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 Search Bug Selecting Unrelated Canonical URLs & Indexing Issues
Google has announced on Twitter a new bug yesterday, this time with Google possibly selecting unrelated canonical URLs. Google said this can impact breadcrumb trails on mobile which might reflect the unrelated URLs. Google also said... - Video: Google Search Console Delays, Increase In One Boxes & Search Is Hard
Just a note, I am offline, this video and post was pre-recorded and scheduled to be posted today. Google Search Console is still having delays - I hope it is fixed soon or by the time I wrote this. Google seems to be showing more image boxes... - Google: No Plans Yet On Migrating Disavow Link Tool
Currently the disavow link tool is available in the old Google Search Console. It has not been migrated to the new version. John Mueller of Google was asked when it will be moved and he responded... - Math Sans Bold Unicode Make Your Google Snippets Stand Out
We've seen emojis and all forms of unicode in the Google search results over the years. Most Google will prevent from working because it makes the search results page look awkward... - Q&A On Google Video Screenshots
We've covered the topic twice before but it still somewhat fascinating to me that Google is asking searchers to submit answers to questions (or ask questions) when Google doesn't think they have content in their... - Google: Context Is Key For Some Keyword Searches
Google's John Mueller said on Twitter the other day that "Some of these things really need context to make sense." "I've seen some pretty neat associations work out in search," he added... - SEO Hungry: A Food Blogger For SEOs & Google Cookies
I'll be honest, I am a bit confused by this Instagram channel named seohungry - I mean, the food looks amazing but what? I guess the person's name is SEO? In any event, she... - Programming Note: Offline For Passover 5779 - April 26th
This is a programming note that I will be 100% offline on Friday April 26th, for the Passover holiday...
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Iframes are tricky because it's not completely clear how it should be indexed. Regardless of how it works "now", I'd try to be as explicit as possible about what you want to have happen (eg, want it indexed? put it in the page, John Mueller on Twitter
- It's not a replacement for a disallow in the robots.txt, links are tricky b/c there are many ways to reach a page. If you absolutely don't want something crawled, block crawling; if you don't want it indexed, then use noindex, John Mueller on Twitter
- It's still pending resolution - I with (& thought) this would move along faster. Sorry about the delay!…, John Mueller on Twitter
- Microsoft Q3 Revenues up 14pct to $30.6 Billion, WebmasterWorld
- You could do that. That said, AMP uses responsive design techniques, so these pages would also work on desktop.…, John Mueller on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
Analytics
- Google Analytics: Getting Started & Issues to Watch For, Conductor
- The CRO Course: Win on Mobile, Google
Industry & Business
- We Want Brand New & Seasoned Speakers! Submit to Speak at Hero Conf, PPC Hero
- Yandex Announces First Quarter 2019 Financial Results, Yandex
Links & Promotion Building
- How to Build Trust with Your Blog, Problogger
Local & Maps
- Bing Maps releases 12M Canadian building footprints, Geospatial World
Mobile & Voice
- Iowa Governor Announces Alexa and Google Assistant Applications for State Government Information, Voicebot
- This National Tell a Story Day, take a page from your Assistant, Google Blog
SEO
- GoDaddy Takes Down 15,000 Spammy 'Snake Oil' Subdomains, Wired
- Optimize Your B2B Content Performance with an SEO Audit, Online Marketing Blog
- Taking Your Schema from Developer Led to Marketing Led, SEM Rush
PPC
- How to optimise your Amazon product listings, Vertical Leap
- Migrate now to final URLs to improve tracking, Bing Ads Blog
- Should you be using responsive search ads right now?, The Drum
Programming Note: I am offline for Passover, this post was written on Thursday, April 25th and scheduled to be posted on Friday, April 26th.
