Archive of September, 2022

September, 30 2022

5 massive SEO and content shifts you need to master right now What can today's industry shifts tell us about the future of SEO and content marketing? Here are [...] - Search Engine Land
Google "More Like This" Star Search Snippet Feature Google is testing a new feature that places a large and smaller star next to the search result [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
GA4 now has an enhanced measurement option for Form interactions A new 'form_start' interaction will measure the first time a user interacts with a form in a [...] - Search Engine Land
B2B PPC Experts Give Their Take On Google Search On Announcements via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson Google hosted its 3rd annual Search On event on September 28th. The event announced numerous Search [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google: Page Speed Issues Wouldn't Lead To Your Site Being Removed From Google Search Google's John Mueller said that your site or page would not be removed from the Google Search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Testing Things To Know On Right Search Panel Google is testing the placement of the Things To Know section on the right-side panel. Typically, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Technical SEO testing: How Googlebot handles iframes Here are some test scenarios that may lead Google to index the content inside an iFrame, while [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 30, 2022 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
3D Chrome Google Sign - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search: When A Brand Becomes More Popular Than The Meaning Of The Word There are some brands that have generic names that have become more popular than the actual meaning [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Core & Product Reviews Update Done, Local Search Ranking Bug Fixed, Search On Event Recap & More Google has finished rolling out both the September 2022 core update and product reviews update on [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 29 2022

Google Announces 7 Local Search Updates via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern At Google's annual Search On conference the company announced seven new features and updates coming [...] - Search Engine Journal
Enterprise ecommerce SEO: Why good technology can’t fix a bad process Enterprise ecommerce SEO should be strategy-oriented. And yet, that's rare to find. Here's how to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Really Wants You To Avoid Changing URLs Just For SEO Reasons Google's John Mueller has put down some strong language against changing your URLs for SEO reasons [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
What is semantic search: A deep dive into entity-based search Semantics = theory of meaning, yet most define semantic search with a focus on intent. [...] - Search Engine Land
All The Google Announcements From Search On 2022 We had another Google Search On event yesterday and in case you missed it or you simply do not want [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Content Marketing For Law Firms: Expand Your Reach & Increase Your Search Rankings via @sejournal, @sejournal A Guide To Content Marketing For Law Firms helps you take the complexity out of legal content and [...] - Search Engine Journal
How to build a disruptive marketing campaign The way customers view, interact and accept brands is evolving. Here's how businesses can utilize [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing Tests Traffic Analysis In Search Results Snippets Microsoft Bing is testing displaying more details in the page insights overlay feature in search. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 29, 2022 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
How upskilling your paid advertising skills will tackle economic downturns No this is not a luxury and yes, it doesn't have to be expensive - Search Engine Watch

