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: WSJ On Google Search, Google Search Tremors, Bing Uses BERT, Google Ads & Politics & More
This was a busy week, but I start off explaining some more things around my reaction article on the Wall Street Journals piece of Google Search. I then cite a new tweet from Matt Cutts on a similar topic. Google had an algorithm... - Google Search Result Rankings Had A Very Volatile Week: Tremors All Week?
I have to say that this week, starting from last Friday, has been pretty volatile with the organic search results. All week long, people have been asking me if there is a Google update today. Truth is, it feels like tremors all week long. The chatter and tracking tools seem to confirm this as well. - Google: There Is No Indexing Limit For Number Of Pages Indexed Per Site
I've been covering search for a while and sometimes you see questions you really haven't seen before, this is one of those times. Someone asked Google's John Mueller if Google still has an indexing limit of 250 static pages per web site. The answer is no, Google has no limit but I've never seen that question asked before. - Google Ads Bid Strategy Report With New Top Bidding Signals
Google Ads announced new data available in the bid strategy report that shows you the top bidding signals. These signals can include device type, location, day of week, time of day, keywords and more. - New Google Meta Tag Resulted In Pages Not Being Indexed: Now Fixed
One of the new Google snippet controls, the new meta tags, recently launched, had a bug where it can trigger Google to deindex the specific page. If you used max-image-preview tag and set the value to none, it would result in Google removing the page from the index. Google confirmed the issue and said a fix is rolling out and the affected pages will be reprocessed. - Google Negative SEO Attack Response: These Links Have No Effect
Google has been saying negative SEO is really not a thing and has been saying that for years and years. But it is rare to see a Googler respond to a specific concern raised by an SEO. But that is what John Mueller of Google did the other day. - Dog Relaxing On Google Bench
Here is a photo shared by someone one on Instagram showing how a dog, probably a Doogler, is resting on one of the benches at the GooglePlex, the main Google offices. Even Google dogs need a break he
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- I'll pass along this feedback., Danny Sullivan on Twitter
- Search for Beginners Should you use one of the many available platforms to showcase your business online, or build a separate custom site? Find out what’s important to you and get tips for hiring and working, (20) Google Webmasters on Twitter
- Dynamic Email in Gmail Rolls Out on Android and iOS, WebmasterWorld
- Today we’re launching a new Bing Elections Experience (beta). Our goal is to provide a comprehensive view with the most relevant, accurate and timely information all in one location. https://t.co/V0huzmr9zZ https://t.co/nIyBniDNI2, Bing on Twitter
- Twitter Adds 2FA With No Need For A Phone Number, WebmasterWorld
- Twitter Now Allows "Hide Replies", WebmasterWorld
Search Engine Land Stories:
- Google search results eye candy: How users navigate search features and what it means for SEO
- Google Ads overreported conversions due to bug — working on a fix
- Paid search trends to watch for the 2019 holiday shopping season
- Google Ads intros ‘restricted data processing’ capability for CCPA compliance
- Pause out of stock products with this Google Ads Script
- Stop managing your PPC campaigns the difficult way
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
- Deliver consistent site experiences with Google Optimize, Google Blog
- How to use Google Tag Manager to maintain Google Analytics and other marketing tags, Free Code Camp
- Measuring the Effect of Paywalls on Publisher Revenue and User Engagement Playbook, Bounteous
- The Definitive Approach for preventing duplicate transactions on Google Analytics - Using a Universal CustomTask, Thy Ngster
Industry & Business
Links & Promotion Building
- 5 Reasons Why Scholarship Link Building Fails, Search Engine Journal
- A Content Audit Unlocks the Keys to Rank Number One on Google, SEM Rush
Local & Maps
- Google Street View Is Finally Updating Its Hawai Maps, Honolulu Magazine
- Google to Allow EV Charging Payments in the Maps App, autoevolution
Mobile & Voice
- Helping families stay connected with the Google Assistant, Google Blog
- Apple AirPods Shipments Are Said to Double to 60 Million in 2019, Bloomberg
SEO
- Google News Optimization: 11 common mistakes and how to avoid them, Search Metrics
- Google's John Mueller on Structured Data, Speed, Disavows, Legacy Penalties & Much More [PODCAST], Search Engine Journal
- Increase Marketing Productivity in 6 Steps with SEO Technology, Conductor
- Introducing the SEO A/B Testing Whitepaper, Distilled
- Search Console showing errors in your product structured data?, Yoast
- Yoast SEO 12.5.1: Patch release for time-offset issue, Yoast
- Free web-based robots.txt parser based on Google’s open source C++ parser, Distilled
PPC
- Conversion reporting issues for November 11 through November 20, Google Ads Developer Blog
Search Features
- Bing 2020 US Elections Experience (Beta), Bing Search Blog
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