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:
- Does Google Ignore Portions Of Your Site For Accessing Quality? It's More About Indexing.
Generally SEOs tend to believe that Google determines the quality of a site based on all the pages on the site, not just portions of those pages. So if you have a very low quality section on your site, it can hurt the rest of your site. Google has even said this. But maybe that is no longer black and white? - Google Search Console Update On Request Indexing & Disavow Tool Issues
As you know, Google Search Console has some things up in the air around broken or temporarily not functioning features. You know about the ongoing request indexing tool being offline for now 2 months and 7 days. Also the validate fix tool being offline also. But also the disavow tool does not really work well for domain verified sites. - Google Local Meshed Throughout Web Search Results
Niki Mosier spotted something that was previously pointed out to me but I thought then it was a bug. But it is not a bug, I see it myself. Google is meshing the local features in the Google web search results. Basically, you get a local panel, then a section for reviews, then the popular times, then a section for Q&A and then the web results. - Google Search Popular Products Review Slider
Brian Freiesleben found another new Google user interface test (I believe), this is a new way of visualizing the review attributes within the popular products section of the Google search results. They put the review attributes into this slider, like a line chart from attractive to unattractive. - Google Search Streamed 3D Content Including Cars
Rajan Patel, VP of Engineering at Google leading teams working on Lens, AR, and Consumer Shopping, announced on Twitter that you can now see cloud streamed 3D content in Search on Android devices. You can now see "cars in high fidelity and with a set of cinematic 3D backgrounds to get the most photorealistic 3D experience to date," Rajan Patel said. - Vlog #99: Joe Beccalori On What Has Changed In SEO Over The Years
Joe Beccalori is the CEO of Interact Marketing, as you know, first I spoke to his employee Anthony Church and now this conversation is with Joe. Joe lived not far from me back in the day, so that is our non-SEO connection. He first started... - Google Create Play Sign Shadow
Here is one from about four years ago, of a YouTuber named Luisfer Polito (I think he is a YouTuber) holding a YouTube create play button sign at the GooglePlex. The cool part is that you see the sig - Google Logo For The Winter Solstice & Great Conjunction
Today, Google has not just the change of seasons logo for the winter season in the Northern Hemisphere and the summer season in the Southern Hemisphere but also one for the great conjunction - all in one. The great conjunction is a conjunction of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, when the two planets appear closest together in the sky.
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Dark mode is now available on https://t.co/0y0qikzeMe! Give your eyes a break and try it now in your settings 🕶 https://t.co/IAmAuDbla9, Google News on Twitter
- It's incredibly important (and newsworthy @rustybrick) that Chrome dev tools and Page Speed Insights is shaming certain JavaScript libs that have newer optimized alternatives. None is mor, Detlef Johnson on Twitter
- "Use your call recordings to provide better service". This is GMB! Trust and responsiveness now sits next to reputation and radius in the quest for consumer eyeballs in Google Maps. Everything has changed. Google insures bu, Justin Sanger on Twitter
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Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
Industry & Business
- DOJ antitrust case against Google may not go to trial until 2023, Engadget
- Google details what happened during Monday's cloud outage, Engadget
- Google employees can get at-home COVID-19 test for free, 9to5Google
- U.S. States Said to Weigh New Google Suit Over App Store Rules, Bloomberg
Local & Maps
- Apple Maps Look Around could expand to New Zealand, Singapore, Israel, AppleInsider
- A Closer Look at How Google Maps Determines Your Location, AutoEvolution
Mobile & Voice
- 12 Best Siri Shortcuts and Automations for iPhone in 2021, Beebom
- The Queen's Christmas message will be available on Alexa for the first time, Engadget
- What happens when Google Assistant eats a 5 Star, Indian Television
SEO
- December Core Update Analysis: Sorry Google, You Have a Spam Problem, SEObility
- Impact analysis of Google's 2020 December Core Update, Kevin Indig
- Google's December 2020 Broad Core Algorithm Update: Analysis, Observations, Tremors and Reversals, and More Key Points for Site Owners [Part 1 of 2], GSQI
- 5 SEO strategies for universities and colleges, Vertical Leap
PPC
- Open Perspectives: An equitable future, Microsoft Advertising
Search Features
- Santa’s Village is back, firing on all candy canes, Google Blog