September, 28 2022

Search On 2022: Search and explore information in new ways At Search On today, we shared how we’re getting closer to making search experiences that [...] - Inside Search
Bringing more voices to Search One of the ways Google Search helps you make sense of the world is by connecting you with the [...] - Inside Search
New ways to make more sustainable choices Search interest in terms like electric vehicles , solar energy and thrift stores reached new [...] - Inside Search
Google Announces 5 Changes Coming To Mobile Search via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern At today’s Google’s Search On conference, the company announced it’s rolling out [...] - Search Engine Journal
Find the perfect dish, no matter your craving Let’s say you’re in charge of picking a restaurant for a family reunion dinner. You [...] - Inside Search
9 new features and tools for easier shopping on Google Shopping isn’t just about buying. It’s also about exploring your options, discovering [...] - Inside Adwords
Google Highlights Online Discussions & Forums In Search Results via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google is rolling out a new addition to search results that highlights what people are saying about [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google: If You Don't Know If Your Content Expertly Written, Then It Is Not Google's John Mueller had another good one-liner the other day. He said, "if you don't know [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Search outside the box: How we're making Search more natural and intuitive For over two decades, we've dedicated ourselves to our mission: to organize the world’s [...] - Inside Search
How to turn your Google Business Profile into a revenue-generating channel An enhanced GBP can drive more traffic, leads and sales to your local business. Focus on these [...] - Search Engine Land
10 biggest announcements from Google Search On 22 Here's a recap of the biggest updates from Google Search On 2022 event, including Multisearch, [...] - Search Engine Land
Helping you find and control personalized results in Search Have you ever watched a great cooking show? The fun is not just in seeing the finished dish, but [...] - Inside Search
SEO is math Looking to prove the value of SEO? Put math behind your budget asks by measuring the traffic [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Chicago Tumblers - Search Engine Roundtable
Google September Core & Product Reviews Updates Both Finished Rolling Out On September 26th As I called, Google has completed rolling out both the September 2022 core update and the September [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
9 new Google search features and tools for shopping The announcement was made during the annual Search On event and includes several new ways for users [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: There Is No Percentage To Measure Duplicate Content Google's John Mueller asked if there was some sort of percentage people can use to determine if [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Announces More Personalized Search Results at Search On Event via @sejournal, @BrianFr07823616 Google will now show users whether the results of search queries are personalized or not, the [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Search Cookbook We have seen plenty of neat features from Google Search around recipes. But now it seems Google is [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google's John Mueller Offers To Review Part Of Your Presentation For Accuracy This morning, John Mueller from Google offered to do a gut check review of part of your [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 27 2022

Google Core & Product Review Updates Finish Rolling Out via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's recent core algorithm update and product review update are done rolling out as of [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google September 2022 product reviews update rollout complete This update impacted English-language product reviews and overlapped with Google's September 2022 [...] - Search Engine Land
5 Google Ads examples with relevant and quality ad copy Ad copy is a critical component of ad relevance. Here are five examples of PPC ads that get [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Analytics 4: A breakdown of Demographic and Tech details reports Google Analytics 4's navigation might look bare compared to Universal Analytics. But here's where [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 27, 2022 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: We Won't Penalize For Keyword-Stuffed URLs Google's John Mueller said that Google Search "won't get penalized for keyword-stuffed [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Did Google Local Service Ads Remove License Numbers? Google may have removed the license number from business details in the Local Service Ads. I [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Tests "Web" Label In Search Result Snippets Microsoft Bing is testing placing a label in the search result snippets that tell you if the search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Wood Room Area - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 26 2022

Google September 2022 Core Update rollout is now complete This update took 15 days to roll out. Now it's time to check your analytics to see how your site [...] - Search Engine Land
15 horrible mistakes even professional online writers make Don't let errors get in the way of your online writing success. Here are some common mistakes to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google On How To Simplify Hreflang Implementation via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google’s John Mueller says hreflang implementation doesn’t have to be as complicated as [...] - Search Engine Journal
In-house SEO vs outsourced agency talent: Who wins the debate? Managing SEO is overwhelming and every decision maker faces the inevitable dilemma, "should I [...] - Search Engine Watch
Google Updates Animal Sound Button In Search Back in 2016, Google Search came out with a way to hear animal sounds in the knowledge panel. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Vlog #190: Marguarite Humphrey's Career & Challenges Of Working With Large Franchises In Search Marketing Marguarite (Maggie) Humphrey worked at Cypress North as an intern back in 2019, then went to DAC [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Dublin Stairs - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Local Search Ranking Bug Fix Rolling Out A couple of weeks ago we reported on a possible Google local search ranking update that turned out [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Product Review Updates Still Get Periodic Updates That Google May Not Announce Just a reminder, since I am seeing this question come up often. The Google product reviews update [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search No Results Found Fishing Game Gone Fishing A year ago, last November, Google started to show this GIF of a fishing bot of some sort when [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 26, 2022 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 25 2022

Programming Note: Rosh Hashanah 5783 - Happy & Healthy Jewish New Year This is a programming note that Monday and Tuesday are Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year and I [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 23 2022

