Archive of November, 2022

November, 30 2022

Ex-Googler Answers Why Google Search is Getting Worse via @sejournal, @martinibuster Ex-Googler Marissa Mayer says there's nothing wrong with Google Search, it's the web that's getting [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google: We Have Algorithms To Detect & Demote AI Altered Plagiarized Content Duy Nguyen from Google's search quality team said in the Google office hours video that Google has [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Disavowing Random Links Flagged By Tools Is A Waste Of Time via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google says that disavowing random links that a tool has flagged is not a good use of time - Search Engine Journal
Google files lawsuit against company falsely promising Page 1 rankings Google's lawsuit alleges that a company called G Verifier scammed and harassed hundreds of Business [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Noindexed Pages Do Not Impact Crawl Budget via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google’s Search Relations team confirms noindexed pages don’t adversely impact a [...] - Search Engine Journal
Ex-Googler On Featured Snippets: Google is More Hesitant To Send Users Out Into The Web via @sejournal, @martinibuster Ex-Googler offers opinion that uptick in featured snippets is because Google is "concerned [...] - Search Engine Journal
Making a Traversable Wormhole with a Quantum Computer Posted by Alexander Zlokapa, Student Researcher, and Hartmut Neven, VP of Engineering, Quantum AI [...] - Google Research
Cyber Monday broke records this year, with almost $12 billion in US sales The whole month of November has seen nearly $110 billion in online sales. - Search Engine Land
How to create long-form content that ranks, gets read and converts Creating in-depth content is time-consuming and resource-intensive. Here's a guide to ensure your [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: HTTP/3 Likely Won't Help Your SEO Google's John Mueller said on the last Google office hours that using HTTP/3 for your server will [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Links Have A Lot Less Significant Impact For Ranking Today Duy Nguyen from Google's search quality team said in the Google office hours video that [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: A Page's Content Does Not Need To Be Indexed For That Page To Be Indexed Here is a good one-liner from Google's John Mueller on the technicalities of the Google index. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
5 ways to improve your content workflow and strategy in 2023 by Canto A look at how the most successful content teams strategize for success. - Search Engine Land
How to use RStudio to create traffic forecasting models Learn the basics of producing time series forecasts in RStudio from your Google Search Console [...] - Search Engine Land
LinkedIn just released 3 new features for pages The newsletter feature will help brands leverage first-party data while many platforms are becoming [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: HTTP/3 Doesn’t Impact SEO via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google Search Advocate John Mueller debunks a theory that the faster speed of HTTP/3 can directly [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google: We Do Not Crawl & Index Niche Shorter Content More Or Better In the last Google office hours, Gary Illyes said that Google is not more likely to crawl or index [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Shares New Info About Vulnerabilities Found In Chrome via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google security researchers are sharing new information about vulnerabilities detected in Chrome, [...] - Search Engine Journal

November, 29 2022

How to improve E-A-T for websites and entities E-A-T impacts many areas in Google's ranking algorithms. Learn ways to position yourself as an [...] - Search Engine Land
Webinar: Do more with less to get ahead in 2023 by Cynthia Ramsaran Empower your teams to send less communications and see more results. - Search Engine Land
Doorway pages: An SEO deep dive Downplaying doorway pages can get you dinged. Here's how doorway pages emerged, what Google thinks [...] - Search Engine Land
Guard your most valuable asset against pesky competitors by Adthena Learn to map and monitor all competitive and partner activity around your brand terms. - Search Engine Land
November Google SEO Office Hours Thanks to everyone who submitted questions for the November edition of the Google SEO office [...] - Google Webmaster Central
Lizzi Sassman's Dog Co-Stars With John Mueller In Google Video - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 29, 2022 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profiles Now Showing Review Time For Some Edits Google may now show you the time it takes to review a requested edit in Google Business Profiles. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Local Service Ads Heading Label Tests Google is testing various headlines for the Local Service Ads. Two of them show the "Ads" [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Study: Longer Reviews Stay At The Top Of Google Local Listings Longer Joy Hawkins team did another small local ranking study in Google and found that the longer reviews, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profile Can Notate Previous Location The new Google Business Profile interface in Google Search to update your local listing can show [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Carousel Format For Things To Know Google is testing the Things to know search refinement expander feature in a carousel format. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 28 2022

