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 Automatically Recognizes Broad Site Changes
Google's John Mueller said on Twitter that Google already can and does recognize broad site changes and thus there is no need for a button in Google Search Console to communicate these changes... - Google Image Search To Change Referrer URL For Tracking
Google is updating the referrer URL from Google Image search in the upcoming months. This is super important news for anyone who has any web site that uses any form of analytics to track their incoming traffic. Those who use Google Analytics and nothing else... - Google My Business Notifications When Local Listings Go Live
Google's Allyson Wright from the Google My Business team announced in the Google My Business Help forums that a new feature for those that submit new listings to Google My Business is rolling out to notify you when you listings go live in Google Maps or Search... - EU Fines Google $5 Billion Over Android Antitrust
Less than 20 minutes ago, the whopping news broke that the European Union has fined Google $5 billion â'¬4,34 bn over antitrust and competitive laws around Android... - Google Logo For German Conductor, Kurt Masur
Google has a logo on their home page on their US, German, Iceland, Japan and other home pages to remember the life of one of the last old-style maestros, the German conductor Kurt Masur... - Takeaki Kanaya Google Birthday Cake Surprise
Takeaki Kanaya works with the Google webmaster team in the Google Japan/Tokyo office, he is like the John Mueller or Gary Illyes from that region. His birthday was the other day and he shared a pictu
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- There's no officially documented behavior for it, so if you want to use it, I'd just make sure you have a backup to do whatever you want it to do :)… https://t.co/9lSeuykXJc, John Mueller on Twitter
- Google for Jobs has come to the UK per our latest data! Levels in the UK now match those of the US. Don't forget, Rank Ranger is the only tool that allows you to track rank within Google for Jobs! https://t.co/HoIbr4UmSf #Jobs #S, Rank Ranger on Twitter
- I'm guessing random indexing quirk - sometimes weird things happen, but they end up settling down over time :).…, John Mueller on Twitter
- Let me know if you want to chat about the role, happy to find some time.…, John Mueller on Twitter
- Some people often say Google engineers should have their own sites to rank, and this would make them understand what SEOs face. Which I think it’s not the ideal solution. 1/2, Pedro Dias on Twitter
- Update to merging your subscriptions on YouTube and YouTube Gaming (July 2018), YouTube Help
- We've heard some questions recently about the status of Verification on Twitter, so wanted to address directly. Updating our verification program isn’t a top priority for us right now (election integrity is). Here’s some, Kayvon Beykpour on Twitter
- You're doing some kinda odd things there; geo-redirects on the server side, JavaScript redirects, and then error pages. It looks like it's fluctuating for us. The clearer your signals, the easier to pick up & keep, John Mueller on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
- How to project SEO traffic levels and avoid saying, ‘It depends’
- SEO & SEM experts are coming to NYC! Are you?
- Google may notify you when your local business listing goes live in Google Maps & Search
- Google tests location tab for hotel knowledge panels
- Kurt Masur, the German conductor, gets a Google doodle
- Google Assistant gets more helpful
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
- How to Calculate Your Own Click-Through Rate, Seer Interactive
Industry & Business
- A Tale of Two Lunch Tables at MozCon 2018 (Content-Driven Link Building and Local Search), State of Digital
- Photos from Mozcon 2018, Smokehouse SEO
- WordStream Takes Home a Content Marketing Award!, WordStream
Links & Promotion Building
- SEO Link Building Tactics for Ecommerce Businesses, Practical Ecommerce
Local & Maps
Mobile & Voice
- Creating a Real Estate Voice Search with GoLang, Sheldon Goldberg
- The state of smart speaker voice search in 2018, Econsultancy
SEO
- Does site speed influence SEO?, Yoast
- Drop in direct traffic, increase in organic in GA. Can you solve this SEO mystery?, Marie Haynes
- How to Use Hreflang for a Multilingual Website, Search Engine Journal
- New Distilled ODN features including SEO friendly URLs for enterprise platforms, Distilled
- What? You Are Not Optimizing for Google’s Featured Snippets Yet? Here’s What You Should Do, SEO Smarty
PPC
- New features in AdWords scripts, Google Ads Developer Blog
- The AdWords Conversions Tab: What are all those columns and which should you be using?, Periscopix
Other Search