The biggest mystery of Google’s algorithm: Everything ever said about clicks, CTR and bounce rate There's good reason to suspect that Google uses CTR as a ranking factor. Here's how Google [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Answers If Meta Robots Tags Affect Search Rankings via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google Search Advocate John Mueller explains whether the use of meta robots tags can affect webpage [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google On Percentage That Represents Duplicate Content via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller answers the question of whether there's a percentage at which content is [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Europaallee Space Looks Stunning... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Bug May Prevent Some Ads From Serving Ginny Marvin, the Google Ads Liaison, posted last night that Google Ads has an issue where some ads [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google De-Duplicates Search Results Based On Almost Duplicates Google's John Mueller said Google Search will de-duplicate its search results based on almost [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Tests Colored Sitelink Boxes Microsoft Bing is testing background colors for the sitelinks section of the search result snippet. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Asks German Reviewers If They Object To Reported Reviews Being Removed Did you know that in some countries, like Germany, if you report a review as being fake or spam, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google's Overlapping Algorithm Updates, Product Reviews Update, Confusing HTTPS Report & Google Ads Serving Bug In this week's video, we cover how Google said they try not to overlap search algorithm updates but [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 22 2022

New Google issue may affect ad serving Yet another potential outage for Google, this time affecting certain ads from delivering. - Search Engine Land
Content API for Shopping and Google Ads API updated for country targeting Google says you can opt-out if you're concerned that your database can't handle datafeeds without a [...] - Search Engine Land
TensorStore for High-Performance, Scalable Array Storage Posted by Jeremy Maitin-Shepard and Laramie Leavitt, Software Engineers, Connectomics at Google [...] - Google Research
4 dos and don’ts of a digital marketing apprenticeship Structuring a digital marketing apprenticeship? Here's how to ensure you and your apprentice get [...] - Search Engine Land
Survey Says Again: Links The Most Challenging Area Of SEO About a year ago, Brodie Clark posted a poll asking SEOs which area of SEO do you find the most [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google's John Mueller On When, Where & How To Use Hreflang Google's John Mueller often posts detailed and thoughtful responses on Reddit related to SEO and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
This Googler Applied To Google 19 Times Before Being Accepted - Search Engine Roundtable
How to define SERP intent and ‘source type’ for better analysis Understanding the source types that Google displays in the SERPs helps SEOs know how viable it is [...] - Search Engine Land
What We're Seeing From The Google Product Reviews Update #5 As you know, Google began to roll out the fifth Google product reviews update on September 20th [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Results About You Search Beta Google is testing a new my account section named "results about you." This is part of the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 21 2022

Google Answers If Core Update Ranking Losses Are A Soft Penalty via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google answers if Core Update loss of rankings is due to a soft penalty that stops websites from [...] - Search Engine Journal
Why sales needs SEO more than ever Sales networking just isn’t as valuable as it once was. It's time to zero in on your most [...] - Search Engine Land
Google’s September 2022 core update hit fast but was less significant than previous updates The data is in from the tracking tools and here is what these tools are showing with the latest [...] - Search Engine Land
SEM career playbook: Overview of a growing industry These are the core titles, roles, tasks and responsibilities for search marketing positions, as you [...] - Search Engine Land
More Google Ad incidents and issues Hot Google Ad outages in your area - Search Engine Land
Google: Don't Make Cookie Consent Banners Annoying Google said when it comes to your cookie consent banners, make sure not to make those banners [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 20 2022

