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 Medic Update Advice, SEO Tips, Featured Snippets, Search Console, Manual Actions & More
This week in search, I covered what SEOs are doing about the Google Medic update, and how you can report issues to Google around it. Google said taking old content and relabeling it as new is not a good SEO hack... - Google Crawls Pages More Often If They Are More Important & Popular
Google's John Mueller confirmed that Google crawls pages more often if they are more important and popular. So if a page is not crawled so often, that can be a sign that the page is not that important to Google. - Did The Google Medic Update Make Search Worse? Show Google Examples.
Google is asking you to provide examples of how the search results are now worse off since after the Google Medic update which was released on August 1st as a core broad Google algorithm update. Gary Illyes said let him know examples on Twitter and do not just say that a competitor now outranks you. - Google Launches Expandable Featured Snippets
Google announced they have launched a new form of featured snippets that offer expandable snippets to help a searcher dive deeper into the aspects of a specific query. We actually saw Google testing this this past April and now it is officially live. - Google Search Console Sends Useful HTTPS Gone Wrong Notifications
Google is now sending useful notifications about issues when you migrate from HTTP to HTTPS. In the example Alan Bleiweiss showed below, Google told him that 80% of the HTTP pages are not showing up on the HTTPS version. That is a useful notification! - YouTube Live Streaming Disabled For Many
I am seeing a huge number of YouTube creators complaining in the YouTube Help forums that their ability to live stream on the platform has been disabled. Google has confirmed there is an issue they are looking into fixing so they restore access to live streaming. - The Google Beach Party
Here is a video from the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity that shows Google had another beach party this past year. I remember they did one back in 2012, maybe they do one every year
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- If the content is gone or not found on the website anymore, there's a http status code for that :).…, John Mueller on Twitter
- Android 9 Pie, the CrUX Dashboard, Dart 2 Stable, & more! | TL;DR 124 Watch ..., Google+ - Google Developers
- GDPR might be causing higher bounce rate, WebmasterWorld
- Google Adds Posts to Local Branded Search Results https://t.co/xb1VZuvu6W…, Mike Blumenthal on Twitter
- Report: Google Planning to Re Launch Search in China, WebmasterWorld
- That's LITERALLY the only reason we update our algorithms: to mess with your holidays. LITERALLY the only reason.… https://t.co/gqaHzRjBvE, Gary Illyes on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
- 15 questions to ask yourself before publishing a new landing page
- CRO tools to help you boost your SEO efforts
- Old content still showing up in Google search results? Google might not find that content important
- Search in Pics: Google beach party, beer pong & blue pool table
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
- Simplifying Data Studio Embeds and Social Sharing, Google Blog
- Guide To Google Data Studio Dashboards For SEO, ignitevisibility.com
Industry & Business
- Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Project Dragonfly censored search in China, CNBC
- Safety-first AI for autonomous data center cooling and industrial control, Google Blog
Local & Maps
- How to use a call tracking number in Google My Business | GMB tracking number tips, DealerOn
- Do You Need Local Pages? - Whiteboard Friday, Moz
Mobile & Voice
- Canalys: Smart speaker market grew 187% in Q2 2018, VentureBeat
- Google to debut display-equipped AI speaker before holidays, Nikkei Asian Review
- Google Goggles is dead, now prompts users to install Lens, Android Police
SEO
- Agile SEO: Moving from Strategy to Action, Search Engine Journal
- What Are SEO Best Practices for Color Variations?, Search Engine Journal
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