Rich results: 22 things every SEO pro needs to know Rich results, schema markup and structured data – where do you start? Get answers to your [...] - Search Engine Land
So Many SEOs Just Don't Know Guest Post Links Should Be Nofollowed The other day, I covered a poll that showed about half of SEOs still use guest posting for SEO [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: There Is No SEO Compliance Score Google's Search Liaison, Danny Sullivan, said there is no such thing as an SEO compliance score [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Black Friday sales up nearly 12% from 2021 Spending this holiday season is expected to rise 2.5% from a year ago, compared with 8.6% last year [...] - Search Engine Land
When to fire your content marketing agency: 7 things to consider Is it time to fire your content marketing agency and move on? Here's what you need to weigh and [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 28, 2022 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Thanksgiving Holiday Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update - Maybe... For the past several weekends, I've been reporting about a Google search ranking algorithm update [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Vlog #199: Jeremy Meindl On Churn and Burn SEO & No Linking Back-Linking In part one, we learned about Jeremy Meindl, why he loves pushing the line in SEO and how he never [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Local Reviews Bar Representing Positive Vs. Unfavorable Mentions Google lets you dive into some of the reviews on a business listing, so if you say show me the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Tests Favicons In Front Of People Also Ask Microsoft Bing is testing placing a favicon or icon of some sort in front of the people also ask [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New Google Glass Structure With Stained Glass At GooglePlex - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 25 2022

Matt Cutts Fought With Sergey Brin & Larry Page On That Google Search Can Be Spammed Some of you may know that in the early days of Google, Google's co-founders, Sergey Brin and Larry [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Weekend Updates, E-A-T For All Queries, Google Updates Documented, New Spam Policy & More Google probably did yet another weekend search ranking algorithm update, I see a pattern here. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: 60% Of The Internet Is Duplicate And you think you have a duplicate content problem on your site? Google said, "60% of the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests New People Also Ask User Interface Google is testing a new design, layout, and user experience for the people also ask box in the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 25, 2022 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Gary Illyes Eating Japanese Dishes - Search Engine Roundtable
GoogleBot Can Now Crawl From Outside The US Gary Illyes from Google announced at the Google Search Central Live in Singapore yesterday that [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profiles Now Offering Suggested Services Areas When you create a Google Business Profile and now go into creating service areas, Google may now [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 23 2022

Link juice: Is it the new snake oil of Google SEO? Should you reject any SEO advice mentioning "link juice"? Here's a look at the term's [...] - Search Engine Land
Poll: Many SEOs Still Guest Post For SEO A poll by Marie Haynes shows that many SEOs are still doing guest posting for SEO purposes. The [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google's John Mueller On When To Use Subdomains Just when you thought John Mueller of Google was done responding to sub-domain SEO questions - well [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Key Moments SeekToAction Markup Supports 12 Languages Google key moments is a feature where Google Search highlights the sections in a video through a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Discover Changes "More Recommendations" Label To "More Products" Signaling Deeper Push Into Shopping And E-commerce In March, I wrote a post about "More recommendations" being surfaced in Google Discover. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 23, 2022 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Maps Tests New Sidebar Navigation Google is testing a new thin sidebar navigation on the left side of the maps interface. The sidebar [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Buttons Game Cake - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Promoting TikTok In Search Results Microsoft Bing seems to be promoting TikTok video results within the Bing search results. If you [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 22 2022