12 things you didn’t know about Google Doodles Every August, Jessica Yu and a carefully selected committee of Googlers from various backgrounds [...] - Inside Search
Google Unleashes Fifth Product Reviews Update Before Core Update Is Done Google, at about 4 am ET today, September 20, 2022, has unleashed the fifth product reviews update. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google September 2022 Product Review Algorithm Update Rolling Out Now via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google confirms the September 2022 product review update, the fifth in a series of updates [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google releases September 2022 product reviews update This is the fifth Google product reviews update that comes out about a month after the last update. - Search Engine Land
How to handle PPC landing pages for SEO Unoptimized webpages can hurt SEO. Here's how to ensure PPC landing pages don't impact your organic [...] - Search Engine Land
Future of in-person events: Marketers likely to return in 2023 Most marketers are optimistic they will be back attending in-person events, according to MarTech's [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Display & Video 360 API v2 beta launched Migrating from v1 to v2 requires updating your endpoint URLs to call v2 and updating your [...] - Search Engine Land
4 smarter ways to measure SEO effectiveness Basic SEO metrics aren't effective indicators of success. Here's how to level up your traffic, [...] - Search Engine Land
New Google Site Verifier User Agent Google has added a new Google crawler, a new user agent, to the Google spider list. Its name is [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Webinar: CDP must-haves for your budget First-party data management strategies that keep your customers' data safe and your business [...] - Search Engine Land
Google launched additional support and troubleshooting for Consent Mode Advertisers can access their Consent Mode status on the conversion summary page in their Ads [...] - Search Engine Land
Jewish High Holy Days Approaching: Google Shares Tips On How To Temporarily Close Your Site Next week the High Holy Days begin for the Jewish people and some of us will be offline (I will be [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Unlocking the full value of Consent Mode Data is at the core of important marketing decisions and privacy is at the forefront of consumer [...] - Inside Adwords

September, 19 2022

Confusion: Google Search Console's HTTPS Is Invalid And Might Prevent Indexing Last week, Google rolled out a new Search Console report for HTTPS, and with that came a lot of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Answers If Stop Words Should Be Used in URL via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller answers the question of whether or not it matters if one uses stop words in [...] - Search Engine Journal
11 tips for using social to become an authority in your niche Don't wait for Google to tell you to be helpful. Here's how to create authoritative [...] - Search Engine Land
The by-no-means-definitive keyword size showdown: GSC vs. Ahrefs vs. Semrush vs. Moz See the results of a comparison of four leading SEO tools' keyword coverage for domains in the [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: 5 Ways To Prepare For Site Closure via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Are you planning to close your website for a day or longer? According to advice from Google’s [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google September Core Update Slower To Roll Out In Some Countries? Some folks in the SEO community have been asking if the last core update, the September 2022 core [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Two People Also Ask Results In One Question Google is testing showing two people also ask featured snippets in a single question expansion. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Vlog #189: Christine Zirnheld, aka Shep On Google Ads Performance Max Campaigns In part one, we learned more about Christine Zirnheld, aka Shep, the Digital Marketing Manager at [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tries Hard To Not Overlap Different Search Ranking Algorithm Updates A lot of folks were thinking that Google in order to bolster the helpful content update rolled out [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 16 2022

Google: Timing Of September Core Update After HCU Not Coincidental via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's Danny Sullivan explained the reason why the September Core Update closely followed the [...] - Search Engine Journal
How to approach B2B advertising during a challenging Q4 Here are some recommendations for managing channel mix, budgeting and KPIs this Q4, given a strange [...] - Search Engine Land
Chrome Uses Interactive Screenshots To Speed Up Sites via @sejournal, @martinibuster Chrome's Freeze Dried Tabs delivers interactive screenshots, speeding by up webpage delivery by up [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google URL Inspection Tool Now Displaying Longer Rendering / Screenshot Of Page Google Search Console may have improved the URL inspection tools view inspected page screenshot [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Hotel Knowledge Panels Gain Health & Safety And Sustainability Google is now testing or rolling out the Health & Safety and Sustainability information for [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google September Core Update, Helpful Content Update Done & Possible Local Search Ranking Update What a week, we had the launch of the September 2022 core update that started off strong and fast. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Only Checks Your Homepage For The Favicon Google can show your favicon in the search results next to your search result snippet. Google's [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 16, 2022 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 15 2022

