The month of August in Google organic land was not that slow, despite it being a summer month. We had a possible Google Panda reversal, Google announce app interstitials as being not mobile friendly, and a brand new interface for local results named the 3 pack. We also had many user interface changes from blue navigation links to new apps in search to tweets on desktop search.
That is not to mention a new Google logo and a new parent company for Google named Alphabet Inc.
So it has been a pretty busy month and based on the ongoing WebmasterWorld there is something heating up in the Google search results. I am not sure if it is just a long labor day weekend, where international SEOs are not picking up on the US holiday or something more. Time will tell there.
Of course, if you missed our last report, see the Google August Webmaster Report.
Here is a summary of the more important stories over the past month or so related to Google webmaster topics:
Google Algorithm Related Or Big Google Change:
- Did Google Reverse The Panda 4.2 Update?
- Google: Mobile App Interstitials Ads Can Hurt Your Mobile Rankings
- Google Now Only Showing 3 Local Results Instead Of 7
- New: Google Local 3 Pack Eye & Click Study
- Google: HTTPS Content Mismatch Errors May Not Get Ranking Boost In Future
- The Mysterious Disappearing Act Of Ripoff Report In Google, Again
- Google Search Queries Report Removed For Some Webmasters
- New: GoogleBot For Smartphones (iPhone) User-Agent
- Google Search Console Index Status Drop Now Returns But...
- Google Search Console Index Status Reporting Bug?
- Google Search Console Bug With Sitemap Index Count Report
- Watch The Google App Indexing Hangout
- Google Talks About The Robots.txt Directive For One Whole Hour
- Google: We Only Discover Links On Pages With 200 Status Codes
- Google: We Never Index All Your Pages
- Google: You Can Go Mobile Only, But Doesn't Mean It Is The Best Approach
- Google: You Shouldn't See Negative Impact After Going To HTTPS
- Google: It's Wrong & Bad To Tell Your Clients Not To Go HTTPS
- Google: We Have Algorithmic Diagnosis Tools So We Are Not In A Black Box
- Google: We Can't See All Lazy Loaded Content On Mobile
- Google Looking Into Angular JS Changes In Indexing?
- Google: User Actions On Your Web Site Are Not A Ranking Factor
- Google: 404s Don't Impact The Google Panda Algorithm
- Google: Will Pipes In URLs Work?
- Google: Even Links To Soft 404 Pages Are Not Counted
- Google: You Can Use Pipes In Title Tags
- Google: The Idea That 404s Lead To Google Penalties Is Utterly Wrong
- Google News Publisher Center Adds Mobile Apps For App Inclusion In Google News
- Google: If We Email You, Login To Your Google My Business Or It May Be Removed
- Do You Like The New Google Logo?
- It's Official: Google Navigation Links Are Blue, No Longer Red
- New Look For Apps In Google Mobile Search
- Tweets Come To Google's Desktop Search Results
- New Google Mobile Sitelinks That Expand & Collapse
- New Google Mobile Interface Makes It Hard To Find Organic Results
- Google Now Part Of Alphabet, Inc. - No Joke
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