webmaster Central
September 2019 Google Webmaster Report This month we had two unconfirmed Google search ranking algorithm updates, one around August 17th [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 2 2019

WordPress 5.3 Will Change How it Blocks Indexing via @martinibuster WordPress 5.3 will stop using Robots.txt to discourage search engines from indexing a site. - Search Engine Journal
Labor Day - 2019 Logos From Google, Yahoo & Bing Today is Labor Day in the United States and now for the fourth year in a row, Google has a Labor [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 1 2019

YouTube Will Show Abbreviated Subscriber Counts Starting in September via @MattGSouthern Starting in September, YouTube will stop showing full subscriber counts for all channels with more [...] - Search Engine Journal
Facebook Lets Users Share Music from Spotify to Stories via @MattGSouthern Facebook has gained another popular Instagram feature, the ability to share songs from Spotify to [...] - Search Engine Journal