Google Discusses Zero Search Volume Keyword Targeting via @sejournal, @martinibuster Someone asked Google if it's okay to target keyword phrases that have no search volume - Search Engine Journal
Google Adds New HTTPS Report to Search Console via @sejournal, @BrianFr07823616 Google has announced it will begin rolling out a new HTTPS report in Search Console. The [...] - Search Engine Journal
12 WordPress site settings that are critical to your SEO success Want to set up your WordPress site for better traffic and rankings? Make sure you're following [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Word Count Is Not A Sign Of Thin Or Unhelpful Content Google's John Mueller said on Twitter this morning that word count is not a sign or factor for what [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New tools to create more engaging ads Today's consumer has much higher expectations for the platforms they engage with online. They [...] - Inside Adwords
Google ad extensions are being rebranded as assets Existing ad extensions will automatically transition to assets while maintaining associations at [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Drops Article Too Short & Word Count Section From The Search Console Content Errors Earlier this month, Google said it might remove the word count reference from the best practices [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to tell if you’ve been hit by an algorithm update Are the anomalous traffic patterns you're seeing connected to an update or something else entirely? [...] - Search Engine Land
PaLI: Scaling Language-Image Learning in 100+ Languages Posted by Xi Chen and Xiao Wang, Software Engineers, Google Research Advanced language models [...] - Google Research
Google Ads Scripts Gains Support For Performance Max Campaigns Google announced that Google Ads scripts now support Performance Max campaigns. Google said, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 14 2022

Will Google Penalize Sites That Look The Same? via @sejournal, @martinibuster John Mueller explains how Google treats two sites that share the same look and feel and whether [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Expands Eligibility for Product Rich Results via @sejournal, @martinibuster Changes to product rich results eligibility helps merchants, product review sites and product [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google’s helpful content update: A critical recap The widely covered algorithm update finished rolling out, yet the big bang never happened. Here's [...] - Search Engine Land
Web Push Coming to iOS via @sejournal, @BrianFr07823616 WebKit’s message alert service Web Push will soon be supported by WebKit for users of Apple [...] - Search Engine Journal
The new HTTPS report in Search Console Google Search Console has a new report called HTTPS, which provides more information regarding the [...] - Google Webmaster Central
Google launches new HTTPS report in Google Search Console This new report now shows why some pages are not being served as HTTPS. - Search Engine Land
Google is now allowing products in all countries to use a single Merchant Center feed The new feed labels will be rolled out over the next couple of weeks and give advertisers more [...] - Search Engine Land
Google now has recommendations for Analytics The recommendations are shown on the homepage and other contextually relevant sections of your [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Console Adds New HTTPS Report Google has added a new HTTPS report within Google Search Console. This new report now shows you not [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Local Search Ranking Update Around September 7th Google may have also pushed out a local search ranking update around September 7th. This is in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 13 2022

