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 BERT Now International Supporting Over 70 Languages
Well that was quicker than most expected, Google has taken BERT, which launched in late October for English language queries in the US in core search and expanded it to 70 languages internationally. In fact, it surprised... - Recent Google Algorithm Update Chatter May Be Related To An Analytics Bug
There is a lot of chatter in the past 24-hours in the SEO forums, mostly at WebmasterWorld, around Google organic traffic fluctuations. It seems that it might be related to a bug with Google Analytics in a short period... - Bing: Cost & Value Determined In Bing Core Ranking Improvements
Frédéric Dubut from Bing said on Twitter "Every time we evaluate a ranking improvement, we look at the trade-off between cost and value." He added that this discussion is not always a fun topic but it is a... - Bing Does Reach Out To Webmasters With Search Issues
Bing's Frédéric Dubut said on Twitter that Bing does do proactive webmaster outreach. So if a site has a crawl issue that is negatively impacting search and the site, Bing may reach out via... - Google Chicago Rooftop View
Here is the view at the Google Chicago office from the rooftop. You can see a part of the subway car they have on the rooftop as well. This is a nice day in Chicago....
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- I never check Linkedin, it's a big black hole :). What's up?, John Mueller on Twitter
- Issues with GMB Reviews pub/sub notices, Local Search Forum
- NEW: Interview w/Martin Splitt @g33konaut - Queuing vs Rendering in Google - Treeshaking & Page Performance - Why/when Rendering Counts Against "Crawl Budget" - Is It Bad If Google Is Slow To No-index Content? LOTS more, recorded at, Dan Shure on Twitter
- Ooh, today's #GoogleDoodle is celebrating Mexican card game #Lotería! 🌞🐟🍉 You can play with friends or random people around the world 🌏 https://t.co/PFHoyIaitm https://t.co/RB4ydy42UL, Martin Splitt on Twitter
- These kinds of changes can take quite a bit of time to be reprocessed across all of your pages, so that's not necessarily unexpected. It does seem like something we could be able to catch up with faster though,, John Mueller on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
- BERT is rolling out to Google search in over 70 languages
- Advertisers increased Google Shopping spend by 32%, Amazon Sponsored Product by 50% YoY this holiday cyber weekend
- Google extends ‘Incognito Mode’ in Maps to iOS users
- CCPA goes live in weeks: Are you ready?
- Don’t overlook these 5 quick updates to boost your search ranking
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
- A/B Testing with Google Optimize, Exemplifi
- Custom Visualizations – go beyond good enough, LinkedIn
Industry & Business
- Detecting unsafe path access patterns with PathAuditor, Google Online Security Blog
- Google under investigation from NLRB, CNBC
- Using the web to help young people find work, Google Blog
Links & Promotion Building
- Foreign SEO: Link Building Like It’s 2012, BlackHatWorld
- How to Build a Thorough Media Outreach List, Go Fish Digital
Local & Maps
- Bing Maps gets improved routing and traffic camera experience, MSPoweruser
- Updates to Incognito mode and your Timeline in Maps, Google Blog
Mobile & Voice
- From Static to Interactive: Adobe Campaign Brings Email to Life with AMP for Email, The AMP Blog
- Making Pixel more helpful with the first Pixel feature drop, Google Blog
- Worldwide Wearables Shipments Surge 94.6% in 3Q 2019 Led by Expanding Hearables Market, Says IDC, IDC
SEO
- Open Sourcing 2017 Local SEO Ranking Factors Data, Local SEO Guide
- PR & SEO is better together: five steps to maximising returns, Builtvisible
- Travel sites hit by change in Google's search algorithm, CNBC
PPC
- Excel For Marketers: Build Dynamic PPC Dashboards, PPC Hero
- Podcast: Listen to Insights with Microsoft, Microsoft Advertising
Search Features
- Is it time to give Bing another chance?, AI Daily
- Google releases new report ‘How Google Play Works’, Google Blog
- Keep your audience engaged post holidays, Google Blog
Other Search
- Celebrate Lotería with Google Doodle, Google Blog
