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: We Try Recognize Author Details, Reviewer Details & Overall Site Quality Details
Google's John Mueller said in that video hangout at the 39:51 mark that Google does try to recognize "additional details about information about the author, information about the reviewers, about the website overall, through through a number of ways." - Vlog #9: Casie Gillette On The Search Community & Memorable Content
In episode #9 of the vlog series at the Search Engine Roundtable I interviewed Casie Gillette (@Casieg), the Senior Director, Digital Marketing at KoMarketing... - Google Warns: Embedding Instagram Images Can Cause SEO Issues
Google's John Mueller was asked about why a site saw a major dropping in image search traffic after embedding Instagram images on his site. John decided to test it and noticed that Instagram on the embeds use a no index robots meta tag, that tells Google that they don't want those images indexed together with the page itself. - Google Will Share More Details About Indexing Issues
Danny Sullivan from Google told me on Twitter that Google will share more details about the indexing issues, where Google was not able to index new content for about an 24-hour period. He said Google will post time frames and post notes about the impact in Google Search Console after Google does its internal assessment of the issue. - Google My Business Edit Hotel Services & Amenities
Hotels can now edit its services and amenities in the "Hotel attributes" section of their Google My Business account. Google My Business was having issues with hotel edits earlier last week and it might have been related to this upgrade? In any event, now hotels can login to Google My Business to modify this data. - Google Tests Infinite Scroll Search Results Interface Again
We've seen Google testing showing page two results and more on the first page of Google's search results. More recently with the "more results" button on desktop (it is live on mobile). But also just plain old-fashion infinite scroll. Here Kiran posted a screen shot of an infinite scroll interface with a Google colored divider that shows page two results. - Jamaican Googler - Jamooglers T-Shirt
Here is a t-shirt I found on Instagram for Jamooglers, Jamaican Googlers. It was posted by Stevie Rich from inside the Google New York City offices. I know there are lots of groups like this within
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Facebook Offers Millions of Dollars For News Content, WebmasterWorld
- Lots of sites have first page search results; that doesn't mean they're perfect., John Mueller on Twitter
- TBH I don't think that's very useful overall. If you need something removed from search results urgently (aka can do a manual request), I'd just use the URL removal tools. "Forcing" a single URL to, John Mueller on Twitter
- A minor late-July update to Google's structured data documentation has them - in reference to #schema.org use - replacing occurrences of "field" with "property". Minor, but I do appreciate Google making a concerted effort t, Aaron Bradley on Twitter
- No, that's not correct., John Mueller on Twitter
- The Reddit bot pops up when you post a Google AMP link on a sub. Spot on. https://t.co/dMOOSCq67I, Stephen Davies on Twitter
- We don't use the "lang" attribute, if that's what you're asking. I believe Bing uses it though, John Mueller on Twitter
- We don't use them, others might, and they don't cause any problems for us if they're used., John Mueller on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
- Here’s how Google Ads’ new keyword selection preferences work
- Google’s indexing issues are resolved
- Search marketing is moving back toward more human interaction
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
Industry & Business
- Yelp CFO to Exit for Eventbrite, Wall Street Journal
- DOJ Scrutinizes Google Advertising, Search in Antitrust Probe, Bloomberg
- Google Adds Tools to Attract More Corporate Customers, Wall Street Journal
- Google Auction NDA Seen as Way to Keep Rivals From Talking to EU, Bloomberg
Links & Promotion Building
Local & Maps
- Before Google Maps, This Was How to Drive in L.A., CityLab
- How to Access Google Maps New AR Walking Directions, Lifehacker
Mobile & Voice
- Google and NatWest have decided voice-activated banking is a good idea, TechRadar
- Google will ask you to migrate your Nest account soon: Here's what you need to know, CNET
- How to Optimize your Website content for Voice Search – #CrawlingMondays 18th Episode, Aleyda Solis
SEO
- The Ultimate SEO Audit Playlist, DeepCrawl
- 8 Local Search Engine Optimization Tips for Bing, Search Engine Journal
- Baidu SEO: How to do SEO in China. An interview with SEO Zac - #CrawlingMondays 19th Episode, Aleyda Solis
PPC
- 7 Surprising Lessons I Learned While Creating My First Google Ads Campaign, WordStream
- How to Troubleshoot PPC Performance (Template Download), PPC Hero
- The 2019 MSA Agency Awards: The finalists, Microsoft Advertising
- Thriving in an AI World: Tips for PPC Professionals, PPC Hero
Search Features