Google September 2022 Broad Core Update Is Live - What We Are Seeing Now Google Search has started to roll out the second broad core update of the year, the September 2022 [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
LOLNeRF: Learn from One Look Posted by Daniel Rebain, Student Researcher, and Mark Matthews, Senior Software Engineer, Google [...] - Google Research
New Search Console Merchant Listings report: expanding eligibility with Product structured data Google is pleased to announce expanded eligibility for enhanced product experiences in Google [...] - Google Webmaster Central
Google prohibits incentivizing customers to remove or modify negative reviews Now you can't offer incentives to ask people who left negative reviews to revise their reviews. - Search Engine Land
The origins of E-A-T: Page content, hyperlink analysis and usage data Discover the original sources of expertise, authoritativeness, and trustworthiness in search and [...] - Search Engine Land
How to build an enterprise SEO team Not sure how to build an enterprise SEO team? Learn from 25 enterprise SEO experts on how to create [...] - Search Engine Land
UX & SEO: Strike The Right Balance. Achieve Maximum Results [Ebook] via @sejournal, @BennyJamminS Ready to upgrade your web presence and boost results? Our new UX & SEO ebook has everything you [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Consolidates A/B Testing SEO Impact In Search Help Documentation Just like with Google's consolidation of preventing spam on your site, Google did the same with its [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google expands enhanced product experiences to more ecommerce sites, releases new Search Console reports You no longer need to be in Google Merchant Center, websites that implement structured data will [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: We Will Never Penalize You For Not Having H1 Attributes Google's John Mueller said something he normally does not say, the word "never." He said [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google launched support for Performance Max campaigns in ad scripts Scripts are set up using JavaScript code and allow advertisers to make broad changes to accounts [...] - Search Engine Land
Google gives publishers new ways to control their first-party data Google is giving publishers updated features and control of their first-party data and how they can [...] - Search Engine Land
Report: Google Showing Fewer Featured Snippets, But I Am Not Sure... According to both RankRanger and Semrush, Google is showing fewer featured snippets in the search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 13, 2022 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google has introduced bundled ad recommendations The new update is intended to give advertisers bundled, customizable recommendations, but seems to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Review Guidelines Now Prohibit Incentivizing Removal Of Negative Reviews Google has updated its Google Maps contributor guidelines, specifically disallowing a business to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bonsai Plant At Google Office - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 12 2022

Google Announces September 2022 Core Algorithm Update via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google announced a September 2022 Core Algorithm Update, which signals noticeable changes to the [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google releases September 2022 broad core update This update will take about two weeks to complete and follows the helpful content update that [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Answers If Adding Content Daily Increases Rankings via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google answers if publishing content on a daily basis will help increase ranking - Search Engine Journal
YouTube is testing new search and engagement insights for Creator Studio YouTube will now provide users with even deeper insights into what audiences are watching in [...] - Search Engine Land
Google’s Search On Event Is On September 28 Google's big search event is scheduled for September 18th - that is less than three weeks away. - Search Engine Land
Google Helpful Content Update Finished On 9/9 But Were Those Fluctuations Related To HCU The Google helpful content update finished rolling out around 2 pm ET on September 9th. That [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Featured Snippet Yellow & Blue Highlights Google is now testing highlighting portions of the featured snippets they show in the Google search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Billions Of Redirects Are Fine But Site Moves Do Impact Rankings Someone is looking to move to a new CMS where the site has 20,000 products on the front-end of the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Removes datePublished Property From Fact Check Structured Data Google has removed the datePublished "recommended" property from the fact check [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Vlog #188: Christine Zirnheld, aka Shep On Being A PPC Hypocrite Christine Zirnheld, aka Shep, is a Digital Marketing Manager at Cypress North, is a co-host on [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ball Pit Pool - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 9 2022

Google helpful content update is now done rolling out The update started on August 25th and completed 15 days later on September 9th. - Search Engine Land
Google Updates Its Guide on Preventing Spam and Abuse via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson Learn how to prevent spam and abuse to your website with Google's updated guide for web developers. - Search Engine Journal
What is quality content? Learn what it takes to create quality content that is helpful for users, ranks well in the SERPs, [...] - Search Engine Land
YouTube Experimenting With New Features For Analytics Research Tab via @sejournal, @BrianFr07823616 Based on the success of YouTube Search Insights, a keyword research feature released last year, the [...] - Search Engine Journal
Smart Shopping campaigns in Merchant Center will automatically upgrade to Performance Max Google is reminding us once again that Smart Shopping campaigns will be sunsetted and any new [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Helpful Content Update Not Done Yet But Now We're Seeing Fluctuations Today marks the two-week and one-day mark since the Google helpful content update started to roll [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profile Photos With Timestamp Of Photo Google seems to be testing showing when a photo was taken or uploaded to a Google Business Profile [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Consolidates Tips On Preventing Spam On Your Site In Help Docs Google has added a new section to its quality guidelines category named "Prevent abuse on your [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 8 2022