Use this SEO forecasting template to gain insights for 2023 Learn how to use SEO forecasting to glean directional insights and set traffic expectations for the [...] - Search Engine Land
Google is testing new Rewarded Ad Gate beta program for publishers The program will give publishers an opportunity to monetize their most engaged users. - Search Engine Land
Google's New Spam Policy: Policy Circumvention Google has added a new spam policy for policy circumvention. The new section was added to the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Wants Examples Of URLs That Should Be Indexed But Are Discovered - Currently Not Indexed Gary Illyes is back on social, not Twitter, but on Mastodon and he asked for examples of URLs that [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
NPS for agencies: How to capture client and employee satisfaction Client and employee churn is part of running a business. Understand if your agency is on the right [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Documents Search Ranking Updates As Systems; Labels Live Or Archived Notable Algorithms Google has published a new document named a guide to Google search ranking system. That document [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AdSense Rewarded Ad Gate Beta Google AdSense is testing a new ad type for publishers named Rewarded Ad Gate beta program. This [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Stan, The Google Patriotic Dinosaur - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Last Batch Of Sites Moving To Mobile-First Indexing Coming Soon, Again Once again, Google's John Mueller said the last batch of sites still being indexed using desktop [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 21 2022

Google Publishes Guide To Current & Retired Ranking Systems via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern A new guide to Google's ranking systems will keep you informed about which systems are used to rank [...] - Search Engine Journal
Introducing our new guide to Google Search ranking systems Over the years, through blog posts and other public communications, Google has regularly shared [...] - Google Webmaster Central
15 ways to secure your WordPress site Protect your WordPress website from harmful cyber attacks. Follow these tips to keep hackers at bay [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: E-A-T Applies To Every Single Query Out of the Hyung-Jin Kim interview from SMX Next last week, we not only got the scoop on the Coati [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google publishes document on more notable ranking systems Google also lists the algorithms that are no longer being used for search rankings. - Search Engine Land
Yet Another Weekend Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update - November 18th - 20th Here we go again, I am reporting about yet another Google search ranking algorithm update over [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to use digital PR and cross-channel data to amplify organic growth In the brand vs performance marketing debate, why digital PR is a great route to drive SEO, [...] - Search Engine Watch
Google Search adds new spam policy: Policy circumvention If you find ways to get around Google's spam measures, Google may take action on your content, site [...] - Search Engine Land
Google SEO Docs Adds The Unsupported Meta Tags & Attributes Google has made a minor updated to the meta tags and attributes that Google supports help [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to choose the right content marketing agency Here’s what you need to know about finding a content marketing agency – from selection [...] - Search Engine Land
100 holiday gift ideas based on Google searches This year’s trending gift ideas, according to Google. - Inside Adwords
Google "Why To Watch" Carousel For Google Movie Reviews Google seems to have added a new carousel to the movie search results named "why to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Vlog #198: Jeremy Meindl On Manipulating Google Search & Never Being Caught Jeremy Meindl is the co-founder of Target IQ and we spoke about the hotel we are in, its history of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 18 2022

Google: Rich Results Manual Actions Can Lead To Removal Of Rich Results & Broader Spam Penalties Google's Danny Sullivan said that not only can a rich result manual action result in the removal of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
5 best practices for tracking offline conversions in Google Ads Setting up offline conversions for the first time? Here's how to get started while avoiding [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Don't Randomly Change The Author Name, Use Author Annotations & Updated Content Use New Author Google's John Mueller was asked about the impact of changing the author's name on an article. John [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
YouTube just announced its 2023 class of #YouTubeBlack Voices Fund creators #YouTubeBlack Voices Fund was created to directly support Black creators and artists so that they [...] - Search Engine Land
Marketing in a recession: How to avoid 5 common mistakes Instead of making hasty and costly marketing decisions, learn how to position your brand to survive [...] - Search Engine Land
Beware Of Fake Ownership Requests From Google Business Profiles I am sure many of you have received one or two (or more) requests from Google Business Profiles [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google’s formula for navigating economic uncertainty involves “doubling down” Sometimes, economic uncertainty can be a good opportunity for brands that can stay agile and adapt [...] - Search Engine Land
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Coati Update, More Weekend Tremors, Local Reviews Bug, Google Ads Bribe, Apple Search Delayed & More This week, we learned that Google's Panda update at one point in time evolved into what was called [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Don’t fall for fake ownership requests for your Google Business Profile There are reports of an increase in fraudulent ownership requests, so be careful. - Search Engine Land
Google: Redirects From Non Relevant Pages Won't Cause The Destination Page To Be Less Relevant Dawn Anderson asked Google's John Mueller if redirecting a non-relevant page would cause the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 17 2022

