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 Stopped Indexing The Web?
There may be a serious Google bug or it might just be a interface issue - I am not sure - but if you try to find recent content indexed by Google - Google won't be able to help you out. If you try to search for content in the past hour or so from sites like the New York Times, Wall Street Journal or almost any site, you will be out of luck. - Brian White, A Lead Spam Fighter Leaves Google
Brian White worked at Google for over 16 years, joining the company before I started this blog back in November 2002. He worked with Matt Cutts I believe almost his whole time while at Google and fought spam... - GoogleBot May Be Injecting Unwanted Meta Data Into Your Page
Let me first start off with the title may sound more scary than it is, but I tried hard to come up with a short title for this post and I failed (traveling this week and I am tired). In short, with the new evergreen GoogleBot able to do more... - Bing Explains How To Submit URLs Via API
Remember earlier this year Bing wanted to slow crawling the web and request webmasters to push them content via their URL submission tool. They expanded their rate limits and opened their API... - Google Tests Renaming Posts To Updates
Mike Blumenthal spotted Google renaming the Google Posts section in the local knowledge panel from "Posts" to "Updates." Here is the screen shot... - Google Algorithm Updates & Data Refreshes Are Different Systems
All of you know there are ranking algorithms, data refreshes and infrastructure changes - those are the big three. There are other things in search, such as feature changes, user interface changes... - Google Juice - Drinking The Google Water
Here is a photo I found on Instagram of water bottles at Google's office with a "creative juice" written on them. The "juice" is also in the Google logo colors...
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Unrelated to this specifically, I love seeing folks work on the extremely advanced intersection of JS & SEO. Keep up the digging, don't stop trying things out & asking, keep spreading your insights, and make sites awesome with, John Mueller on Twitter
- Do they argue in text or in audio?…, John Mueller on Twitter
- Gotta love those helpful Google auto-filters 😂 📢Also PSA #Philly friends, today's our local primary election. Get out and vote! Registered independents can still vote on special elections and ballot questions, Cori (Shirk) Graft on Twitter
- I'll have a look when I'm home to see if we can change this somehow. We had a few ideas with Bogdan which might work with non-critical tags, but never got to try them out. Or... 💡... OR!! We could hire a new WTA and h, Gary Illyes on Twitter
- That sounds like something you'd want to avoid - being uncertain if a noindex is picked up or not can be a pretty big thing.…, John Mueller on Twitter
- We don't always index all content (and word count isn't a criteria for indexing), so that can be normal.… https://t.co/Bgt3Wmo4lm, John Mueller on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
- The top 4 digital challenges facing consumer brands – and how to solve them
- You’re about to miss SMX Advanced. Get your ticket now!
- What’s wrong with translating keywords?
- Googlebot renders, indexes AJAX-style dynamic content driven by XHR POST
- Cars.com vs. CarGurus.com saga shows the importance of SEO (and the bad side of a Google update)
- How to check why PPC performance changed
- Reimagining the marketing funnel for the disrupted customer experience
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
- 4 Essential Methods for Session Stitching in Google Analytics, Jeff Bullas
- How to Set Up Recurring Google Analytics Email Reports, Clockwork Design Group
- Understanding Google Tag Manager: What You Need To Know, Torpedo
- What to Include in Your Monthly Marketing Report, DashThis
Industry & Business
- Alphabet Verily doing clinical trials with Novartis, Sanofi, Pfizer, CNBC
- Behind the scenes at Take Your Child to Work Day at Google, Google Blog
- Google Has Stored Some Passwords in Plaintext Since 2005, Wired
- How to Retain Struggling Clients And Rebuild Trust, Majestic Blog
- New Role: Don't Panic Search Awards Ambassador, Dixon Jones
- Living In A Van in Google's Backyard? Some Employees Make It Work, Bloomberg
Links & Promotion Building
Local & Maps
Mobile & Voice
- A year into contributing back lessons learned from AMP to the whole web, The AMP Blog
- Bose speakers get smarter with the Google Assistant, Google Blog
- Now the Google Assistant can take care of your IOUs, Google Blog
- Google Assistant rolling out in latest Messages update, 9to5Google
SEO
- 5 SEO Tactics to Get the Right Leads in the Door, KoMarketing
- An SEO's guide to duplicate content, Builtvisible
- How Long Should Your Blog Post Be for SEO?, Portent
- How to Repurpose Existing Content, Majestic Blog
- Vue.js And SEO: How To Optimize Reactive Websites For Search Engines And Bots, Smashing Magazine
- What can Google's Updated QRG tell us about quality in 2019?, Marie Haynes Consulting
PPC
- The Case For Time Flexible PPC Budgets, PPC Hero
- Three Major Themes From the 2019 Google Marketing Live Keynote, Merkle
Search Features
