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 Indexing Issues For Some Publishers
I am seeing numerous reports from publishers that Google is having issues indexing Google News publishers and other sites. Most sites don't seem to be having an issue but there are reports of many publishers having issues. Google said they are going to investigate the issue. - Google Featured Snippets Can Use Descriptions From YouTube
You wouldn't think the content you find on YouTube, in the description section of a video, would be high quality enough for Google to use for featured snippets in search. But you'd be wrong. Google can and does use YouTube descriptions for featured snippets. - Google Search Ignores Redirect Loops
Google's John Mueller said Google will ignore redirect loops for search because redirect loops are broken. A redirect loop is when you have page A point to page B as a redirect and then you also have page B point page A. So you have them both redirecting to each other and it goes on an infinite loop. Browsers cannot handle them and no do search bots want to handle them. - Google's New Developer Doc On JavaScript SEO Basics
A couple weeks ago, Martin Splitt from Google announced on Twitter that he and Lizzi Harvey from Google posted a new developer document on the basics of JavaScript and SEO. The guide describes how Google Search processes JavaScript and the best practices for improving JavaScript web apps for Google Search. - Google Search Results Half Blank & Cut Off Bug Being Worked On
Google confirmed they are working on fixing a bug that is impacting some searchers where the search results will only render partially. It basically looks like a chunk of the search results were cut out or covered in whiteout (if you remember what whiteout is). This issue has been going on three days now and seems to be impacting some Google App searchers. - Google: Shortnames Suspension Bug Should Be Fixed In 48 Hours?
Over the past few weeks or so there has been suspensions in Google My Business and a lot of rumors around why those suspensions have happened. Google has not be exactly clear about the issue but they did say they restored the suspended listings. That was not true and we waited. - Bing Webmaster Tools Speaks At Google Webmaster Conference
You have to just love this. Here is Sandhya Guntreddy, one of the people who head up Bing Webmaster Tools, speaking at one of the new Google Webmaster Conferences in India. No joke - Google invited
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- @ErAnilSaini Use the markup that works best for your website. The HTML used in our search results isn't a sign that you need to do the same thing, John Mueller on Twitter
- E.U. Opens Antitrust Investigation Into Amazon's Practices, WebmasterWorld
- Facebook Fined $5 billion Over Privacy Violations, WebmasterWorld
Search Engine Land Stories:
- Google search results not fully rendering for many searchers
- Prime Day halo effect and 6 other trends to watch for back-to-school search marketing
- SMX replay: Brand to demand, the full funnel approach
- What’s up with the unconfirmed Google search ranking updates in July?
- ‘Get a Quote’ button added to Google business local knowledge panels
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
- How to Use CSS Selectors with Google Tag Manager, Seer Interactive
- GM's A. Charles Thomas on the Evolution of Chief Data Officer, Wharton
Industry & Business
- Treasury Secretary Finds No Security Concerns With Google Work in China, Wall Street Journal
- Google Investors Fear Growth Slowdown Is No Blip, Wall Street Journal
- Google pays $1 billion for Yahoo Sunnyvale sites Verizon held, Mercury News
- Never-Googlers take the ultimate step to guard their data, SMH
Links & Promotion Building
- How to Calculate the ROI of Link Building, Search Engine Journal
Local & Maps
Mobile & Voice
- Google Lens finally added to Google's mobile image search in Australia, The New Daily
- Podcasting Beginners Guide: How and Why You Should Start Podcasting, SEM Rush
SEO
- 9 Practical Ways to easily use Google Spreadsheets for SEO tasks, Aleyda Solis
- Biggest SEO Mistakes that New Bloggers/Website Owners Make, Authority Labs
- The Website as an SEO Work of Art, Siege Media
- 8 Reasons eCommerce SEO is Different from Ordinary SEO, Site Visibility
- Codes Decoded: A guide for HTTP Status Codes, DealerOn
- Doubling Organic Traffic from just Technical SEO Fixes, On Page Rocks
- Google's July 2019 Algorithm Update: What Really Changed?, RankRanger
- SEO: How Google Reads and Renders JavaScript, Practical Ecommerce
PPC
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