Use new AR features to shop for beauty products and shoes We’re announcing two new AR features on Google that make it easier to shop for foundation and [...] - Inside Adwords
Google’s New Local Search Features Are Finally Here via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google is finally rolling out the local search features previewed earlier this year, including the [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google launches new search, shopping and maps features Multisearch for food, Google Lens translation, AR beauty and shoes, Maps live view search and more. - Search Engine Land
What is social media marketing? Learn what social media marketing is, how it helps brands gain more visibility on the web, and why [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Makes It Easier To Get Products In The Shopping Tab via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google is making it easier for ecommerce stores to get their products showcased in the shopping tab [...] - Search Engine Journal
Key Insights That Agency SEO Professionals Should Know via @sejournal, @sejournal Discover more key agency SEO insights with our State of SEO: Agency Report, and use your newfound [...] - Search Engine Journal
Is Google Search getting worse? Are your search results less useful than they were years ago? Are you seeing more ads, more links [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Tests Picture In Picture For Videos In Search Results Google is testing a picture-in-picture mode for videos that are shown in the search results. You [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New AdSense data protection laws coming to CA, CO, CT, and UT in 2023 The new data protection laws, which apply to the collection and processing of personal information, [...] - Search Engine Land
Device-specific PPC: Why it still matters today Yes, device segmentation is still possible in Google Ads. It plays a significant role in your PPC [...] - Search Engine Land
Google On The Most Expensive Pages To Crawl & Does It Matter There is a fun Twitter thread where Google's John Mueller and SEO Elmer Boutin talk about expensive [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 17, 2022 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 16 2022

Google Coati Algorithm - The Google Update You Never Heard Of At SMX Next yesterday I have the privilege of interviewing Hyung-Jin Kim, the Vice President of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Start showing your products on the Shopping tab with Search Console Search Console is making it easier for merchants to display their products across Google, [...] - Google Webmaster Central
Google Search Console adds Shopping tab listings feature This gives you more details on your product snippets, merchant listings and the shopping tab [...] - Search Engine Land
What B2B marketers must know in the face of a potential recession Let's unpack how a looming recession impacts B2B marketers and ways to navigate the landscape we're [...] - Search Engine Land
6 link-building myths and truths by Internet Marketing Ninjas Avoid these common link-building mistakes to be successful in the long-term. - Search Engine Land
Google Posts / Updates Adds Cropping Photo Tool Google has added to the Google Business Profiles Google Posts or Updates section the ability to use [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Enterprise SEO is 50% education and culture Building an SEO culture at an enterprise company isn’t easy. Here’s what you need to [...] - Search Engine Land
YouTube is testing shopping and affiliate features in Shorts YouTube is testing a shopping feature on Shorts with eligible creators in the United States who are [...] - Search Engine Land
SMX Next day 2 kicks off in 1 hour with Google’s Ginny Marvin Join us for Day 2 of SMX Next with a special keynote presentation from Google's Ads Liaison Ginny [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 16, 2022 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Cross Link Words In Your Content When It Is Relevant & In Context Google's John Mueller said that while it does make sense to cross-link between your content on your [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 15 2022

