This month was a pretty quiet month in terms of major things, mostly because it was the summer. But we did see some algorithm movement with the Google search rankings. Google did confirm that Panda changed but won't share the number of algorithms they use. Things are looking good for the mobile first index, and Gary Illyes suggests you build a comparison tool.
AMP seems to now be powering featured snippet results in mobile. Google confirmed once again more data is coming to the google Search Console reports. Forbes, Entrepreneur, Inc.com and others now nofollow some external links. Google's question and answer feature web live in the mobile results. Google is actually testing website mentions in the local pack, which is very revealing. Oh, and we can't forget Google changing the first click free program soon.
The ongoing WebmasterWorld thread has the normal chatter going on now. There may be early signs of an update, but I am watching it. If you missed the last recap, you can get it here.
Google Algorithms:
- Google Algorithm & Ranking Update Chatter
- Google: We've Changed The Way We Think About The Panda Algorithm
- Google Won't Share The Number Of Search Quality Algorithms
- Google: Things Looking Good For Mobile First Index
- Google: Build Desktop To Mobile Friendly Comparison Tool
- AMP Powers Google Featured Snippets On Mobile
- Google Adds AMP Testing Tool Box To Search Results
- Publishers Implement AMP Teaser To Lead To "Full Experience" Page
- Google Tests New Expandable Sitelinks On Mobile
- Confirmed: More Data Coming To Google Search Console Soon
- Google Search Console Data Up To Date Again
- Google: Google Search Console Data Delayed & Slower Than Normal
- Google Looking Into Speeding Up Data Search Console
- Google Search Console Data Logging Issue Reported
- Google Search Console Structured Data Report Gets More Details
- Poll: How Often Do You Check Google Search Console
- Mass Google Search Console Emails: Chrome Will Show Security Warnings
- Test: Fetch As Google Stops At 10,000 Pixels
- Google Search Console Sent Verification Emails To Webmaster By Accident
- Forbes, Entrepreneur & Inc Now Nofollow External Links
- Google: We Ignore Tons Of Links But Which Links Is Almost Impossible To Figure Out
- Google Confirms They Score Internal & External Links Differently
- Google: Stop Watching The Search Algorithm
- Google: Duplicate Content Elimination
- Google SEO Advice: Recurring Event & Updated Item Pages
- Google Kills Preferred Site Name Schema Markup
- Google Ignores Unrecognized Attributes When Parsing HTML
- Google: Noopener & Noreferrer Attributes Don't Hurt Your Search Rankings
- Google: On-Page Markup & Data Highlighter Signals Are Equivalent
- Google: More Control With Markup vs The Data Highlighter Tool
- Google: Noarchive Tag Does Not Hurt Your Google Rankings
- Google Generally Finds & Crawls Home Page First
- Google: Blocking Images From Google Doesn't Impact Core Web Search Rankings
- Google: When Canonicals Conflict, We Pick One & We Don't Drop Both
- Google Calls Algorithm Monitoring Tools "Blackhat Scrapers"
- Google: URL Structure Not So Important For SEO
- Google: Links From Added URL Parameters, Check The Canonical
- Google: Three Reasons Your Rich Snippets Aren't Showing In Search
- Google: Directing Users & GoogleBot To Fasters Servers Is Not Cloaking
- Google: We Count The Same URL In Different Sitemaps Separately
- Google On How To Block Your Staging Server
- How Google Handles Canonical Pages With Noindex On The Page
- GoogleBot Doesn't Pass A Referrer; Generally Directly Hits URLs
- Here Is Why Google Doesn't Want To Index Search Results Pages
- Google: Don't Use The User Agent Language Setting
- When Do Expired Redirects Stop Passing Signals With Google?
- Google: CSS Size Generally Doesn't Hurt Your Rankings
- Google: Disavowing A Site Won't Hurt The Site
- New Google Rendering & Debugging Docs
- Live: Google Question & Answer Feature In Local Results
- Google Local Question & Answer Live In Mobile Browsers
- Google Local Pack Shows Query From Website Content Of Local Listing
- Google Improves Flight & Hotel Search To Help You Find Better Prices
- Google Hotel Search Results With Select Room Carousel
- Google Local Results Tests Extracting Some Reviews
- Google Hotel Search Prominently Adds Number Of Hotel Results
- Google Local Panel Can Show "Recently Opened" Label
- Google Tests New First-Click-Free Program & Subscription Tool For News Publishers
- Google May Now Show Video Previews In Search Carousel
- Now Add Videos To Local Listings On Google; Android Only
- Google Tests Topics For Search Refinements
