This week I covered the Google search ranking update fluctuations we saw all week long, no Google did not confirm it. Google launched the Sept. 2019 Review Rich Results update that looks like it is almost done rolling out but removed reviews from the snippets of tons of sites, there are new rules around review rich results so check it out. Google seemed to have shortened the length of the title tags. Google launched key moments in video results. Google added two new enhancement reports in Search Console, one for breadcrumb structured data and the other for datasets structured data. It is important that if you syndicate your content to others, they canonical back to your original story. Google says you must use JavaScript redirects when redirecting the old AJAX Scheme to the new URLs. Google says hosting old content on new domains is fine. Google showed an emoji as a search suggested in auto-complete. Google Ads showed an emoji in a display URL. Google is testing 3.5 cards for the top stories carousel. AdSense warns publishers to add an ads.txt file. Don’t miss the Dr. Pete vlog from this week. Also a huge thank you to our sponsor, RankRanger. That was this past week in search at the Search Engine Roundtable.
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Search Topics of Discussion:
- Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update Signs Heating Up More
- Google Updates Rules For Displaying Reviews Rich Results In Search Results
- Google: The Reviews Rich Results Algorithm Still Rolling Out
- Google Starmageddon vs Sept. 2019 Review Rich Results Update
- Data Shows A 4-5 Point Drop In Review Rich Results In Google
- Google Shortens Title Length In Search By ~5 Characters On Average
- Google Launches Video Key Moments For YouTube Videos In Search
- Google Video Result Timeline With In This Video Snippet
- Google Search Console Datasets Schema Enhancements Report A Year Later
- Google Adds Breadcrumb Structured Data To Search Console Enhancement Report
- Your Syndication Partners Should Canonical To You Or They May Outrank You On Google
- Google: Redirect Old AJAX Crawling Scheme URLs Using JavaScript Redirects
- Google: Old Content On New Domains Is Okay
- Weird: Google Auto-Complete Suggestions Showing Emojis
- Google Search Ad With An Emoji In The Display URL
- Google Tests 3.5 Listings In The Top Stories Carousel
- Google AdSense Earnings At Risk Warning - Create Ads.txt File
- Vlog #16: Dr. Pete Meyers Of Moz On Mozcast & Google Algorithm Changes
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