Google Is Restoring Missing Reviews In Business Profiles via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google is fixing a bug that caused reviews to go missing from Google Business Profiles. Google [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Updates Review Snippet Structured Data via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google updated the review snippet structured data to standardize how numbers are written - Search Engine Journal
Google’s Panda algorithm evolved into the Coati algorithm At SMX Next, Google revealed that, years ago, the Panda algorithm was replaced with an updated [...] - Search Engine Land
7 takeaways from the SMX Next keynote with Hyung-Jin Kim, VP Search at Google From the importance of E-A-T to the history of Google updates, here are seven important insights [...] - Search Engine Land
Performance Max transition: Key trends for Google advertisers Here's a look at how Performance Max campaigns have performed so far and what may lie ahead for [...] - Search Engine Land
Google now recommends using dots for decimal numbers in your review snippet structured data Commas will continue to work but Google is specifically recommending you use dots over commas. - Search Engine Land
Choosing an SEO platform Reduce the time and errors involved in managing organic search campaigns. - Search Engine Land
How to reliably predict SEO success before publishing content Use this five-step framework to help de-risk SEO and content planning and ensure you're focusing on [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Analytics just introduced a new suggested audience There are currently about 18 suggested audiences available in GA4 properties. - Search Engine Land
SMX Next Day 1 kicks off today with Google VP of Search H.J. Kim We get into the mindset of the people who write the Google Search ranking algorithms. - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 15, 2022 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Local Study: Review Recency Impacts Google Local Rankings Another small study done by Joy Hawkins says that the recency of reviews does impact the rankings [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Recommends Dot Over Commas Numerical Separators In Review Snippet Structured Data Google has updated its review snippet structured data help documentation to recommend using dot [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
More "Google Explore" Testing As The Dynamic SERP Feature Now Covers Topics, People, and Even Companies In June of 2022, Mordy Oberstein first spotted a new SERP feature being tested called Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 14 2022

3 ways for hotels to maximize their presence on Google In a typical month, Google sends hundreds of millions of website visits and phone calls to hotels [...] - Inside Adwords
Report: Google Business Profiles bug causing reviews to disappear A bug with automatically applied suggested edits leads to some businesses seeing all their reviews [...] - Search Engine Land
Another Weekend Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update - November 11th - 12th It seems as if I see more volatility signals on the weekends with Google Search than I do during [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Mastodon: The new way to connect with other SEO pros Here's what search marketers need to know about joining Mastodon, along with tips for getting [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Paying Advertisers $100 To Enroll In Automatically Applies Recommendations Google Ads is sending emails out to some advertisers offering to pay them $100 in Google Ads [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Why is content marketing important? 9 reasons to use content Learn the top reasons why content marketing should be part of every business’s growth [...] - Search Engine Land
New report shows Google cost per lead has increased for 91% of industries The data was pulled from over 79K client campaigns running search ads from October 2021 through [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Business Reviews Going Missing After Suggested Edits (Scary Bug) Google Business Profiles and business listings reviews are going missing, dropping out completely, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Vlog #197: Rick Mariano On Helping Clients Succeed Digitally Online & Hiring with Employee Retention In part one with Rick Mariano we spoke about helping build LocalEdge to provide high volume [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads authentication issue causing login problems There is no ETA on a fix. - Search Engine Land
Apple Search Engine Four Years Away, At Least The Information wrote a piece that says Apple is at least four years or more away from building its [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 14, 2022 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 11 2022

The SEO career path: What it may look like and how to level up Find out what a typical SEO career path may look like, along with common job levels, salary ranges [...] - Search Engine Land
The search marketer’s new imperative: Capturing first-party data Search has a new responsibility to take its high-intent first-party data and use it across the [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads API v12 Updated Client Libraries & Code Examples Google has updated the client libraries and code examples for the new Google Ads API version 12, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Some Old Links May Be Irrelevant (AKA Link Rot) Google's John Mueller said that some old links to old websites may be irrelevant links, at least [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 11, 2022 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Editor v2.2 Adds Asset Library Access, Easier Ad Scheduling, Improved Notifications & More Google has released version 2.2 of the Google Ads Editor, this comes four months since version 2.1 [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Confirms Hreflang Link Tags Don't Need To Be Hierarchical Google's John Mueller confirmed I think again, that hreflang link tags do not have to be in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Update Maybe, Search Console Bugs & Mess, Google On AI Content, Google Ads Gets Buggy & More We had yet another biggish unconfirmed Google search ranking algorithm update on November 4th and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 10 2022

