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:
- July 2018 Google Webmaster Report
This month was somewhat typical but we did have a lot of updates to the Google Search Console. We saw the Search Analytics API get 16 months of data... - New Google Index Report Doesn't Show Blocked URLs From Sitemaps
Alan Bleiweiss shared a scree shot of how the Google Sitemaps report in Google Search Console shows over 11... - Google 10 Years Later: Absolute Vs Relative URLs Doesn't Matter For SEO
I know, I know, this is a basic SEO question - the absolute URLs versus relative URLs. But we covered it literally 10 years ago and back then Google's John Mueller answered the question and also answered it today... - Google Cannot Process Verbatim & Custom Date Range Searches
Go ahead and try to search using Google's verbatim filter with a custom date range - you'd be out of luck. If you try to use both, Google will remove the other filter... - Google My Business Insights Adds Queries & Keyword Report
The Google My Business Insights, analytics, section has added a new section for showing you keyword or query data that has led to searchers finding you on Google Maps or... - July 4th Fireworks Display From The GooglePlex
I found some photos from folks at the GooglePlex, Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California, of a fireworks display the other day. In fact, I posted a video. I suspect this fireworks show wa - Fourth of July Google & Bing Home Page For 2018
Happy Fourth of July everyone! As normal, I won't be posting stories here on independence day mostly because most of the readers here are off and don't want....
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- "Uncommon download" is not malware. This goes away once the content is known by our systems. You can also trigger a review yourself through the UI. We don't have example URLs in these cases, unfortunately.… https:, John Mueller on Twitter
- Notice of mobile-first indexing enabled, WebmasterWorld
- Court Rules Yelp Can't be Ordered to Remove Negative Reviews, WebmasterWorld
- My first day at the Google Search Conference #googlesc and @SyedMalikMairaj is currently talking about Structured Data for Hindi publishers!… https://t.co/zymkJYFwms, Gary Illyes on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
- How to drive conversions with on-brand SEO copywriting
- Predicting the value of a search engine ranking signal
- SMX Advanced session recap: Mobile-first and AMP
- Google My Business Insights adds queries used to find your business
Other Great Search Stories:
Industry & Business
- Authoritas Acquires Linkdex, Authoritas
- Google: Melbourne office doors opened, but Sydney to remain HQ, SMH
- Russian search engine alerts Google to possible data problem, ABC News
Links & Promotion Building
- 5 Common Misconceptions in Digital PR and Link Building, Hallam
- How to Identify and Remove Bad Backlinks That Kill Your Rankings, cognitiveseo.com
- 5 Design Ideas That Will Transform Your Link Building Strategy, Receptional
- 7 Ways to Shake up Your Link Building Efforts, Search Engine Journal
- Rebranding Your Product? Here’s How You Can Keep (And Improve) Your Link Equity, Raven Blog
Local & Maps
Mobile & Voice
- Apple's Siri director to speak at AI Frontiers conference in November, appleinsider.com
SEO
- 6 questions about redirects for SEO, Yoast
- Amazon Search Optimisation: The Usurper of Search, Branded3
- Google Sandbox: Does Google Really Hate New Websites?, ahrefs.com
- How Sinister Mobile Popups Only Triggering For Uncookied Users (and Googlebot) Could Impact SEO, Usability, and Monetization, GSQI
- How to Make the Right Landing Page Rank: A Complete SEO Checklist, Search Engine Journal
PPC
- 15 AdWords PPC Tactics For Clicks & Mortar Businesses, State of Digital
Search Features
- Answer: How big was the range of these animals?, SearchReSearch
Other Search
