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 Algorithm Chatter, Bad Links, News Bugs, Bing Machine Learning & More
This week I covered a possible small Google algorithm update that touched down sometime over the week. Google said you really shouldn't have to worry about bad links but if you do... - Google Organic Search Doesn't Have A Negative Keywords Feature
I know this is obvious for most of you but while Google Ads (AdWords) has a way to exclude your site for coming up in the search results for specific keywords, Google organic search does not. You cannot tell Google, please do not rank my site when people type in keyword X or Y. - Local SEOs Say Google Posts Traffic Significantly Declining
A group of local SEO experts are saying in the Local Search Forums that the Google Posts traffic has significantly declined over the past month or so. This specifically happened when Google moved the Google Posts to the bottom of the knowledge panel around October 1st. - Google: We Fixed The Date Bug Between Performance Reports & Search Analytics Reports
Remember, for the past year or so, there has been a bug where the old Search Analytics report in the old Search Console did not match the new version called the Performance report. Specifically, the report was a day off as we covered here and before. Google's John Mueller said it was fixed. - Google Moved Some Of The Old Google Search Console Reports
As expected, yesterday, Google officially moved several of the old Google Search Console reports to the new interface. The specific reports moved include AMP, Index Status, Links, Manual Actions, Mobile Usability, Rich Cards, and Search Analytics. Everything else is remaining where it is thus far. - Really Large Google Ad Credit
Here is a photo of one of the biggest or largest Google Ads credits I have ever seen. Not in terms of the dollar amount but in terms of the physical size. Yes, it is a jumbo size certificate for an
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- As of today, 82% of pages loaded in Chrome on Android are served over the secure #HTTPS protocol.🔐🔐 If your website is in the other 18% percent, find out why & how to secure your site : https://t.co/V06rAwhI1g, Google Webmasters on Twitter
- I don't think so. Usually if you can host & update your sitemap on a site, you can also host other things (like a verification file). I'd try to get the other site verified too, in order to get the infos. The sitemap works fine, John Mueller on Twitter
- Seeing quite a lot in the UK today. Interesting thing is there's a link to the page where image has been sourced. @EricHedekar would be interesting to track who is appearing in the images, but looks like they're loaded with JS. Ar, Dan Nutter on Twitter
- Bing Launches Web Analytics Tool, "Clarity", WebmasterWorld
- #GoogleAdsUpdates We're simplifying our interactivity features for video ads. We will sunset the YouTube call-to-action overlay in January 2019 and introduce a new call-to-action extension. Learn more here → https://t.co/RGM0v8h, Google Ads on Twitter
- Published on the #Optimisey YouTube channel yesterday (channel subscribers get this early! Hint-hint!): @IrishWonder's brilliant talk/rant on how #SEO'ers and developers can (and must) work better together: https:, Optimisey on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
- Do men and women value online reviews differently?
- Google officially drops support for several old Search Console reports
- Google Shopping expands to India in English and Hindi
- SinglePlatform and Moz partner for restaurant SEO and content distribution
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
- The Business Owner's Guide to Google Analytics (The Basics), Hubbard Chicago
Industry & Business
- AI for Social Good in Asia Pacific, Google Blog
Local & Maps
- Reserve with Google now supports Square Appointments, 9to5Google
- Waze-like incident reporting shows up in Google Maps, but it’s not functional yet, BGR
Mobile & Voice
- Google Home 2.8 adds Assistant Routines shortcut, preps 'Photos Restricted Mode' [APK Insight], 9to5Google
- How the Google Assistant masters conversations—and you can, too, this holiday season, Google Blog
- Tip: Google Assistant's Broadcast replies are live, Android Police
SEO
- SEO basics: What are long tail keywords?, Yoast
- 3 Big Lessons from Interviewing John Mueller at SearchLove London - Whiteboard Friday, Moz
PPC
- 3 Key PPC Touchpoints to Engage Diabetes Patients, Search Engine Journal
- Bing removes Ad group ID column from the Bing Ads billing statement reports, PPC Land
- Google Ads Editor's Best Kept Secret for Presenting Campaigns to Your Client, Seer Interactive
- Next-Level Audience Targeting for 2019, PPC Hero
- Top PPC Skills and Platforms for 2019 [Data + Commentary from Experts], SEM Rush