Google: Rankings Drop After Mobile Usability Fail? via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller offers explanation for a rankings drop after search console flagged problems [...] - Search Engine Journal
Are you using an accessibility overlay to help disabled users? Don’t! Accessibility overlays are not the answer for sites looking to provide a more inclusive experience [...] - Search Engine Land
Google rolls out Ads Editor v2.2 with optimized targeting, 11 other features Google Ads Editor version 2.1 was released in July. - Search Engine Land
Outgoing links: Are they beneficial for your site or not? When it comes to SEO, some questions divide the industry. The potential benefits of outgoing links [...] - Search Engine Land
All the ways to stay up to date on the FIFA World Cup™ The World Cup kick-off countdown is on! To make sure you don’t miss any major moments, here [...] - Inside Search
Bug: Google Ads Disapproves Ads For Using The Word "Get" Yesterday, a number of advertisers were asking why there Google Ads were being disapproved. The [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Mastodon Is Using Rel Noreferrer On Outbound Links Causing Visits To Appear As Direct Traffic In Google Analytics Mastodon is surging with Twitter in chaos, but traffic from the social network will be hard to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Console reporting bug with Discover performance report This was a reporting bug on October 23rd and did not impact the actual search results. - Search Engine Land
Google Removes Search Features Bug Confirmation & Replaces It With Google Discover Search Console Reporting Error Google has done something unusual, it has removed one of the confirmed data anomalies notes about a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Sites With Good Category Pages Don't Need Internal Search Results Indexed Generally, Google says you should never let Google index your internal search result pages. But [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Champagne Glasses Are Still Arond - Search Engine Roundtable
YouTube has launched a global Target frequency feature You can now select the frequency target for your videos and YouTube will optimize toward maximum [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Reach Planner now forecasts Video Action campaigns A full-funnel YouTube strategy could help increase conversions by about 10%. - Search Engine Land
3 simple steps to automating content creation for businesses by SE Ranking Follow this step-by-step guide to learn how to save time, effort and money on creating content [...] - Search Engine Land
YouTube has expanded its comment translations and smart replies YouTube first launched the translate feature last year and is now expanding it to allow for broader [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 10, 2022 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 9 2022

What stakeholders should expect from SEO Setting expectations early on about the duration, costs, metrics and ROI associated with SEO [...] - Search Engine Land
A new way to control and optimize frequency on YouTube Achieving the right video ad frequency for both viewers and advertisers has always been a juggling [...] - Inside Adwords
How long does SEO take to show results? How do you answer the most common question an SEO client would ask? While the correct answer is [...] - Search Engine Watch
Google Updates Help Documentation To Say Using JavaScript For Links Can Be Fine Google has added a single "note" to the create crawlable links help documentation to say [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Work On The Larger SEO Issues Before The One Off Issues Google's John Mueller recommended the obvious (as I write this I am asking myself why write it but [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
SEO Tricks Make Browsing The Web For The Visually Impaired Really Bad... John Mueller shared on Mastodon that he met with someone who relies on screen readers to consume [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Local Finder Auto-Play Video Thumbnails Google has recently, estimates are in the past few weeks, added auto-play video thumbnails in the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New feature to help people navigate the energy crisis in Europe Europe is gearing up for a challenging winter - with rising prices and pressures on the European [...] - Inside Search
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 9, 2022 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Child Elements Don't Count Towards Sitemap URL Limit Google has updated the sitemap section of the localized pages search help documentation to say that [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 8 2022