New Microsoft feature lets you run ads on Google, Facebook, Instagram Managing multiple ad platforms can be overwhelming for advertisers, but Microsoft plans on changing [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Console reports may be impacted by review-type changes made in Google Search You may see changes in your clicks and impression data within the performance and rich result [...] - Search Engine Land
4 tips to get the most out of the Google Ads interface Want to get only the most important insights from your Google Ads dashboards? Learn how to unlock [...] - Search Engine Land
Google reports issue affecting Ads Manager Data Transfer The issue was reported today but could have been affecting user account data since August 30, with [...] - Search Engine Land
Top 5 data feed errors that can sabotage your ecommerce campaigns New research reveals what feed tactics retailers are using to increase their campaign performance [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Updated Review-Type Results That Can Impact Search Console Reports Google has posted that it began upgrading some review-type results to product-type results in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Helpful Content Update Movement? Yes But Not Widespread. There seems to be a lot of confusion around the Google helpful content update and if it is [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Site Name Above URL In Mobile Search Results & Rounded Favicons Again Google is testing, again, placing the site name above the URL and description in the mobile search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New Google Ads Setup Ad Groups Column Options Google is adding a new set of data metrics to the Google Ads ad groups column reports. The new [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 7 2022

Google: Helpful Content Signal May Get Stronger With Next Core Update via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google’s Search Liaison, Danny Sullivan, says the helpful content ranking signal may get [...] - Search Engine Journal
Danny Sullivan: Google Helpful Content Update Is Big But Not A Huge Shake-Up So many of you, including myself, are wondering why Google would make such a big deal of an [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Optimizing content for search: A 4-step guide Simply churning out content is not enough to win at SEO today. You need to create helpful content [...] - Search Engine Land
How to create, analyze and optimize Dynamic Search Ads Learn how to analyze the performance of Dynamic Search Ads, control ad copy and optimize for [...] - Search Engine Land
Google is rolling out new campaign and ad group Setup columns Setup columns are rolling out and advertisers may or may not see the feature in their accounts yet. - Search Engine Land
Google has updated their Invalid Traffic policies One example of invalid traffic is the use of deceptive elements on a web page in a way that a user [...] - Search Engine Land
YouTube updates Masthead ad requirements to allow sports betting A new policy allows ads related to sports betting to show on mastheads, which are visible on [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Tests New Format For SEO Office Hours - Do You Like It? Historically, I mean for over a decade, John Mueller was the single person answering questions from [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Crawl Rate Spikes Not A Sign Of The Helpful Content Update Rollout Google's John Mueller was asked if a spike in crawler activity would be a sign that the helpful [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Outdoor Google Bowling - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 6 2022

Google Updates Documentation On Meta Descriptions via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's documentation for how to control search snippets was updated to include examples of good [...] - Search Engine Journal
How to do a competitive analysis for local SEO Here's how to identify your top local competitors on search engines and determine what it will take [...] - Search Engine Land
Digitizing Smell: Using Molecular Maps to Understand Odor Posted by Richard C. Gerkin, Google Research, and Alexander B. Wiltschko, Google Did you [...] - Google Research
You Don't Want Google To Rank Your Site In Specific Regions Google's Gary Illyes was on Reddit offering advice to one SEO who simply does not want traffic from [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Best to have a primary language one a page and not mix languages Plus, there is no meta tag to tell Google which language you are using on the page. - Search Engine Land
Bill Slawski’s SEO by the Sea website to live on Bill Slawski recently passed away but his hosting company will continue to ensure his website lives [...] - Search Engine Land
Google top content bids are going away in October Advertisers will no longer be able to adjust their bids based on what Google sees as popular or [...] - Search Engine Land
Webinar: How to choose whether to build or buy with this CDP checklist Learn first-party data management strategies that keep your customers' data safe and your business [...] - Search Engine Land
Google will update ad Destination requirements policy in October Ad destinations must be functional, useful, and easy to navigate. Advertisers whose destinations [...] - Search Engine Land
Microsoft Advertising Adds Pinterest Import, More Google Imports, Editor Updates & More Microsoft Advertising announced a lot of new features today including the ability to import from [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 6, 2022 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Book On Google For Google Flights To Be Discontinued Outside US Google has quietly announced that on September 30th, Book on Google for flights will be [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Home Hub Display Reviews Disclaimer Notice The Google Home Hub display can show users an "about reviews" disclaimer or notice that [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Field Day At Google Boulder - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Learn Something New Web Story Feature I am not 100% if this "learn something new" feature in Google Search is actually new but [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 5 2022

