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 September 2019 Core Update Is Live But Seems Slow To Roll Out
Google began rolling out the September 2019 Core Update yesterday at around 2pm ET. I've been tracking the SEO industry chatter since and so far the chatter seems somewhat limited. There are some noticing big changes but for the most part, it seems like it is rolling out very slowly. - Vlog #17: Wil Reynolds On Google Stealing Clicks Through Google Ads & More
Wil Reynolds (@wilreynolds) the founder of Seer Interactive started doing SEO 20 years ago... - Google Delivers On Webmasters Request To Control Search Result Snippets
I am not sure if you remember, but back in May Danny Sullivan shared screen shots from a Google Ranking Fair where he shared SEO and webmaster concerns. One of those concerns was "Webmasters want more control over sitelinks, titles, snippets, mixing images and text in featured snippets, rich snippets, knowledge panels, opt out of featured snippets and more." Well, now we got it - Google announced we can control our snippets in more ways than just not showing them. - Google: Only Thing That Changes With Server Migrations Is GoogleBot's Crawl Rate
John Mueller from Google released another #AskGoogleWebmasters video where he said the only real thing that changes, temporarily, when you move a site from one server to another server, is how fast GoogleBot crawls that content. Google will throttle back, in order to test to see how fast it can crawl your site without impacting your server in a negative way. - Google: Emailing Google For SEO Support Never Works
Gary Illyes from Google said last night on Twitter that emailing Google for support with your SEO and your ranking problems in Google never really works. He said "That's impossible" when someone claimed that emailing Google did help his ranking issues. - Google Knowledge Panels With Translation Feature
Google's John Mueller hinted a couple years ago that Google may decide to translate knowledge panels and/or featured snippets in other languages when applicable. I have not seen this happen until today when Gianluca Fiorelli shared this happening to him. - Free GoogleBot Stickers From Gary Illyes In Boston On Thursday
If you love SEO, love Google, and love GoogleBot, you may want to take a trip up to Boston tomorrow and meet Gary Illyes from Google. He is giving out GoogleBot stickers, the ones you see above in th
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Google Assistant Recording Transcription Now Opt-In, WebmasterWorld
- Possible reasons for ranking high in Bing/DDG and nowhere for Google?, WebmasterWorld
- That feature has been gone for a while now, I'm not aware of plans to bring it back but you're welcome to submit feedback in Search Console!, John Mueller on Twitter
- Why would you change the URLs? I'd generally try to keep them the same for a longer time, if possible., John Mueller on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
- Google’s new snippet settings give webmasters control over their search listings display
- Getting started with Google Tag Manager
- Nextdoor in new deals with directories to monetize local search
- Server migrations are “uneventful for Google systems”
- Grab these Search Marketing Expo rates now!
- In a victory for speech, EU’s top court sides with Google in right to be forgotten case
- Google September 2019 core update to roll-out later today
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
- Getting started with Google Tag Manager, Marketing Land
- Lessons Learned: Building a Google Data Studio Partner Connector, NewPath Consulting
Industry & Business
- Neha Palmer keeps Google's data centers green, Google Blog
- How Google invests in news, Google Blog
Links & Promotion Building
- Does disavowing links work in 2019? Here are some case studies., Marie Haynes Consulting
- Content Marketing vs. Link Building Case Studies – What to Focus on, Cognitive SEO
Local & Maps
- Check Your Google My Business Verification Status, Online Ownership
Mobile & Voice
- Amazon, Baidu, Cerence, Microsoft, Tencent, and 30 Other Companies Launch Voice Interoperability Initiative, Voicebot
- Google Assistant rolling out to more Chromebooks, 9to5Google
SEO
- 52 Experts Reveal Best SEO Reporting Tools (LEADERBOARD Inside), Robbie Richards
- Google Review Stars Drop by 14%, Moz
- The Ultimate Guide To GSC Keyword Data, Botify
- Google Webmaster Hangout Notes: September 20th 2019, DeepCrawl
- How to Optimize YouTube Videos: SEO Foundations, RankRanger
- Will AI Replace SEO Writers?, SuccessWorks
PPC
- 11 Must-Do Ad Updates for a Company Rebrand, WordStream