10 Google Analytics 4 settings to check before the holiday season The only way to get a year-over-year comparison of your holiday sales efforts this season vs. the [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Rewriting Your Titles Is Not A Sign Of A Quality Issue, Said Google Google's John Mueller said on Twitter that Google rewriting your page titles is not a sign of a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google’s John Mueller: “Search Is Never Guaranteed” via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google Search Advocate John Mueller said, "search is never guaranteed," in response to a [...] - Search Engine Journal
How brand marketing helps improve E-A-T signals: An introduction Learn the core principles of good brand marketing and how it can positively demonstrate expertise, [...] - Search Engine Land
SEO made simple by SEO Ranker Take your online visibility to the next level. - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 8, 2022 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
More From Google On AI Content - It's About If The Content Is Helpful Since the October Spam update and the helpful content update, many SEOs are saying AI-generated [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
More Spend On PPC Than SEO, Twitter Poll This should come as no surprise - but more people and companies spend more on PPC than on SEO. A [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Shopping Pre-Owned Green Leaf Labels Google is showing a green leaf label that says "pre-owned" on Google Shopping results, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Deck Of Cards Wall - Search Engine Roundtable
New Google Merchant Center User Interface Being Tested I am hearing some reports that Google is testing a new user interface for the Google Merchant [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 7 2022

Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update November 4th and 5th - Unconfirmed Google has been busy, on Friday morning, November 4th, I began to see new signals of another Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
10 Reviews Gives You A Ranking Boost In The Google Local Results, Study Says Joy Hawkins and her team published another local ranking study, this one says that hitting ten [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How SEO and content marketing work together With both SEO and content in your marketing strategy, the results will be much more impressive than [...] - Search Engine Land
Google’s John Mueller On How To Handle Negative SEO Attacks via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google Search Advocate John Mueller shares an easy way to deal with negative SEO attacks, such as [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Search Moves Lyrics Results To Right Side Google has moved the lyric details from the main middle section of the Google Search results to the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Local Reviews Shows Number Of Reviews In City Google's local listings show for some listings the number of reviews left by a specific reviewer in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Vlog #196: Rick Mariano On Automation and Human Touch For Marketing Account Strategists In part one we spoke about how Rick Mariano has helped build LocalEdge to provide high volume [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests Multiple Size Sitelinks Designs Google has been testing a lot of Sitelinks features in search, including the boxed-in design. But [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 7, 2022 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Harp & Cello At Google - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 4 2022

Google: Links Will Be Less Important As A Ranking Factor In The Future Google has published on the Search Off The Record podcast, which was a recording from brightonSEO [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Links may be less important to the Google Search ranking algorithm in the future As Google better understands how the content fits in within the context of the whole web, links [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Writing Content From Keyword Search Volume Lists Will Result In Mediocre Content Google's John Mueller said that if you make your content creation decisions based off of keyword [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profile Manager Redirecting To Google Search Google is now redirecting some (or all) of those trying to edit their business profiles in the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Image Search Tests Animated Ads Microsoft Bing seems to be testing animated ads in the Bing image search interface. The ads look [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Size Of Your H1 & Header Fonts Doesn't Matter For SEO Google's John Mueller said that the size of your header tags, i.e. H1s, H2s, etc, does not matter [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
YouTube has introduced a TikTok and Twitch co-streaming feature You’ll know you have access to the feature when you see the option to “Go Live [...] - Search Engine Land
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Another Google Algorithm Update, A Confirmed Search Bug, Spam Targets, Links Less Valuable, Keywords In Reviews For Local & More To start things off, I quickly covered the monthly Google webmaster report. Google also had some [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Overgrown With Plants Google Logo - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 3 2022

Google Predicts Strength Of Backlinks Ranking Factor Will Drop via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern During a live session at Brighton SEO, Google Search Advocate John Mueller makes a prediction about [...] - Search Engine Journal
5 SEO best practices for Black Friday and the holiday season Looking to boost your holiday sales this Black Friday/festive season? It's best to plan ahead of [...] - Search Engine Land
Changing URLs for SEO reasons: When is it OK? Google’s John Mueller warns not to change URLs for SEO reasons. Is he right? It depends, of [...] - Search Engine Land
Google fixed a bug with some search features that may impact your site’s visibility Between October 18th and October 28th, Google Search had a bug with top stories and other search [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 3, 2022 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
3 ways to keep audiences engaged in a content-driven world Consumers navigate a widening variety of digital content from text to image to video—and they [...] - Inside Adwords
Is Google headed towards a continuous “real-time” algorithm? What a future-focused search landscape would look like and who could benefit - Search Engine Watch
John Mueller Holding A Google Webmasterplatz Sign - Search Engine Roundtable
Hour and date dimensions now available in GA4 The new dimensions will be available across both Google Analytics 4 explorations and reporting [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Having Duplicate Content URLs In Sitemap File Won't Likely Cause Ranking Issues Google's John Mueller confirmed on Twitter that having a Sitemap file that lists pages that are [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 2 2022

