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:
- Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Update, Mobile-First Indexing, Indexing Bugs, Favicons, Search Quality & AdSense
Another busy week in search where we had a possible Google search ranking algorithm update on Wednesday. Google said they will index all new unknown sites to them using mobile-first indexing by default starting on July 1st... - Google Search Quality In Romania & Other Countries Being Worked On
I don't follow much about search quality with Google specifically outside of the United States because we know Google tries hard to make their algorithms work globally but sometimes based on the content saturation in some languages, their algorithms simply don't work so well in some countries. - Google Implies It Got Better At Judging Quality Of Medical Sites
Last August, I came up with this wild theory that the August 1, 2018 core update was more focused in on medical and health/wellness types of web sites. Google said no, it was across all categories but a lot of the data showed that while it did hit all categories of sites, there seemed to be more focus by a lot on the medical/health space. - Google Lets Restaurants & Customers Add/Edit Popular Dishes
Google announced yesterday that both restaurants and their customers can add popular dishes to their Google local panel results. Google also said machine learning can help, "The popular dishes feature is powered by a machine learning algorithm that matches dish names, provided by Google Maps users, with relevant photos and reviews. This creates a handy arrangement of a restaurant's most popular meals right at your fingertips in Google Maps." - 15 Google Webmaster Conferences In India Coming Soon
I didn't expect Google to announce that they are putting together a blitz of 15 different conferences in 6 different languages across India within a few month period - but they did. The languages include Bengali, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu, and English and the locations and dates are listed below. - Big Changes To Google AdSense Including Removing Text-Only Ads
Google sent out an email to AdSense publishers, including myself, yesterday, announcing big changes coming to Google AdSense over the coming weeks. They include six changes including removing Text ads only ads, going responsive for all ad sizes, changing ad styles and so much more. - Lamar Odom Gives Google Talk
Lamar Odom, the American basketball player who played for Los Angeles Lakers and won the NBA championships in 2009 and 2010 and was named the NBA Sixth Man of the Year in 2011. gave a talk at Google t
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Just wanted to pass along that the team involved with Knowledge Panels *loves* your videos. And for anyone who needs more, these are our key help pages: https://t.co/pbkJoZ5GAJ https://t.co/rGe5U2g3Xp Thanks for sharing the kno, Danny Sullivan on Twitter
- Understanding Policy: Scraped Content https://t.co/omwfkIBUW9 via @YouTube, John Brown on Twitter
- E-A-T-ing well now even more critical, WebmasterWorld
- New Google Analytics Terms for Data Sharing, WebmasterWorld
Search Engine Land Stories:
- PWA: How to avoid partial rendering issues with service workers
- “Popular dishes” have arrived in Google Maps listings
- The 3 Ps to growing your agency – position, price and pitch
- Now live: Google 3D images and AR integration in mobile search
- 3 conversations to have when testing low volume ad accounts
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
- How to Use Google Data Studio and Take Your Analytics to the Next Level, Elegant Themes Blog
- Keeping Your Mission Statement as the Master of your Measurement Strategy, E-Nor
- The race for better marketing measurement, Think with Google
Industry & Business
- Eric Enge’s interview with Fabrice Canel, Stone Temple
- Bing’s Not the Laughingstock of Technology Anymore, Washington Post
- Google’s Indigo subsea cable is now online, TechCrunch
Links & Promotion Building
- Broken Link Building: What You Need to Know to Get Links, Search Engine Journal
- Can Ecommerce Sites Generate Organic Search Traffic without Backlinks?, Practical Ecommerce
Local & Maps
- Google Maps adds dish-covery to the menu, Google Blog
Mobile & Voice
- Ongoing Demand Fuels a Strong Growth Trajectory for Wearable Devices in Q1 2019 with Wrist-Worn and Ear-Worn Leading the Market, According to IDC, IDC
- Google Assistant bug mutes over Bluetooth, Android Auto, 9to5Google
SEO
- Is Google's Redesign Good for Ads or Brands?, Moz
- What is Search Intent? A Complete Guide for Beginners, Ahrefs
PPC
- Taking Action on Deceptive Installation Tactics, Chromium Blog
Search Features
- What If Google’s ‘Knowledge Panels’ Insist You’re Dead? Or Married? Or French?, Wall Street Journal
