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:
- Manual Actions Disappearing From Google Search Console
It seems like for many, the manual actions within Google Search Console are disappearing. This is no magic trick, instead it seems to be some sort of bug. Google has not yet confirmed it but I am seeing numerous reports of complaints around this from SEOs over the past 24-hours or so. - Google: Passage Indexing Is A Lifeline For Pages With Diluted Content
There was an excellent phrase I wanted to pull out from another part of Martin Splitt's interview on passage indexing. Martin said at the 38:30ish mark that passage indexing is really a lifeline for pages that have good content on them but it is buried or diluted on a big page. - More From Google On Passage Indexing vs Featured Snippets
We already heard a bit about the differences between featured snippets and passage indexing from Google. But in a video interview with Martin Splitt of Google, Martin went a lot deeper into the differences. - Google My Business Review Owner Replies Not Displaying For Some
I am seeing a number of complaints around Google My Business review replies, the replies owners leave on reviews, not all showing up. I am not sure if the issue is resolved, but based on my tests over the past 12-hours or so, it seems when I leave replies for reviews I see them, plus I see some old replies. - Microsoft Re-Launches Its Advertising Community & Forum
Microsoft is launching, again, a community forum for its search ad side of the business. It is called the Microsoft Advertising Community. - Google Search Thanksgiving Easter Egg - Translate Gobble
If you bring up Google Translate in Google Search, you will see the ability to translate your text from one language into Turkey language. And when you try to do the translation, Google will translate the word into "gobble" and you can even click to play and hear the sound. - Google News Publisher Support Isn't Very Helpful
There is a nice number of SEOs in our space that focus on Google News and news publisher related SEO. But sadly, John Mueller and his team are not the best folks to ask at Google with Google News related questions. The Google News publisher support, is, well, to say the least, not super helpful. - Google Cupcakes Powered-Style
It has been a while since I shared Google cupcakes. Well, here are some Google cupcakes. It looks like powered colorful dye poured on them but in a tasty way. This was posted on Instagram.
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Apple Announces App Store Small Business Program, WebmasterWorld
- Of course it was. You might not agree with its results, but that's something very different, John Mueller on Twitter
- We’re looking into this description which appears to be a mismatch with a similarly named film. I expect it will be updated quickly, Danny Sullivan on Twitter
- When we render a page, we use the content that's there after rendering, so if you're changing rel-canonical link elements with JS, we might see that. Changes like that on a page make indexing less predictable., John Mueller on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
- Analyzing competition with SE Ranking tools
- What to evaluate ahead of Google’s Page Experience update
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
- 3 Tips for Planning Your Migration to Google Analytics 4, Ken Williams
- How to Enrich Your Google Tag Manager Monitor Data with a New Google Analytics Integration, MightyHive
- Implementing Google Analytics 4 on your Website, Cardinal Path
Industry & Business
- Google presses for quicker release of documents in lawsuit, Reuters
- Developer Oxford Properties tops off construction at future Google office building, New York Business Journal
Links & Content Marketing
- The Complete Guide to the Disavow Tool, SEO Hacker
Local & Maps
- Google Adds Google Guaranteed Badges to Google Maps, Local University
- Replies to Reviews Missing in Google My Business, LocalU
Mobile & Voice
- A more helpful Google for families this holiday season, Google Blog
- Google updates Assistant and Fi with family-oriented features, The Verge
SEO
- SEO for Landing Pages: Best Practices to Rank, SEM Rush
- Why There Are So Few Vice Presidents of Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Journal
PPC
- Are You Wasting Money with Your PPC Campaign?, Wellspring Digital
- Live Webinar: Intro to Reporting & the Google Ads Query Language, Google Ads Developer Blog
- YouTube will run ads on some creator videos, but it won’t give them any of the revenue, The Verge
Search Features
- Introducing Google News Initiative Conversations, Google Blog