Easily track your packages with new Gmail features Does this scenario sound familiar? You spend hours shopping for the perfect gift, find a great [...] - Inside Adwords
Enterprise SEO agency vs. in-house SEO team: What to consider It’s time to let go of the surface-level thinking of us vs. them. The answer depends on how [...] - Search Engine Land
7 tips for a holiday-ready social media strategy Ensure your social posts cut through the noise during the holiday season. Maintain visibility and [...] - Search Engine Land
The ultimate recipe for writing SEO optimized content by Rablab Approach good content as if you were in your kitchen ready to cook up a tasty dish. - Search Engine Land
How to get the most out of the Google Search Console API using regex Learn how to extract the maximum amount of data from the GSC API and filter difficult URLs using [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Console Verified Sites Do Not Get Crawled More Google's John Mueller was asked if sites that are verified with Google Search Console get crawled [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Similar Audiences Segments Going Away Next Year Google announced that it is doing away with similar audiences segments. Starting May 2023 new [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
November 2022 Google Webmaster Report The past 30-days or so was pretty heavy between the October 2022 spam update and then several [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

November, 1 2022

Google Explains Alt Text for Logos & Buttons via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's Lizzi Sassman & John Mueller describe the best way to write alt text for logos and [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google is getting rid of similar audiences segments Advertisers using similar audiences segments in their Google campaigns will have until August 2023 [...] - Search Engine Land
Another Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update / Adjustment On October 28th? Some SEOs are noticing a possible Google search ranking algorithm update on or around October 28th [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Googlers Host Off Site Ranch Retreat - Search Engine Roundtable
What is content marketing? Defining marketing’s present and future Learn what content marketing means, why it's essential for businesses today, and the steps to take [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: No, Your Website Doesn't Need 200,000 Words To Be Considered Authoritative Google's John Mueller said a website does not need to have 200,000 words to be considered [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: November 1, 2022 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The static homepage is dead by Intellimize Why every web page needs a purpose. - Search Engine Land
Google Introduces New Search Labels For Coupons & Promos via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google is updating shopping search results with new labels highlighting coupons and promotions and [...] - Search Engine Journal
Webinar: Deliver consistent customer experiences and deeper engagement by Cynthia Ramsaran Learn how to manage multiple websites to give your customers the best experiences. - Search Engine Land
How seasonality affects the SERPs and what it means for SEO Assessing how the SERPs will change during these seasonal periods helps inform our SEO strategies [...] - Search Engine Land
Microsoft Advertising Performance Max Import Tool Upgraded Microsoft Advertising announced a few upgrades to the Google Ads Performance Max import tool before [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New ways to find holiday deals on Google The holiday season is upon us, and many are already getting into the (shopping) spirit. Deals are [...] - Inside Adwords
Changes To Some Of The Google Search Help Documentation Google has made some changes to its sitemap documentation and title links documentation but has yet [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search adds new coupons, side-by-side deals and price insights Right before the holiday shopping season, Google added new search features to help searchers find [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Business Profile Photo Insights Will Go Away Google is not going to be migrating the Google Business Profile photo analytics section, known as [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
In a sea of signals, is your on-page on-point? Findings from a rigorous competitive analysis that sheds light on how to turn findings into action [...] - Search Engine Watch
Google adds Google Lens button to home page search box Google rarely changes its desktop home page but today it did. - Search Engine Land