Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
- Google Auto Complete Suggestions Design Change
Jayesh Vaishnav shared on Twitter a screen shot of Google auto suggest or auto complete might be testing a design change. As you type longer queries, instead of the suggestions showing in full length below, it shows just the upcoming words. Here is a GIF of it in action that I captured, but I asked others and they cannot replicate it. - Google Launches Shopping Product Cards Buttons On Desktop Search
Google is testing showing product cards in the Google Shopping panel on desktop now. The screen shot comes from Dave Lorrez who does a lot of SEM in the e-commerce space. Glenn Gabe also thinks it is new, espesially for desktop search results. - Google Tests Favicons For Top Stories
Google loves testing favicons, they do it all the time, and now Google is testing favicons in the top stories carousel. I am personally able to replicate it using my Mac on Chrome Incognito mode. Jon Henshaw first spotted it and posted it on Twitter yesterday. - Google Search Console Notification: Mobile App Properties No Longer Supported
Google has sent me and others who have verified mobile app profiles in Google Search Console that they are no longer supported. The email says "at the end of March, 2019, Search Console will end support for app properties." - Valentine's Day From Google, Bing, Baidu & The Search Industry
Happy Valentine's Day to all of you out there! To celebrate the day, Google, Bing, Yahoo, Baidu and others from the search industry have special logos, Doodles and home page themes - including us. - Google Logo On Mercedes Van
Google has at least one white Mercedes van, I know that because here is a photo of one with the G, Google logo, on it while at the GooglePlex in Mountain View, California. The photo is on Instagram
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Google is showing table reservation filter in restaurant local packs - https://t.co/OLQhEQqCIi cc:@rustybrick @mblumenthal… https://t.co/4r54QQCdMn, Sergey Alakov on Twitter
- Apple’s new deal for journalism should send publishers running, WebmasterWorld
- Google tests dropping the AMP icon #google #seo #amp cc @rustybrick https://t.co/7v6R2kBA1S" /, Valentin Pletzer on Twitter
- Hey #webdeveloper and #technicalSEO / #SEO friends - what do you think about the dynamic rendering blog post (https://t.co/3BOmVOnC9S)? Would you like to see more technical posts like this? Should we break them do, Martin Splitt @ Twitter
- It's gotta be -- all the links are broken.…, John Mueller on Twitter
- It's kinda ironic that Google is testing this "NEW" tag for the message CTA after they basically announced killing the feature 2 weeks ago (https://t.co/1Kj6CfEelD) cc:@rustybrick https://t.co/czkhBgQgjD", Sergey Alakov on Twitter
- It's such a vague tweet though - "we made some changes, rankings changed, it must be from those changes"? Y'all know how many things are involved, it's not a change in clinical isolation...… https://t.co/qukcjLTB3J, John Mueller on Twitter
- Nope, anything works - whatever works best for you & your site. I'd just minimize the switching between different kinds of URL structures & try to pick something you can use in the long run.… https://t.co/5ODgZfnysT, John Mueller on Twitter
- Today we’re announcing that Google will be investing $13 billion in offices and data centers in the US this year. With this new investment, we’ll now have a home in 24 total states, including data centers in 13 communities, Sundar Pichai on Twitter
- How people think about their data and privacy has changed. Leading marketers understand this and have been preparing all along. Learn how these marketers are achieving growth while respecting new expectations around privacy ➡ ht, Google Ads on Twitter
- What's going on with the extendo knowledge box? @rustybrick , new one?…, Space Force MrRobzilla on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
- EU copyright directive poised to become law, includes licensing fees for search engines
- 6 things you need to know about Google’s change for service area businesses
- Get more from your customer data with marketing automation
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
- Marketers can now use Analytics 360 audiences in Marketing Cloud campaigns, Cognetik
- Visualize Your Data Using Google Data Studio, Aronson
- No data? No problem! Retroactive content analysis in Google Analytics, Builtvisible
Industry & Business
- Investing $13 billion across the U.S. in 2019, Google Blog
- Former engineer Liz Fong-Jones has ‘grave concerns' about Google, Business Insider
- Google, Facebook Forced to Pay Creators Under New EU Rules, Bloomberg
- Smart regulation for combating illegal content, Google Blog
Local & Maps
Mobile & Voice
- Amazon’s ‘Alexa Blueprints’ can now be published publicly on the US Alexa Skills Store, TechCrunch
- Does AMP Improve Rankings, Engagement, and Conversion?, Stone Temple
- Using interpreter mode with the Google Assistant, Google Blog
SEO
- User-Intent as the key to long-term SEO success., SISTRIX
- ❤ 14 Lovely SEO Tips for Valentine’s Day, Cognitive SEO
- Love Is A Many-Splendored SERP: Valentine's Day SEO Research 2019, Conductor
- Search Console's URL Inspection Tool Does Not Want Your Junk, ohgm
- The 10 best SEO-themed Valentine's Day cards, DealerOn
PPC
- Ads & Landing Pages That Have Perfected Post-Click Optimization, PPC Hero
- Upgrade Dynamic Search Ads in AdWords API and Google Ads API by March 6, 2019, Google Ads Developer Blog
- How to Build an Executive/KPI Dashboard to Prove Your PPC Value, Search Engine Journal
- How to Maximize Revenue When Competing With Ecommerce Resellers, Metric Theory
- Managed Placements As An Underrated Way To Build A High-Performing GDN Campaign Managed Placements As An Underrated Way To Build A High-Performing GDN Campaign, State of Digital
- You're Doing PPC Ad Tests Wrong – This Script Will Help, Search Engine Journal
Search Features
Other Search
- A guide to setting up your very own search intent projects, Moz
- How we fought bad apps and malicious developers in 2018, Google Online Security Blog
- Roses are red, violets are blue: six Pixel camera tips, just for you, Google Blog