Poll: Only 20% Noticed Ranking Changes After Google's Helpful Content Update As we have reported, so far, the Google helpful content update seems pretty minor in terms of what [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads To Disapprove Ads That Don't Meet Better Ads Standards Google Ads sent out emails on Friday to advertisers of a change coming to its policies starting in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Labor Day Logo 2022 Today is Labor day in the United States and in Canada and to celebrate the laborers' work and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
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Google Analytics Makes Privacy Changes To Google Ads Search Queries Report Google announced that it is making changes, for privacy reasons, to the Google Ads Search Queries [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 5, 2022 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 2 2022

SiteGround Now Hosting Bill Slawski's SEO By The Sea For Free As many of you know Bill Slawski passed away in May. But earlier this week, Bill's treasure trove [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
9 tips for selecting an SEO agency Looking to work with an agency to manage your SEO? Consider these tips when vetting potential [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Tests Explore Brands With & Without Product Images Google is testing a search feature for more product and e-commerce features, this one is titled [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 2, 2022 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google updates privacy threshold for Analytics Search Queries report Advertisers will see more consistent metrics between their Ads account and GA4, with limited data [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Provides Examples Of How To Improve Your Meta Descriptions Google has updated its meta descriptions help documentation to provide five examples of how to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Dual Google People Also Ask Results In Different Languages Google seems to be testing or launching, showing dual people also ask boxes in the Google Search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Can Crawl Site Sections More Frequently & Determine Quality By Section Google's Gary Illyes said on the last Search Off the Record podcast that Google can crawl certain [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Weak Google Helpful Content Update, Links In Search Algorithms, Google Ads Glitch & More This week, again from Jerusalem, I spoke about this weird rollout for the Google helpful content [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 1 2022

Google On Why Helpful Content Update Seems Quiet via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google addresses reports that the helpful content update is having a minimal impact on search [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google shares 4 examples of how to improve a meta description Google's snippet help documentation now provides additional guidance on writing bad vs. better meta [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Helpful content update isn’t done SEOs were expecting a massive impact, but it hasn't materialized. Google's Danny Sullivan says the [...] - Search Engine Land
7 tips for transitioning from in-house marketing to agency life New to agency life? These easy tips can help you make a smooth transition to your new role so you [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Growth Of Microdata Is Fairly Stagnant Ryan Levering who has been with Google for over 11 years working on structured data said on Twitter [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google reports issue affecting Impression Share and Auction Insights The issue has been affecting user accounts for almost 3 days, with no estimated date when it'll be [...] - Search Engine Land
New Google Ads Conversion Value Rules Features Google announced new functionality within Google Ads to apply rules to specific store visits or [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google May Remove Word Count From Search Console News Article Content Errors Google Search Console has a Google News specific article content error named "Article too [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Additional Google issues reported, now affecting API Another Google outage is reported and advertisers are scrambling to figure out what's going on. - Search Engine Land
Google Isn't Done Rolling Out The Helpful Content Update We keep watching to see if this Google helpful content update is making some sort of dent in the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Is user data truly protected in the Google Analytics universe? After the GDPR breach in Italy, France, and Austria, here's a closer look at data analytics and [...] - Search Engine Watch