This week I covered the monthly Google Webmaster report, so catch up on the past month there. It was Google I/O this week, so a lot of new stuff came out. Google may have done an algorithm update around May 9th. GoogleBot is now on the latest version of Chrome and will stay that way, which is awesome big news for the SEO world. I go through what it means in detail in this video. Google launched how-to and FAQ markup, which is upsetting to many SEOs. Google Search Console is testing a new Speed Report. Google Code lab added single page apps and dynamic rendering support. Google showed off some new image search features including higher resolution images, swipe up to navigate and 3D images. Google top stories is getting full feature support with podcasts and story timelines. Google added 3D images to search with AR support. Audio podcasts are now in search and it should search the audio itself. Google tested out a weird feature to show irrelevant search results. Google’s John Mueller said SEO contests are useless, a waste of time and a spam fest. Google said learning about information retrieval is useful to SEOs. Google My Business reporting is buggy but they are testing a new dashboard. And make sure to check out the new How Google News Works portal, it is full of information. That was this past week in search at the Search Engine Roundtable.
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Search Topics of Discussion:
- May 2019 Google Webmaster Report
- Google Search Algorithm Update Signals Around May 9th
- GoogleBot Runs Latest Chrome - This Is Big News
- More Details On Evergreen GoogleBot: Two Waves, Old User Agents & More
- Google Mobile Friendly Test Not Using Latest Chromium Yet
- Google Officially Launches FAQ & How-To Structured Data Markup
- Google Search Console New Speed Report
- Google Code Lab Supports Structured Data, Single Page Apps & Dynamic Rendering
- SEOs: Here Is What Is Coming To Google Image Search That Matter
- Google Top Stories To Add News Timelines, Search & Play Podcasts & More
- Google Search Adds 3D Objects With AR Support
- Audio Podcasts Now In Google Search
- Google Search Weirdness: Hmm... the results for your search don't seem very relevant
- Google: SEO Contests Useless, Waste Of Time & Generate Tons Of Spam
- Google's John Mueller: Learning About Information Retrieval Will Be Useful
- Google My Business Reporting Also Buggy
- Google My Business Tests Design & Layout Update
- Google's New How Google News Works Portal
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