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 Search Algorithm Update, Crawl Spikes, Mobile Indexing, Movie Listings, Maps & More
This week in search I covered a possible Google search ranking update that touched down on September 4th or 5th. Before that we saw a spike in crawling activity from GoogleBot. I also posted the monthly Google Webmaster Report... - Google Search Showing Orgies For Things To Do In Dallas
Joe Youngblood shared a screen shot of Google showing orgy parties as an option for a query on [what to do in dallas tonight?] This worked yesterday and I am not sure I blame Google for showing it, it was a data feed from EventBright, and someone placed the spam in EventBright, which made its way up to Google. - Google Hotel Results Now Displays Distance To Attractions
A lot of local SEOs are talking about how Google's hotel search results now are showing searchers how far away a specific hotel is from an attraction you are looking to visit. Gus Pelogia posted a screen shot on Twitter of this and I think it is new. - Google Has New Movie & TV Search Experience & New Developer Docs For Movie Schema
Google yesterday announced two movie and TV related things yesterday and they were not directly related. First Google launched a new mobile experience for searching for movies or shows. Second Google has new developer documents for movie structured data. - Google Local Maps Search Results Drops Pagination - A Bug?
If you go to Google Maps, search for a service in a locale, Google will not let you go to page two of those results. Instead, Google will just stop showing you results and ask you to "see web results" for more. Previously, Google would let you click to page two. - Google Colors In The Shadows
Here is a room at the GooglePlex that has Google colored shadows on the floor. I guess the color of the windows and the sun shinning in make for this shadow effect. This is totally different from the
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- I'll check with the webspam folks about this, it might be that something got stuck. Do you have a help forum thread by chance?, John Mueller on Twitter
- Build trust with stronger privacy protections 🔐 We want all developers to be able to gain useful insights while protecting users’ privacy. Today, we’re rolling out the open-source version of the differential pri, Google Webmasters on Twitter
- Hi Webmasters in Southeast Asia!😍 We just added Singapore 🇸🇬 and Bangkok 🇹🇭 to our Webmaster Conference schedule! See you in October! 🙏 Info and sign up at → https://t.co/8HeO9dOyje, Google Webmasters on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
- Google’s Assistant-everywhere strategy reminiscent of old site search playbook
- Google adds new movie structured data
- How SEOs can master voice search now
- Best Practices for Implementing & Optimizing Marketing Automation Technology
- Google search lets you swipe left and right on shows and movies
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
- Elevate Visibility into Your Data with Google Analytics Custom Alerts, Business 2 Community
- How to Audit Google Analytics, Ads Integration, Practical Ecommerce
Industry & Business
- The Work Diary of Parisa Tabriz, Google’s ‘Security Princess’, New York Times
Local & Maps
- Google Assistant, navigation and apps coming to GM vehicles starting in 2021, TechCrunch
- Google Maps adds quick access to your preferred transit lines and reorganizes notification settings, Android Police
Mobile & Voice
- IFA 2019: The Google Assistant comes to more devices at home, Google Blog
- Sonos Reveals First Portable Bluetooth Speaker, Upping Competition With Bose, Voicebot
SEO
- How Google Enforces Category Diversity for Some Local Search Results, SEO By The Sea
- Living In A Mobile-First Indexing World, Botify
- The most visible Websites in the United States 2010 - 2019, Search Metrics
- How Does the Local Algorithm Work? - Whiteboard Friday, Moz
PPC
- New Features: RSA Creation, Move Keywords, Ad Relevance Alerts, Secure URL Alerts, and More, Adalysis
- Should You Bid On Your Branded Keywords in Paid Search?, State of Digital
- Create and test ads with responsive search ads, Microsoft Advertising
Search Features
Other Search
- We All Make Mistakes - Here’s How to Prevent & Own Them, Seer Interactive
